whit? >> all right, marcus moore for us. thank you. >>> now to the massive cleanup from hurricane ida. president biden set to get a first-hand look at the damage in the northeast tomorrow. and in louisiana, some areas remain difficult to reach. in jefferson parish outside new orleans, the national guard is using floating bridges to get first responders and their vehicles into hard-hit areas. abc's elwyn lopez is in laplace, louisiana. >> reporter: tonight, eight full days since catastrophic hurricane ida made landfall in louisiana, some areas still barely accessible. in jefferson parish, the national guard deploying floating bridges to ferry first responders into places where bridges were destroyed. the hardest hit communities may not see power until the end of the month. grand isle, uninhabitable. and this is what people in grand isle are in most need of. gas, diesel. they are putting it in here to deliver it three hours south. cody gregoire calls the barrier island home. >> i've been ther

>> whit johnson leading us off here tonight. whit, thank you. >>> there's also late word tonight on those seven confirmed tornadoes, at least seven now, from the philadelphia area to new jersey. and tonight, the staggering damage. abc's janai norman from pennsylvania. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> reporter: tonight, a total of at least seven confirmed tornadoes touching down in the philadelphia area and southern new jersey area, as those historic storms walloped the northeast. >> look at that tornado! >> reporter: this one in south jersey seen on video tearing through multiple communities. >> we were down there about 15 minutes before -- when the warning went off and we have a walkup basement, luckily, so, we were able to get out through that, thank god. if not, we would not have been able to get out. >> reporter: that twister in mullica hill at least an ef-3, with winds more than 135 miles per hour, ripping apart at least two dozen homes and damaging 100 more. this ef-2 twister just northwest of philadelphia causing a tree to collapse

whit johnson with late reporting tonight, how soon those booster shots could begin and what new york city is staying. >>> authorities securing the u.s. capitol ahead of that protest in support of the hundreds arrested in the january 6th attack on the capitol. fences going back up, every capitol police officer will be on duty. and tonight former president trump's new and encouraging words for those who took part on that day. rachel scott live on the hill. >>> there is news tonight in a case making national headline, the missing young woman vanishing during a cross-country trip with her boyfriend. authorities now releasing body camera video from the days before she vanished. her family pleading for her return tonight. the boyfriend this evening considered a person of interest and tonight his sister breaking her silence to abc news. >>> joe seas france says it has killed the dangerous isis leader who claimed responsibility for the deadly ambush of four american service members in niger. tonight what we're now learning about the operation to take him down, ian pannell standing by. >>> a

whit johnson leading us off again tonight. whit, thank you as always. >>> now to the other major news this thursday night, the department of homeland security issuing a new warning tonight that some heading to washington in support of people charged in support of people in the january 6th riot may seek to engage in violence. security now ramping up across washington, fencing up again around the capitol. video surveillance now installed and the new comments from former president trump tonight, supportive words for those who were there that day. rachel scott on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight the fencing around the u.s. capitol is back up. washington bracing for saturday's rally in support of those charged in the january 6th riot. the department of homeland security tonight issuing a bulletin that people either involved in or posting this weekend's event may seek to engage in violence. most trying to distance themselves. the number two republican telling "the new york times" there are a lot of clearly angry people who wan

. >> reporter: hey, whit, good morning. that was the first move in getting that extra dose into the arms of people across the country, but it came with two votes, a yes for some and a no for most, at least for now. this morning, millions of vaccinated americans one step closer to getting an added dose. at least six months after that second one. this after an fda panel backed the pfizer booster for emergency use authorization, but only to those 65 and older as well as anyone at high risk of severe covid. >> we do have a unanimous 18 out of 18 who voted yes. >> reporter: but first, the panel overwhelmingly rejecting it for the general public saying more data is needed. >> one of the issues in this is that much of the data that's been presented is being discussed today is not peer reviewed and has not been reviewed by fda. >> reporter: the recommendation comes following the biden administration's suggestion that the general public be ready to roll up its sleeves for that additional arm to needle starting monday, but now adding

