Still holding out hope. We understand that the families realize that the fact that time has gone by, they realize that chances are growing dimmer and dimmer. They are with us. They know exactly what we have been doing every step of the way. Meanwhile, the cdc is releasing new data that 92. 2 of the covid deaths in the united states involved unvaccinated people. Dr. Anthony fauci calling it sad and tragic and expressing his frustration at the situation. And the July Fourth weekend was not the celebration that President Biden had in mind, and the nation is falling short of the white House Goal to have 70 of the adults with at least one vaccine dose, and that number is hovering at 67 . We begin with search for survivors in florida where operations resumed in the early morning after a demolitionk too control of the tower after that collapse, and joining us is Vaughan Hillyard, and a dramatic twist of events with the controlled demolition, and what is the scene there in surfside after the S
surgery for leg injuries. let s go to cnn s nick watt, who is in los angeles for us. give us the latest. what are you picking up? reporter: well, wolf, what we re hearing from officials here is that tiger woods was driving on a downhill stretch of road, a winding piece of road where officials say it is possible to pick up a lot of speed just through momentum. he crossed over the median of the road, over the curb and rolled that suv in shrubs by the roadside. he is, as far as we know, still in a hospital about eight miles away from that crash scene. his agent told golf digest magazine he s suffering from multiple leg injuries and, as you mentioned, has either undergone surgery or is still in surgery. now we ve got a few more details from the l.a. sheriff s department, speaking with kcbs. the injuries to tiger woods, they say, are nonlife threatening. they believe he was conscious when officials first arrived on the scene. they saw jaws of life, contrary to earlier reports, j
have survived that horrific car crash. he is awake. he is responding today after surgery. surgeons inserting a rod into his tibia. part of his leg and pins and screws into his right foot and ankle. more on what led to the crash in a moment and also what his future might look like. first, huge news today in this country s vaccination efforts. the fda says johnson & johnson s covid-19 single shot meets the requirements for the emergency use authorization, and the drug giant just released new data. start there. the fda acknowledging for the first time that the vaccine is safe and effective against coronavirus, and data hinting it might prevent asymptomatic infections. fda officials meet friday to consider the emergency use authorization followed monday with the cdc, which means, this vaccine could be ready to roll out next week. johnson & johnson has pledged 20 million doses, but says it is prepared to immediately ship nearly 4 million doses as soon as it gets approved. today
increasing throughout our country. awake and responsive. those are the words doctors in california now using to describe tiger woods this morning, that after lengthy surgery. the legendary golfer suffered open leg fracture after his car crossed onto the wrong side of a california road, smacked into a curb, then a tree and landed its side. back here in washington, more progress in getting key biden cabinet picks. the president s pick to lead the cia getting a confirmation hearing today. but another major personnel pick is being postponed. and the white house is scrambling this hour in hopes of avoiding its first capitol hill defeat. the budget chief job, that s a powerful job anyway, but this tanden fight is also a reminder that with a tiny democratic edge in the house and an evenly divided senate, every sensitive biden personnel or policy move is a high-wire act. the president s covid relief package is another early test. it hits the house floor friday. the notion that we
good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, whatever it takes. attorney general merrick garland breaking his silence tonight and making a promise on the eve of january 6th, defending his investigation into the deadly insurrection. we understand that there are questions about how long the investigation will take and about what exactly we are doing. our answer is and will continue to be the same answer we would give to with respect to any ongoing investigation. as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done, consistent with the facts and the law. this investigation is the largest in fbi history. and it has been slow going. it s taken a year for more than 700 people to have been arrested and the doj still doesn t know where 350 more of them are. most of those 350, seen on video committing crimes that day. but they don t know where those people are, a year later. 350 manhunts, at least, still ongoing. and that jarringly large number may be just the