For the first u. S. Vaccines, and the initial doses may soon be on the way. The panel recommended the fda go ahead and give emergency approval for the vaccine developed by pfizer. The green light came after an allday meeting on its safety and effectiveness, all of it streamed live on the web. The fda may give that official emergency approval as early as tomorrow. Vaccines could then start going into arms of americans on monday. Approval will mean millions of doses will be deployed moving out to states within 24 hours, needles, syringes, ppe are already in motion. U. S. Confirmed cases now north of 15. 5 million with nearly 300,000 of our fellow citizens gone. And please listen to this. As the director of the cdc today described the stark reality of what were about to face. Covid19 now is the leading cause of death surpassing Heart Disease and other causes of death. Probably for the next 60 to 90 days were going to have more deaths per day than we had in 9 11 or we had at pearl harbor.
Representative bennie thompson, its going chair the hearing remotely because he has covid19. But that committee is expected to piece together what happened in those 187 minutes between when the former president gave his speech and then his final prerecorded video when he asked protesters to go home. That video was tweeted out later on the afternoon. Theyre going to go through a timeline of those 187 minutes to former white house officials who served under the president will be testifying tonight. Former National Security Council Member Matthew Pottinger and onetime Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews will both be testifying live to see liz cheney and adam kinzinger. Theres a lot current of the south bay and the red there off filing in adam schiff of california. And when this starts will certainly be sure to bring you their life. So this is what the committee is calling their most compelling evidence yet theyre going to be laying out what the president did and did not do d
Has more. Good morning, elizabeth. Good morning, poppy, jim. Like you said, this is unprecedented. Ive been following the cdc for 30 years now, and president s dont ignore the cdc. They may not do exactly precisely, but they dont ignore this agency which is the most respected of its kind in the world. Lets take a look at what the cdc said last week, or what cnn found out last week, we first told you about it last week. Their guidelines were for daycare programs, people of faith, employers with vulnerable workers, restaurants and bars, mass transit administrators. They said, a team of people at the cdc spent numerous hours in response to an ask by deborah birx. She is the doctor that is the head of the Coronavirus Task force. Specifically what these guidelines said were things like, if youre going to reopen a school, the children should be sitting at desks that are six feet apart. If youre going to be reopening a church, you should not have a choir or you should think about not having a
Where george floyd took his last struggling breaths. Cnns Miguel Marquez on the scene for us. Miguel, all four officers now charged in floyds death. Update our viewers. These are very historic and dramatic developments. Reporter and it certainly feels that way here. I want to show you exactly how this memorial is starting to grow. This mural has been added in the last couple of days. And in the very spot where mr. Floyd took his last breath theyve now participated an angel on the street. This news by people here met with great relief. A long awaited decision for George Floyds family and supporters. George floyd mattered. He was loved. His family was important. His life had value. And we will seek justice for him and for you, and we will find it. Reporter Minnesota Attorney general Keith Ellison announcing charges for the former Police Officer who kneeled on George Floyds neck killing him will be increased to certain degree murder. And the other three former officers who either helped h
Tomorrow night right here on cnn with Anderson Cooper. Would anyone have predicted a candidates Main Campaign promise would be, i will never drop out of the race. While his own running mate says, hes offended by the candidates remarks. At issue, appalling 2005 video showing trump embracing sexual assault. The reporter who broke this story, david faronholt, is here. Trump issued a rare and hedged apology. Ive said some foolish things, but theres a big difference between the words and actions of other people. Bill clinton has actually abused women and hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victim. But all day long, a lot of his big name supporters are abandoning ship. Also on this program, when this pennsylvania teen asked Hillary Clinton about trumps treatment of women, was it orchestrated by the Clinton Campaign . Shes here for her first interview anywhere. Polls are already trending hillarys way. Could she clinch it tomorrow . Ill speak to two debate pros or might t