>> all right, whit johnson, thank you. >>> overseas tonight and to afghanistan. secretary of state antony blinken saying the u.s. is working around the clock to help about 100 americans now still in afghanistan. four americans have been rescued. the harrowing story of how they got out. and it all comes as the taliban appoints its new government and troubling signs already tonight. women taking to the streets of kabul to protest. the taliban firing weapon to disperse the crowds. and tonight, our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz on that promise from the taliban to allow planes to take off, but they're not. >> reporter: the chartered planes have been sitting on the tarmac empty at this airport in northern afghanistan for more than a week. nearly 600 people waiting to board. and despite the taliban's promise to allow americans safe passage, for the first time tonight, the secretary of state confirming there are a small number of americans among the group stopped by the taliban. >> they have said that those without valid documents, at this point, can'

whit? >> people desperate for that break. rob, thank you. >>> in the meantime in louisiana, grim fallout from hurricane ida. four nursing home patients have died. at least a dozen hospitalized after they were evacuated to a warehouse. health inspectors say they were turned away when they tried to visit. across the storm zone, still so many without power. scrambling for food, fuel, and other things. president biden paying a visit, promising federal help. abc's elwyn lopez is there. >> reporter: tonight, growing anger and misery, five days after ida cut a path of destruction through parts of louisiana and mississippi. people still waiting in hours-long lines like these, searching for food, water, and gas in the blistering heat. >> we need to be rescued right now. we need ice. we're barely surviving through this heat. >> reporter: and tonight, the investigation into the treatment of more than 800 nursing home patients, evacuated to this warehouse ahead of the storm. at least four of them have

. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you as well. thousands of locations all across the country have begun to administer those booster shots like this duane reade behind me on the upper west side of manhattan. but as you mentioned, the vaccination rate in the nation has begun to drop, so the cdc says she's boosters have now become an additional line of defense against covid. this morning, booster shots are officially under way for up to 20 million eligible americans. in texas, long lines of people ready for their booster shot at this san antonio mall. carol carson says the almost 2 1/2-hour wait was worth it. >> i think everyone should get their booster shot as soon as possible. >> reporter: the cdc now recommending boosters for frontline workers, residents of long-term care facilities, people 18 and older with underlying medical conditions and people 65 and older. >> it's hard to acknowledge i'm over 65 but i'll be getting my booster shot. >> reporter: while federal health officials agree boosters are important for certain parts of

>> all right, whit johnson tonight. whit, thank you so much. know many of you at home have questions about the potential for boosters on the way. so, let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, always great to have you with us. let's get right to what the fda released today, this pfizer data. they are suggesting this extra dose, this booster shot, a third shot, for those 16 and older, about six months after receiving that second dose. and they said this isn't necessarily because of the delta variant, instead, they said this is because of effectiveness decreases with increasing time. essentially waning over time, which is what you and i have talked about so often here on the news. moderna releasing very similar data. are you convince bid why what yw today? >> yeah, david, thanks for having me back. what i'm convinced of today is people who are vulnerable. people who have over 65, people with chronic diseases, they clearly need that booster shot after about six months. because they don't just have

whit is back with us tonight. i want to go back to this new study, whit, because people who've had covid who are still having similar m toms three to six months later, what are they seeing? >> reporter: well, david, we heard from doctors who treated patients nine months, even 18 months after their initial covid infections. common symptoms like fatigue, shortness of breath, depression and brain fog. and some of those patients had no issues early on, only to experience those long haul symptoms months later. david? >> all right, whit johnson on this again tonight. thank you, whit. >>> next this evening, a school shooting in memphis. a teenager opening fire in a stairwell. a 13-year-old boy in critical condition. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: parents at this south memphis grade school tonight just can't believe this is happening again in america and happening to them -- a teenage boy brought a gun to school and shot a 13-year-old student. >> they have a student that has been shot. possible suspect responsi

whit? >> trevor, thanks. >>> and speaking of some of those other families, the gabby petito case has sparked renewed interest in several other unsolved missing persons cases. investigators in california have ramped up their search for 30-year-old lauren cho. she went missing near joshua tree national park. cho originally from new jersey seemingly vanished three months ago after she was last seen walking away from her home. air and ground searches have been conducted, but so far, there have been no signs of her. >>> the jury deliberations will resume tomorrow in the sexual misconduct trial of music producer r. kelly. prosecutors are arguing that kelly for nearly three decades was at the center of an enterprise that was used not just to promote his music and his brand, but also to recruit women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity. kelly's attorney is arguing in court that kelly's relationships with his accusers were consensual. >>> and harry and meghan were front and center here in

