credible evidence of substantially declining protection against severe disease which is the primary goal of vaccination. and in other words, these authors and this is a well respected group of folks, say, look it doesn t help prevent severe disease, why are we doing this and what are the point of this and this is including the science health organization and food and drug administration. now let s look at the other side. that side is rooted in many ways here in israel where i am now. there is lots of israeli date yu looking at boosters, they have given booters to about a third of the population over the past six weeks and they say that it does help protect against severe disease and hospitalization. they say they have lots of day of thea that does show that it helps and dr. fauci, the president s medical adviser has quoted this data many times. let s take a listen at what he said last week. if you look at israeli data and they are about a month ahead of us in vaccinations a
the national weather service warning the storm could hit some places in southeast louisiana and make those places uninhabitable for weeks or even months. that warning just released. hurricane ida is expected to make landfall in that state, louisiana, as a category 4 hurricane tomorrow. almost exactly to the day, 16 years after hurricane katrina landed as a category 3. our team of reporters is covering the storm from all angles. nadia and jason are on the ground for us. let s begin with allison chinchar at the cnn weather center. what is the update from the weather center? brand-new update, showing gusts have ticked up a bit to 105 miles per hour. the forward movement is the same. northwest at about 16 miles per hour. it s a category 1 now, but it is expected to intensify and strengthen as it moves through the very warm waters of the gulf of mexico. likely becoming a category 2 sometime in the next few hours. a category 3 by this evening. then a category 4 by tomorrow mornin
we start in afghanistan, where fierce fighting has been raging in several provincial capitals. the afghan army is fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more and more civilians in danger. herat in the west of the country is one of two provincial capitals being targetted by the militants there s been similar being targetted by the militants. there s been similar intense fighting in laskar gar in the south, with large parts of that city under the taliban s control. local people say dead bodies are lying in the streets. we have exclusive pictures from herat inside one of the cities being besieged by the taliban. this footage is from the photo journalist masood husseini, one of the few journalists still inside herat. these pictures were filmed in the last 48 hours. he and other media who are there have been told to evacuate as soon as they can. as the fighting escalates fears are growing of a massive humanitarian crisis. let s talk to ryan crocker, former u
and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith. it is friday. hello, benjamin. i m benjamin, in for john roberts. department of education approved plans to have six states and washington, d.c. to use funds from president biden s american rescue plan. sandra: some states could use the funds to further the controversial programs. live from the white house with a breakdown how the states will use the funding. the american rescue plan was signed in during march, getting that money out times time. the departments of education sending $6 billion to handful of states to help kids get back to school. a lot of money going in different places. a lot go for funds to make sure kids go back to the classroom, some for summer programs. there are proposals to address racial and social gaps. look at rhode island funding plan. they want to center all actions anti-raceicism that promotes wellness. critics are watch closely to see if the biden administration is upon hadding school districts adv
favor of even allowing debate on the legislation. put another way, all 50 republican senators voted no. while states are back home working hard to suppress the vote or certain votes, should we say, there s not a republican in the senate who wants to even allow a debate on this topic. an angry majority leader spoke moments after the vote was announced. senate republicans have signed their names in the ledger of history alongside donald trump, the big lie, and voter suppression. today, every single democratic senator stood together in the fight to protect the right to vote in america. the republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights. this vote, i m ashamed to say, is evidence that voter suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. in an unusual move, vice president harris presided over the senate during tonight s vote. afterwards, she vowed democrats will continue pushing f