use authorization to pfizer s covid treatment pill. the first pill to be cleared during the pandemic. it will be spriebed for use in adults and children ages 12 and up with mild to moderate symptoms with a risk of severe disease or hospitalization. it should be prescribed as soon as possible after diagnosis, ideally within five days of symptoms. joining us now, dr. uché blackstock. we appreciate when she joins us. how significant is the approval of this pill in the fight against covid? good morning, jonathan. thanks for having me. i would say pack slow individual is a game-changer. it would be the first medication to treat covid that you can take orally, but we have a few barriers to get through. one, it takes about six months to manufacture this pill.
down by a man dressed as a police officer. also developing today in washington d.c., we have now just over a week until the government won t be able to pay all of its bills and president obama says he has been left at the altar. yesterday was an extraordinary day in washington d.c. the president and the house speaker in the day by calling each other out in news conferences. also in washington d.c., congress failed to authorize funding for the federal aviation administration. you know the faa? the agency in charge of keeping you and me safe when we fly. thousands of people could now be out of work. officials say this will not threaten your safety if you fly. we will get into all of that from the cnn center. this is your cnn saturday morning for july 23rd. noon in oslo, norway. we need to start with the breaking news out of norway. 91 people are dead at the hands of what may have been a lone gunman. look at the pictures. when i describe this, this may bring to mind memories