whit? >> steve, thank you. >>> now to texas tonight. planned parenthood pushing back against that new law that has halted the vast majority of abortions in the state, asking a court to temporarily block some potential lawsuit the measure allows. president biden weighing in on that part of the law as well, saying while he respects those who oppose abortion, the law ecouraging individuals to sue doctors and other providers is pernicious. >> it just seems -- i know this sounds ridiculous, almost un-american what we're talking about. i was told there are possibilities within the existing law to have the justice department look and see whether there are things that can be done. >> abc's rachel scott joins us now from houston. is there anything the white house can do now in the face of this state law? >> reporter: well, whit, the biden administration appears to be looking for every possible avenue to be able to challenge this. we know this morning white house lawyers met with advocates. but at th

. >> reporter: whit, good morning. the destruction here just one of the signs of what people are up against. the other sign, those long lines for food, gas and water, hundreds now fleeing the heat. this morning one week after ida tore through louisiana more than 500,000 people without power. the storm taking out eight critical transmission lines into the new orleans area. >> i did stick it out. i can't stick it out no more. >> reporter: the city shuttling some of those struggling in the northern louisiana and texas. several of these have been going out today. hundreds of people finally getting relief. people evacuating due to dangerous temperatures. the heat index topping more than 100. >> you've been in an apartment with no ac? >> for five days. >> reporter: after several days some could no longer take it. >> every night it would get warmer. then try to tough it out. without any air, you have to get out. it's too tough. >> there's no cold water. there's no ice. there's no food. >> reporter: the town of grand isle rema

whit, i know this goes to the cdc next. bottom line tonight, what's the time line, and when could americans 65 and old inter-american who at high risk be getting their boosters? >> reporter: david, a cdc panel will be meeting next week to consider more specific guidance about how these boosters should roll out. if authorized we could see those shots going into arms way late next week at about 80,000 locations across the country, including pharmacies. david? >> whit johnson, we'll see you right here this weekend. meantime we know many of you at home have questions about booster shots i want to bring in dr. ashish jha, dr. jha, always great to have you with us. you have been saying on the air with me for some time that older americans and those at higher risk should receive the booster first, which is what the fda panel recommended today. that still makes sense to you base on the science revealed? >> good evening, thanks for having me back. it does. the science is very clear. high risk people, older people, yes. younger healt

whit? making.le, two decades in - all right, terry moran, thank you. >>> we do turn now to that huge car shortage fueled by a chip shortage. general motors temporarily shutting down more than half its plants in north america. alex perez is outside one of those plants in ft. wayne, indiana, with why now is one of the worst times to buy a car ever. alex, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, whit. this plant is one of several that will be temporarily shut down as gm and other automakers wait for semiconductor chips they need to build vehicles. gm announced it will temporarily shut down eight of its 15 north american assembly plants beginning today because of a microchip shortage. the chips are crucial for thousands of computer controlled systems in new cars and also used in laptops and other small electronics. the coronavirus pandemic has impacted production of those. the shortage also means car inventory is down and consumer prices are higher, which means buying a new or used car wil

whit?stephanie ramos, thank you. >>> joining us for an exclusive is dr. rochelle walensky. dr. walensky, thank you for being here. it's great to have you. i want to get your opinion on the vaccine mandate. in new york, an estimated 72,000 health care workers have been holding out and the governor is talking about bringing in health care workers from other states or even the national guard to compensate for that. what does this say to you about whether these vaccine mandates can actually work? >> good morning, whit. so great to be with you. you know, what i would say, i'm a physician. i'm a public health official. i'm not a lawyer. what i will say is we know that the more people that are vaccinated, the more the community that's protected, the less disease that there is in the community. we have seen that these vaccine mandates do get more people vaccinated. i'm enthusiastic about getting more people vaccinated because it's good to protect individuals and their own health, their families and

