everyone, and welcome to the amanpour hour. here s where we re headed this week up first from a mental standpoint, the last time i saw him, he seemed fine to me. america s most recognizable dr. anthony fauci on what he s witnessed about age in the executive branch and also the next possible pandemic. also this hour how biden can change he s the conversation. i think the truth is, every time is on tv at the moment, you can have have your house in your mouth concerns about trump s rambling rallies. if donald trump were just a dribbling tool i d be a lot less worried and how to lose elections and still be gracious. we can argue vigorously as a prime minister, and i did over the past six weeks, but still respect each other. then exclusive cnn reporting reveals israeli forces deemed abusive by the united in states and now shaping the campaign in gaza then as another tennis great calls game set and match on his career. from my archive, serena williams on retirement double-stand
brand new hour, glad you re here with us, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. we begin with what president biden is calling good news in the pandemic. pfizer says its early lab data showed a booster shot of its vaccine can neutralize the omicron variant which has now been detected in 21 states. the president s chief medical adviser says he s encouraged by this booster news. when you re entering into an arena of a new variant with very many unknown aspects about it, you always have a degree of anxiety about how it s going to turn out. so the news we got last night and this morning about the effective boosters does make me breathe a little bit better. pfizer also says its lab results found two shots did not provide specific protection against omicron. efficacy matches the findings of a small study of a dozen people in south africa. let s bring in dr. william schaffner of the division of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center, and an adviser
reasons for optimism. plus the u.s. is implementing a new travel restriction as the omnicron covid variant emerges. and all three men were found guilty of murder in the killing of ahmaud arbery this week. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. all right. so, america, the land of the free and home of the brave. but is it also now the home of a back sliding democracy? a report this week labeled the united states as undergoing a considerably severe and deliberate form of democratic erosion. it joins other countries like india and brazil as as well as more than a quarter of the world s population who now fall under the back sliding category. unt national ideas, global state of democracy says they are seeing an increasing number of democratically elected government utilizing totalitarian tactics, taking this course of manipulating media and restricting civil liberties. authoritarianism is on the rise, pure and simple. just look at the january 6th insurrection and the partisan p
pettypiece. you have nancy pelosi for now planning to vote tentatively on that $1 trillion infrastructure bill on wednesday. that s the roads and bridges bill that has bipartisan support. but to take that bill will regard a framework on the larger bill, manchin saying we could have that framework by the end of the week. we also have more details on what is in and what is out on that bill, and we still don t know how it will be paid for, although democrats are now talking about a new billionaires tax. leigh ann, a lot of moving parts, right? we also learned joe manchin is point to go a sticky point when it comes to paid leave. talk about where we are now. reporter: these are the final parts of the negotiations and there are difficult negotiations still to be had, hallie. lights start with what senator manchin is wanting and where he is at this point. my sources tell me senator manchin isn t supportive of four weeks of paid leave. that was already in negotiation down from 12
you re in the cnn newsroom. hi, i m pamela brown in washington. thanks for being here with us on this sunday. we want to begin tonight in st. paul, minnesota. tonight the community is struggling to understand why deadly gunfire rang out in a popular restaurant and bar district. just after midnight, a barrage of bullets hit 15 people, turning a night on the town into complete chaos. st. paul police describe the crime scene as a, quote, hellish situation. one woman in her 20s is dead, 14 people are wounded. police have arrested several suspects but are still looking for others tonight. cnn s adrienne broaddus is with us tonight. adrienne, do police know is behind this? reporter: the motive remains unclear. three men are in custody, ranging from age 22 to 33. this after you mentioned 15 people were shot, including one woman in her 20s who didn t survive. she died at the scene. 14 others injured, and i spoke just moments ago with the deejay who was enjoying a night of fun wit