whit? >> erielle reshef, thank you. >>> next, the supreme court refusing to block the texas law that has banned most abortions in the state. the biden administration had asked the court to put the law on hold until legal challenges are resolved. let's bring in abc's chief washington correspondent, jonathan karl. in a highly unusual move, the court has agreed to an expedited review of this law in just ten days. >> reporter: whit, this is the quickest review the court has granted to any law by far since bush v. gore way back in 2000. the court will be looking strictly at the highly unusual mechanism that texas put in place to enforce the law. as a reminder, here's how it works -- the law gives any citizen the power to sue anybody they say aids or abets an unlawful abortion from the doctor who performs the procedure to the uber driver that drives a woman to the clinic. if they win, they would get a bounty of at least $10,000. justice sonya sotomayor has issued a dissent in this order, raising

whit? >> stephanie, thank you. >>> now to the wildfire emergency in california. the state bracing for a new round of extreme winds. gusts as high as 50 miles per hour fueling the alisal fire in santa barbara county. scorching more than 23 square miles. shutting down part of the 101 highway for a second day. families forced to evacuate as the fire races down the hills towards the sea. matt gutman is in california. >> reporter: tonight, with those flames encircling homes, the urgent aerial fight to save them. the alisal fire roaring down from the mountains, chewing through more than 15,000 acres and cutting off one of california's most important freeways, the 101 in santa barbara county. the fire driven by ferocious winds, as we discovered early tuesday. the wind here has been the story. these gusts have been up to 35, 40, even 50 miles an hour. those winds already grounding firefighting aircraft for a time. now shifting. >> the wind shifting is the most dangerous and critical time. because t

whit? >> zohreen, thank you. >>> we move on to our other major headline. the pandemic, and the sweeping new mandates set to take effect. many businesses, local governments, and schools requiring vaccines. including the nation's largest public school system in new york city, where if teachers can't show proof of at least one shot by tomorrow, they can't show up to work. this, as the u.s. passes yet another painful milestone. more than 700,000 lives lost to covid-19. but there is some encouraging news, cases, hospitalizations, and deaths appear to be slowing. phil lipof has the story. >> reporter: tonight, new vaccine mandates across the country set to go into effect.o largest school district, any teacher who does not have at least one shot by tomorrow will be out of a job. >> i felt shocked, surprised, heartbroken. my students messaged me friday. i am not allowed to talk to them, even though i gave them a heads-up that this is it. >> reporter: and while there remains opposition, the overwhel

maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. president biden yesterday defended speaker pelosi's decision to postpone any vote on that traditional infrastructure package for roads and bridges and airports until democrats could reach a deal on the rest of the president's budget. i asked president biden yesterday if he was confident he could still get all democrats on board with his budget proposal. he brushed off the idea of being confident, but said he was going to keep working at it. after a week of intense debate, but no deal, president biden telling reporters he's still cautiously optimistic. >> i believe when the american people are aware what's in it, they'll get it done. >> reporter: asked about the challenge of uniting his party, the president bristling. >> if we can bring the moderates and progressives together, very soon we have two more votes. >> reporter: which two? the democrats joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, lone holdouts on a partisan budget proposal for programs like paid medical leave, universal pre-k and commun

whit? >> james longman with the new develo developmen developments, thank you. >>> and oral arguments about the death penalty sentence of jokhar tsarnaev, saying the trial judge barred evidence about the influence of his older brother on his actions. at today's hearing, the conservative majority seemed inclined to reinstate the death penalty. >>> a new report from the tsa tonight, officers detecting a record number of firearms at airport security checkpoints this year. officers stopping nearly 4,500 passengers from carrying firearms on their flights. surpassing the previous record of just over 4,400 detected in all of 2019. we still have three months to go in the year. >>> now to that historic space flight. blasting off with the oldest person ever to travel into space. science fiction coming true for 90-year-old actor william shatner. returning to earth overcome with emotion. gio benitez was there for the launch, later speaking with the planet's newest space travelers. >> reporter: tonight,

