health officials expect that a booster will also be needed for the one shot johnson & johnson vaccine. this is a major expansion, and it comes just a week after boosters were first recommended for people with weakened immune systems. an official announcement on the expansion could come this week, and it comes as the delta variant spreads new cases across the country leading to a crush of patients in hospitals, primarily among the unvaccinated. cnn s jeff zeleny is live at the white house this morning where this news emanated from, jeff. what s going on? reporter: john, good morning. the biden administration is coalescing around the argument and the idea that most americans will need booster shots. this is not going to come anytime soon in the coming days, so don t rush to your local pharmacy to get one, but they are reaching the idea that they believe that eight months after you received that first shot, most americans should receive a booster shot. once it is fully autho
and wearing a mask is a pain. but we re getting there. and the light at the end of the tunnel is brighter and brighter. and the push to get as many shots in arms to return to as close to normal as soon as possible. and this week in washington infrastructure investment versus political infighting. good to have you with us. we are following reports of violent clashes this morning between israeli police and palestinians. these confrontations are taking place both inside the al aqsa mosque and on the compound outside. we will have details in just a moment. all of this is worrying the international community. the u.n. security council will hold a private meeting in the coming hours to discuss it. the palestinian red crescent reported at least 19 palestinians were injured sunday. the israeli police are temporarily halting visits by jews to the temple mount, also known as haram al sharif, or noble sanctuary. security is tight ahead of the annual jerusalem day march later monda
first votes. a key poll shows donald trump far ahead in iowa, with just hours before the kickoff to the 2024 primary race. one candidate jumped in with sky high expectations, now he s feegtsing for his political life. now is our time. will his iowa focus pay off? candidate governor ron desantis joins me next. and tundra on the trail. caucusgoers and candidates brave subzero temperatures in the coldest iowa contest ever. i worry about that. wear layers. mthey can throw a blizzard a us, and we ll have a fight. who will have the advantage in turnout? plus, rough waters. an escalation in the middle east to now a key senator is the to press joe biden on the u.s. role there. is biden s stance widening the rift on the left? the united states is deeply complicit. bernie sanders joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is frozen. tomorrow is one of the single most consequential days in this year s calendar, t
is at the centre of the uyghur experience personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uyghurs? nury turkel welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now, your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear picture of what today s china strategy in that region is? yes, i have been able to get information through publicly available chinese government official statements and also leaked documents have recently been released, including international media organisations such as yours. also, i have been speaking with camp survivors and victims of the ongoing uyghur genocide. and, personally, even my own story, it tells me a lot about what is happening in the region, what is happening to the peo
in bucha, a suburb of kyiv. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. china s treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. the us government uses the word genocide to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest nury turkel is at the centre of the uyghur experience personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uyghurs? nury turkel welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now, your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear picture of what today s china strategy in that region is? yes, i have been able to get information through publ