The usual time. Well, this and other vaccines have met the fdas rigorous scientific standards for Emergencyuse Authorization. As the first fdaapproved covid19 vaccine, the public can be confident that this vaccine meets the Fdas Gold standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality that we require for an approved product. Words that could not come a day too soon. That is because, as of this weekend, the countrys back to averaging a thousandplus deaths a day from covid. That grim Figure Hasnt been this high since march. In florida, over the weekend, hospitalizations set a new record for the entire pandemic with more than 17,000 men, women, and children in covid units, icus, and ers across the state. Nationally, new cases are, once again, averaging close to 150,000 a day. Thats nearly tentimes what they were in june and experts on this program have predicted theyll hit 200,000 a day before this latest surge is over. Even as cases soar, Vaccine Hesitancy or even outright hostility remains. And while Todays Announcement might not persuade the Hardestcore Vaccine refusers, recent polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation suggests one in three Unvaccinated Americans would be more likely to get the vaccine if it received Fullfda Approval. That would mean tens of millions of americans. So theres that possible beneficial effect to think about. There is also this. Full approval makes it easier for the u. S. Military, other government agencies, school districts, and businesses to make getting vaccinated mandatory. Something president biden encouraged today. If youre a business leader, a nonprofit leader, a state or local leader who has been waiting for Fullfda Approval to require vaccinations, i call on you now to do that. Require it. This morning, new York City Mayor Bill de blasio did just that making vaccination mandatory for all Education Department Staff without testing as an alternative in the citys largest in the nation public school system. At the same time, though, for all the proven benefits of vaccination, some people are still choosing, instead, to risk their lives on quack remedies. Department of Health Today repeated its warning not to ingest the livestrock drug. Two reports of individuals hospitalized with potential poisoning toxicity. And consult their doctor, if infected. For more now on the difference and lives saved, Todays Decision could make, we are joined by dr. Anthony fauci. Director of the national institutes for allergy and infectious diseases and the president s chiefmedical adviser. So dr. Fauci, i want to get to the fda approval, in a moment. First, i do want to ask you something that you that you said to npr today. You said if the majority of americans get vaccinated, quote, we could start to really get some good control over this as we get back into the fall of 2022, a year from now. Is that the Bestcase Scenario . And what does control look like . No. No, anderson, i have to apologize. When i listened to the tape, i meant to say the spring of 2022. So i did misspeak and in the conversation with mary louise kelly, she was saying when do i think we are going to start to get some control . I said, if we can get through this winter and get really the majority, overwhelming majority, of the 90 Million people who have not been vaccinated, vaccinated. I hope we can start to get some good control in the spring of 2022. I didnt mean the fall. I misspoke. My bad. Okay. Okay. What what does control what does that what does that mean . Or what does that look like to you . Well, to me, that means that you have either the overwhelming majority of the population vaccinated. Those who have been infected will have and and have cleared the virus will have a degree of protection. And we are recommending that those people, also, get vaccinated because the degree of protection that you could induce in someone whos been infected who has then recovered and then vaccinated is an enormous increase in the degree of protection. If we could do that with the people who have been infected, get them revaccinated. The people who are unvaccinated now, that 90 Million people, get them vaccinated. I think we can get a degree of Overallblanket Protection of the community that, as we get into the early part of 2022, getting through the winter which could be complicated by influenza, by respiratory virus, that as we get into the spring, we could start getting back to a degree of normality. Namely, resuming the things that we were hoping we could do. Restaurants. Theaters. That kind of thing. But again, theres a big caveat there, anderson. This is a very wily virus. We thought we were going to have that degree of freedom as we got into the Fourth Of July and the summer. And then, along comes the Sucker Punch with the with the delta variant, which is extraordinary in its capability of spreading from Person To person. So we hope well be there at the time frame that i mentioned correctly being the spring of 2022. But theres no guarantee because its up to us. If we keep lingering without getting those people vaccinated that should be vaccinated, this thing could linger on leading to the development of another variant which could complicate things. So its within our power to get this under control. And what percentage and that is to get vaccinated. What percentage of the population would need