Emergency use authorization next week. But there is a caveat, the efficacy of the j js vaccine dropped 57 from the highly contagious variant from south africa. Despite the travel van to stop that variant from coming over here, the new variant is already here. Two cases identified this week in South Carolina with two patients with no ties to each other and no travel history given that, signals community spread. During todays White House Briefing dr. Anthony fauci stressed the importance of vaccinating as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, before those mutant strains get out of control. Whether or not thats going to ultimately take over in the sense of being dominant is unclear by now. The projection that is made with regard to the uk is that probably by the end of march, the beginning of april, it actually will become more dominant in this country. The fundamental principle of getting people vaccinated as quickly and as efficiently as you possible can will always be the be
Joining us to start this off, monica alba, across the street from the white house, and nbc news correspondent Garrett Haake on capitol hill. Lets begin with you. Amid the new controversies and calls for Resignations Swirling around Marjorie Taylor greene, weve just learned that missouri Congresswoman Corey Bush moved her office after she said greene berated her and her staff in a hallway. How long can leaders ignore these issues being brought up by Marjorie Taylor greem . Yeah. A pretty disturbing report there. Marjorie Taylor Greene has responded with a video that she claims is of the incident. A selfie style video in which she can be heard yelling back and forthwith someone who we dont see on camera. So its not entirely clear whats going on here. The lack of response from Republican Leadership is the thing to watch. The resolutions about censure or expulsion. Other things that have been raised in discussions of miss greene are not going to go anywhere unless Republican Leadership dec
We werent actually even going to do a show today. I wasnt going to even be here right now. But, then again, a lot of people are in places today that they did not expect to be. Because, in the earlymorning hours, we learned that President Trump and first lady melania tested positive for covid19. Now, say what you will about the president and i do this is a serious moment for our nation, and we all wish the president and the first lady of the United States a speedy and full recovery. News on trumps condition has been sketchy. This morning, the president s old friend, dr. Ronny jackson remember him . He said the president and the first lady are going to be okay, tweeting, they are both fine and completely asymp totic. The president is in very good health and has no comorbiteees. Yes, he doesnt have a single symptot and theres nothing wrong with his biteies, let alone his morebities. If donald trump ever wants lessbities, thats when we should worry. But the disgraced doctor might be shocki
A significantly President Trump focusing on these states because they are critical to him if hes going to be able to win the election and more to do his term within the white house hes attempting to reset the debate as well before he went out on the campaign trail he tweeted Fake News Media is going full on covert covert covert we are rounding the turn 99. 9 percent so thats what hes saying attempting to reset the discussion from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic to his handling of the economy now all polls indicate that joe biden is rated far more highly in terms of his handling of the pandemic President Trump is regarded far less favorably however on the economy President Trump would agree to have the edge as the polls indicate but this final week absolutely critical because now we are seeing the gaps narrowed down between the 2 candidates states that were not in play in 2016 for the Democratic Party are now in play such as where joe biden is today and that is georgia more tha
Most to them and their families. Well look at one of the crucial demographics for President Trumps chances of reelection. Stay tune, we have fox Business Team coverage, Jackie Deangelis in our new york newsroom, blake burman standing by at the white house which is where we begin. Blake. Reporter connell there was another phone call between treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and speaker of the house nancy pelosi to go over at least the hopes of trying to put together another covid relief package. We can tell you it lasted about an hour. They exchanged language on proposals. Were told there is expected to be another phone call tomorrow. This is the readout afterward at least from the side of the speaker of the house that they continue to say there are big gaps that remain. Deputy chief of staff for nancy pelosi tweeting the following saying, quote, one major area of disagreement continues to be that the white house lacks an understanding of the need for a National Strategic testing plan. T