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
message to the vice president we would love have have you on special report. good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the fate of a new senate proposal. that addresses funding for the southern border as well as ukraine and israel. is uncertain tonight. supporters say it ends catch and release. strengthens asylum laws. but critics say it would let in 5,000 migrants per day, an unacceptable figure and other problems that don t solve the border completely. we will talk with one of the authors of the plan, arizona independent senator kyrsten sinema in just a few minutes. and also with texas republican congressman chip roy, one of the major opponents. first, additional details on that legislation. congressional correspondent iron shah has any starts us off live tonight from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. senate republicans are actually just coming out of a closed door meeting tonight where they discussed this border bill. and the reaction
harris: we begin with a fox news alert. $118 billion, 370 pages. the senate border security deal is out for all to read. the headline from what i m seeing when i read parts of it. it would unlock billions of dollars in foreign aid. in fact, critics are claiming it would also let in thousands of illegal immigrants into our country per day before any action would be taken. we ll get into that and really wipe away the myth. it is not 5,000, it is 8,500. it is an average of 5,000 a day over a seven day period. as many as 8,500 could flow in on any particular day. that s a detail we need to know. well, it needs to pass the senate first, as we know. house speaker mike johnson already has declared it dead on arrival. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. all right. let s take a deeper look and see what s inside the bill. $60 billion for ukraine aid. $14 billion for israel. $10 billion in humanitarian aid and $5 billion for our indo-pacific partners. that leaves
more beds, changes the ten-year backlog that in we re many now to weeks before people are deported. the bottom line is, everybody that looks at our bill says it will greatly reduce the flow of the illegals in this country. the american people are done with this. the border has to be secured. the president has the authority right now. he doesn t need another act of congress. he can do it right now. he s unwilling to do it. there s a clear choice for republicans. fix the border or keep chaos at the border because it helps donald trump. it s like they were trying to sell us on gucci. but it s the package in the guy in the alley pulled out of his trunk. that s the equivalent of this border bill. all right. you re looking live at capitol hill where the battle is on and the knives are out. the senate releasing their 118 billion spending bill with aid for ukraine and israel tied to border security. leaders on both sides of the senate say it s the best you re going to get a
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