>> all right, whit johnson leading us off tonight. whit, thank you. i know many questions at home with millions of americans who got moderna and johnson & johnson still waiting on these boosters. let's get right to dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, always great to have you here. you know, it seems this blueprint for the moderna boosters today recommended by this panel, very similar to what we saw with the pfizer boosters. 65 and older first, along with 18 and older if you have a health condition or a job that puts you at higher risk. one thing i thought was interesting, though, today, moderna's booster will be given as a half dose, 50 micrograms. that's compared to 100 micrograms in their first two shots. so, why a half shot when we were getting a full shot of pfizer for a booster? was moderna a more powerful shot to begin with? >> yeah, so, david, thank you for having me back. first of all, they absolutely follow the same blueprint, same groups of individuals, high risk people getting the booster. and the

whit? >> phil, thank you so much. for more on this kidnapping in haiti, let's bring in maryalice parks in our studio. so much at stake here, i imagine the biden administration following this closely. >> you can imagine this is just a nightmare situation. so delicate. we don't have a new comment yet from the white house, the national security team could direct us to a very brief comment from the state department overnight. they said the welfare and safety of u.s. citizens abroad are one of the highest priorities. they are aware of the reports. like you said, you can imagine the white house is turning all their attention on something like this. >> as phil laid out, it's been one crisis after another. the assassination of the president, the earthquake, the economic ruin following the pandemic, and now americans caught right in the middle of this. it further complicates u.s. policy in that country as well. >> absolutely. following the assassination of the president in july, some haitians called for u.s. troops to come to

whit johnson back with us tonight. and, whit, we know this younger group of children 5 to 11 would get the smaller dose of the pfizer vaccine in two shots three weeks apart. the cdc almost always follows suit with this final approval so how soon could we get that final green light, the yes and then the shots? >> reporter: david, just a couple more steps to go here. next tuesday a cdc advisory panel will meet and then vote on specific recommendations for the pfizer vaccine in kids 5 to 11 years old. if that goes as expected, the cdc director would then sign off and we could see the first shots administered by wednesday, david. >> whit johnson leading us off here on a friday night as always. thank you, whit. >>> we're going to turn next tonight to former new york governor andrew cuomo pushing back tonight after being charged with that misdemeanor sex crime. the spokesman now calling the move politically motivated by a sheriff, quote, seeking headlines and not justice. tonight that sheriff before the cameras saying there

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 symptoms three to six months later, what are they seeing? >> reporter: well, david, we've also heard from doctors who treated patients nine months, even 1 mont8 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 r

>> all right, whit johnson on the breaking news from the cdc. whit, thank you. we know many of you at home have questions tonight. so, let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health, back with us tonight. dr. jha, always great to have you with us. two kwey questions here tonight. you've been saying this, that this vaccines are working. the efficacy holding up pretty well, but what does the data show already? how much more protection do you get from these boosters? >> good evening, david, yes, thanks for having me back. the boosters are really helpful. the vaccines are working well in preventing severe infections, we are seeing breakthroughs and we see very clear evidence now that boosters make an enormous difference in reducing those infections. >> i wanted to ask you about this small study we've been reporting on here this weekend envalving the johnson & johnson one-hot vaccine. this particular study shows that mixing and matching with an mrna vaccine, pfizer or moderna, one of their boosters, and that the study saw signific

whit? >>> turning now to the latest on the pandemic. we are just days away from the final decisions needed to authorize the pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11 years old. a cdc advisory panel is meeting on tuesday, and if they vote yes, it will be up to the cdc director to sign off. this as cities across the country deal with battles over vaccine mandates, and janai norman joining us with more. janai, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you. a big week for those vaccines for young kids, as well vaccinations in the city, mayor bill de blasio saying that the vaccination of workers is 91%. adding that 2,300 workers got the shot on saturday alone. but starting tomorrow, those who haven't gotten the shot won't be getting paid. this morning, officials bracing for a potential worker shortage as they race to vaccinate the largest city in the country. the nypd, fdny and other agencies falling short after a friday deadline to show proof of vaccination. over the weekend, thousands gtting a sh