>> all right, whit johnson here in new york tonight. whit, thank you. >>> we know many of you at home have questions because this is the pfizer booster first. they applied for authorization for their booster first. moderna and johnson & johnson could be applying in the coming weeks. in the meantime, let's bring in dr. ashish jha. great to have you. the cdc tonight backing the single pfizer booster after six months for those 65 and older, for those 18 and older with underlying health conditions and given the data that you've studied, you're completely comfortable with this? >> good evening, david. yes, i am. i think the data supports that quite strongly and i think the cdc panel got that one right. >> the one surprise here, the experts were asked about those with jobs that have a high risk of infection, front line workers, teachers among them. the vote was no. 9-6 on this. a lot of those workers are watching the news here tonight. can you explain why the cdc said fwho no to them? >> yeah, this is anned advisory committee vote that i don'

. >> hey, good morning, whit. you know, during the height of the storm this babbling brook was a torrent up and over my head tearing apart this footbridge with its power. you know, we've heard so many e in this case this muan ldi hdedo one of thousands of cars and homes destroyed with the wrath of hurricane ida. >> go, go, go, get out of here. >> reporter: this morning, the death toll rising as residents in the northeast reel from the aftermath of hurricane ida. abc news now confirming 49 deaths along the east coast spanning 5 different states, remnants of ida leaving communities in chaos. extensive cleanup under way, some forced to throw out all of their belongings. >> there's no choice. we have to because everything is gone. >> reporter: this as search efforts continue. police still looking for those missing. >> i will ask everyone to please check on your neighbors, family and friends to assure their well-being. we are continuing surveys and wellness checks on areas that were impacted by the storm. >> reporter:

whit? day, but as you noted there, trevor, the recurring hope and inspiration that went along with it. we thank you. we appreciate it. >>> as we move on here, the nation reflects on the tragedy of 9/11, but president biden still grappling with the after effects 20 years later, ending the war in afghanistan while trying to prevent future terror attacks here at home. abc's maryalice parks has more from the white house. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. like you said, the country reflecting on how the attacks on 9/11 led, in turn, to the country's longest war, and what it means now that that chapter is over. has the country turned a page? the president was asked yesterday if he thought the country was entering a new phase with troops no longer on the ground and afghanistan. he said, he did. >> what's the strategy? every place where al qaeda is we're going to invade and have troops there? come on. the american people think it was time to get out of afghanistan, sending a

whit johnson leading us off. coverage of the coronavirus for tonight. >>> we move on to the other news this evening and the deadly super market shooting in tennessee. tonight, the gunman and his connection to the kroger store has been revealed. also here the harrowing stories of survival. alex perez on the scene for us. >> reporter: authorities tonight identifying the gunman they say unleashed a deadly rampage inside this kroger grocery store as 29-year-old uk thang. do you have a motive at this point? do we know why? >> i don't know that we'll ever know why. i know this -- we're going to take it where the evidence takes us. >> reporter: thang, pictured here, an official says, did business with the store as a third party vendor. we're also hearing the harrowing stories of survival. sarah wiles was buying ingredients for soup when she heard gunfire. >> we just found a metal door and a cart that was stacked with boxes, and we tucked in behind it and made ourselves a hiding spot. >> reporter: she's an icu nurse. whe

let's go back to whit johnson for the latest. morning, the director of the cdc making her official decision on this next wave of pfizer booster shots which means millions of eligible americans can start making appointments right away. this morning, president biden addressing the nation after millions more americans are eligible. >> the decision of which booster shot to give, when to start the shot, and who will get them is up to the scientists and the doctors. that's what happened here. >> reporter: the president saying he'll be getting his booster shot, but insisting the primary goal is still to vaccinate the unvaccinated. >> this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. we still have over 70 million americans who have failed to get a single shot. >> reporter: after weeks of head-spinning debate, overnight, the cdc director giving the green light for booster shots, but going against her own panel of advisers on a key element of who qualifies. >> this motion passed 15-0. >> reporter: dr. walensky now endorsing the panel's recommendatio