to get vaccinated um even if theyve had it before would need to get vaccinated in order to get that kind of control . Anderson, in all transparency and honesty, we dont know that because we have not been to the point where weve gotten there. Then, fell below and then see the virus come back. We have been there with measles. We know with measles. You get 90plus percent of the population vaccinated, you have herd immunity. You get to a community like we saw a couple of years ago with the Hasidic Jewish Community in new york. They got down below into the 80s and lower and they had an outbreak. The number could be 90. It could be 85. We dont know what it is. And what i say when people ask me and try to pin it down, you know how youre going to know . Just get as many people vaccinated as you possibly can. And when you get control, thatll be the number. So Todays Decision by the fda most likely will lead to a wave of public and private employers mandating the vaccine. It it already is. How much of a difference do you think this will make for Vaccination Rates . Because my understanding is in israel, early on, it was really when companies started to insist that that it was mandatory, then a lot more people got vaccinated. And thats where we get a lot of data from. Right. Yeah. I think youre going to see two things, anderson. You are going to see and and the estimate is and there was some poll that showed it that about 30 of people who are not antivax. They just were waiting to get what they felt was the real final stamp of approval which we just got today with the pfizer product. And those 30 are saying, when that occurs, they will feel very, very comfortable about getting vaccinated. So right away, youre talking about 30 . I hope. I hope they come through with what the survey said. But the other thing that you just mentioned now is theyre going to give a lot of Incentive And Backing for a lot of institutions and organizations and places of employment to mandate. And that could be colleges, university, the military, organizations that employ a lot of people. Some of the big corporations are gonna say if you want to work for us, in person, youve got to be there and get vaccinated. And i think thats a good thing. I know i respect Peoples Freedom but when youre talking about a publichealth crisis that weve been going through now for well over a year and a half, the time has come. Enough is enough. We just got to get people vaccinated. The um the the fdas full approval is for the Pfizer Vaccine ages 16 and older. We heard acting fda director, Janet Woodcock say this does not mean it can be used off label in teens under 16. Um, what is the risk if a physician did do that especially for children . Well, there are two sets of children. There are children from 12 to 15 who are covered by the eua. And then, you have the full approval of 16 and older. The question that people ask, appropriately, is what about 11 down to 5 and even lower . Namely, the elementaryschool kids who everyone really wants to get under the veil of protection of a vaccine. Right now, we, at the nih, the companies are all Doing Studies to do what we call age deescalation. Looking at 11 to 9, 9 to 6, 6 to 2. And then, six months to two years, were collecting Safety Data and were collecting immunogenicity data. Were going to have enough data where the companies will be able to present the data to the cdc by the midfall or so. Somewhere around september or Octob October for pfizer. A little bit later for moderna. The fda then has the task, which they did so well now with the bla, of looking at the data and making a riskbenefit analysis. Is the risk of the unusual and rare, adverse event, is that worth it because of the benefit that children will get from a vaccine at their particular Age Group . And thats gonna be a regulatory decision. So how long would that be . Well, you know, that could be a couple of extra months. So we dont know whether or not were going to get the regulatory decision by the late fall, early winter. Or it might even go into the following year. I hope would would they give would they give an Emergencyuse Authorization on something like that to to speed it up, as opposed to waiting to give the full approval for for little kids . Good question, anderson, and that is a possibility. The Emergencyuse Authorization will be predicated on their feeling, is it an emergent situation in the children to get them the vaccine until we get further amount of data to give it the full approval. And thats going to be an fda decision. It is entirely conceivable that they will judge, given the situation that were seeing so many infections in children and children going to the hospital. They may say that you can get it under an emergency. Or they may say, given the safety concerns, not that theres any overly concerned, but given the safety precautions, they might want to wait a few more months. And again, we leave it up to them because thats a regulatory decision that, when you are dealing with children, its fundamentally based on safety. I dont think theres going to be any question that this is going to be effective in the children at that younger age. I have no doubt about that. Its going to be a safety issue. So you are talking, really, in the new year um you know, if if its october for the the companies to get their data together. You said a little