Average daily death toll dipped under 1,000 after topping that number multiple times last week. But while deaths are down nationally, they are spiking in certain states. According to the washington post, the average death toll over the last week reached highs in nevada, texas, mississippi and north and south carolina. On sunday, dr. Deborah birx said shes worried the rising infection rates could overtake states further north as well. Governors in kentucky, tennessee, ohio, indiana and virginia should seriously consider closing bars and limiting crowds in order to stop this spread. And finally, this could be a very big week for vaccines. Thats positive news. Today, moderna is set to begin phase three trials expanding its vaccine testing to 30,000 people. Johnson johnson also set to begin Human Vaccine trials in the United States later this week. Weve got our reporters spread out across the country this morning. Lets take you there. I want to start with some possible good news out of ari
From new york, there are nadler, seek recognition . Mr. Nadler mr. Speaker, i call up h. R. 6448, the invest to protect america act of 2022, and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore clorptd title the clerk will report the title of the bill. Caller h. R. The clerk h. R. 6448, a bill to direct the director of the office of Community Oriented policing services of the department of justice to carry out a Grant Program to provide assistance to Police Departments with fewer than 200 Law Enforcement officers, and for other purposes. All points of order against the speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 1377, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules Committee Print 11765 is adopted, and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. The bill, as amended, shall be debatable for 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary or their respective desi
Steve king known far history of racist remarks and comments lost his primary last night in pursuit of a tenth term. Over 60 of republicans in that district rejected steve king. Elsewhere on the hill, House Speaker nancy pelosi asked the black caucus to take the lead on police reform. Defense secretary mark esper is facing backlash inside the west wing for distancing himself from the use of force against Peaceful Protesters on day nine. Joining me now, my coanchor for the next two hours, katy tur. Katy, it is interesting. Its like some things in the donald trump orbit dont change. If you somehow you look like youre criticizing him within the inside, as the defense secretary is doing, be prepared for the wrath of the boss. Listen, he has an aide that he hired back, mcatee who was charged with going through the administration and rooting out people who were perceived to be antitrump or not in full support of the president s agenda. And ive spoken to officials within this administration wh
Thompson joins us live. It was two communities the mayor was cautious before declaring things well and good for the rest of the community and city. Reporter right. What he was trying to do was make sure that the level of the toxin in question was below what the World Health Organization set out as a standard. Its one part per billion is the scientific declaratiodeclaratio. What they saw early this morning. He was up at 3 00 a. M. And said tests came back from two neighborhoods he wasnt satisfied with. They retested the water and all the tests showed the water in the two neighborhoods was safe. Once that happened he lifted the ban. The Drinking Water ban for all the entire toledo area. In fact, the mayor himself grabbed the claglass of tap wat and drank it to prove that the water is safe. Its going to take more than that. After almost three days of using bottled water and learning about the toxin which could cause vomiting, diarrhea, and ultimately liver damage. People in the area are n
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-6) announced Thursday that she secured $800,000 in federal funding for LIFE Camp, a gun violence prevention program based in southeast