let's get back to these boosters tonight, whit johnson. and whit, the fda saying yes to boosters. the cdc now meeting, so, what's the timeline here? and what's this news, boosters potentially soon for everyone 40 and older? >> reporter: david, that cdc advisory panel will vote on recommendations for boosters tomorrow. then the cdc director will give the final sign-off and millions more americans could be eligible by this weekend. and as you noted, there are reports that the fda is also considering booster shots for anyone 40 and older, but that likely won't be addressed until next month. david? >> all right, whit johnson with us again tonight. thank you, whit. >>> we're going to turn now to that very difficult scene playing out in a florida courtroom today. parkland school shooter nikolas cruz taking responsibility in one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. cruz standing there, pleading guilty to 17 counts of murder. and then speaking directly to the heartbroken parents in that courtroom. tonight, how the parents reacted and abc's victor oquendo was there. >> reporter:

>> all right, whit johnson. whit, thank you. >>> next tonight here, a flight from new york to california diverted to denver after an alleged troubling attack on a flight attendant. the passenger allegedly punching that attendant and here's abc's trevor ault now. >> reporter: tonight, disturbing new details about the american airlines passenger accused of punching a flight attendant. a source familiar with the investigation telling abc this was an unprovoked attack. the flight attendant accidentally bumping that first class passenger in the aisle and apologizing. the man later walking to the allegedly punching her twice and returning to his seat as if nothing happened. the flight from new york to california diverting to denver. >> boo! >> reporter: american's ceo calling this "one of the worst deplaces of unruly behavior we've ever witnessed." >> this type of behavior has to stop, and the best deterrent is aggressive criminal prosecution. >> oh, lord! no! >> reporter: the assault marks the latest in a staggering

whit? >> and people need to be on alert as well. kenneth moton for us, thank you so much. >>> we turn to the pandemic and a major step toward vaccinating younger kids. the fda authorizing the pfizer vaccine for those ages 5 to 11 years old, but they can't get those shots just yet. janai norman joins us with a look at what comes next. janai, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you. still a few days away from those younger children being able to get that shot but health officials are already preparing hoping for a smooth and seamless rollout when those kids ages 5 to 11 are expected to become eligible in just a few days. for the first time 15 million doses of pfizer's covid vaccine for young kids shipping out this morning, following fda authorization of the vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. >> our actions today, plus cdc's recommendations next week, help us get closer to hopefully closing another chapter in this pandemic. >> reporter: and ahead of a possible winter surge, 28 mil

all right, whit johnson, thank you. >>> now to that major headline on president biden's domestic agenda. word coming in late today that a key part of the bill and a popular one, paid family and medical leave, may now be out. senator joe manchin against it. rachel scott on the hill. >> reporter: as democrats scramble to make a deal before president biden heads out to europe, tonight, word his plan for paid family and medical leave will likely be out of the final bill. it's something the president has promoted for months. >> we're one of the few industrial countries in the world that doesn't have paid leave. so that when you stay home to help that person, to take care of that person, you're still getting your pay. >> reporter: but west virginia senator joe manchin, who has the power to kill the entire bill, is firmly opposed. >> to expand social programs when you have trust funds that aren't solvent, they're going insolvent. i can't explain that. it doesn't make sense to me. i just can't do it. >> reporter: progressives outraged. much how much of a setback would that be? >> oh, if paid le

>> good morning, whit. thanks so much for having me again. this is really an exciting time for us as we think about the disease activity decreasing right now and then having a potential booster available and then a vaccine available for 5 to 11-year-old. the process we follow for vaccine recommendations and approvals is a strong process. so next week the fda advisory committee will be reviewing the data regarding safety and efficacy of the child vaccine. then the following week, the cdc's advisory committee will do the same thing. if the data prove the vaccine is truly effective and safe, the fda will authorize it and cdc will follow with recommendations who have who should get it and when as well. >> a lot of parents are still hesitant to get their kids vaccinated, even those who are generally pro vaccine and pfizer's clinical trial was smaller than what we saw with adults, just about 2300 children involved. what is your message to parents still on the fence? >> so, as a pediatrician and also a parent and someone who spent a majority of my c