later for pfizer. And then, it goes to the fda. No, a little later for moderna. For moderna, im sorry. So, youre talking really its unlikely well hear even if its an Emergencyuse Authorization from the fda for for for kids under 12 and, you know, ages a variety of ages. We probably wont hear anything definitive until 2022, youre saying . Well, it could be we see it before The End of this year. It could be if the data is so strong. You could see it before The End of this year. Yes. All right. Dr. Fauci, i appreciate it. As always. Thanks so much. Good to be with you, anderson. Thanks. Get perspective now from two people who have we have turned to throughout this pandemic. Cnn chief medical correspondent, dr. Sanjay gupta. And cnn medical analyst and former baltimore health commissioner, dr. Leana wen. She is the recent author of lifelines, a Doctors Journey in the fight for public health. Sanjay, im wondering what you made of what dr. Fauci said . Well, you know, he its better spring of 2022, versus fall. So that was the first thing because i heard his comments earlier and obviously No One likes to think about an extended timeline like that. The winter, cooler, drier months are always worse in terms of transmitting these viruses so i think thats probably whats informing his his predictions, as well. And they are just that. Predictions. But you go into the spring, the weather gets warmer. Its more humid. And viruses dont like that. So if, at that point, when you have the benefit of both lowerViral Transmission and enough immunity. Um, maybe, we can sort of put this into a position where its not causing the tremendous impact that we see now. Well probably see waves, anderson. I mean, a few weeks from now, if you look at whats happened in other countries around the world. Theyve had some rapid decelerations, as well, of Viral Transmission which is good. Maybe, thatll happen here as well. Were not sure. Schools may add some fuel to this transmission. But then, we it may sort of Go Up And Down and i think people have to be prepared for that. Um, we you know, leana and i have talked about this. We keep talking is this like just from a mindset standpoint, thinking of this more like weather versus a linear sort of thing. The weather changes. You got to be prepared. And, you know, hopefully by next spring, we will be in a position where we wont have as many of these weather outbursts. Yeah. And again, as dr. Fauci said, it all depends on getting as many people possible vaccinated. Dr. Wen, you know, you and i have talked a lot about, you know, for children. What the prognosis is in terms of the time, how long its going to be before they can get vaccinated. What do you make of what dr. Fauci said said on that . Its sobering. I mean, the timeline keeps on getting pushed back. Initially, i thought that for the 6 to 11yearold group that we would be able to have a vaccine potentially by september or october. Now, were saying maybe in 2021. Maybe, in 2022 possibly. I mean, i think at this point, we really need to have another conversation about riskbenefit analysis. As in, there should be no question that the if the vaccine is found to be safe and effective, that it should be available for children under Emergencyuse Authorization. We are in a global pandemic. We have the most number of children hospitalized, yet, during this pandemic. We have kids now going back to school, including, in some cases, in schools that are not requiring masks. I mean, its an emergency for younger children to, also, to be able to get the vaccine. I think that in the meantime, it really is so important for us to increase vaccinations for adults. And i am very happy about the Announcement Today about full approval. I think that that is going to push a lot of people to getting vaccinated. Not because they are going to line up tomorrow because the full approval. But rather, because their employers, their schools, the restaurant, the Concert Venue they want to go to is going to start requiring vaccinations. That will also help to protect our children. Sanjay, i mean, it is undeniably good news that the fda has given approval. I mean, you know, its i think its important to try to take the moment the happy moments when one can. Its certainly a good development. Yeah. And and i think that, you know, when you when you start to try and figure out what is the impact of this going to be, overall . Um, as leanas mentioning, you know, there have been there have been these Polling Studies that have looked at how many people were were simply not getting the vaccine because they said, look, its not approved. Its just authorized. It feels not quite there, yet. So, maybe, three out of ten will sort of fall under that category. Its also going to allow these companies, pfizer in this case, to to market and advertise. And, you know, it its interesting because i think you are going to start seeing advertisements where youre going to basically paint a picture of what vaccinated life looks like for people. And obviously, they are trying to get more people vaccinated. Taking their vaccines. But that may be having an impact, as well. But i think it is that final point where, you know, colleges and big institutions will start mandating these. Having the cover now of the approval. And that will probably make the biggest difference. Yeah, sanjay, dr. Wen, appreciate it. Thank you. 