yet another turn. a federal appeals court reinstating the six week ban after it was paused for just two days. but we do have to start with breaking news in the fight against coronavirus. drugmaker merck just asked the fda tore emergency use authorization of its new antiviral drug. the pill taking when symptoms the start cuts the risk of hospitalization and death in half. meantime the battle over vaccine mandates is escalating. the nation s largest sheriff s department in l.a. will not enforce a vaccine mandate saying enforcing such a mandate would result in losing as much as 10% of its workforce. it s not just l.a.. the battle has erupted in seattle, tucson and right here in new york city. then at the same time you have hundreds of thousands of u.s. service members remaining unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated as the pentagon s first vaccination deadline of november 2nd, fast approaching as well. 90% of the active duty navy is vaccinated but just 70% of the air nation
Morning. hi everybody. i m in for stephanie ruhle. it s monday, october 11th. it may be a holiday but a busy one. we re following several major stories. up first travel chaos. southwest cancelling nearly 2,000 flights leaving thousands still stranded. sparking questions about exactly why. also this morning, new challenges and deadlines in the investigation into the january 6th attack. a number of trump allies still not complying with subpoenas. the big question here will lawmakers actually do anything about it? one of those lawmakers on the january 6th committee, congressman jamie raskin will be here to talk about that. and then the battle over a restrictive abortion law taking