Hello and welcome. We start with an apology from americas top Infectious Diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci after he criticised uk regulators over their rapid approval of a new coronavirus vaccine. Britain on wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer Biontech vaccine for mass use. Speaking earlier to cbs, dr fauci said the uk was not as rigorous as the us in its vaccine approval process. But when he spoke to my colleagues earlier on this channel, dr fauci backtracked. The point i was really trying to make, i did not make it well, which is why i welcome to the opportunity to get on your show and say it came out wrong. In the United States, there is such a considerable amount of tension of pushing back on the credibility of the safety and efficacy that if we in the United States had done it as quickly as the uk did it, and thats no judgement on the way uk did it, and even though my statement did come across looking that way, if we had a, for example, approved it
The good morning and welcome to cnn. This morning it is saturday, march 2. Im Kristen Fisher in for mro walker. Im Victor Blackwell. Thank you for joining us. Heres what were watching for you this morning. The idf says that for several hours each day, its just spending military activity todays for humanitarian purposes in parts of gaza. The announcement comes the day after President Biden, since the us will begin, air dropping aid into the areas we have lived in the region with the new developments. A Fulton County, georgia judge will decide any day now whether it is qualified funny willis, from the Election Interference Case against donald trump the factors hes weighing and how his decision will impact the case really crazy a lot of chaos, lot of trauma, a lot of people displaced and feel sad struck div, Deadly Wildfires raging across parts of texas this morning, more than 1 million acres of already burned. And today conditions are only expected to get worse a truck driver is rescued
our correspondent yogita limaya willjoin us from ayodya tonight. and we will also call in on the weather centre. storm isha causing wide spread travel problems across europe today. another storm, jocelyn, is right behind it. good evening. there is a split within the israeli war cabinet. there are those, like prime minister benjamin netenhayu, who think only military pressure will end hamas and bring home the 130 hostages they are holding. but there are others in the cabinet, including senior military figures, who say it is impossible to return them alive without an agreement. and in the middle of that are the families. today those tensions spilt into the open, as families of the missing barged past security and stormed a finance meeting in the knesset. shame on you, they shouted at ministers. we won t let you breathe, said one, until our children are brought home. the protest reflects growing dissent in israel, about the war with hamas, now in its fourth month. and the
flight delay and cancel llation stacking up meaning the domino affect is under way. ashley is live in new york, the country s biggiest air traffic hub. it s kind of a mess out there. reporter: it is. the severe weather and staffing shortages are contributing to scenes like this at airports across the nation. more than 28,000 flight s were delayed wednesday and 2,000 were cancelled. some travelers have been stuck at the airport for days. i am so mad but i m trying not to explode. they just told us it was delayed and they delayed it and they delayed it. at 4:00 a.m., they said it was cancelled. reporter: could you imagine. united had the most cancellations. the ceo putting the blame on the faa for staff and overall inexperience but the flight agency fired right back in a statement saying we will always collaborate with anyone seriously willing to join us to solve a problem. in denver, set up 3,000 cot and stranded passengers, it was all for them. cell phone video taken
for new sd scanners. in sport, taking control in the title race as liverpool sweep aside bournemouth to move five points clear in the premier league what yer starin at? ain t yer never seen a toff? and consider yourself entertained we head to the theatre with fundraisers and breakfast regulars hughie and freddie, as hughie lands his dream role in oliver the musical. it s monday, the 22nd of january. our main story. storm isha has caused disruption across the uk overnight, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power and causing extensive travel problems for the morning rush hour. trains have been suspended and flights cancelled. flood warnings are in place across england, wales and scotland, and wind speeds of up to 99 miles per hour have been recorded in northumberland. sellafield nuclear power station also suspended operations overnight as a precautionary measure. aru na iyengar reports. storm isha has hit hard. wales saw winds reaching 90 miles per hour. this was th