halloween. this coming as democrats hit the pause button on legislation. and the president s large spending package, well, democrats ended the week without a vote or a deal on the president s sweeping domestic agenda despite frantic negotiations and deadlines. we re following all of these developments with daniella diaz on capitol hill. daniella, let s begin with you. what s happening or what s not happening? fred, what s not happening is a really interesting way to put what happened this week, which is not much. democrats debated and tried to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill which is what moderates wanted, but in the end, that vote didn t happen. the bill was not put to the floor and they bought themselves more time to continue negotiating on another part of biden s historic agenda. an economic bill. $3.5 trillion bill that would expand the nation s social safety. what did end up happening is they passed a 30-day funding for surface transportation. something that was
horizon. merck says its new anti-viral drug cuts the risk of hospitalizations and deaths by 50% for covid patients. cnn s polo sandoval joining me for more on this. dr. scott gottlieb, former head of the fda, calls this a potential game-changer in the fight against the coronavirus, simply because if you consider the potential benefits of this drug, dr. gottlieb is saying that it would potentially be effective not just for those who have been fully vaccinated and have experienced breakthrough cases, but also for americans who refuse to get vaccinated. all of that being said, experts across the board are still telling us that if approved, this would still not be a substitute for a vaccine. as early as next fall, california students will be required to be covid-19 vaccinated, says the state s governor. gavin newsom made the announcement friday saying his state is the first in the nation to add a covid vaccine to the list of inoculations required for in-person learning. i wan
Unmanned drone right into the center of the storm and they were able to see inside a hurricane out at sea. just take a look. those are incredible images. and you re also looking at 50 foot waves and winds swirling at over 120 miles an hour. the noaa says they were able to collect critical scientific data and thankfully hurricane sam is not expected to make landfall in the u.s. hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a troubling new milestone in the fight against covid. more than 700,000 people have died from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, and tragically more than 100,000 of those deaths have come since june 15th when vaccines were widely available for people 18 and over. there is some optimism on the