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Meantime, a White House officials tells cnn that approximately 10,900 people evacuated over a 12hour Stretch Today on 15 Air Force and 34 coalition flights. As for how many americans specifically, Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said today that, quote, several thousand had been evacuated since the 14th. And the administration still cann cannot offer a precise number for how many remain. More on all this now from cnns oren liebermann. Reporter at kabul international airport, The End of the month is coming too quickly. The u. S. Is trying to hit its selfimposed August31st Deadline to complete the evacuation from afghanistan. In the days remaining, we believe we have the wherewithal to get out The American citizens who want to leave kabul. Reporter taliban warning there will be consequences if it takes any longer. A firefight at the Airport Sunday that left one afghan Security Member dead. Underscoring the tense Security Situation as the u. S. Tries to maximize the number of people it can fly out. The military flew more than 10,000 people out of kabul in 24 hours, and another 5,000 on charters and other flights. A new record and a pace that must continue. We are pushing the limits to do everything we can to get every single evacuee out of kabul. Reporter in order to speed up evacuations, the Pentagon Activating the Air Fleet for only the third time. Using 18 aircraft from commercial carriers like united and american to move evacuees from the Middle East onwards. For now, though, the u. S. Prioritizing getting american citizens out. The pentagon acknowledging helicopters have left the airport, not once, but twice to pick up evacuees. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby hinting at more. On occasion, where theres a need and theres a capability to meet that need, our commanders on the ground are doing what they feel they need to do to help americans reach the airport. Reporter for now, the u. S. Embassy In Kabul is telling afghan special Immigrant Visa Applicants and evacuees not to come to the airport until theyre told. With potentially little more than a week left of this evacuation effort, fear of a totalitarian Taliban Regime is growing. The brother of an afghan interpreter received these letters from the taliban. A Court Date for helping u. S. Troops and shielding his brother. And then, a notification of his death sentence. These Court Decisions are final and you will not have the right to object, the third and final letter reads. You chose this path for yourself, and your death is imminent, god willing. There are still some 13,000 people at the airport, and more trying to get through every day. But a new Terror Threat from Isis K an off chute of isis in the Middle East. Forcing the u. S. To develop alternate routes to the airport for safety even when there is so little time left to evacuate. Oren liebermann joins us now. As we mentioned, the president s reportedly mulling extending that August31st Deadline. Being told he will have to make a decision by tomorrow. Um according thats, by the way, according to a defense official. What are you hearing . Well, the the biden administration and the pentagon want to be done with this by August 31st. Every day you extend past that is not only extending an environment where you have a Security Threat from Isis K, as we just mentioned, as well as Al Qaeda and others. Logistically, its simply difficult to have more people on that base for longer in terms of food, water, sanitation, again security. All of these are the reasons that the pentagon and the administration want out. The question is, of course, can they do it that quickly . Thats very difficult to get a sense of without knowing how many u. S. Citizens there are, and without knowing exactly how many afghan evacuees they are trying to get out. And on top of that, this requires at least some coordination with the taliban. There has been constant communication with them that has helped deconflict an incredibly tense situation. But the taliban has said they want the u. S. Out by August 3 or else there will be, in their words, consequences. Oren liebermann, appreciate it. Before leaving afghanistan, cnn chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, saw the worst of chaos In Kabul. But also, The Very Best of The American and allied effort there. Having made it back to europe, she joins us now. So does cnn senior international correspondent, sam kiley, who is at the kabul airport. So, sam, the biden administration must decide by tomorrow. Based on what you know, what you have seen on the ground, what do you think is likely to happen . Well, they have got a catch 22, anderson. If they dont extend their stay here, no matter what, the the military risks, the human Beings Risk certainly in their view dying inside afghanistan at the hands of militants. But if they do extend, they risk being coming into confrontation with the taliban who have said absolutely, August The 31st is the Red Line and there will be these unspecified consequences if The Americans stay on. There might be some negotiated Wiggle Room there with the taliban. But um, right now, i can hear what appears to be or sounds like quite a ferocious firefight here at first light off in the direction here on the edge of the airport. We dont know what