and a defining moment for abortion rights in the united states, as the supreme court hears the most important case in a generation. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the women s tennis association has announced the immediate suspension of all tournaments in china. it said it had taken the decision because the chinese authorities had failed to address sexual assault allegations made by the doubles star peng shuai against a former vice premier of the country. with the latest, here s courtney bembridge. it has been a month since peng shuai posted on social media accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. the post was quickly taken down and she disappeared from public view. photos and videos like this released by chinese state media were supposed to show her safe and free but did little to allay concerns for safety. concerns for her safety. and now, the women s tennis association has pulled the plug on l
officials going for the gold? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early, the show that also won t make it to the olympics, although for entirely different reasons. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, november 17th. let s start with the news. most adults across the u.s. could be able to get a pfizer booster shot as early as this weekend. the new york times reports that the fda is expected to authorize the dose as soon as tomorrow for all adults who received their second dose of the vaccine in the past six months. currently, boosters are only available for people at higher risk of severe infection including those over age of 65. last week, pfizer showed clinical trials that the dose was safe and effective. however most states have authorized the booster shots including one from moderna without the approval. the cdc advisory committee will be meeting friday and they could approve the shot. meanwhile, pfizer has asked the fda for emergenc
price. if you move that to where you are, where i am, i mean, we re talking 10 plus. it is a fantastic reno job. i m envious. that price will get me about 30 square feet. different markets. different markets. but maybe i ll visit one day. the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. if you re just joining us, saturday september 23rd, i m omar jimenez in for amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. here is what we re watching for you this morning. tropical storm ophelia is moving up the east coast this morning and it s bringing strong winds and heavy rains. and now thousands of people are without power as this storm is hit the carolinas. we have the track for you and the potential impacts. plus, the clock is ticking. and the country is quickly barrelling toward a shutdown as talks among republicans to fund the government have broken down. what we re learning about
senate. making sure we are clear what you are talking about here. you know the president, you ve seen him, you ve seen him as vice president, senator, he dresses better than most of us here, and so i ll just leave it at that. i m not going to comment on how senate is running their business and the decision they make, that is up to them, not for us to decide. last one, at a fundraiser this week, president biden told donors about how charlottesville inspired his campaign and according to the pool a few minutes later he told the story again nearly word for word, what s up with that? i can tell you is, i m going to be careful not to talk about, this was a campaign event for this upcoming campaign, obviously in 2024, so i m not going to speak to that, put that out there for the hatch act, what i can speak to is look, the president was making very clear why he decided to run in 2019. he made it very clear as to what he saw in this country and what was going on and he got 81 m
air, democratic senator bob menendez of new jersey has been indicted by a federal grand jury. what we know about the allegations against the senator and his wife. also ahead, the house speaker sending his caucus home for the weekend with no fix in sight and just over a week to go until a possible government shutdown. plus, united autoworkers announcing this hour where new strikes may take place if progress isn t made by noon with negotiations. so is the union about to hit the gas? later, the harrowing 911 call revealing the moments after the $100 million mishap involving an f-35 stealth jet. thanks for joining us on this busy friday. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with this breaking news. new jersey senator bob menendez and his wife indicted by a federal grand jury. the senator is accused of using his office to help several businessmen from new jersey as well as the egyptian government in exchange for receiving hundreds of t