>> whit johnson leading us off on a friday night. whit, thank you. >>> we have just learned tonight that former president bill clinton will spend at least another night in a california hospital. his doctors are saying, he is, quote, on the mend after being hospitalized for an infection that put him in the icu. overnight, hillary clinton seen leaving after visiting her husband. and tonight here, what we've now learned about his condition so far. abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman outside the hospital in california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, bill clinton battling infection at a southern california hospital and speaking on the phone with president biden, who late today delivered an upbeat assessment. >> he's always been the comeback kid. he's getting out of the hospital, everything's going well. >> reporter: the 75-year-old clinton was admitted tuesday after feeling overly fatigued during his first west coast trip since the pandemic began. an aide telling abc news clinton was diagnosed with a urological infection, which

whit? >>> maryalice parks, thanks so much. joining us now from her home state of ohio is congresswoman joyce beatty, chair of the congressional black caucus, congresswoman beatty, good morning to you. it's good to have you. so the vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill was supposed to happen this week. that was put on hold as democrats negotiate their much larger social policy package. are you disappointed in the delay, and when do you think votes could happen on both of these? >> no, i'm not disappointed at all. i think we had a great family meeting. as you know, president biden came in with speaker nancy pelosi and our entire caucus. it was well received and all along, democrats in the house knew that we would pass both bills. we would pass the build back better plan, the 3 trillion plus plan, but it's not about the money. it's about the services, the issues, the things that are in there that speaks to our values and then there is the bipartisan infrastructure bill. all along i was co

>> whit, it was never supposed to be this close. this was a state donald trump lost by ten points and the fact that democrats are scrambling there says a lot about the national landscape just a year before critical midterm elections. what happened here is what was supposed to be from the democrats' perspective, a referendum on donald trump has instead turned into a referendum on joe biden and on democratic leadership, and particularly around covid frustrations. you've seen the republican here tap into a lot of the concerns among parents, among educators and a lot of people that are thinking right now it's time to come out of this pandemic. they're worried about the restrictions and about how schools have been handled and ultimately this race is way too close for comfort for democrats. there's a real concern that they could lose this race and that it would send a chilling signal about their prospects nationwide next year. democrats have to find a way to motivate their voters when donald trump isn't on the ballot. >> let's talk about

>> not great, whit. not great.ighlights today for a reason. >> good sport about it, though, i appreciate that. >>> we start this half hour with the vaccine mandate battle involving one of the country's largest police forces, the feud heating up between the mayor of chicago and the city's police union and the union claims there could be few officers left to patrol the streets. nbc's zachary keisch is in chicago with the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you as well. it's a contentious issue. the clock has literally run out in chicago. officers had until midnight to be in compliance. on the line, public safety as well as public health. the union says roughly half of their 12,000 members could be impacted. this morning a court battle and public dispute playing out in the windy city. chicago's police union dismissed the vaccine mandates. about half of chicago's force, the second largest in the country are impacted because they've opted not to get shots. >> what we've seen from the fraternal order of police in partic

whit johnson with more. good morning, whit. >> reporter: good morning, robin.end of the week the booster shot campaign in this country is likely to expand dramatically. any day now the fda is expected to give the green light to mix and match boosters shots and health experts are citing this new limited study that indicates a single shot of johnson & johnson followed by one dose of pfizer and moderna could offer more protection than another shot of johnson & johnson. according to the study antibodies were boosted by four times, but when boosted with pfizer they jumped 35 times and 36 times after a boost with moderna. a source saying that regulators will recommend people get the same brand for their boosters, but it won't be required giving patients and required more flexibility. robin? >> whit, talk more about the cdc panel meeting and about the boosters for moderna and j&j shot. >> reporter: the pfizer booster has been authorized for older americans. moderna and johnson & johnson are next in line. that's cdc advisory panel will meet today and tomorrow to review

