The announcement. Unprecedented that there should be a rich abundance of approaches, all of which rich abundance of approaches, all of which are rich abundance of approaches, all of which are essential. And new data shows another covid 19 vaccine developed in the us that may only require a single dose is 66 effective. In other news, primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term though the nationwide lockdown will continue. And thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the Vaccine Roll Out will be prioritised for a jab. Hello, and a very good afternoon. The European Medicines Agency is expected to approve the Oxford Astrazeneca Covid Vaccine for use in the eu this afternoon. The uk has been using the Astrazeneca Jab in its Mass Immunisation Programme for weeks now. Meanwhile, the European Commission has published a redacted version of its contract with the pharmaceutical giant in a continuing row about supplies of the vaccine. A contract was signed in august fo
senator amy klobuchar joins me in studio to weigh in on that, plus new ethics concerns about justice clarence thomas. and other hot button issue facing the senate, as they return to work this week and tennessee representative justin j. pearson is back on the job in the state house i will ask him about being bac at work with the sam republicans who expelled him and where his fight for gu safety reform stands now i have something to say. congress is back in sessio tomorrow after a two-week break, and they have their work cut out for them judicial nominations in th senate, controversy in a supreme court. but first, we are discussing a case that could have drastic effects on peoples lives one of a two pill treatmen used to terminate a pregnanc in its first two weeks it has been in circulation for more than two decades. it is a safety record of 99% it is the nation s most common method of abortion a single judge in texas has pu that axis in jeopardy. judge matthew casimir ha suspe
phang show, live from miami, florida. we ve got lots of news to cove and lots of questions to answer, so, let s get started. indictment watch with th latest news that the new yor district attorney s office may indict former president donald trump as early as next wee i ll talk to glenn kershne about the indictment might loo like a what we can expect next in the process and breaking overnight, wyomin becomes the first state to outlaw abortion pills. i want to know, could this jus be the beginning as we await a texas ruling that could have national implications? and an arrest warrant for th president of russia. vladimir putin the international criminal court accusing the russian leader of war crimes i ukraine. have the white house i responding the chilly morning you, i m katie phang we begin today wit the strongest signs yet but new york red jury may have already returned an indictment for former president donal trump. we can see his arraignment a soon as next week. nbc
grown into something larger an more fruitful than we uppe match and. the velshi banned book club wa created in response to the targeting a removal of so many important books from libraries and school curricula across th country. according to p.e.n. america, and nonprofit organization the champions the freedom to rea and write in the united states from july 2021 to june 2022, there were 2532 instances of individual books been banned that s a shocking number what the figure doesn t make clear is the types of book that have been fans. as we begin to compile our own list of banned literature, or feature for you, with author from margaret atwood to a clear pattern emerged. it became apparent that th most frequently targeted boo shared at least one of the sam three topics sexuality or gender, and sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual and physica violence we re moving books that deal with these three very real topics sends a clear message t readers that those
. your first concern would be the cost of diesel fuel. virtually everything you buy comes on diesel fuel. diesel prices get too high, transportation stops. nearly everything becomes unaffordable. inflation is directly connected to transportation. your second concern if you were transportation secretary would be domestic air travel. this is a huge country, it s fa too big of a country not to hav reliable commercial flights fro one place to another. we ll end on time, they don t crash. so maintaining that system of air travel is probably the top concern of the united states transportation department. that s what you re worried abou if you have a secretary, diesel and airlines. remarkably, in less than year i a half under joe biden, both these things have gone dramatically in the wrong direction. the price of diesel has hit its highest price ever recorded in history. the national average is up 70 percent since just last year it 5:53 a gallon. that s terrible for truckers, but al