Allcivilian crew splashing down to crew. The details on their return after three days in orbit. Welcome to sunday, september 19th. We are always so grateful to have your company. Good morning, boris. Good morning, christi. Always grateful to be with you. We begin this morning with a Battle Against Covid and the continuing debate over Booster Shots. An Fda Panel recommended boosters for the Pfizer Vaccine for 65 and older and those at high risk of severe illness but not for everyone who originally got the Pfizer Vaccine as the White House had initially planned. The most pressing concern is the wave of unvaccinated people filling up hospitals right now. Thats leading to tough decisions about rationing care. Cnns Nadya Lamero looks at the latest numbers of covid cases in key hot spots and what they tell us about whats happening right now. Reporter florida, alabama, a bigtime College Football Showdown in the heart of Sec Country but bigtime covid19 country. Florida reported fewer than 100,
Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. The pentagon says a deadly Drone Strike carried out during the final stages of the Afghanistan Evacuation was a tragic mistake. The u. S. Now admitting the strike killed ten civilians including seven children. A reversal from weeks of maintaining it was an isisk fighters threatening another attack on the kabul airport. Top u. S. General says he takes full responsibility for getting things so wrong. And it was actually an Aide Worker whose car was filled with Water Containers and not explosives. The Cnn Investigation had already cast doubts on the original narrative and we have more on the admission, and what were learning about the victims and a warning, some of the footage youre about to see is graphic. The u. S. Military has admitted that wrong intelligence led to the killing of ten innocent afghan civilian, including seven children. Following a Drone Strike in kabul, almost three weeks ago, on what they thought
Support those who have been charged for the January 6 insurrection. Authorities believe at least some Rally Goers will be armed and it could turn into a riot for Ashli Babbitt, the woman fatally shot trying to reach a barricade on January 6. The former president s Campaign Staffer organizing this event now down playing the threat of violence. Weve got a largely peaceful crowd. Weve had two events in washington, d. C. So far at the Department Of Justice and at the prison and there have been no incidents so far. No one will be bringing a weapon who will be part of our crowd, i can assure the police that. Meanwhile Donald Trumps Big Lie about the 2020 location that sparked the insurrection of course, that lie is alive and well and changing the landscape of american politics. New polling thinks that 56 of democracy is under attack. 78 of republicans dont think that President Biden got enough votes to win the election. Daniella diaz is joining us from which i will. T capitol hill. And lawma
From the expresident s play book. And a Cnn Investigation of Trumps Pressure Campaign to overturn the 2020 election. The calls, the texts, the Voice Mails and more. Plus, how his lies are still threatening the nation. We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get straight to the Breaking News were following. Truly stunning new revelations of very deep concern at the highest levels inside the pentagon over former President Trump and his erratic behavior during his final weeks in office. They come in a new book by Journalist Bob Woodward and Rob Costa who say The General took unprecedented action to limit trumps ability to order a military strike. Cnn Special Correspondent is joining us now. She has details of what was going on. Jaime, the joint chiefs chairman, general millie, he was very concerned. He wanted to safe guard the nations nuclear arsenal. He wanted to safe guar
Fired newly developed long Range Cruise missiles. They say they have been developing these for a couple of years, significant to say that the North Korean leader kim jongun does not appear to be saying it was one of the more significant Missile Launches weve seen and also it was on page 2 of the local staterun media, rather than on the front page which is what we usually see. It was not a ballistic missile which means it didnt violate any Security Council resolutions. But also, any Missile Launch from North Korea will concern those in the region. Weve already heard from the south korean side. They say that quite often, with these cruise missiles, you do learn about them after the event once they have launched. And they pointed out, that there were a couple of launches earlier this year as well from North Korea which they didnt disclose. They dont always disclose these cruise missiles. So it is a departure from what weve been seeing. The fact that they have not been launching missiles.