Emergency use authorization next week. But there is a caveat, the efficacy of the j js vaccine dropped 57 from the highly contagious variant from south africa. Despite the travel van to stop that variant from coming over here, the new variant is already here. Two cases identified this week in South Carolina with two patients with no ties to each other and no travel history given that, signals community spread. During todays White House Briefing dr. Anthony fauci stressed the importance of vaccinating as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, before those mutant strains get out of control. Whether or not thats going to ultimately take over in the sense of being dominant is unclear by now. The projection that is made with regard to the uk is that probably by the end of march, the beginning of april, it actually will become more dominant in this country. The fundamental principle of getting people vaccinated as quickly and as efficiently as you possible can will always be the be
Special counsels classified documents case is out on bail this morning. Maralago Property Manager Carlos De Oliveira made his appearance in a miami courtroom on monday. He didnt enter a plea including conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to the fbi. More now from cnns jessica schneider. Justice department is unfortunately decided to bring these charges against mr. De oliveira. Now its time for them to put their money where their mouth is. Reporter carlos deal vary ra leaving the federal courthouse on monday escorted by his lawyer and federal agents. 20 year employee at maralago, he walked out on 100,000 bond after being charged along with former donald trump and trumps aide walt gnat ta. De oliveira telling the director at i. T. At miami, the boss, an apparent reference to donald trump, wanted to delete the server where Security Footage was stored. Cnn reporting that another maralago employee received a Target Letter from federal prosecutor. Over sees the Property Surveillance Came
Earned more than a billion dollars. Thank you for hanging out. Im omar jimenez. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. Good morning, phil. Good morning. There was a big game this morning. So i thought it was going to be awesome to wake up at 3 00 a. M. And have an amazing game on. And then it turned out to be the most stressful two hours of my life. And i dont like it anymore. Arent you supposed to be reading for the show. Im totally prepped with womens soccer. Well see how that goes. A lot happened overnight. From politics to gio politics to the womens world cup, of course. Lets get started with five things to know for this tuesday, august 1st. Today could be charging decision day for former President Donald Trump and the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. That grand jury will meet just hours from now. And new this morning, Donald Trumps Political Action committee is almost out of cash. It began last year with m
in pakistan now topping 1,300 as never before seen flooding leaves one-third of the country under water. clarissa ward is live on the ground. four people are dead this morning, three others hurt after a gunman went on a shooting spree in memphis, tennessee. a spree that all but shut down that city. police say the shootings took place across multiple crime scenes. it began around 1:00 yesterday morning and continued through the late evening hours last night. a shelter in place order was issued as police srchearched fo the suspect. police arrested 19-year-old ezekiel kelly after a high-speed chase. the mayor jim strickland called it a senseless murder rampage. i m angry for our citizens who had to shelter in place for their own safety until this suspect was caught. this is no way for us to live. and it is not acceptable. mayor strickland says that the suspect was previously charged with criminal attempted first-degree murder but pled guilty to the lesser charge of aggra
he has at least 14 prior arrests on his record. that is that is not the only shocking crime. carley: ashley strohmier has more. ashley: carley, the niece of that victim actually said she was shocked that this happened because of the lengthy rap sheet that i will get to. they are upset and shocked. police charge 55-year-old [indistinct] with attempted murder and they evaluated and charged him based on evidence they had. a homeless man positive charges were downgraded to third-degree assault and second-degree harassment. the victim was sucker punched and hit his head on the concrete leaving him with a brain bleed and a broken cheek. on probation for sexually consulting a teen. nick adams questioned the bail reform laws which allowed the revolving door for criminals to get back on the streets. arrested 14 times including 1994 control assault on a minor. the suspect accused of beating a cabdriver is facing manslaughter charges. he allegedly fatally beat a 52-year-old after re