As the middle of this month. Right. Please keep fingers crossed. The New York times says that the fda is aiming for the beginning of september. An Fda Official tells cnn theyre moving as fast as they can. Really the differences here are just a matter of weeks. The difference that full approval could make is it could make some unvaccinated people say, oh, i may be antsy about getting a vaccine with only emergency authorization, i want it to have full approval. It could make other employers and businesses say now i feel comfortable requiring people to have the vaccine. Lets take a listen to dr. Fauci. I think there are a certain proportion of people who are just waiting for that full approval, even though the data are overwhelming right now that these vaccines are highly effective and are safe. The other thing, its going to allow independent local enterprises, universities, colleges, businesses, who will feel much more comfortable when they say im going to mandate that, if you want to co
Department knew or didnt know. Cnns Paula Reid is following the developments. This story has a lot of moving parts. Connect the dots for us. We know that in February Of 2018 the Justice Department requested from Apple Records from then white House Council Don Mcgann and his wife. But to underscore how extraordinary a request that is, at the time mcgann was the top lawyer for the president of the united states. And apple was barred from disclosing this request until may of this year. So that means the Justice Department had to go back to court repeatedly to keep this A Secret. Now a source familiar tells cnn that then Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein were not aware of this request. You and i covered the Justice Department for a long time. Clearly something here does not add up. How is it possible that the two top justice officials would not be aware of an extraordinary request like this . At this point we dont know if he is the target of a situation or swept up in an in
threats to kill jewish officials in michigan, including the state s attorney general. two mid flight emergencies are rattling air travelers on two separate airlines and details on the two close calls. alec murdaugh s defense team delivering closing arguments at his double murder trial. that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. we begin with a disturbing story out of michigan where a man is using social media to threaten to kill jewish members of the state government. the state s attorney general dana nessel confirmed that she is one of the officials targeted. she tweeted this, quote, the fbi has confirmed that i was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter. it is my sincere hope that the federal authorities take this offense just as seriously as my hate crimes and terrorism unit takes plots to murder elected officials. of course, we are covering this story from every angle, and we will start
jets. an engine on fire after american airlines jet expenses bird strike bringing passengers to tears. the pilots declaring may day. second american islands jet catches fire right before takeoff. passengers frantically grabbing their belongings. with the airline essay tonight. severe weather threatens of white area texas including damaging winds and help for the start of the work week. plus, millions wake up to winter weather with recent warnings in the midwest. rob marciano times it all out for us. in the west, dramatic new video shows the moment to homes slide off of a cliff. a onetime retail giant files for bankruptcy, bed bath and beyond making plans to close all of its stores if no virus found. the latest victim of the retail wars. president biden potentially days away from announcing his reelection bid. as abortion becomes a key issue. republicans squaring off with mike pence trying to distance himself from former president trump. the search for solutions to the world s
Another plane with flames shooting out the wing. here s abc s alex per shape. tonight, american airlines is avesta getting a pair of terrifying flight emergencies caught on camera. causing panic on the planes. just before 8 this morning american flight from columbus ohio to phoenix made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff. after the recruit reported a possible bird strike. mayday, mayday, mayday. bird strike. ãwas seated last row and became alarmed after she saw flames flickering from the engine. and recorded this video. i literally thought i wasn t going to make it. andb i wasn t thinking. for some reason i thought that would help to show like what happened to my family if they marty recounted the chaos on board. many people started crying and going into tears. we just didn t know if we were going to make it or not frankly. it was terrifying. americans says the flight leader normally and taxing under its own power. blood on the wing.