is going on there. But there is a great deal of tension here, indeed. Not because of the threat posed by the taliban but because of this persistent threat being perceived to come from Isis K. Anderson. Yeah. Clarissa, based on what you saw, i mean, can you just explain the difficulties involved in getting all these people out . And are you optimistic optimistic they could get at least all The Americans out by the the 31st . I have to say, anderson, that im not optimistic at all. Im talking to people, every day, u. S. Servicemen, congressmen and women. So many who are working around the clock to try to help facilitate these extractions. I spoke to one u. S. Soldier earlier today who said that he had desperately been trying to get 30 people in. But you just cant get them through these gates. Because the situation is so kinetic, as you just heard sam say there and because there are nonstate actors who are now involved in further complicating an already, very complex, dangerous situation. It becomes next to impossible to try to find people in the crowd. Find an entrance for them to come to where there isnt a sort of crush, already, of other people waiting. And bring them in. And then, safely evacuate them. So i think we have to be realistic at what were looking at now. Which is a Bestcase Scenario, the u. S. Succeeds in at evacuating all The Americans who want to be evacuated. But at the same time, youre looking at Tens Of Thousands of people who have fought with americans, who have died with americans or had Family Members who have died with americans, who have sacrificed and risked everything for two decades of service. Who increasingly, it becomes clear, are likely to be left behind. Clarissa, a taliban spokesperson has given an Ultimatum Sam was mentioning and i want to read you the quote of what they said. They said our leadership will take proper and necessary decisions. Thats if the u. S. Isnt out by August 31st. What do you take that to mean . I take that to mean the taliban is not granting any extension to this deadline. They dont want what they call an extended occupation. And theyve been pretty clear about that, from the beginning. There are several reasons why they dont want this. Number one, they dont feel that they can really begin the business of fully running afghanistan as an autonomous political force as long as these scenes are playing out at the airport. Number two, theyre fully aware of how the optics of whats happening at the airport are terrible for the taliban because as long as you continue to see all these people who are literally willing to risk life and limb and crush themselves and throw their babies over Razor Wire in order to escape the taliban. Thats not a good look for the taliban. Thats not something that they can abide. And then, thirdly, i think theyre feeling pretty bullient right now. They have a big War Chest filled with american weapons and ammunition. The [ inaudible ] to compromise they feel that they have [ inaudible ]. Sam clarissa, were having a problem with your feed, clarissa. Sam, i want to play something from the White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in the Briefing Today when she was pressed about americans being, quote, stranded. Lets listen. First of all, i think its irresponsible to say americans are stranded. They are not. We are committed to bringing americans who want to come home, home. We are in touch with them via phone, via text, via email, via any way that we can possibly reach americans to get them home if they want to return home. There are no americans stranded is the White Houses official position on whats happening in afghanistan right now . I am just calling you out for saying we are stranding americans in afghanistan. When i we have been very clear we are not leaving americans who want to return home. Sam, i mean, based on what you are seeing and hearing, are there americans who are currently stranded . Is that an appropriate way to characterize it . Lot of political spin involved there. What there is is an estimate of some thousands of americans who some of whom or many of whom want to get back to the united states or get out of kabul. The authorities here, at the moment, are struggling to get them safely into this location. All of the gates are officially closed to afghans. Even those carrying the special immigrant visas in order to try to facilitate this. They are prioritizing here the bringing in of people with permanent residence in the united states or united states passports but to do so, they have had to use what they call alternative routes which are essentially Special Forces Operations try and go grab them and find safe routes for them in through taliban lines and into the headquarters here. This is not necessarily because the taliban. You have some record of abusing people on their way in. But really, have negotiated good behavior with The Americans in order to facilitate this process. But because of this persistent threat coming from Isis K and i i mentioned that firefight that was going on over to my right. Its i would guess its probably about a kilometer away. You can clearly hear single shots being pulled off and then a spray of rapid fire. Its clearly a firefight of some kind. And its precisely that kind of event that is making it so difficult to get americans, stranded or not, into this base. And of