. >> reporter: hi, whit. good morning to you. yeah, the president is already here. he arrived in new york last night so waking up here in the city this morning and he, as you said, will attend ceremonies at all three sites starting with this 9/11 memorial behind me. from here juju mentioned he will head to shanksville, that hallowed ground in pennsylvania and he after that will head to the pentagon. he's not going to be speaking at all today. he will be laying wreaths but did hear him that the white house delivered overnight and so importantly really focusing on the victims, of course, their families, but that message of unity that is just so exceptionally important in these divided times we live in. i want to tell you about the president back then on september 11th, 2001. he was a senator to delaware on an amtrak train hided to washington when his phone rang. it was jill biden who walked him through what she was seeing on tv. horrific images. when he got to washington he says he could see that smoke rising from the pentagon site and how upset he was that the fact t

investigative reporter craig whit lock on this week's episode of book notes plus. you can listen to all of our podcasts on our new c-span app. >> c.d.c. director rochelle walensky talks about the covid-19 vaccine booster shot and the decision to approve pfizer's boosters for certain americans. she spoke at an event hosted by the atlantic. >> so, providing accurate helpful safety guidelines to the pandemic and a fast moving virus is not easy. i'm joined by the director of the c.d.c. dr. rochelle walensky and we'll talking how the c.d.c. has the guidance and dr. waugh -- walensky, thank you for being here today. >> i'm happy to be here. >> let's dive in of you've inherited a difficult job at a difficult point in our history. tell us what the toughest parts of the job has been so far and what has surprised you the most? >> you know, i once had a wise mentor, who said if you're not afraid of your next job. perhaps the job isn't big enough. and when i came here, i was afraid of the job and it's been a daunting task in the middle of a pandemic. it's been hard, i inherite

so stuff like that and then said whit is kind of a cypher in the middle of it, which is kind of good for a fiction writer. he didn't keep a journal. he didn't keep a diary but spoiler he killed himself. he jumped off this ocean liner because he couldn't handle being a hero and he was very full of survivors guilt and so he jumped off this ship on the way to havana and this moved me so much like it speaks to the meticulousness and the thoughtfulness and the compassion. he left nine suicide notes to the different people in his life, like all different notes and put them in his cabin. so everyone would know. what you know what to do when he got to say goodbye and you know, that's where i got a few of the personal tidbits which were really helpful. thank you. miles, could you talk about your process of you? i think there a major difference between straying and wit despite being confidence men in very different ways. but there's a there's there's a lot of record about string and writing about strangers. i understand by comparison to with someone like wit. so in that way it's over, you know

whit johnson is tracking the very latest.d morning, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you. we're now getting a clearer picture of who will be eligible for the booster shots, older americans and those at high risk. a cdc advisory panel will consider the next steps later today but soon after we could start to see pharmacies like this one in local cities across the country administering those boosters by the end of the week. overnight the fda giving the green light for pfizer booster shots bringing the u.s. one step closer to authorizing a third dose for millions of americans. the eligible group is expected to include people 65 and older, those at high risk of severe illness, health care workers and other frontline employees like teachers, day care staff, grocery workers and people in homeless shelters and prisons. >> it is possible that some people may benefit from a booster, six, eight, nine months after their first shot. the plain truth is, there's a lot we still don't know. we do know that the vaccines are holding

investigative reporter craig whit lock on this week's episode of book notes plus.ten to all of our podcasts on our new c-span app. >> c.d.c. director rochelle walensky talks about the covid-19 vaccine booster shot and the decision to approve pfizer's boosters for certain americans. she spoke at an event hosted by the atlantic. >> so, providing accurate helpl

whit?t advice, gio, thank you. >>> let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university of public health. thanks for joining us. as we just heard there, millions of people travelled this labor day weekend. the first big holiday since the delta variant became the dominant strain, even after the cdc warned unvaccinated americans not to travel. do you expect it will lead to another big surge? >> good morning. for vaccinated people traveling is a really safe thing to do. many americans remain unvaccinated, about one third of adults. i'm expecting a bump. i hope not a major spike. after major single holiday we've seen a bump infections, hospitalizations and deaths. i'm worried we're going see that again. >> i want to turn to booster shots. the white house plans to start booster shots on september 20th. dr. fauci said likely only pfizer will be approved first. is that the right call to roll these boosters out at different times? >> that's really good questioned. the evidence submitted to t

