Encouraging news on the fight against the virus. A first of its kind study kinds the vaccine developed by astrazeneca can very much cut the spread of the virus. Were talking about our medical expert about that. And call it a booster shot, the Biden Administration expanding Vaccine Distribution with plans to send doses directly to pharmacies next week. Dr. Fauci says it cant happen soon enough. Are we vaccinating right now at a pace to keep ahead of these mutant strains . Well, were Getting Better and better, but, savannah, were not. Im Hallie Jackson in washington. We start this morning with Garrett Haake on capitol hill. Garrett, that tribute for Officer Sicknick is starting in just a little bit this hour but as we come on the air there is big news youve been covering from the senate regarding what you could perhaps technically call a power sharing agreement, but if you put in in laymans terms it basically means that congress, now the senate, can function as its supposed to function w
fentanyl overdoses today blamed the president for their death. she also said that hundreds of thousands of other kids have died on the president s watch. the president owes me an apology and all of the other parents who have lost their children. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene agrees. blaming their deaths on biden s refusal to, quote, stop the cartels from murdering americans every day by chinese fentanyl. she is very specific recently saying that a mom, a poor mother who lost two kids to fentanyl that that i killed her sons. well, the interesting thing is that fentanyl they took came during the last administration. ha ha ha. what a horrible human being. how can he sit there and joke about it. being. republican lawmakers are now piling on, quote, shameful and embarrassing. what, president biden, do you find amusing about this? the white house isn t too amused with continuing questions about covid-19 sor-ins which the fbi director now says likely came from a w
burial in the royal vault alongside her husband prince philip in windsor this evening. as we are watching traditions that go back centuries and updated by the queen s agreement grandmother, queen victoria in 1901. the queen s casket will arrive at windsor castle, with the procession ending outside st. george s chapel. she will be the first female sovereign there. we will be bringing you the committal service for which some of the music was composed by the former chapel organist who is believed to have taught young princess elizabeth to play the piano. hundreds of world leaders, including president biden and more than 2,000 dignitaries joined the royal family for the queen s state funeral at westminster abbey. the 13th century seat of the church of england and where 25-year-old elizabeth was core nated 75 years ago. the queen said her funeral should not be long and boring. it was just about one-hour long, managing to be both personal and a world-class good-bye, including a
good day, i m chris jansing live in london. we do have breaking news. in just the last ten minutes we learned an american citizen could be among the hostages released from gaza today. that s according to a u.s. official and a diplomat with knowledge of these fast-moving events. we re also following an unspeakable, almost unimaginable tragedy in a war that has been full of them. hamas is now saying that the biebas family, a mother and her two young children reportedly died while in their custody, although they re blaming israel. what impact could this have on the broader conflict and on negotiation aimed at extending the truce. george santos may be in his final hours as a member of congress. but santos remains defiant. his future and his hopes of avoiding that fate now down to simple math. we ll explain coming up. and we have been watching the pictures coming out of georgia where rosalynn carter has made her last trip back to the town of plains where she was born 96 year
senate majority leader chuck schumer, highest ranking jewish lawmaker in congress, making an emotional speech last hour about the horrors he has seen in israel after that october 7th massacre. and the rise in threats here at home. breaking overnight, at least one person dead after a u.s. military osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of japan, with six crew members on board. and right now, private funeral services getting under way for former first lady rosalynn carter in her hometown of plains, georgia. we begin this hour with more on the breaking news in the israel-hamas war. just a short time ago, the military wing of hamas announced three hostages have died. the israeli defense forces have notified the bibas family of the hamas statement that three of their family members, mother shiri, 4-year-old ariel and 10-month-old kiefer have been killed. the idf is trying to determine whether it is true. and a deal is now expected to extend the truce for another two days, acc