of inspiring individuals like playwright lin-manuel miranda, nascar driver bubba wallace and becky hammonnd may 2 on nbc, nbc news now and msnbc. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. it's thursday, april 15th. here's what's happening on this very busy morning. we're covering several breaking news stories. on the covid front, no decision yet on the johnson & johnson vaccine. a cdc advisory panel announcing it needs more time to decide what to do after the fda ask states to temporarily pause using the vaccine over a possible link to extremely rare cases of blood clots. >>> meanwhile, breaking news in the last hour, the biden administration announced new sanctions on russia, specifically on 32 groups and individuals who tried to interfere in the 2020 election. secretary of state blinken overseas right now and we're monitoring that. >>> in the state of minnesota, 24 more people were arrested during a fourth night of protests in brooklyn center over the killing of daunte wright. this comes after the veteran offic