We have a ton of developments today in the Coronavirus Vaccine situation. What we do know is encouraging in many waysramping up vaccine production. What we dont know about the effectiveness is terrifying. It makes you wonder if the u. S. Needs to dramatically rethink the current Vaccine Distribution strategy. Lets start with the good news. Today johnson and johnson leased some promising data from its phase three clinical trials. The vaccine is 72 effective in the u. S. At preventing moderate to severe illness. Experts consider that a strong level of protection. Here is the potential worrying news. The company disclosed the data suggests the vaccine was less effective against the South Africa Covid Variant we have been dropping. Effectiveness dropped from 72 to 57 . Its called that because it was south africa was the first place it was found which is more contagious and resistant to the vaccines we have. Its already in the United States and appears to be spreading. The more contagious u
In the Eastern District of new york. Now, if you are the president , and you and your campaign and your inaugural committee and your donors and your lawyers and your Campaign Staff and your longtime friends and associates keep finding themselves accused of felonies or at least targeted or involved in serious criminal investigations, then if youre the president , the federal prosecutors you probably most have to worry about are three. Number one, the u. S. Attorney in washington, d. C. Where the Nations Capital is, where lots of federal public corruption gets prosecuted, where lots of National Security stuff gets handled. Second, new york. Even if you are not a president from new york whose business is headquartered in new york like this one, if you in your marching order as president often find yourselves adjacent to criminal financial matters, well, the famously independent federal Prosecutors Office in new york tends to find a way to take advantage of the fact that new york is the Fi
Administration, then, yes, you guessed it. Weve just had a new adventure in the decline and fall of the rule of law. One of the things that has happened tonight, which actually has been out of the headlines a little bit because of all the dramatic things in the last few hours. The president s attorney general has just ousted another federal prosecutor, whose office was handling cases pertaining to the president. Tonight, its the Eastern District of new york. Now, if you are the president and you and your campaign and your inaugural committee and your donors and your lawyers and your Campaign Staff and your longtime friends and associates keep finding themselves accused of felonies or at least targeted or involved in serious criminal investigations. Then, if you are the president , the federal prosecutors you probably most have to worry about are three. Number one, the u. S. Attorney in washington, d. C. Where the Nations Capital is, where lots of National Security stuff gets handled. S
Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. If it is, you know, late on a friday night in the late stages of the donald Trump Administration, then, yes, you guessed it. Weve just had a new adventure in the decline and fall of the rule of law. One of the things that has happened tonight, which actually has been squoze out of the headlines a little bit because of all the dramatic things that have happened in the last few hours, is that the president s attorney general has just ousted another federal prosecutor whose office was handling sensitive criminal cases related to the president. This time tonight its the u. S. Attorney in the Eastern District of new york. Now, if you are the president , and you and your campaign and your inaugural committee and your donors and your lawyers and your Campaign Staff and your longtime friends and associates keep finding themselves accused of felonies or at least targeted or involved in serious criminal investigations, then if youre the president ,
Thats a pretty good shellacking. And you be the judge. Is it a rare address from a Supreme Court justice . Or an audition for fox news . You cant say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Until very recently, thats what the vast majority of americans thought. Now, its considered bigotry. All in starts right now. Good evening, from new york, im chris hayes. Another day of records. States reported a record 1. 7 million tests. 170,000 cases. That basically breaks the graph on that chart we used from the covid19 tracking folks. And most worryingly, 69,000 hospitalizations, now 9,000 above the alltime record that was set earlier this year. Also, 1,300 people died because deaths are going up because deaths always go up after cases, as we have seen time and time and time again because we knew this was coming because we have seen the fires raging out of control. And heres the thing. We are on our own. You, me, the American People, and our local leaders, republican and democra