he continues to say that some patients in south africa have been re-infected due to the more, contagious strain. let me give you good news, though. new vaccines could be available soon. johnson & johnson will apply for emergency use authorization next week. novac says theirs is 97% effective. this is from atlanta, live pictures, people waiting inside the stadium to get their shot. we re going to take you there later this hour. cnn s paulo sandoval is following the latest. more than 49 vaccine doses delivered, fewer than 28 million administered, though. why is holdup? reporter: it is the white house s hope, again i say that s their target, that they will have access to this vaccine for most american adults by the end of the summer, but we all know they certainly are facing quite a bit of challenges here. in fact, the white house, one of the main advisers saying there are two factors that really seems to be limiting some of the distribution. the first is, of course, sup
our federal policies and institutions. all this matters to foreign policy because when we host the summit of democracies early in my administration, to rally the nations of the world, to defend democracy globally, to push back the authoritarianism s advance, we ll be much more credible partner because of these efforts to shore up our own foundations. there s no longer a bright line between foreign and domestic policy. every action we take and our conduct abroad, we must take with american working families in mind. advancing a foreign policy for the middle class demands urgent focus on our economic renewal. and that s why i immediately put forth the american rescue plan to pull us out of this economic crisis. that s why signing an executive order, strengthening our buy american policies last week. it is also why i work with congress to make far-reaching investments in research and development of transformational technolo technologies. they can create jobs, maintain america s c
this comes hours after the house manager requested his testimony. jamie raskin, quote you have attempted to put critical facts at issue, notwithstanding the clear and overwhelming evidence of your constitutional offense. if you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including your refusal to testify has a strong adverse inference of action and inaction on january 6th. this comes as the clash between liars and those seeking to hold them accountable opens another phase. fox news, phelps specifically three anchors, have been slapped with another lawsuit. and in a matter of minutes, a debate is getting under way, to determine whether the gop has any appetite to separate itself from the conspiracy theorist in its ranks, or the other corner, whether it wants to descend into the darkest corners of american political life and forever stain the gop with qanon conspiracy theories. that s the choice. marjorie taylor greene has targeted harassment for young school shoo
ties to extremists linked to the insurrection at the capitol still has room for liz cheney, a conservative stalwart, who had the audacity to hold donald trump accountable for the incitement of the riots in january 6th. also on the line today, who will have the fortitude to go on the record against the real threat, a conspiracy theorist in its own ranks. right now the republican conference is behind the closed doors ahead on a vote tomorrow to remove congresswoman greene from her committee appointments. a woman who is dubious about whether the attacks on 9/11 were real, endorsed calls to assassinate barack obama, nancy pelosi, and hillary clinton. house republican leaders kevin mccarthy, for one, is reportedly feeling torn at this hour between cheney, a former state department official, the daughter of conservative former vice president dick cheney on one side, and a member of congress, claire mccaskill refers to as the q aknown lady. reports of what went down inside the room.
deals with that caucus after the small but effective group of republicans showed impact. yanked away mid tirade against congressman gaetz. now, that process was used to take new powers away from leadership and em power mccarthy foes. in a new piece reporting that whatever everyone think of gaetz his critics across the spectrum acknowledge he must be dealt with after the speaker clash, and mccarthy allies don t like it, saying it s not the outcome they preferred but gaetz s stature has been elevated. true on house rules and visibility as well. mccarthy setbacks in this early period, they often played as gaetz s gains. there are a handful of far right holdouts and they warn they will not support him. the more conservative freedom caucus members pledged not to vote for kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy celebrating a victory that almost didn t happen. this looks like a bit of a heated conversation. this is incredible. this is an incredible moment. mccarthy is directly enga