president mike pence has confirmed he testified before a grand jury investigating the attack on the capitol, a potentially major development. i can confirm that i did receive a subpoena for the federal grand jury, and i complied with that subpoena. but under advice of counsel, i can t say much more than that. that was my only appearance before the grand jury. i m not going to comment on what others had to testify or not and what they testified to. he s the highest profile witness known to have testified and signals prosecutors are moving beyond the rioters into looking into the trump administration itself. the new york times and the wall street journal are reporting that a second aide to pence greg jacob testified as well. he countered efforts to persuade pence not to certify the electoral results. let s start with evan perez. quite significant developments here. reporter: absolutely, bianna. this is criminal investigators reaching into the trump white house. we re
people coming here to let loose in ways that are simply improper. we want people to have a good time on spring break. but don t put your guard down completely. just be prudent a bit longer. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. it s the major part of the new enormous covid relief package that millions of american families are desperately waiting for, the money. and it s rolling out right now as we speak. several people today telling cnn they are already seeing the pen being deposits in their bank accounts. up to $1,400 per person, including children in the household for those eligible. cnn s arlette saenz in wilmington, delaware. arlette this is the president s first major legislation that is now bearing fruit for families severely impacted by the pandemic. it is, pamela. and those $1400 checks are really the first tangible impact that american families are feeling from in covid relief package. as you mentioned, some americans alr
withhold a vaccine for someone who hasn t had a vaccine for a while, who is at risk. if i had someone at risk, and hasn t been vaccinated with a boost in several months, i would not want to wait a fewmonths. when you get to the fall, then you are concerned about when they get that additional boost. but you don t want to hold back in a high-risk person. joining me now for more on this is dr. carlos del rio, dean of emery university school of medicine. great to see you. so this white house summit comes as people under the age of 50 still aren t eligible for their fourth shot or second booster. at this point, should they wait for one of these next generation vaccines or get a shot now if they are not one of the highly vulnerable group of people we just heard from dr. fauci? i think you re talking about two different things. we definitely need next generation vaccines, the
quality masks for free, it is a real question and debate inside of the white house given the transmissibility of the mask guidelines and if they need to get more high quality masks to americans, and the latter is in the process of being worked out and the form ser not happening any time soon, and sitting with the guidelines that any mask is better than no mask as long as it is well fitting, and so they will continue to work to getting better quality masks to all americans. and now, the associate dean of the emery university school of medicine, and now, let s start with what the president said earlier. when i got here, we were doing fewer than 2 million tests per day, and this month, it is estimated that we will hit approximately 15 million tests a day, and we will have over 375 million at home rapid tests in january alone.
there is good news in the covid fight today, but that good news comes with sobering context. new data from pfizer indicates its new covid pill is 89% effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths if the pill is taken within a few days of the onset of covid symptoms, and the company says its tests show the pill works. it works against the new omicron cases and pfizer seeking emergency approval from the fda. let s get important insight and perspective from the executive associate dean at emery university school of medicine. dr. del rio i want to put up what pfizer says. 9% lowers the risk of hospitalization and death and ten time decrease in viral load by day five. great to have a new covid pill, if you will, one year to the day after the new vaccination but listen to dr. scott gotlieb. he says we need things like this because we re not closing the chapter on covid. we won t ever be able to snuff this virus out. it s going to be a long fight,