Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada and Around The World, im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. The future of the Johnson Johnson Coronavirus Vaccine in the u. S. Could be decided in the coming hours. Vaccine advisers to the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention will discuss how to move forward with the onedose shot. Now, this comes after a handful of rare blood clot cases were reported. The nations top Infectious Disease expert dr. Anthony fauci says he expects u. S. Regulators to follow europes lead and allow the shot to be used, but with a warning or restriction. Cnns chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta also weighed in. Its rare. Its still rare, you know. Maybe there is a couple more people who develop this, but not significant numbers. I dont know what theyre going to sort of recommend tomorrow as part of this advisory committee. It is likely if you look at what happened in europe, europ
Miles from where the trial of Derek Chauvin was taking place. Police say in an attempt to make an arrest, a veteran officer pulled out her gun instead of her taser and fired it, killing wright. At least two other africanamericans died in Police Shootings this week, one in north carolina, another, a teenage girl in ohio. At the funeral today, members of Daunte Wrights family, Reverend Al Sharpton, minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar will speak. Cnns Adrienne Broaddus is there outside of that church of we know thats just a short list of elected officials who are there. Tell us about what is happening today and how they will remember this young man. Reporter Friends And Family are remembering Daunte Wright as someone who had a big smile, a smile that was brighter than the sun, that shines here today. Inside right now theres a visual artist painting a picture of daunte. Its a Black And White photo, and he just completed that painting, but while he was painting, there was a Trumpet Player Playi
Brand new hour, glad youre here with us, im victor blackwell. And im alisyn camerota. We begin with what President Biden is calling good news in the pandemic. Pfizer says its early lab data showed a booster shot of its vaccine can neutralize the Omicron Variant which has now been detected in 21 states. The president s Chief Medical Adviser says hes encouraged by this booster news. When youre entering into an arena of a new variant with very many unknown aspects about it, you always have a degree of anxiety about how its going to turn out. So the news we got last night and this morning about the effective boosters does make me breathe a little bit better. Pfizer also says its lab results found two shots did not provide specific protection against omicron. Efficacy matches the findings of a small study of a dozen people in south africa. Lets bring in dr. William schaffner of the division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University medical center, and an adviser to the cdc. Welcome ba
The son of Daunte Wright, the man killed by Brooklyn Center police in 2021, will get the majority of the $3.5 million settlement from the city. The family's attorneys, however, will get significantly less, with the judge issuing a scathing order.