a cross roads. with new variants popping up across the country and a vaccine distribution effort that is still plagued with delays and uncertainty. leading one top infectious disease expert to warn of this. the fact is that the surge that is likely to occur with this new variant from england is going to happen in the next six to 14 weeks. and if we see that happen, which my 45 years in the trefnches tel us we will, we will r going to see something take we ve not seen in this country. after the year that we ve been through. at the same time the extreme financial toll that the pandemic has taken on almost every american is also in the spotlight today. in just a few hours ten republican senators will be meeting with president biden at the white house to talk about the covid relief package that he s been pushing. the group of senators has offered biden a counter proposal, they offered it over the weekend, a scaled down package with about a third of the overall price tag that
coronavirus test that promises 99% accurate results in 15 minutes delivered to your smartphone. the country emerging from its deadliest month, 99,000 people killed since january. scientists agree the improvement is real, but the risk is the same as it ever was. relaxing too soon. the more transmissible and potentially deadly variants are gaining more of a foothold here in the united states, and doctors warn those numbers could very well turn for the worse again. vaccines, we know, will end this pandemic, but the question is how long will it take, and can the biden administration speed up the distribution plan enough to outrun the virus. you need to get vaccinated when it becomes available as quickly and as expeditiously as possible. not only are you going to protect individuals from getting disease, not only are you going to protect them from getting infected, but you are going to prevent the emergence of variants here in our country. let s walk through some of the latest
the three time grand slam champion naomi osaka has invested in professional women s football team north carolina courage. it s not been revealed how much of the team she owns. today, organisers of the tokyo olympics said hosting the games without fans remains an option under consideration. ioc president thomas bach dismissing speculation yesterday the games could be pushed back again or moved to another city. we ll find out how the uncertainty s affecting athlete preparations in a moment but first, here s katie shanahan. despite recent polls indicating a majority of the japanese public field postponing or cancelling the tokyo olympics would be preferable, the local organising committee have reiterated the stance of the ioc, saying everyone is pushing in the same direction to start the games on 23july. translation: 23 july. translation: ., ~ translation: after talking with eve one translation: after talking with everyone and translation: after talking with everyone and a
a year into the pandemic, the way out has been clearfor some time vaccinations. but now theres major issues in the supply chain. and it s become a huge health and political story in europe. here s the world health organizations europe director. no one is safe until everyone is safe, but the reality is, that for the time being, there is realistically a shortfall of vaccines. the eu blames the shortfall on british swedish firm astrazeneca it had promised the eu 100 million doses by march. now, around of quarter of that is likely. on wednesday both sides met and agreed to work together to resolve the issues. today, thursday, things have escalated again. european council president charles michel said in a letter to four eu leaders. for its part, astrazeneca blames shortage on production problems at european plants. but the eu is now trying to corroborate that claim itself. this is astrazeneca s production site near brussels and the european commission has confirmed that bel
opinion overturning roe v. wade written in february. shattered shifting norms completely. what occurred with this leak was an unspeakably unethical act. and it is unfortunately a sign of our times. the court was always an island of integrity. and most of us didn t think this day would come. the court has a long tradition that it would not yield to politics. it would not yield to dirty tricks. somebody shattered that tradition. brian: they did. it s the first time a draft opinion has been leaked in the history of the supreme court. it s a big deal. there is a leaker in the highest court. who is behind it? for some reason top democrats refuse to call it a leak. they are calling it a report. i have not had a chance to thoroughly go into the report. last night, a report disclosed if this report is accurate,. brian: clinton s former campaign press secretary called the leaker brave. senior correspondent at vox. vox is i m glad called it a leak anger and distrust that is t