Patients 16 and up. To borrow a phrase from the development effort, that happened at warp speed, the process taking only 40 of the usual time. Well, this and other vaccines have met the fdas rigorous scientific standards for Emergency Use Authorization as the first fda approved covid vaccine, the public can be confident that this meets the Fda Gold standards for safety, Effectiveness And Manufacturing quality that we require for an approved product. Words that could not come a day too soon. That is because as of this weekend the country is back to averaging 1,000 plus deaths a day from covid. That grim Figure Hasnt been this high since march. In florida over the weekend, hospitalizations set a new record for the entire pandemic with more than 17,000 men, women and children in covid units, icus and ers across the state. Nationally new cases are averaging close to 150,000 a day. Thats nearly ten times what they were in june. Experts on this program have predicted theyll hit 200,000 a day
The usual time. Well, this and other vaccines have met the fdas rigorous scientific standards for Emergencyuse Authorization. As the first fdaapproved covid19 vaccine, the public can be confident that this vaccine meets the Fdas Gold standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality that we require for an approved product. Words that could not come a day too soon. That is because, as of this weekend, the countrys back to averaging a thousandplus deaths a day from covid. That grim Figure Hasnt been this high since march. In florida, over the weekend, hospitalizations set a new record for the entire pandemic with more than 17,000 men, women, and children in covid units, icus, and ers across the state. Nationally, new cases are, once again, averaging close to 150,000 a day. Thats nearly tentimes what they were in june and experts on this program have predicted theyll hit 200,000 a day before this latest surge is over. Even as cases soar, Vaccine Hesitancy or even outright hos
altering the filibuster on issues like voting rights and the debt limit increases. also tonight the house voting to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress for defying a subpoena. late tonight the cdc director approving booster shots for the moderna and j&j vaccines, endorsing the recommendations from the agency s vaccine advisory committee. so, we ve got a lot to talk about. let s bring in mr. david axle robi rod, and mr. bakar ri sellers. thanks for the tie. yeah. david, hello to you. so much at stake thanks for my tie? what s going on here? bakar ri is not wearing a necktie. i said tie, t-i-e. should i take my tie off. i m going fror the youthful sexy look at 11:00. it s 11:00 and it hasn t happened. i m not going to attempt the youthful sexy look, so let s just keep going. back on the tracks. so, there is a lot at stake for the president tonight. he had to sell his domestic agenda, which still isn t over the finish line yet. so, how do you think
together and pass both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and his social safety net plan, saying and i quote here i do think that we ll get a deal. and saying he s open to altering the filibuster on issues like voting rights and the debt limit increases. also tonight, the house voting to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. and late tonight, the cdc director approving booster shots for the moderna and j&j vaccines, endorsing the recommendations from the agency s vaccine advisory committee. we ve got a lot to talk about. let s bring in now cnn senior political commentator mr. david axelrod, a former obama senior adviser, and political commentator mr. bakari sellers. thanks for the tie. david, hello to you. no thanks for my time? no. bakari is not wearing a neck tie. i said t-i-e. you want me to take my tie off? no. we re good. we re good. i m g
event about the book in the apollo theater in new york city. i am so looking forward to this. if you want tickets, you can find out how to get them at msnbc.com. the link right there on your screen. i should tell you tomorrow, i will be on her show with her at 7:00 p.m. eastern here tomorrow night on msnbc to discuss many things, including thomas supreme court arguments on the big abortion case. that does it for us for now. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. it was bound to happen. i shouldn t seem surprised at all. remember several weeks ago when you were really sick, and you managed to come in the studio and anger one of our primary night coverages. i am not as sick as that tonight. but i am much more of a crybaby. for me, it is worse. if this was any other day, this would have been a sick day. but after watching meet the press yesterday, i said, there are is are couple of things i need to say about that. i just have a cold. yeah, i tested for c