european countries are suspending the use of a different vaccine over reports of dangerous blood clots in a small number of recipients. the vaccine has not been authorized for use yet here in the united states. the company expected to apply for that authorization quite soon. and dr. anthony fauci is keeping an eye on europe today offering a new warning as new cases in the united states are plateauing at a dangerously high level. about 50,000 cases a day. and he wants to make sure that we as a country don t end up in the same situation that europe is facing right now. europe is generally a few weeks ahead of us in the dynamics of the outbreak. and they had play towing and then they pull back a bit on their mitigation methods. the all of a sudden, it started to surge again. we want to mike ake sure that doesn t happen here in the united states. part of that equation is vaccines. let s start with the news coming out this morning about moderna s trials involving children. eli
these tax cuts. again, this is the flip side of what we talked about a few minutes ago. if republicans are going to start arguing that tax cuts have to be paid for or offset with spending cuts, does that put them in a box when it comes to much larger tax cuts like the bush tax cuts that continually get extended without necessarily the spending cuts to go with them? it puts them in an awkward situation in the specific debate. it does seem incon grew ent with the argument for tax cuts in the past. that essentially tax cuts pay for themselves they tend so have a stimlative effect on the economy. that s been a bedrock principle for republicans for some time. what happens here is you have a tax debate getting wrapped into a much larger budget debate. what s driven and consumed republicans really since early 2009 has been the larger budget picture. they feel that washington is