course, the longer this insecurity persists or the greater, the more it grows, anderson, the harder its going to be to get them in. And the harder its going to be for the united states to meet that deadline. And the harder the taliban will negotiate for any kind of concession out of The Americans, should they agree to to move that Red Line a little bit to the right, anderson. So, sam, just to be clear. You said right now and for how long, im wondering, that the the doors are shut for afghans right now . Right now, the the the focus is is purely on getting americans or permanent residents through the through the wire, through the wall . Yes, it is. Yeah. That thats been the case now for about at least 48 Hours Id say. The gates are closed. And also, clearing the backlog. There was about nearly 20,000 mostly afghan evacuees but not just afghans. Obviously, foreigners, too. To move through. They are now being moved through pretty efficiently with you can hear in the background another aircraft taking off. They have been taking off and landing all day long. They are being moved through very, very efficiently now. There is a pretty slick operation that has been stood up in four or five days only. It had a disastrous start with a lot of logjams. They have tried to clear it now. The hope from the afghan perspective and, indeed, from the foreign perspective is the gates might open soon. But of course, every time the gates open, anderson, more People Flock to them. The crowds get bigger. And then, they become a bigger Terrorist Target for a group like Isis K. And the one thing that the islamic state would love to do is humiliate and cause destruction for the taliban in the early days of their nascent administration and humiliate the withdrawing Forces Led by the united states. Anderson. Clarissa is back with us. Clarissa, last time we spoke, you were at the airport about to leave kabul. You said you were said you were one of the lucky ones. We have a picture of you that you took on the plane. What what what was that Journey Home like . I mean, its just surreal, anderson. Youre walking in the sort of Dead Of Night through the airfield. Theres hot Jet Engine Air being blasted into your face. And you walk onto this huge c17. Everybody has to stand facing the same direction because theres, you know, so many people packed in so tightly. And then, at a certain point, youre given the word and you all sort of sit down, simultaneously. And, you know, what really stood out to me is that because im a westerner, all these people were like, excuse me, please, can you tell me where are we going . Excuse me, please can you tell me what happens when we get will . How can i call my Loved Ones . I left my family outside the airport. We got separated. Can i charge my phone . And you just this overwhelming sense of even though they are the lucky ones, this absolute fear of the fact that everything they know and which is familiar has been left behind. Theyre walking into a completely uncertain reality. They have no information about whats waiting for them on the other end. Theyre desperately afraid of what could happen to them along the journey. The translator who cnn had been working with who was traveling with us. He was so worried that something was gonna get stolen from him, he wouldnt let himself sleep for a couple of days. I mean, people are going through a form of trauma even in even in this process of extraction. Even in the process of getting out to safety. This is not where their troubles end. And in many ways, this is where so many challenges begin. And and i really felt that sitting on sitting on this c17 for three hours like sardines, Sitting Cross Legged with everybody full of questions. And i, of course, was not able to answer those questions, anderson. Yeah. Clarissa ward, appreciate the reporting. Sam kiley, as well. Please be careful. Sam. Coming up next, more Breaking News tonight. A live report from capitol hill, plus analysis about a major development in the investigation of the Capitol Riot. One with potential repercussions for republican Members Of Congress and others. Well be right back. And here. Which is why the scientific expertise that helps Operating Rooms stay clean now helps the places you go too. Look for the Ecolab Science certified seal. Its a wishlist on wheels. A choice that requires no explanation. Its where safe and daring seamlessly intersect. 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But what have you been doing for the last two hours . Delegating . Oh, good one. Move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. Xfinity makes moving easy. Go online to transfer your services in about a minute. Get started today. There is more Breaking News to report. This time, involving a major next step in the investigation into January 6th Capitol Riot by The House Select Committee with potential repercussions for some Members Of Congress. I am joined now by congressional correspondent, ryan nobles. And cnn legal analyst, norm eisen, who also served as former counsel to House Democrats during the former president s first impeachment. Excuse me, ryan, The House Select Committee investigating the insurrection. They are planning to seek Phone Records, including that those of some Members Of Congress. Do we know which Members Phone records they are planning on going after . We dont yet, anderson. Committee