whit johnson joins us now and, whit, the committee also set to talk about mixing and matching vaccines reporter: yes, michael, that's right. good morning to you. right now there is not a vote scheduled on mixing and matching vaccines, but today we expect plenty of debate about whether it's safe and effective. so far the early data has been promising. the fda panel will vote on a recommendation for johnson & johnson booster shots, another potential tool in fighting this pandemic. today a key fda panel is set to review johnson & johnson booster shots and discuss the effectiveness of mixing and matching vaccines. this after that same advisory panel voted thursday to recommend moderna boosters for millions of americans. >> we do have a unanimous 19 out of 19 yes votes and that concludes the voting portion. >> reporter: the group includes anyone 65 and older, 18 and older with underlying health conditions and those at high risk of exposure to the virus at work. studies show the moderna vaccine has remained highly effective against severe illness and hospitalization, but waning slightly when

>> whit johnson, thank you as always. george?ow to the scandal rocking the nhl, a former chicago blackhawks player accused a coach of sexually assaulting him in 2010 and filed a lawsuit against the team for mishandling allegations. he is revealing his identity in a powerful interview. stephanie ramos has the story. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: george, good morning. kyle beach is opening up in an interview about what he says happened to him when he was with the nhl team, the blackhawks. he says he has suppressed and buried the memory of the assault, but now it's time to share his story and heal. the chicago blackhawks triumphantly hoisted the stanley cup in 2010 but one member of that year's team was burying a secret he feared could destroy his career. kyle beach, the 11th pick in the 2008 draft says the team's video coach brad aldrich sexually assaulted and harassed him at a hotel during the run-up to the championship. >> until very recently i did not talk about it, i did not discuss it. i did not think about it. >> repo

whit johnson, thank you. that mandate remains in place, but we do want to get back to the potential covid pill from merck. so let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. coming to us tonight from california. always great to have you. the fact that merck would stop this trial early after finding the pill, they say, cut hospitalizations and deaths in half, if this science holds up on this, this could be significant. >> good evening, david. thanks for having me back. absolutely. this is enormously important. you know, we've all been waiting for an oral pill that could reduce the severity of this illness. this might be it. we'll see what the full data looks like, but it's going to be an important tool in the fight against the pandemic. >> you know there are already concerns from some who fear that people will hear about this potential pill coming and ask, why get the vaccine if the pill will cut severity in half? >> yeah, you know, look, the pill is important, but vaccines

the new cdc study just out tonight and abc's whit johnson leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, that long-awaited fda greenlight. the pfizer vaccine authorized for 28 million children between the ages of 5 and 11. >> their ability to make an immune response actually in some ways is often better than it is in adults, and that's one of the reasons we were very gratified with the pfizer-biontech covid 19 vaccine that we could actually use a smaller dose. >> reporter: at just a third of the adult dose, the vaccine was found to be 91% effective against symptomatic illness, with some reporting mild side effects like sore arm, fever and headache. the first 15 million doses now expected to ship out within hours to doctors' offices, pharmacies, hospitals and clinics so they are ready to go into arms as early as wednesday after an expected signoff from the cdc. 11-year-old evie and 9-year-old grant koerner participated in pfizer's trial. >> this vaccine has been incredibly well researched and the importance of trying it on younger kids 5 through 11 age group was really just about getting the d

whit johnson joins us with more. good morning, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you.orized this new antiviral medication would require a prescription. patients would then take a course of pills over a five-day period. studies show it works by stopping the covid virus from replicating in a sick patient and was effective at preventing people from going to the hospital or from dying. this morning, a potential new weapon in the fight against covid. pharmaceutical company merck releasing new data about their anti-viral drug which reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by up to 50% in clinical trials. >> this is the first oral anti-viral that will be available to combat covid-19, and why that's so important, if you think of it, if you're someone who is unfortunate enough to get the news that you've contracted covid-19, this is the pill, you can take it home and it will significantly reduce the risk that you either ultimately are hospitalized or more importantly that you would ever face the unfortunate outcome of death. >> reporter: the company says the results of thei

