Death toll from September 11th, 3,103 people in this country died yesterday. The gut punch comes when you realize that Many Americans have almost gotten used to Reading Numbers like that. Actually, four days in the past week have ranked among the deadliest days in this countrys history, ever. The pearl harbor attacks that killed 2,400 people will forever be remembered and described as a day that will live in infamy, as proclaimed by fdr, and in the aftermath of September 11th, president george w. Bush asked for prayers for all of those who grieve for the children whose worlds were shattered that day. Yet today, 3,000 families wake up wondering what life looks like now, today, without their loved one beside them. And we wait for the president or really anyone to acknowledge the somber occasion in any way. No reference to the death toll or to the virus, for that matter, on Donald Trumps twitter field. Instead, tweet after tweet after tweet about the election he lost in the most secure el
Taylor greene says shes been freed to push the Republican Party farther right after being stripped of her committee assignments. So, now i have a lot of free time on my hands, which means i can talk to a whole lot more people all over this country, and i can talk to more people and make connections and build a huge amount of support that ive already got started. And it has been one month since the capitol insurrection. The New York Times releasing a breakdown of who has been brought to justice so far, including at least 22 current or former members of the military. And covid hospitalizations dropping, but fear increasing as Health Officials warn, the super bowl parties could end up being superspreader events. As we do say good morning, everybody. It is saturday, february 6th. Im kendis gibson. And im lindsey reiser. Its good to know that at least we have something normal, the great unifier. Super bowl . Yes, sports. Its hard to believe its been only a month since all of that. We came t
hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. major breaking news, moments ago the cdc s vaccine advisory panel voted if favor of authorizing the pfizer and moderna covid vaccines for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. the white house says those vaccines will now be available in states as soon as next week. cnn s miguel marquez has been following this key vote. miguel, this is a welcome moment for many parents across the u.s. and a lot of pediatricians who had been hoping for this. reporter: a lot of people across the country hoping for this. look, it is not clear how significant uptake will be, given where we are in this pandemic. but certainly this was the last big tranche of americans who weren t able to be vaccinated, almost 20 million of our youngest, most vulnerable americans who will now soon be able to get two different vaccines. they had a long meeting today, they took a lot of questions. they had questions and s
And were doing very good with the numbers. You see its going down in arizona very, very substantially and rapidly, going down in california, going down in texas, going down in florida. Other areas are propping up a little bit, but were watching them very closely. We understand the disease and were watching them very closely, especially our Senior Citizens and our Senior Citizens residences. If im victorious in november, i plan to forgive these taxes and make permanent cuts to the payroll tax. Aisle goi im going to make them all permanent. Now, joe biden and the democrats may not want that. They dont want that because theyre adding 3 trillion in taxes. So, theyll have the option of raising everybodys taxes and taking this away. But if i win, i may extend and terminate in other words, ill extend it beyond the end of the year and terminate the tax, so well see what happens. Biden probably wont be doing that. Youll have to ask him. I dont think he knows what hes doing. Second, im signing a
What has been clear for weeks now, joe biden won the election. The head of the General Services Administration Late monday finally gave the green light for a formal transition process to begin. After weeks of dragging out a process that has typically been done in a matter of hours. Gsa head, emily murphy said she came to her decision independently. The up shot of her decision here, the biden team is allowed to work with Current Agency officials and tap into millions in government funding for the transition. Its a fitting end for a president who never promised a peaceful transfer of power. It comes as courtroom losses continue to pile up for President Trump. More republicans starting to abandon him, and as michigan certifies it election results, leaving trump, no path to hold back the biden transition. Lets bring in cnns arlette saenz. With the doors finally opening, what is the biden team saying . After 16 days after president elect joe biden was declared the winner of the election, da