wasnt specific about that but the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, telling us today that they are going to seek the records of some hundreds of people as a result of this investigation. And another member of the committee, jamie raskin, told me today that obviously they want to find information about people that were involved in the planning, the execution. Both, inside and outside on that day. And when it comes to Members Of Congress who we know will be a part of this tranche of information that they are looking for. There is a certain number of republican Members Of Congress who are on the phone that day with the White House. Specifically, the House Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy and and Jim Jordan of ohio. Both have said they spoke to the former president Donald Trump on that day. So while the committee is not tipping its hand right now, thats a logical first place to look in terms of the information that theyll be in search of. Norm, do you see any legal issues when it comes to obtaining Phone Records of sitting Members Of Congress . And and can Telecommunications Company deny the request from the committee . Um, anderson, thanks for having me back. There there are always legal rules that apply. But here, you have a wellfounded basis for seeking the Phone Records. In any investigation, whether its congressional, civil, criminal, you need evidence in order to make the case. So i think theres an adequate basis to ask for em and i think theyre going to get them. Ryan, could members these Members Of Congress be called to testify publicly . That would be the next logical step, anderson. And the committee has told us, repeatedly, that they are going to go wherever this investigation takes them. And if that means calling before the committee to to testify either in public or behind closed doors, Members Of Congress who have knowledge as to what could have happened that day. They are not afraid to do that. And it its not necessarily just active Members Of Congress. It could be also members of the Trump Administration who could be called in front of this committee to testify. But Thats Part of what this records request is about. Its about building that evidence. Starting a Paper Trail that would be part of that investigative process. And they need to form these Telecommunications Companies they need to tell them those records cannot be destroyed because they could be potentially part of an investigation. Norm, i mean, there is plenty of ways, though, that this could just get bogged down in litigation. I mean, there theres they could issue subpoenas and people could refuse to show up. They could cite executive privilege, couldnt they . Um, anderson, its true that the Trump Administration was kind of a Master Class in the obstruction of congressional investigations. But cnns reporting is that the committee shrewdly is starting with reputable actors, the Telecommunications Companies, socialmedia companies. Theyre not going to play those games. Congress has just reestablished its right to enforce subpoenas in the Trump Litigation in the supreme court, in the Mcgahn Litigation that we worked on in the first impeachment in the d. C. Circuit. And um the courts are gonna if it goes to court. I think it could move more quickly and the courts are not going to tolerate the kind of Game Playing that we saw from Donald Trump. Norm eisen, ryan nobles, appreciate it. Thank you. Just ahead, that neverending socalled audit in arizona. It was finally supposed to end today. Instead, the preventable happened. Details, when we continue. As your business changes, the United States Postal Service is changing with it. With ecommerce that runs at the speed of now. Next Day And Twoday shipping nationwide, and returns right from the doorstep. 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The report was supposed to be handed over to the State Snad Today after a long, drawn out process even a local republican called incompetent and Quote Conspiracytheory driven. Joining us to explain the delay is ccnns kyung lah. Supposed to chair their findings with the Arizona Senate today. What happened . Well, covid happened. Increasingly, hear about it in the news. Covid hit the Cyber Ninjas. The Arizona Senate President , karen fann, announced that the head of Cyber Ninjas, Doug Logan, this is the subcontractor you are mentioning, anderson. That he had tested positive for covid, in addition to two other members of the socalled Audit Team. We understand at least one of them may be quite ill. What we dont we dont know the Health Status of the other two. But we can tell you that they were photographed by multiple agencies, including cnn, working inside the warehouse without masks on. That members of the socalled Audit Team did testify in public not wearing masks. That masks were not a part of this effort toward The End when the Machine Ballot Count happened. So what did happen today is that the Arizona Senate did receive a partial report that Theyll Start to look through on wednesday. The full report obviously at this point is going to be tbd. Important to note, anderson, that this was not going to be released publicly anyway. When it was released, there certainly was going to be a lot of dispute about any sort of factual basis of this report. Anderson. Just to be clear, though, the only evidence