Jeopardy. Israel bombs gaza days after a new government takes shape. What led to this latest flareup of violence. Welcome to the lead. Im pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we begin today with our world lead, and this historic highstakes summit president President Joe Biden and russian president vladimir putin. The summit lasted roughly three hours with both leaders describing it as constructive and positive. They said there were no threats or ultimatums, and putin called biden balanced, professional and experienced. I did what i came to do. The tone of the entire meetings, i guess it was a total of four hours, was what was was good, positive. There wasnt any any strident action taken. Where we disagreed, disagreed, stated where it was and where he disagreed it was stated but it was not done in a hyperbolic atmosphere. Translator the meeting was actually very efficient. It was substantive. It was specific. And it was aimed at achieving results. One of those results, axes from the u.
There were essentially no hospitalizations or deaths in the Vaccine Group whereas in the Placebo Group there were. This tells us we have a valueadded additional vaccine cand candidate. There are other advantages. It is cheaper, only requires a single shot and only basic refrigeration. No vaccine has yet been authorized in the vaccine for use by anyone under 16 but theres more news. Today, dr. Fauci addressed when that could change and when kids could start to get vaccinated, the new variants of the virus are also causing potential problems as Athena Jones Now rep reports. Reporter another covid19 vaccine could be available in the United States. The results are very encouraging. Reporter Johnson Johnsons vaccine was 66 overall in a phase three trial, 72 effective in the u. S. And 85 effective against severe disease. The drug is delivered in a single shot and does not have to be stored frozen, making distribution ease her. There is real benefit to having a singledose vaccine and one that
Here. Nastia is sailing ships, she says. Ukraine has been at war all the eight years shes known. I think it will be better without them, she says. It was uncomfortable having them here. Her parents nearby say fear meant their slept in their clothes all the six months. Its kind of strange here to see how almost unaffected so much of this town has been and how life seems to have slipped comfortably back into normal when the russians just picked up and left. And it gives you a feeling of how normality must still reign just a matter of six kilometers away from the border in russia. But normal is never coming back, particularly to here, the borderline itself. Russia retreated back over it but must now live with the hatred it has stirred. The fact that Ukrainian Forces are able to push right up to here, the beginning of the Border Buffer Zone with russia, russia is just a matter of kilometers in that direction, is yet another Calamity Moscow has imposed upon itself. Its opponent in this war
how far will u.s. and allies go to try to calm rising tensions in the region? plus, a heartbreaking find. the california family that was kidnapped, found dead. the youngest victim, only 8 months old. what detectives are saying about the person they believe is responsible. welcome to the lead. president biden taking his first steps possibly towards the decriminalization of marijuana on the federal level. he is pardoning all prior federal offenses of quote simple marijuana possession. this will clear convictions for several thousand americans. president biden is now also encouraging governors to follow his lead and pardon those convicted on similar state charges. the biden administration also says it will continue to review the federal classification of marijuana. right now, it is still a class 1 drug alongside heroin and lsd which means according to the government, cannabis has no accepted medical use at the federal level despite study after study. it is legal in 37 states
operatives who defected from the kremlin s secret service agency. plus, a veteran las vegas investigative reporter found stabbed to death outside his home. the move today that may put police one step closer to his killer. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead, and striking new details about what exactly donald trump took to mar-a-lago. one of the documents that fbi agents recovered during their search of the florida resort described a foreign government s nuclear capabilities. that s according to the washington post, which goes on to say, quote, some of the seized documents detail top secret u.s. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them, unquote. donald trump s lawyers once again trying to deflect from any serious national security implications here. instead, decrying what they described as leaks about the investigation, which one might observe is a curious time to