looking at everything to make sure that we discover and determine what the motive of our homicides were. again, it s just very important to let you know that we are not done. in most cases of homicides, we don t have a quick apprehension. there s usually a lengthy investigation, especially when there s involving multiple victims. and so again, we re still working very diligently to ascertain all the facts so we can have a successful prosecution because that s what s most important now. so i was hoping that we would be able to release the names of the victims, but we are not able to do that at this time. and the reason is we need to make sure that we have a true verification of their identities, and that we made the proper next of kin notification. so again, i thought we were going to be able to do that, and out of respect of the lives and of the family, we want to make sure that we do that privately before we release the names of our victims publicly. again, you know, we can
have also said that this type of guidance is long overdue. nearly 60 million americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and more than 30 million americans are now fully vaccinated. and while the vaccine rollout has accelerated rapidly in recent days, the timing remains critical. the top health experts in the country say new infection rates have plateaued at a very high level after falling for several weeks. and highly transmissible variants continue to spread throughout the country even as states are starting to loosen restrictions and in some places completely remove any masking requirements. so there is a lot that we re waiting to get some more guidance, to hear some from the covid response team when they begin the briefing any moment now. joining me now is elizabeth cohen and dr. jorge rodriguez, a viral specialist. so elizabeth, this has been long awaited guidance that we ll be hearing. what do you know about the level of detail or how granular t
the federal safety net and will cost nearly $2 trillion. plus the new york governor digs in. two former aides say andrew cuomo harassed them. the top two democrats in new york s legislature say he should quit. but the governor says no. legislators who suggest that i resign because of accusations that are made against me, the i was elected by the people of the state. i wasn t elected by politicians. i am not going to resign because of allegations. no. there is no way i resign. up first, though, major new information in the covid pandemic fight. just last hour the cdc offering a public health playbook for americans who have received their covid vaccine. a list u might say, of what they can do safely and what they can t. we would like to give the opportunity for vaccinated grandparents to visit their children and grandchildren who are healthy and who are a local. but our travel guidance currently has been unchanged. dr. wallenski there laying out the guidelines and try
William and harry pay tribute to their mother, 20 years after her death. Early today starts right now. Good to be with you, im frances rivera. Another threat emerges, a major Chemical Plant near houston has exploded according to the plants owner, arkema, local officials reported two explosions and smoke coming from the site hours ago. Nbcs julia bagg is in houston near the Chemical Plant. Whats the latest from there . This morning we know about the two explosions and i saw the plume of smoke myself coming up from the plant earlier this morning. Now firefighters have pushed us back to where we are, where its apparently safe, theyve blocked off this road between houston going northeast to beaumont. What happened here at the plant is that Hurricane Harvey dumped so much water it flooded the generators, they lost power, that means the refrigeration system failed. And then the chemicals that they use here got too hot and thats what put this place at risk for explosions and potentially a fir
Absolutely true i did not get stabbed. The police are right about that. Pushing back against fake news. The woman injured after the ben shapiro speech agrees no stabbing occurred but she is claiming that Something Else did happen. Tonight, police are blaming that woman for hurting herself during the protest after the speech thursday night. Thats now how she sees it. Lisa amin gulezian is live in the newsroom to explain. You spoke with her . Reporter thats right. She suffered a minor concussion and bloody lip thursday night after she says she was attacked by violent left wing protesters. But thats not what police say happened. We have video of the incident which we showed her today. This is video from sky 7 on telegraph avenue and this is celeste paradise. Paradise was holding this sign when someone snatched it from her. We highlighted and zoomed in on the moment the women runs away with the sign. You can see paradise chases her and suddenly falls. I was not simply pushed. I was thrown