hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. major breaking news, moments ago the cdc s vaccine advisory panel voted if favor of authorizing the pfizer and moderna covid vaccines for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. the white house says those vaccines will now be available in states as soon as next week. cnn s miguel marquez has been following this key vote. miguel, this is a welcome moment for many parents across the u.s. and a lot of pediatricians who had been hoping for this. reporter: a lot of people across the country hoping for this. look, it is not clear how significant uptake will be, given where we are in this pandemic. but certainly this was the last big tranche of americans who weren t able to be vaccinated, almost 20 million of our youngest, most vulnerable americans who will now soon be able to get two different vaccines. they had a long meeting today, they took a lot of questions. they had questions and s
president s plan was illegal and that the u.s. supreme court would not support it. cnn reporter marshall cohen joiningjoin ing me now with more on the hearings. reporter: this was a big hearing on thursday afternoon here in washington. we learned a lot about the pressure campaign from donald trump and a right wing lawyer, john eastman, who he was working with, how they tried to pressure, cajole, and twist mike pence into using his power to somehow throw the election to donald trump. the problem for trump and eastman is that the testimony revealed that they knew going into january 6th or at least they were told that the plan was unconstitutional, the plan was illegal. they showed an email that eastman wrote where he even admitted that it would require a minor violation of federal law. the committee has been using all
hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. major breaking news, moments ago the cdc s vaccine advisory panel voted if favor of authorizing the pfizer and moderna covid vaccines for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. the white house says those vaccines will now be available in states as soon as next week. cnn s miguel marquez has been following this key vote. miguel, this is a welcome moment for many parents across the u.s. and a lot of pediatricians who had been hoping for this. reporter: a lot of people across the country hoping for this. look, it is not clear how significant uptake will be, given where we are in this pandemic. but certainly this was the last big tranche of americans who weren t able to be vaccinated, almost 20 million of our youngest, most vulnerable americans who will now soon be
right, fred? i ve decided that i should be on the pardon list. he didn t get a pardon. he denies all wrongdoing, but clearly he had some concerns that his actions leading up to january 6th could get him in trouble. and the committee has made the case that the justice department should take action, fred. marshall cohen, thank you so much. former president trump is sounding off at the january 6th committee, lashing out at the house panel. he even criticized his former vice president mike pence before a crowd. cnn s kristen holmes has more. reporter: fredericka, the former president had quite a bit to say, which isn t surprising. this is the first real opportunity he s had to react to these hearings which we know he has been watching closely other than on his own social media platform and he really ran with that opportunity. he repeated lies about the 2020 election. he attacked the committee. he accused the committee of
here is what judy woodruff said today, saying for decades he wowed us with his encyclopedic knowledge and big heart. he passed away at 85 years old with his wife ann at his side. that s judy woodruff s announcement of shields death. he was once described as a walking almanac of politics. he worked on democratic campaigns for men like bobby kennedy before transitioning to journalism and analysis. and then did appear on television for decades, providing insight into american liberalism and pragmatism. david brooks recalling that david shields was all about pragmatism. brooks wrote that shields was a