throughment rich edson is joining us from wilmington, delaware where the president is spending the weekend. good afternoon, griff. when president biden returns to washington the white house says he ll be negotiating with republicans and democrats and a compromise on infrastructure. they re discussing a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal however there are stick being points, how to pay for this. democrats want tax increases and republicans want to use unspent covid relief funds. his own proposal, as you know, is a huge package, 2.65 trillion dollars with a $2 trillion of new taxes, particularly taxes on american businesses and american workers which makes no sense coming out of this pandemic. now, griff, as you mentioned, democrats are working on two tracks here, there s that bipartisan trillion dollar track, but also looking for a larger bill, something in the order of $6 trillion, potentially up to that much. this is something that the democrats would have to pass with al
george floyd s murder. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . the chaos raging anew in portland as some 200 rioters torn down fences and put spikes on the streets why police had to clear for emergency vehicles to go through. rioters tried to burn down a federal courthouse and targeted business. shocking video in minneapolis as gunshots rang out not far from where george floyd was killed. a site that has now become a memorial. this all happening in broad daylight. we showed you a bit yesterday. now there is more. i heard gunshots. [gunfire] it sounds like gunshots. i would like to know what this is. they seem to be gunshots. get down! harris: our crew had to crawl out of the way yesterday. they re still investigating what happened. neighbors say crime has been surging in the area. a pattern also being reported city wide. dan springer live today with our top story. dan. we ve seen this all before over the last year. anarchists attack police and prope
good morning. i m hallie jackson with you. stick with us. it s a big hour in the global fight to get people vaccinated. right now, we have our eyes on the white house. any second now, the administration s covid-19 response team will hold a briefing. the white house is expected to lay out its global vaccination distribution plan. we are hoping to learn how many doses, which countries would be prioritized and more. we will go to that live as soon as it starts. while people around the world who want the vaccine can t get one, the white house is in an all-out blitz to convince people here in the u.s. who can get the vaccine to actually do it. this morning our nation s top doctors are pushing to meet president biden s big goal, getting 70% of americans at least one vaccine dose by independence day. we don t want to say, we don t need to get vaccinated. you need to vaccinate as many people as you can if you really want to crush this. we have pockets in this country that have
more on that climate challenge ahead. up first, today, a critical meeting this hour of vaccine experts to decide if johnson & johnson s coronavirus vaccine will go back on the american market. a committee meeting today to assess more j&j vaccine data and review a possible vaccine link to blood clots. the j&j pause is now ten days old. a source telling cnn that perm nn perminant ely shelving the vaccine is off the table, but they re considering a warning on each dose and restrict whoog can receive the single shot vaccine. the cdc underlines the importance of today s deliberations. i think the fda and i both feel strongly and the cdc feels strongly that we need to act swiftly after that analysis, but i do think there s plenty of people who are interested in the j&j vaccine, if just for convenience as well as for a single dose option. let s go through the latest numbers and show you just where the coronavirus fight stands. as that committee makes this key decision about th
ellen degeneres says her long running talk show is to end. hello and welcome. the un has expressed fears of a full scale war as the deadly conflictbetween israeli forces and palestinians continued for a third day. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, warned palestinian militants that this wasjust the beginning threatening to strike with blows they haven t dreamed of. in the last few hours president biden said he had spoken to mr netanyahu and said he hoped the violence would end sooner rather than later. 67 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed since the latest flare up in violence began. our middle east correspondent tom bateman, begins our coverage, you may find some scenes in his report disturbing. the world s asking if the region is on the brink of war. people who woke to this feel it s already here. palestinians in gaza faced the fiercest israeli bombardment since the last all out conflict. israel says it s going after militant leaders. some were k