Candidate is 66 effective yet 85 effective against severe covid disease, that is lower in terms of efficacy than pfizer and moderna. Both were authorized at por than 95 effective but dr. Fauci hopes the one shot vaccine keeps people out of the hospital and helps alleviate the stress this pandemic has put on the health care system. The Johnson Johnson has te one vaccine and roll up your sleeves and get whatever vaccine is made available first. As More Con Tagious Variants continue across america. The South African variant has been detected and a new model shows that the pandemic could claim nearly 654,000 american lives by may 1, were up to 433. So disheartening to see. Lets begin with elizabeth cohen. So break down this data on the Johnson Johnson vaccine for us. All right, poppy and jim. Before i do, to just reiterate, bottom line Johnson Johnson, we expect them to apply to the fda for authorization very soon and it is a good vaccine. It works. It does well. But it is not as effective
We all want to go Back To School. We also want to go back to School Safely and make sure in addition to getting high up on the Priority List of being vaccinated we want to make sure there is robust testing. When i was home a few weeks ago with Family Members in the School System they had to insure they got their test. Proper protocols. The Biden Administration says theyre following the signs. Weve known since last summers that schools are not a place of spread for covid19. The School Systems got 65 billion last year from congress in covid relief to put in Safety Precautions to allow teachers to get Back To School. The bottom line at this point is that good teachers who want to go Back To School are being held hostage by these Teachers Unions and theyre now extorting the american taxpayer for more money claiming they dont have enough money to go Back To School when theyve been funded and we have the science again with the cdc report this week showing that this disease does not spread in
Toolbox. Johnson johnson now set to file for Emergency Fda approval within a matter of days as the u. S. For the first time confirms two cases of the South African variant believed to be more dangerous and the current vaccines dont seem to protect as well against it. What Public Health experts are recommending ahead. And any minute now were taking you live to the White House Briefing room. We expect to hear from press secretary jen psaki. The next steps getting set for pushing that covid relief bill forward with or without republicans. Good morning, im Hallie Jackson in washington along with tom costello dr. Nahid bhadelia and Stephanie Gosk in West Virginia. Photograph give me if i interrupt you, but talk about those new vaccine trial results. Good news here, the Efficacy Numbers arent as high as weve seen in other vaccines, but this isnt like a bad situation here. Lets give you the Bullet Points before the briefing because theyre important. 72 efficacy in the United States with the n
Tonight. We are bringing you tomorrows news tonight at 10 am eastern tomorrow morning, the judge presiding over President Trumps Election Subversion Case will hold a hearing on which rules will be imposed on the handling of evidence. And, the Special Counsels asking that the trial start on january 2nd, prompting an angry response from trump on social media. Also tonight, a major move by the Supreme Court, which marks a victory for the biden administration. The court blocking Purdue Pharmas Bankruptcy Settlement, which had granted immunity from opioidrelated civil lawsuits. The high court will now take up the case itself. More on that, coming up. And, other catastrophe in hawaii. The devastating wildfires scorching and destroying maui, leaving at least 53 people dead. Hawaiis governor addressing the catastrophe just a short time ago. We have seen today has been catastrophic. But we tell you that there is going to be a team effort to bring our state back. What we saw was likely the large
things that he sided as the evidence used against vladimir. pointing out the caution and criminality and impunity that are the root causes of this war. that is, we would not have a war in ukraine or untold destruction on our environment, global food shortages, we wouldn t have putin sending tens of thousands of russians and ukrainians to death. if it were not for his regime, and their decisions. so vladimir brings this into direct focus, and this is exactly what vladimir has dedicated his life to standing up against, holding the putin regime accountable, and laying the groundwork for democracy in russia. i want to talk a bit about what is happening in russia, and what has happened during the time that vladimir has been in president, you have had yevgeny prigozhin use his