yet another turn. a federal appeals court reinstating the six week ban after it was paused for just two days. but we do have to start with breaking news in the fight against coronavirus. drugmaker merck just asked the fda tore emergency use authorization of its new antiviral drug. the pill taking when symptoms the start cuts the risk of hospitalization and death in half. meantime the battle over vaccine mandates is escalating. the nation s largest sheriff s department in l.a. will not enforce a vaccine mandate saying enforcing such a mandate would result in losing as much as 10% of its workforce. it s not just l.a.. the battle has erupted in seattle, tucson and right here in new york city. then at the same time you have hundreds of thousands of u.s. service members remaining unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated as the pentagon s first vaccination deadline of november 2nd, fast approaching as well. 90% of the active duty navy is vaccinated but just 70% of the air nation
population growth in america, they re also becoming key voting blocks in swing counties. joe biden becomes the first u.s. president to commemorate indigenous people s day, along side columbus day. we ll look at what this recognition means for native american communities. communitis we begin this hour with breaking news regarding a new treatment for covid-19. pharmaceutical giant merck announced today that they re asking the food and drug administration to authorize an emergency use authorization for its antiviral drug to treat covid-19. earlier this month, merck announced results from a phase three trial of their drug which found their drug reduced the chance that patients with covid-19 would be hospitalized by 50%. joining me now outside of memorial hospital, dr. azar. i want to begin with you. this merck news this morning, how significant is this development? jose, think of it this way. we have said from the very beginning that you don t go into battle with just one wea
adults if it s approved it would be the first pill shown to treat covid. this morning a welcome sight. the boston marathon back on after being cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic and then delayed again. we re on the route in just a few moments. also ahead this hour, my exclusive conversation with the one and only michael jordan. we talked the new nba system, racism in the sports world, and bubba wallace. his reaction to the historic win last week. in the just last hour, new insight into january 6th. the scathing letter to congress from a u.s. capitol police whistleblower accusing the agency s two senior leaders of mishandling intelligence. we have the details on that and also the latest from our nation s capitol on the fight over the debt ceiling and the buzz saw that s chewing apart at the president s agenda. is the biden administration doing enough to sell his build back better plan? do you know what s part of it? do your friends? the polling that s raising some new q
democracy is in crisis. the former president of the united states continues to insist he didn t lose an election in which he got 7 million fewer votes and 74 fewer electoral votes than the winner did. at a rally in iowa saturday night, trump not only repeated his lies. he made sure to tell the crowd, quote, i never conceded, no reason to concede. at that rally an 88-year-old senator running for reelection seemingly gave away the game. listen to this. i was born at night, but not last night. so if i didn t accept the endorsement of a person that s got 91% of the republican voters in iowa, i wouldn t be too smart. i m smart enough to accept that endorsement. so it couldn t be more clear. you want to get reelected as a republican in the house, in the u.s. senate, even at your local elections board or school board, you better be hugging donald trump pretty tight. that s how strong his grip is on the republican party, that the highest ranking gop lawmakers in america are not o
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