Thats right. So the question this morning is, what does this all mean for you . Obviously, these numbers are going to give people some pause in terms of choosing perhaps this vaccine. Dr. Fauci says vaccines, though, still, whatever you can get, the best way to keep this virus from evolving further. Officials in South Carolina also have just confirmed the nations first cases of the south africa variant. The new model shows the pandemic could claim nearly 654,000 lives by may 1st. Lets begin with the j j breaking news. Our senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is with us. Can you explain what that means for everyone watching . The bottom line is, if the Johnson Johnson vaccine gets authorization from the fda and you are looking for a vaccine, and youve looked for moderna and pfizer, which are better, theres no question, but you cant find them because theres not enough of them but you can get Johnson Johnson, experts are telling me, get it. Do not hesitate to get it. It is still a
The man behind the art of the deal says not to expect one in atlanta. In atlanta. So the everexpanding and extraordinary logistical and political challenges ahead for trump and his 2024 rivals. Ill be talking to republican president ial candidate will hurd next. Also this hour, the Monumental Task ahead in hawaii, now the site of the deadliest wildfire in modern u. S. History. The death toll likely to climb as crews search the ruins with the gruesome task of identifying the remains of the missing. Stories of heartbreak and anger as locals face questions about what they say was a lack of warning by the authorities. Where were you guys . Where were you guys to try to get us out, evacuate us . Were mad. Were mad. We didnt just lose our homes. We lost our town. What the rescue and Recovery Mission looks like coming up. But we begin in Fulton County, georgia, where a jury can vote on a possible fourth criminal indictment in the next 48 hours. The New York Times calls this case an upclose po
And defended the words he used to explain that decision in the report he sent to merrick garland, the attorney general. I said President Biden was old and he had a poor memory because thats what i saw when i interviewed him, hur keeps on saying. Anticipating that testimony, the white house released a transcript of that interview between President Biden and Special Counsel hur hoping to refute those findings. So lets get into it. Find out exactly what that transcript says. Also what democrats and republicans got out of todays testimony. Joining us now, nbc News White House correspondent, mike memoli and lisa rubin. First off to you, mike. You read the whole transcript. I tried to get you on the show yesterday, you couldnt come on. You said you were doing Something Special in secret. Now we know what it was. You were reading the transcript. Does it line up with the way hur described the interview . Certainly in the mind of democrats, no. Thats part of what the reaction was and what we sa
Sea, so much closer to home than russia could possibly have wanted. You referred to a russian fighter intercepting what was a russian drone. They submitted that in strict accordance with international law. That comes a matter of hours after Ukrainian Drones have targeted two key vessels. Just this morning, a russian oil cargo ship which was struck by a Ukrainian Drone in the black sea quite some distance off the coast and near a key naval port. There are suggestions that an oil depot was hit on the eastern side of the crimean peninsula. This is a Building Number of incidents occurring in the black sea, an area which russia must have felt was entirely impregnable just two weeks ago. Sochi is a russian holiday resort, and all of those are at risk of war. A dramatic change here where ukraine is projecting its power. It may be a bid to show some element of Military Success given how slow the counteroffensive appears to be at the moment. It certainly must make the kremlin utterly perplexed
the white house in full damage control mode after the controversial special counsel report saying the president s memory is failing and there s evidence he willfully retained and shared classified documents but not beyond reasonable doubt. reasonable enough to prove it. democrat : the report inaccurate and politically motivated. reports only fueling fears of the 81-year-old agent ability to carry out a second term for president biden insists he knows what he s doing. lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the latest there. over 70% of americans think the president is too old to be commander-in-chief and that includes concern from democrat to think the president is too old. here is hillary clinton. i talk to people in the white house all the time and they know it s an issue but as i like to say, it s a legitimate issue from a legitimate issue for trump was only three years younger so it is an issue. it appears frustration is growing at the white house over biden