This is cnn Breaking News. Im pamela brown in washington. Its shaping up to be a busy saturday night. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. You are here live in the cnn cnn newsroom. Breaking tonight, a third covid19 vaccine is one step closer to reality tonight as the u. S. Food and Drug Administration issues Emergency Use Authorization for the Johnson Johnson covid vaccine. I want to get straight to cnn Health Reporter Jacqueline Howard who is going to break down the next steps for us. Reporter pamela, youre right. There are next steps. Now that the fda has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for this vaccine were next going to hear from the cdc. Heres the timeline of whats going to happen. Tomorrow, an Advisory Committee to the cdc is going to meet and discuss how the vaccine can be used. Are there certain groups that should be prioritized for access . What should the distribution or storage look like . That will all be discussed. And then the Add Voiz
The first time donald trump takes the stage. The u. S. Vaccination effort is about to get a big boost thanks to the clearance of a third vaccine. Johnson johnson now has authorization from the food and Drug Administration. Two more steps before shots can start going into the arms, the cdcs Vaccine Committee will make guidelines on who should get it and the agency directs and give the final sign on. The single dose is not the only advantage of Johnson Johnson vaccine. Why else this is such a big deal . Reporter a third Coronavirus Vaccine will be available as soon as next week now that the food and Drug Administration authorized Johnson Johnsons authorization use. It is highly effective preventing coronavirus. Reporter it requires no complex refrigeration and only one dose. The company is ready to begin shipping doses as early as sunday. Having effective vaccine will help protect more people faster. Reporter more people are eager to get one. A Kaiser Family foundation found 55 of survey
Disturbing, lets be clear about that, they are really disturbing. We have two, as new yorkers, take this seriously, we need a full and independent investigation, i want to emphasize the word independent, this kind of behavior if it is true is unacceptable. Harris cuomos Accuser Writing andrew cuomo abused his power as governor to sexually harass me just as he had done with so many other women and that he created a culture within his administration where Sexual Harassment and bullying is so pervasive that it is not only condoned, its expected. Cuomos Office Denies the allegations and says they never happen, meanwhile republicans on the House Oversight committee are urging democrat chair Carolyn Maloney of new york to subpoena cuomo to testify on allegations his office covered up on the nursing home death toll, the other scandal rocking right now against this governor, this comes after cuomos directive to send covid patience to those facilities after hospital stays. You are watching outn
And contentious week for the new administration. On thursday, the United States carried out air strikes in syria targeting iranianbacked militias in retaliation for attacks on american personnel in iraq. Mr. President , what message were you sending to iran with your First Military action . You cant get you cant act with impunity. Be careful. On friday, the director of National Intelligence released a Report Finding that saudi arabias crown prince mohammad bin salman approved the murder of Washington Post columnist jamal khashoggi. The administration said it would not impose direct sanctions on the crown prince but the president told reporters saturday to expect more news on saudi arabia tomorrow. In the early hours saturday morning, the house passed bidens 1. 9 trillion Covid Relief Bill. It now heads to the senate with democrats hoping to get it on bidens desk by march 14th. But it wont be completely smooth sailing. The bill has one big Sticking Point to the tune of 15 an hour. Joini
Monitoring both of these events as both the candidates are on stage a trump rally. So steve donald trump just taking the stage. Were also learning that trump met today with the parents of laken riley. What do we know about that meeting yeah. Alex, just before President Donald Trump took the stage, he held a meeting back stage. We are told with the parents who are here today, as this event, he has spoken to them by the fall by foot before. But tonight theyre here so we have were not sure if theyre going to come out with the former president , his advisers were on that, but we do know that they gave her mission for the campaign to use a picture of her on a poster that is being distributed. So nice to people at the audience in a police photo and the phrase, say her name. So this is a continuation of the Conference Plantation and immigration politics the union ansible Donald Trumps supporters in the congress flashing during that speech over immigration and over laken rileys death. Clearly