cecilia. >> okay, whit, thank you so much.an rob gronkowski and the big answer from tom brady himself. take a look. >> can tom brady play until 50 years old? >> wow. seems to be a really hot question lately. i don't find it so difficult and plus in florida it's kind of a retiree state so i feel like i can play and glide into retirement. i think i can. i think it's a yes. >> will gisele let tom play till 50? that's the real question. >> that is a way better question. why would i not google that. i think they should. that is, of course, no, bad answer. >> i'm so smart i'm the google master now. >> i'm just kidding. i'm sorry, babe. i love you. sorry, you'd let me. you'd let me do anything as long as i'm happy. >> he says, sorry, babe, i love you. he's apologizing -- she wouldn't let him. >> what is that set there? what are they doing? >> we never saw tom like this. now in florida, she's >> the pool in the middle there. >> if he does by the way, if he does may until he's 50 it'll be six more years. >> don't hate me for this. why

whit's mother cut off all contact with her daughter for four decades.to get in touch with hew#t%4 >> i wrote to her regularly for many years. mom, the door is still open on my end. i miss you. sometimes it is not too painful anymore, but i would be willing to make all of the necessary adjustments if you say the word. >> reporter: scores of letters like that one from 1985 all went unanswered. when people would ask you about your mother, what would you say? >> i would say, it's a sad story but we used to be very close, and i have been disowned. >> i think when a family member walks away, it is almost more painful than if they died. >> reporter: jade wu is a clinical psychologist at duke university school of medicine who has written about these broken relationships. >> this is one of the deepest types of human hurts that we can have. these are the things that we regret on our death bed. these are the things wee nht thinking about. it is something that happens more often than you might guess. >> this is a problem that affects everyone in our country and cut

whit johnson is at pfizer headquarters with more.hit. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you. there's still considerable debate within the scientific community about whether booster shots are even needed for everyone and fda analysis suggests that an extra dose appears to be safe but key decisions still need to be made about who should get them and how soon. the looming question of whether vaccinated americans are ready for booster shots could be answered as early as tomorrow when the panel is expected to vote an a recommendation. pfizer is making the case a third shot is needed for those 16 and older, about six months after receiving their second dose. >> what we've seen is increases in cases, in breakthrough cases as time goes on just because of a waning immunity, and this is why this booster question is coming into play right now. >> reporter: pfizer also suggesting the reduction in vaccine protection is likely not due to the delta variant but instead vaccine effectiveness decreases with increasing time since being fully vaccin

whit? >>> we turn to washington and the high stakes this morning with the government shutdown looming and a battle over the debt ceiling. a do or die moment shaping up for president biden's agenda. our congressional correspondent rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest. rachel, the clock is really ticking on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. it is crunch time. a government shutdown is now just 72 hours away and the nation is inching closer to a financial crisis. overnight a vote in the senate to keep the government funded and raise the debt limit failed. the u.s. has never defaulted on its debt but republicans voting to do just that insisting if democrats want to propose trillions of dollars in new spending, then this is their responsibility. democrats are quick to point out nearly 98% of the nation's debt predates the biden inauguration with a large chunk of that added on during the trump administration. the bottom line is if congress does nothing, there w

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my mother-in-law is 103 years old and she's kicking and doing well with her whit. my wife is 78 years old and god has enabled me saying to everybody, god loves you and so do i, let's be about life and not death. >> thank you, reverend brown. you know i'm going to tell jane on you for telling all these people her age out here. thank you reverend brown. thank you, cassie cook for your courage and everyone who's joining us here today and, as i said, you know, we don't know how long covid will be with us. but we want to make sure we do our part so we begin to open up everything we need to and finally i'll just say dr. colfax touched on it a little bit the people in the hospital are younger and we've had about 1800 people who were hospitalized and 1600 people were vaccinated. if just shows you that if more people were. so we've got work to do. we're out here. we'll be out here another hour and a half. please come to the philmore mini park between turk and golden gate to get your vaccine today. thank you. any questions from the press? >> reporter: [inaudible] have you se

whit johnson with late reporting tonight, how soon those booster shots could begin and what new york city is staying. >>> authorities securing the u.s. capitol ahead of that protest in support of the hundreds arrested in the january 6th attack on the capitol.

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the highest number in seven whit johnson with late reporting tonight, how soon those booster shots couldeady saying tonight. >>> authorities securing the u.s. capitol ahead of that protest in support of