europe, saying they took their eye off the ball. and tonight, the concern overseas about a key global vaccine, the astrazeneca vaccine. germany, france and others halting its use and we ll tell you why. and back here at home tonight, dr. deborah birx making new headlines. she was on former president trump s covid task force. what she told our terry moran today about the moment the former president mentioned injecting disinfectant. president biden, the first lady, vice president harris all out selling the landmark new covid relief bill. how it will help families, small businesses and schools. the first checks hitting accounts and mary bruce standing by. the alarming scene at the southern border. more than 4,200 unaccompanied migrant children now in u.s. custody, reportedly being kept in overcrowded tents. republican leaders on the border and the white house is pressed tonight. cecilia vega reporting from the border. the deadly crash, a car plowing into people in california
he s a navy contractor who ad national security clearance and authorities say he told a coworker, hitler should have finished the job. cusanelli denies being a white supremacist and nazi sympathizer. the growing evidence of intense violence against officers with a mob that included racists and nazi sympathizers stands in stark contrast to comments by senator ron johnson, who suggested he wasn t afraid on that day because the marchers going to the capitol were patriots. i knew those are people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law, and so i wasn t concerned. now, had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have been a little concerned. reporter: critics blasting that statement as racist, but tonight, senator johnson saying there was nothing racial about his comments. so let s get right to pierre thomas with us live
finally tonight here, the young nurse administering the vaccine and her two v.i.p.s. america strong. nurse megan patterson at bayfront health in st. petersburg, florida. she volunteered early in this pandemic to work in the covid unit. megan, like so many front line workers, has endured long hours and isolation from her family. from her grandmothers, seeing them only from time to time through their windows. grandmother susan patterson, who megan calls grandma, and connie dunaway, who megan calls nana. now, a year into this pandemic, when it was time for grandma and nana to get their shots, they went to the clinic where nurse megan, their granddaughter, was giving them. first, to grandma. then weeks later, to nana. hi, david! and tonight, megan, grandma and nana, fully vaccinated and together again. here we are, a year later, we can be with each other.kful for