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
Greetings everyone, we are watching symone. We are getting into the new information about the possible evidence that some of the witnesses of the grand jury in Fulton County georgia could be hearing, as soon as tomorrow. When d a fani willis is expected to present her, case against donald trump in his alleged interference in the 2020 election. And, Emergency Efforts are underway in hawaii. Theyre going to provide residents with food, they are trying to get folks what, or even medicine. And some are still looking for loved ones, after what is now the deadliest wildfire in u. S. History. Plus, arrests made in connection with a brawl in montgomery alabama, the video exploded on social media. Our Culture Critics are going to weigh in on why this confrontation is getting so much attention. Simone sanders towns in, and i have something to say. All eyes on georgia, and the next to the job for donald trump. We have been talk about the potential 4th indictment of the former president. And now,
president s legal strategy becomes clear, delay, delay, delay. his lawyers make the case in the judge and documents case, we re keeping them honest. also, senator tommy tuberville, last night on cnn, he said white nationalist, to me, is an american. now, he s doing damage control will still blocking promotions of military officers in a battle over abortion. and live reporting tonight from new england, where some of the worst flooding there in decades is still far from over. good evening, thanks for joining us. tonight, we know what has long been suspected, the former president is trying to run out the clock in the documents case. and it s not just us saying it, he and his legal team did. a court filing, which arrived just before midnight last night, spells it out. in it, attorneys for the former president and his co defendant walt nauta asked judge aileen cannon not only to set aside her august trial date, but also to, quote, postpone any consideration of a new trial date. so
news central. inside politics starts now. well thom to inside politics. i m dana bash. it is a very busy day in our newsroom s capital. any moment, president biden will speak on the white house on the bipartisan border bill that s on the brink of collapse. the bill includes a host of tough new border policies that the president says he d sign, but republicans are ready to torpedo it after donald trump came out against it. we ll bring it to you live. also this hour, i ll speak to the republican who negotiated that deal. but first, a big court defeat for donald trump. a d.c. appeals court has unanimously rejected trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election subversion case. cnn s paula reid has been digging through the decision. what stands out to you about the way these judges made the decision? reporter: its outcome was very much expected. he s already lost on this issue, this argument that, as president, he should enjoy immunity for things he d
in february, of 2021, joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand, a high crime is a felony and misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much overtime. after he s out of office, you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in january at the end of his term and just go away scot-free. the department of just