There, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. We are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medical treatment u. S. Central command says that the operation was targeting i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan for their attacks. Cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh is joining me now. Live from london. So nick, what do we know about this operation? yeah alex, quite extraordinary development here. Essentially, because of the number of u. S troops injured in this instance, seven 75 of whom apparently during the operation to it seems from a fall separately related to that one of whom requiring followon care outside of theatre. Now we re getting a statement to iraqi military high co
Level as the controversy continues. President biden met with his Economic Team at the white house today, the administration has not yet said much on the controversy only saying talk to the sec and the feds are monitoring the situation. Strong backlash by some lawmakers including alexandria ocasiocortez and republican ted cruz. Republican senator josh hawley talked about this on fox news earlier. What youve seen with this gamestop meltdown that wall street is having now is these folks at home have got more criticism and more scrutiny than the people who singlehandedly crash the entire Financial Market in 2008. And they got bailed out, the government bailed out those people. It shows you that the fix is in. John White House Correspondent Kristin Fisher picks up reporting for us on this friday live on the north lawn. For the third day in a row, the white house is declining to weigh in on this controversy that has consumed both wall street and main street. The White House Press secretary w
Contact tracing is largely gone. I think and i believe that we should be treating every case as if its a variant during this pandemic right now. The good news according to dr. Anthony fauci is Johnson Johnsons new singledose vaccine could help get more people vaccinated and prevent severe disease and hospitalizations as the virus continues to mutate and replicate. We have now a valueadded additional vaccine candidate. This is a singleshot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7 to 10 days. It is inexpensive and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. Joining me now nbc news chief White House Correspondent and Weekend Today cohost Kristen Welker. Dr. Celine gounder, a member of bidens Advisory Board during the transition. And patrice harris, former president of the american medical association. Kristen, how difficult is it proving for the biden team with such a short transition, if any, to get their arms around the shortage of doses and the
President biden for a covid Relief Package for you, the american people. A live report on what stands tonight. What you need to know. Plus, disturbing revelation about iran tonight. Just weeks away from producing enough material for a nuclear weapon. Speak of the bottom line is, they are getting closer to the point where they would be either a Threshold Nuclear Power or an actual nuclear power. Shannon former state Department Senior advisor, christian is here today. Hello, and welcome to fox news at night. We begin tonight in new york admit an exodus of governor cuomos top health officials. Corresponded standing by with the very latest, alex. Good evening, shannon. More than 1 million new yorkers have artie received their vaccinations, but because of this storm, Governor Andrew Cuomo saying that many of the appointments across new york will either be canceled or delayed tomorrow. Only snowballing these needs problems. According to a report by the New York Times, nine officials retiring
Because of the pandemic nuisances and to roll some people said before, cuomos calls under the microscope in recent days. Was an internal the Teacher James releasing report that states undercounted nursing home Patient Deaths by 50 after not including residents dying in hospitals. Governor George Pataki suggesting another investigation. A new low. For months theyve been trying to get those numbers stonewall. Representative lee results and call the cover up. New york state ordered these Nursing Homes to take an affected patients and paste from replaced with healthy residents and it spread like wildfire. Shannon new York Governor Andrew Cuomo facing more criticism for telling people to stay off the roads but driving himself from albany to new york but if hes going to have responders out here like the Person Plowing the road that he himself would want to be here as well. The storm continuing across the northeast blanketing the city in new york and 44 counties across the state under an emer