Holds our Politics Hostage . Well get insights from chris hodge, who is a hostage negotiator. I am Joshua Johnson. Welcome to the week. Theres good news in getting americans their covid vaccinations. According to the cdc half of the adults in the u. S. Have received at least one shot. Starting tomorrow everybody 18 and older is eligible nationwide. All adults is expecting a media blitz from the white house to talk about the new eligibility. Finding an appointment could be more difficult with the Johnson Johnson vaccine on pause. Dr. Anthony fauci says he expect the j j vaccine to go back in use. My estimate is we will continue to use it in some form. I doubt very seriously if they just cancel it. I dont think thats going to happen. I do think that there will likely be some sort of warning or restriction or risk assessment. I dont think its just going to go back and say, everything is fine, go right back. I think it will likely say we will use it but be careful under these certain circu
Of transition, we need to make sure that nothing is lost in the handoff. Weve encountered roadblocks from the Political Leadership at the Department Of Defense and the office of management and budget. Right now we just arent getting all the information that we need or the ongoing, outgoing from the Outgoing Administration in Key National Security areas. Its nothing short in my view of irresponsibility. Trumps continuing refusal to acknowledge reality and do what every president has done before him and coordinate the transfer of power is just one of the many ways hes been acting as the chaos agent in chief. Just yesterday trump finally backed down and signed the very same covid relief bill he threatened to veto for days. What looks like an attempt to save face, trump said in a statement hell send a, quote, red line version of the bill back to congress, which is not a thing. And he also said that congress will, quote, focus strongly on his baseless voter fraud claims which has no real le
good evening, and welcome to politics nation. tonight s leaned, to the bottom. race to the bottom. as expected, donald trump extended his winning streak in the republican primaries last night in south carolina. but as he closes in on the gop s coronation, the former president is revealing more about his state of mind as he contemplates a second term as president, promising more vengeance and retribution to his enemies at a major meeting of conservatives. and the night before, saying his strongest appeal to black voters is a shared cultural comfort with criminality as he faces down four indictments, 91 felony charges. the racist remarks were met with thunderous applause from a gathering of black conservatives. tonight, i ll talk to the author of a new bestselling book on black republicans about how the gop went from the party of lincoln to the cult of trump. meanwhile, the next primary contest is just two days away in the swing state of michigan, where president biden is
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toulouse. israeli officials say all four bodies will be flown to israel for burial. a gunman shot and killed three french soldiers of north african descent in two separate attacks and the shootings are connected, they say. opposition sources are saying that 14 people have been killed this tuesday following clashes in the syrian capital on monday. rebels attacked a neighborhood home to some of the regime s inner circle after 34 were killed nationwide. those are the headlines. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning, i m nina dos santos from london. and hello from hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. top stories, china jacks up the price of fuel. how will that go down with those on the road? the internet makes up a bigger chunk of the global economy. which is getting the biggest boost. pitching in when the chips are down. how villagers in spain are pulling together to provide for themselves. straight to t