The next hour with more on Tonights Town Hall and the Cdc Meeting on the Pfizer Vaccine for children. But first, Breaking News just across the river in washington, d. C. Where republicans twice cemented themselves as the party of Donald Trump. Liz cheney is no longer the third Ranking Republican in the house. It took less than 10 minutes for her colleagues to officially oust her from leadership over trumps Big Lie that the election was stolen from him. Cheney sat down exclusively with Savannah Guthrie after the vote. I intend to be the leader, one of the leaders, in a fight to help to restore our party, in a fight to bring our party back to substance and principles, and in a fight to make clear that we wont participate in a really dangerous effort thats underway. And then during a Capitol Hill Hearing on the January Insurrection, republicans again show just how far they are from cheney on this issue. Republicans defended Donald Trump, arguing he did not incite the attack. Many democrat
Even in defeat, cheney remained defiant. We must go forward based on truth. We cannot both embrace the Big Lie and embrace the constitution. Meanwhile, the House Oversight Committee convened a hearing on the January 6th riot in which former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said he was concerned about sending in troops over fears that it could be perceived as a Military Coup and Jeffrey Rosen who replaced Bill Barr in december after he publicly said theres no evidence of election fraud, declined to say whether he spoke with the president about overturning the Election Results. President biden assembled the congressional leaders for the first time since taking office and was asked about the republicans purge of cheney, watch. Now for his part, mccarthy, who led his party against certifying the elections said, the issue is settled. I dont think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the president ial election. I think that is all over with. Were sitting here with the presiden
Attacks in the capital, say they had nothing to do with it and pointing the finger in that direction. Utterly shocking attack here. Frankly, i should tell you something that kabul has seen frequently in the past years, not quite so devastatingly targeted at young girls simply trying to pursue an Education But Mass casualty attack, which is shockingly familiar in that afghan city. Nick, is anyone willing to say they see a connection between this explosion and the expected u. S. Withdrawal by 9 11 this year . Sadly these attacks have over the past years been all too regular but were paying more attention to them, frankly, because of people seeing this perhaps as part of the consequences of the Security Vacuum that will inevitably follow the united states withdrawal. It has to be complete by september 11th, according to president joe biden, but it may happen an awful lot faster. Its already under way. Theres some possibility they will interpret this as a battle of ideas amongst insurgents
Younger children, ages 2 to 11. Meantime, more than 31 of the u. S. Population is now fully vaccinated and some of the hardest Hit States are reopening. In New York, new Jersey And Connecticut, most Covid Capacity Restrictions will end in a couple weeks. That means busy restaurants, 24 7 subway service, and broadway plays will all be returning. Despite promising signs here, in india there are still overcrowded hospitals, oxygen shortages, and Funeral Pyres Outside Crematoriums as the number of covid cases there now tops 20 million. Starting Today Travel from india to the united states is now restricted for nonu. S. Citizens. First, i want to begin with the promising news. Pfizer is with us with cnns elizabeth cohen. Two big headlines in this race to vaccinate children against covid19, tell us what youre learning. Reporter right, ana, i think what this means is that children 12 to 15 could be getting vaccinated, maybe even next week, and as far as children ages 2 to 11, that will likely
May 19th. They suspended yesterday. In oklahoma, the State Of Emergency is being lifted today. I want to bring in my team of reporters, stephanie goss, and the codirector for development from Texas Hospital and dean of the college of medicine. And steph, this is a true new york troll. The mare said July 1 and the november says midmay. What is happening . If you have been following the Back And Forth between the mayor and governor, theres sort of i will surprise you and then i will surprise you going on all year when it comes to the pandemic. Governor cuomo again surprising new york with the announcement. He said its about numbers. Vaccinations are on the way up in cases and hospitalizations and deaths are on their way down. It is great news for Times Square, where its been nothing but Bad News for the entire year. The businesses here would be able to open up in a couple of weeks. It will probably take broadway longer. You cant just flip a switch, turn on the lights and the show starts