We have a ton of developments today in the Coronavirus Vaccine situation. What we do know is encouraging in many waysramping up vaccine production. What we dont know about the effectiveness is terrifying. It makes you wonder if the u. S. Needs to dramatically rethink the current Vaccine Distribution strategy. Lets start with the good news. Today johnson and johnson leased some promising data from its phase three clinical trials. The vaccine is 72 effective in the u. S. At preventing moderate to severe illness. Experts consider that a strong level of protection. Here is the potential worrying news. The company disclosed the data suggests the vaccine was less effective against the South Africa Covid Variant we have been dropping. Effectiveness dropped from 72 to 57 . Its called that because it was south africa was the first place it was found which is more contagious and resistant to the vaccines we have. Its already in the United States and appears to be spreading. The more contagious u
Or sleepier . Dana i would have gotten 10 hours of sleep if i went to bed like i felt like it. If you have any tips or tricks for the new schedule. Bill dana is here in the morning and evening and doing it all right now. Dana i went to bed earlier than most children last night and our Line Producer went to bed. Bill more caffeine. Eight hours. Dana we have a capitol hill watch with jackie heinrich. The Senate Moving Forward on covid relief without republican support . Thats right, dana. President biden reportedly told democrats to move forward with his 1. 9 trillion proposal not long after sitting down with Senate Republicans to try to hash out a bipartisan deal. 618 billion proposal was swiftly rejected. Democrats cleared a procedural hurdle to go forward with Budget Reconciliation to pass bigger bill with a simple majority. Republicans can join us but dont try to go against us. We have the majority and we arent backing down. Our members who were in the meeting felt that the president
korea? plus mourning the mighty mississippi. the concern over his conditions spreads way beyond its banks. we can dredge it to a certain point and then mother nature wins. and later, taking wane. look at that. the children leading the fight to save the monarch butterfly. this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening, and thanks for joining us on this sunday. tonight, we are learning new information about the attack on paul pelosi, he s the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. cbs news has confirmed that investigators have determined that the suspect had a list of the people he wanted to target. the suspect had a bag of zip ties. along with the hammer he brought to the home. the speaker says her husband is making progress. the suspect meanwhile will be officially charged tomorrow. he s expected to be arraigned on tuesday. jonathan vigliotti. nancy pelosi says her family is heartbroken and traumatized. meanwhile tonight, her hu
later this hour. i am symone, and i have something to say. folks labor day weekend officially kicks off the mad dash to the midterms. in just over two months, voters across the country are going to cast ballots in races that will transform congress. that s pretty much the only short thing about the 2020 midterms. look, if you had asked me or anybody else in my democratic friends who will win this election in the spring. i m sure we would ve said get ready for a red wave. the stage truly seems set for widespread republican victories, but with the reversal of roe v. wade and a woman s right to make decisions about her own body being the left at the mercy of state governments. democrats have seen a steady rise in support. it s a development that just might fly in the face of historical trends. and allow democrats to keep congress blue. two of the country s most consequential states is where we are going to start today. it goes to the vote of pennsylvania, where mehmet ho
sunset monday to mark the massacre. he and vice president harris will be in atlanta tomorrow to meet with leaders of the city s asian-american community. earlier today atlanta police insisted the investigation is far from over. we are not done. we re still working very diligently to ascertain all of the facts so we can have a successful prosecution. the investigation into a possible hate crime, is that still on the table? nothing is off the table for our investigation. is there any indication the suspect visited those spas previously? it appears he may have frequented those locations, yes. all we do know is he purchased the gun on the day of the incident. on that same line the fbi is assisting local law enforcement with the investigation. this was interesting. tonight the fbi director chris wray told npr, quote, it does not appear that the motive was racially motivated. the suspect who s charged with eight counts of murder waived an arraignment scheduled for today