Rallies across the globe. New laws prosecuting women for assault if they use drugs while pregnant. How bad is the storm system spawning devastating tornadoes across the west and southwest now wreaking havoc along the eastern seaboard. This is a live look at Rock Creek Park in washington, d. C. , it empties into the potomac, normally a small stream at this time of year, but right now is more of a raging river. Welcome to aljazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. The Florida Panhandle slammed with heavy rains and as you can see, massive flooding. Officials are calling it the worst flooding for that region in 30 years. The storm system bringing heavy flooding to the carolinas and up the east coast of washington, d. C. As we just saw a moment ago and new york city. We are outside Grand Central station. Some area saw record flooding rains and flooding. It is not raining where you are right now. It was certainly raining throughout the night here up until we got on the air here. But
This morning our new poll and what it reveals about the election with 19 days to go. Were live on capitol hill, the fourth and final day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Senate republicans getting ready to hold the first procedural vote on judge maria bartirobr a barretts nomination, and all of it against the backdrop of what weve been talking about, this pandemic, cases of covid rising in most of the country. Infections up in 40 states and territories as we get close to a stunning 8 million cases nationwide. . If you lk things go, george, that is ridiculous. Im joined by Kelly Odonnell outside the white house, monday that alba in greenville, and Steve Kornacki at the big board. Ali, on the news out from the Biden Campaign, Kamala Harris off the campaign trail for a few days. What can you tell us . We just got off a phone call with the Biden Campaign where they were explaining the reasoning behind this, effectively two people traveling with Kamala Harris last week around the Vic
Have been, was the first question at this debate last night. And mike pence was the leader of the Coronavirus Task force, so it took on even added importance. And this is where, i think, perhaps, senator harris got in some of her cleanest hits. Lets listen. The American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of our country. And heres the thing, on january 28th, the Vice President and the president were informed about the nature of this pandemic. They were informed that it is lethal in consequence, that it is airborne, that it will affect young people, and that it would be contracted, because it is airborne. And they knew what was happening and they didnt tell you. That was interesting to hear that. That was a choice of the way to go after the pandemic. She didnt talk about the outbreak inside the white house. She talked about the administration not leveling with the American People. How do you think it landed . So i think K
So desperately needed. The food and Drug Administration late friday gave emergency use authorization to the vaccine developed by pfizer and biontech. The head of the fda called it a significant milestone in battling the pandemic. Injections can begin as soon as the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention gives its okay and that could happen later today. It follows with the u. S. Breaking three records friday. Hospitalizations hit more than 108,000 covid patients. The number of new confirmed infections, almost 232,000 people and most tragically in terms of deaths, more than 3300 americans. Now the arrival of a vaccine is great news, but the fact remains the u. S. Is in dire straits right now to keep local hospitals from being over run, many communities are reimposing restrictions. Cnns erica hill has those details. Reporter a historic moment as the first Coronavirus Vaccine gets the green light from the fda. The first shots now just days away. We could be seeing people getting
A staggering 3300 deaths were reported on friday for covid deaths. New cases on friday hit an alltime high, nearly 232,000 infected americans. Well, now theres hope a vaccine could be mere hours away. Late friday, the u. S. Food and Drug Administration green lighted the pfizer biotech vaccine for use in the United States. An Advisory Panel with it is u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention will take a look at it today instead of sunday, as originally planned. That cdc meeting begins at 11 00 a. M. Eastern. Once the entire cdc signs off, injections can be administered. Cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta has been reading through the fdas written authorization. He explains whats in it and why its important. This is the firsts authorized vaccine for covid19 in the United States. A letter sent to phaser late tonight from the chief scientist at the fda basically saying this Pfizer Biontech has demonstrated that the benefits outweigh the risks and its an effective and s