Anderson Cooper Welcome back to the whole story. Im anderson cooper. President Bidens Decision to step aside from the race came as a shock to many americans, including some of his own campaign and White House staff. Even after the disastrous Cnn Debate against former President Donald Trump and the growing calls from democrats for him to pass the torch, biden seemed Dug In. So the question is, what finally changed his mind . Over the next hour, cnns Pamela Brown examines the Rise And Fall of candidate Joe Biden from his motivations for running against Donald Trump to the final days and hours before his historymaking decision. [music playing] Pamela Brown voiceover it was summer 2017, Joe Biden was out of the vice presidency, out of washington dc, and in his Home State of delaware. Evan osnos Joe Biden found himself in a place he hadnt been in his entire adult life, frankly. His politics had defined his identity, and now all of a sudden, he was a man without a purpose. Jeff zeleny it was
Altman, Pediatrician And Spokesperson for the american academy of Pediatrician And Dr. Lena nguyen also with us. Dr. Altman, i want to start with you, the impact of this announcement. Sure. You know, i think this is really exciting, as a Pediatrician And Parent of a 6yearold who is the only child in my household not yet vaccinated, this will make a huge difference in the fight against covid19 and parents, pediatricians and teachers are waiting for this. It is very needed and i think the data looks good and im waiting for the fda and i hope they will thoroughly and aggressively review this data, so when it is time and appropriate, we can get shots in arms into our younger kids. Dr. Nguyen, this is a robust Antibody Response Pfizer said and shows safety among the 2,000plus kids in the trial. It doesnt get into efficacy, 90 effective against prep venting infection. What do you want to see when you pore through this data . I agree this is exciting news. So many parents are waiting for exac
Finale of melrose play. Title undetermined, by the way. Chairman of the board. Do something with that, you freak. I bet the board is spelled bored. It took me about 15 minutes to recover from that. Of course former Saturday Night live Star Norm Mac donald who tragedy passed away after a long battle with cancer. Well have more about his legacy coming up. Norm macdonald was one of the funniest guys out there. He just held a special place in so many of his fans hearts. Such sad news. Truly, i mean, i gasped when i saw this yesterday. I guess he had been sick with cancer for almost a decade, and hadnt told anybody, kept it private or had told very few people anyway. Nobody makes me laugh harder. I know thats for sure, and you could see it on conans face as the clips were going on. These are the funniest people In America, conan, letterman, john stewart, and nobody did the Slow Burn joke on a Talk Show, better than Norm Macdonald, he would wind it up for two or three minutes, you didnt know
America is still the land of the free because were the home of the brave. And thats your reality check. John avalon, thank you very much on this 9 11 eve. New day continues right now. Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. It is friday, september 10th. Im John Berman with Brianna Keilar on this new day. President biden with new aggressive Vaccination Requirements that could affect as many as 100 Million americans. This is a new attempt to contain the latest Covid Surge and the president is clearly running low on patience. My message to Unvaccinated Americans is this. What more is there to wait for . What more do you need to see . Weve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin and your refusal has cost all of us. So please do the right thing. President biden announced that all unvaccinated employees at private companies with more than 100 workers, they have to do Weekly Testing. The way to get out of Weekly Testing, get vaccinated. Hes also
Is down by 26 from a month ago. We should caution, these Vaccination Numbers come after a holiday weekend. Officials tell cnn the president s Gonna Lay out a Sixpoint Plan with obvious political, economic, and Public Health repercussions and we will talk about that more tonight. But right now, we want to focus on what officials say will be one element of that plan, which is safeguarding kids in schools. The spike in cases comes not only as americas schools reopen but as new data from the american academy of pediatric says one in four of these new cases is in a child. Not only that, the organization says theres been a 250 increase in infections of children from five weeks ago. Vaccines are, as you know, unavailable for those under 12. But one thing that appears to unite a large swath of democrats, republicans, and parents at this moment is that kids should be in school. Which leaves masks as one of the next best lines of protection. But as we have seen most notably in florida, Mask Mand