we dont know for a fact that they have covid. This is what the State Gop Leader has said, right . This is the reason theyre giving . Reporter that is in a statement, and that is all we got. Okay. So i know you i mean youve been for better or worse, you have been on this story now for quite some time. I dont know how youve done it and kept your composure, but youve been looking at the Cyber Ninjas. You even tracked down their alleged offices in florida which there was No One there. What did you learn about them over the last few months . Reporter well, we had to travel to florida because No One was calling us back. The Cyber Ninjas were hired with very little experience. In fact zero experience when it comes to election auditing. So we went to sarasota, florida, and we didnt find much. Take a listen. Cyber ninjas is headquartered in sarasota. So we flew the 2,000 miles to florida. Our first stop, Cyber Ninjas legal department. Suite number 421. The office listed as the fourth Floor Suite is a rented mailbox. Inside a ups store. Thank you for calling Cyber Ninjas. Reporter No One ever answers the official business phone number. And every extension you press gets you to only one ninja. Please leave a message for Doug Logan. Doug logan. Doug logan. Reporter im still waiting for Doug Logan to call me back. He never returned any of our inquiries. What we can tell you on paper that the Cyber Ninjas, anderson, were paid 150,000 by arizona taxpayers to conduct this audit in addition to millions that were funneled into this effort. We dont know if they got millions, but millions was fund into this effort to conduct this socalled audit. Anderson. Theyre ninjas. You cant see them. They move so fast, theyre amazing. Kyung lah, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Continue to follow it. Up next, the Pfizer Vaccine getting full approval. Cnns Donie Osullivan went to a rally hosted by the former president over the weekend. There were plenty of vaccine hesitant people there. Did the former president change their minds with his message to get vaccinated . Well show you next. Still fresh. Unstopables inwash scent booster. Downy unstopables. Stop clearing breakouts doesnt have to be harsh on your sensitive skin. New cetaphil gentle clear contains balanced formulas that gently clear breakouts and soothe sensitive skin. Cetaphil. 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No. Have you got your vaccine . No. Dont want it. No . They aint tested it enough in my opinion. The Pfizer Shot is about to get full fda approval. Would that change your opinion on it at all . Not until they do a whole lot more investigating in on it. Yeah. Nothing is going in me until then. Right. Do you think that would take a long time . About ten years or so. I dont trust the government, i dont trust cdc, i dont trust none of them. What is it about the vaccine because ive watched Dr. 10penny and shes done a lot of research on it. Reporter she is a discredited Conspiracy Theorist who pushes dangerous misinformation about vaccines. Im sure youve seen the pictures of people who have these shots and now theyre magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead and it sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them and they stick. Reporter those claims landed her on a list known as the Disinformation Dozen, superspreaders of covid misinformation. These 12 people are out there giving misinformation. Anyone listening to it is getting hurt by it. Its killing people. Its bad information. Reporter but tenpenny and others in the Disinformation Dozen are finding appeal among some trump supporters. My own doctor tried to get me to get the shot and i told him to go watch dr. Tenpenny. So you trust this woman on the internet more than your own doctor . Uhhuh, i do. To listen to the internet or listen to rather than the professionals, the scientists, the cdc, the fda, if you look at the history of vaccine, its been, again, the greatest Gift Weve ever been given. People Today Wouldnt be at any of these events, they would either have polio, they would have smallpox, they would have many other diseases. Vaccines have saved us. Reporter trump came here to alabama saturday. Its the state with the lowest Vaccination Rate in the nation and at the time of this rally, every Icu Bed here was full. His timid suggestion his supporters should get the shot was matched with jeers. And you know what, i believe totally in your freedoms, i do. Youve got to do what you have to do. But i recommend, take the vaccines. I did it, its good. Take the vaccines. But youve got no, thats okay. Thats all right. Youve got your freedoms. But i happened to take the vaccine. If it doesnt work, youll be the first to know, okay . Trump got the vaccine, though. They keep saying that. I dont know that. I mean im not fully convinced of that. You dont think trump got it . I dont think he did. I really dont. Reporter in so many peoples minds, so many people who dont want to get the shot, this is a republican democrat thing. Oh, absolutely. You know, but i will tell you i dont personally see that that virus came over here on a donkey or an elephant, and its affecting everybody. I watch prophets of God And Newsmax and maybe a little fox, thats about it. Thats about it. Ive kind of turned away from news. I dont want to listen to it. I want to listen to what god is sa