1,200 years. much of the country, though, is scorching. more than 240 million people will face 90-degree temperatures or higher for the next week. and they ve felt those blistering conditions in atlanta today at this juneteenth celebration. the thermometers there blasting into triple-digit territory. meanwhile, severe storms in north carolina knocking out power for a huge part of the state. nearly 70,000 customers are still without electricity right now, and that s just one of seven states dealing with major outages tonight. and nowhere are the signs of the climate crisis more obvious right now than yellowstone national park. and along the yellowstone river. tonight, there is good news for the first time in days in that part of the country, the south portion of the park will reopen on wednesday on a limited basis. the runoff only added to the unflooded disaster, unprecedented rain causing severe damage to roads, water systems, and more. let s check in with cnn meteorologist g
recommend the pfizer or moderna covid-19 vaccines for kids between 6 months and 5 years old. a decision expected in just about an hour. if approved, the white house says vaccinations could begin for young children as early as next week. and many states are already preordering doses. cnn miguel marquez is following the developments so miguel, what is happening right now? well, they are meeting. they re about half way through today s presentation. they ve been going through trying to figure out and discussing how this would actually happen, what providers would be putting these shots into arms, how they deal with the ten-dose vile and how they ll actually roll out these vaccinations also going through all the data with the two vaccines in question here. this is a population of about 20 million americans, the youngest most vulnerable americans, the latest and biggest last traunch o trunch of americans to be eligible. two vaccines looking at moderna and pfizer, slightly diffe
hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. major breaking news, moments ago the cdc s vaccine advisory panel voted if favor of authorizing the pfizer and moderna covid vaccines for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. the white house says those vaccines will now be available in states as soon as next week. cnn s miguel marquez has been following this key vote. miguel, this is a welcome moment for many parents across the u.s. and a lot of pediatricians who had been hoping for this. reporter: a lot of people across the country hoping for this. look, it is not clear how significant uptake will be, given where we are in this pandemic. but certainly this was the last big tranche of americans who weren t able to be vaccinated, almost 20 million of our youngest, most vulnerable americans who will now soon be able to get two different vaccines. they had a long meeting today, they took a lot of questions. they had questions and s
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. just days after a conservative judge labeled him a clear and present danger to democracy, former president donald trump got up on stage and proved yet again he d rather spread lies than admit the truth about what happened on january 6th. these are government tapes where they re stuffing ballot boxes to put it crudely. they re stuffing ballot boxes on government tapes. and what did they say? that was debunked. that was debunked. okay. most people say, oh, it was i didn t know that. no, these are tapes. one, two, guys looking up at the camera, let s see, where s the camera. there it is. trump s own justice department, republican officials in numerous states did not find a single shred of evidence to corroborate any of the nonsense you just heard there. yesterday trump also sided with the capitol rioters again just like he did during the attack. if it were an insurrection that took place at the capitol, you
the plan was illegal, or said in in front and trump did not care it was illegal. i think that was one of the biggest take-aways that eastman himself knew it was illegal and put it in an email, i want you to do a minor constitutional violation. chuck, back to you, we will build our way back to donald trump if we, can and specifically about his lawyer, that lawyer, john eastman, we even saw the email that he wrote to golden globe, saying, you know, having to rudy giuliani, saying you know, having thought about it, i think i do need a pardon here that understands his mind set and understanding he had done something criminal, why else would you need a pardon, what are the legal implications to face him? good questions, peter. first on the pardon, i m not a poker player but i m told people who play poker look for tells if they have a good land or a bad hand and a tell, consciousness of guilt, as you articulated would be asking for a pardon, would be asking for a pardo