the house was, of course, an uphill struggle and passage uncertain shortly before the vote was held. but late-night arm twisting by the president got enough democrats onboard to make it happen. cnn s jessica dean has the details. reporter: big news out of the u.s. house of representatives tonight as the bipartisan infrastructure bill makes it out of the house and is now headed to president biden s desk for his signature. so, a major part of his legislative agenda getting done. house democrats getting that done with 13 house republicans joining them in that vote. we did see six progressives who voted against this. but the bottom line is the bipartisan infrastructure bill will now become law. and it s a big victory for president biden, who was really hoping and had to end up calling and trying to push this over the finish line multiple times. but really, today when it really came down to it. we started the day with expected morning votes and and something that would be ra
housekeeper. soaring prices at the pump, passengers stranded at airports, why we should expect more of this in the upcoming holiday season, and how you can avoid getting stranded. good morning to you. it is saturday, october 16th. i m christi paul. good morning, i m boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. the fda s advisory committee recommended all adults who received the single dose johnson & johnson vaccine should get a second dose at least two months after their first shot. the fda has to decide whether to grant emergency use authorization followed by the cdc giving its recommendation on who is eligible for the doses. we should tell you about a new study by the department of veterans affairs on vaccine effectiveness that s giving cause for concern. researchers found that j&j s vaccine protection against covid-19 drastically fell from 88% in march to a mere 3% by august. the study, we should point out has yet to be peer reviewed. good note to make there
ex-president it all but ensures that special counsel jack smith will hear from the key witness who none of the other investigations into the trump cou plot not the fulton county d.a. has ever heard from under oath we re, of course, talking about mike pence a ruling handed down wednesday night by a federal appeals court rejects an emergency request by trump to block mike pence s testimony. new york times reports this, quote, the 11th hour ruling by the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia paves the way for mr. pence to appear before the federal grand jury as early as this week the ex-president has a few legal options left including an appeal to the supreme court but as nbc news reports, quote, in previous instances, where appeals sent senior aides must testify, his legal team has opted no the to fight the decision further and those witnesses have quickly appeared before the grand jury and trump s argument that executive privilege prevents pence or any of his ai