with the federal data showing that only about half of the vaccine supply that have been distributed has been administered. and a member of the covid response team acknowledged yesterday that it will be months until every american who wants a vaccine can get one. as for president biden today, he s rolling out executive orders following through with a campaign promise to help shore up the affordable care act. we ll have much more on that in a moment. bup i want to start with the new threats to congress. as the department ofless is issuing a new warning about the danger coming from domestic extremists. jessica schneider is joining me. so a lot of new developments here. first there was just an arrest near the capitol. what are you hearing about this? reporter: so we re hearing this is a man who was first seen parked in the middle of an intersection near the capitol and then police approached him, approached the vehicle and inside of the vehicle they found a 9 millimeter handgun
in 2020. that made it the worst year for economic growth in this country since the second world war. right now, this pandemic is shaping action in our nation s capitol as well. any minute, speaker pelosi will head to the podium, hold her weekly press briefing. the top question, where notions over another round of covid relief stand. what should be in a bill is dividing lawmakers. it s raising the prospect that democrats may have to go it alone to pass certain priorities. in a matter of hours, expect president biden will take action to expand health care access during this pandemic. the affordable care act, obamacare, the signature obama-era policy that he championed as vice president, will be the main focus we are told of this new round of executive orders. also right now, a senate confirmation hearing underway for president biden s pick to lead the department of housing and urban development. if confirmed, the challenge is keeping millions of americans from losing their home
them as they recover from all of them the gravis and great to see you this morning. thank you very much. and new hours. cnn news central stars right now history will be made on several levels when president joe biden and former president donald trump take the stage for the cnn debate in atlanta with polls showing there in a dead heat, we have new details on the candidate strategies and the u.s. embassy in moscow fighting back as russia puts detained american journalist evan gershkovich on trial for what the state department says is a sham espionage charge and cities swamped by a deluge of flooding, roadways washed out and river gouges still at major flood stage across the upper midwest when will that water some side nine sarah side or john berman and kate bolduan, this is cnn news central the big day is here nearly here basically, here, joe biden, donald trump preparing to make history the first time a sitting president and debates a former president. in this first debate
all so much for joining us. we ll see you tomorrow live from atlanta, seen a news node, abby phillip starts right now right here in new york. are we watching an omen of what november may brain? that s tonight on newsnight cnn s breaking news good evening. i m abby phillip in new york moments ago, a major cnn projection in the race, the entire political world s attention has been fixated on tonight. jamaal bowman is now officially out of a job. the squad member losing two tonight to george latimer. it is an important marker and it shows the potential political power and parallel of the war in gaza. it also shows the candidates aren t taking a dramatic risk perhaps when they alienate jewish voters. bowman is younger, more high-profile. he s a key fixture was thought to be the ryzen wing of the democratic party alongside fellow new yorker alexandria ocasio-cortez, rachida to leave. and also ilhan omar but he is now on the losing end of the most expensive house primary in ame
convicted of 34 felony counts in his new york hush money case, eight republican senators vowed to oppose all biden nominees and all democratic legislation as retribution. today six republican senators led by trump vice presidential short lister jd vance put oppose all nominees into writing. anyone who endorsed trump s guilt, anyone who supported organizations that celebrated the indictment of donald trump, and anyone who supported manhattan s district attorney alvin bragg orn supported law fare or censorship in other ways, which is just vague enough to include basically anyone president biden s nominated. now, these republican senators say their blockade will last until election day, and in practical terms that means the u.s. government will not be able to appoint representatives to thingsep like the u.n. general assembly or the world health organization or even to the not particularly seeming places like the international civil aviation organization and the public buildings