Oval office tonight. The key meeting with a u. S. Ally, after the president made the case for the global fight against covid and future pandemics. The fight against climate change, warning, we are nearing a point of no return. And what he said about the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. Cecilia vega live from the white house. That breaking news as we come on in the death of gabby petito. The coroner identifying her body and determining her death was a homicide. Tonight, news on the person of interest, where they re now searching. And the image captured by a wild life camera. Zbloint, the chaos at the border. The department of homeland security now launching an investigation into those disturbing images of some border agents, images the white house called horrific. Tonight, the response from the union representing those agents. And what president biden said when asked pab the worsening situation. Tonight, news about the death of a 14yearold high school football player dying after suf
Top of the hour. I m jim sciutto this friday. And i m poppy harlow. One hour from now a critical cdc meeting begins and by the end of the day we should know if the johnson johnson covid19 vaccine will be ready to head back to the market in the united states. And that s really what it s looking like in the nation s top doctors believe it will get the green light. But with new restrictions in place. This to be conscious of the very small number of cases where they ve had blood clot issues in women. We ll see exactly what they recommend and what restrictions or guidance they give for people that take it. The impacts of the meeting significant as america races, hopefully, towards herd immunity. We begin this hour with the cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. So you re hearing from everybody that they re going to give the green light for this? yes, absolutely. That s what we re hearing from source after source that johnson johnson vaccine is going to continue to be in distribution. Bu
agreement on a framework that will pay for any final negotiated agreement, so the revenue side of this we have an agreement on, okay? thank you. the framework, an agreement of a framework. that sounds like a big deal, right? but there are a lot of missing pieces. no specifics yet, for example, on just what tax hike democrats have agreed to support and even more important, no agreement yet on how much money democrats need to raise meaning no agreement yet on the final price tag for that big democratic plan. let s get straight up to our chief congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, they make this announcement out to be a big deal, but a lot of questions. reporter: there are a lot of questions and not a lot of clarity. let s be clear. members have not signed off on this in the rank and file. even some of the key chairmen of the committees are still in the dark about what exactly this means and what this means is an agreement about some of the options that they could do
strong. hospitalizations are dropping, but defense is dragging. the pace of vaccinations now down 35% from earlier this month. so where does all this leave us? let s begin with cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. let s just start with what s happening right now. the cdc meeting under way. what happens today and then what s next? well, we know that the vaccine s beefrpts have been emergency use authorized by the fda. now the cdc has to officially recommend them, make them part of the vaccine schedule. anyone who has kids knows about vaccine schedules and this would become part of the schedule as well and some specifics as well, ana. you talk about people at high risk for severe covid but that could be a vague term to some people. what does that mean exactly? what are the conditions? so who all specifically will this booster be recommended for? one thing i ll tell you in terms of the timing. if you go back six months ago from now, because they are saying these b
also tonight, president biden speaking to world leaders at the u.n., now back in the oval office tonight. the key meeting with a u.s. ally, after the president made the case for the global fight against covid and future pandemics. the fight against climate change, warning we are nearing a point of no return. and what he said about the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. cecilia vega live from the white house. that breaking news as we come on in the death of gabby petito. the coroner identifying her body and determining her death was a homicide. tonight, news on the person of interest, where they re now searching. and the image captured by a wildlife camera. tonight, the chaos at the border. the department of homeland security now launching an investigation into those disturbing images of some border agents, images the white house called horrific. tonight, the response from the union representing those agents. and what president biden said when asked about the worsening s