>> whit, thank you. george?ll go to washington now where democrats are closing in on a compromise for president biden's social spending package. the package is getting parred down. rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. it's getting down to the wire for the president and now he's very clear about what he wants in his economic package and how quickly he wants his party to get it done. after a marathon round of meetings with progressives and moderates at the white house, the president hitting the road. he's traveling to pennsylvania to sell his agenda directly to the american people. sources tell me the president told democrats he wants them to reach a deal by the end of next week before he heads off on that foreign trip and sacrifices would have to be made to get it across the finish line, including dropping tuition free community college. the size of this package the president says will come down from $3.5 trillion to roughly 2 trillion dollar. o

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whit johnson is on a much deserved vacation. ev pilgrim on an even more deserved maternity leave, and i feel like i won a sweepstakes to anchor with the superstars of abc. >> oh. >> oh, stop it. oh. >> to you at home, don't try to change anything on the tv. not the normal cast of characters. we're going to try to be easy on the furniture. i'm delighted to be here with the two of you. >> absolutely. if you're itching for a vacation, don't go looking on whit's instagram right now. >> much deserved. >> absolutely. they deserve the time off but we promise you're in at least four capable hands over here. and we have a lot of news to get to and we're going to begin with the latest on the pandemic. the latest cases down 39% in the last month but states like west virginia, alaska and montana are still seeing significant surges. >> covid-19 vaccines for children between the ages of 5 and 11 could be just weeks away at this point. the cdc's independent advisory board is planning to meet in the beginning of november to discuss that issue.

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jha is here, and here's abc's whit johnson here in new york. >> reporter: tonight, a potential game changer in the battle against the virus. the first antiviral medication specifically designed to treat covid-19. pharmaceutical giant merck announcing that trials show its new drug, molnupiravir, may cut the risk of hospitalization or death in half. >> this is a pill you can take at home and will significantly reduce the risk that you either ultimately are hospitalized or more importantly, that you would ever face the unfortunate outcome of death. >> reporter: the drug consists of 4 pills taken every 12 hours for 5 days, beginning soon after testing positive. the trial included 775 patients with mild to moderate covid who had at least one risk factor for severe disease. after 29 days, no deaths reported in patients who received the drug, compared to eight deaths in patients who got a placebo. the drug also appeared to be effective against variants of concern like the delta strain. >> take something which is such a devastating disease like covid-19 and hopefully turns it into something that's

whit lock to expand on this and other stories from his book "the afghanistan papers." >> "washington post" investigative reporter craig whitlock on this week's episode of book notes plus. you can listen to all of our podcasts on our c-span now app. >>> two house homeland security subcommittees held a joint hearing on cyber threats and the may ransomware attack on colonial pipeline. several topics were discussed including improving cyber security, this hearing is just under two hours. >> maritime security and the subcommittee on cyber security, infrastructure, protection and innovation will come to order for today's hearing titled cyber threats in the pipeline, lessons

about fishing rights appears to be escalating frances, threatening to deny british boats access to whits for. it's because the u. k is not respecting previous agreements and re summons has more. a british trawlers seized by french maritime police who say the crew was fishing for scallops without a permit deny bytes owners. it may sound like a small incident, but it's symptomatic of something much bigger. a potential escalation in a post bricks. it fishing rights dispute is causing much more than a ripple in u. k. french relations. it sites, for example, jersey. the british crown dependency only accepting a 3rd of the fishing permit applications from ross actually mind on socialistic day, it's time that we are respected as it's totally insufficient and totally unacceptable. so now we must talk the language of force, and unfortunately, i fear that is the only thing that this british government understands. but no, the threats go beyond banning british trawlers from offloading their catches at french ports because this only amounts to a small proportion of exports without a settlement to th

down if they don't get full support, which is why nancy pelosi has been cracking that metaphorical whit. today she's been trying to get people on board. joe biden delayed his flight to head for the vatican to meet the pope by a few hours so that he could try and go make the case personally. but now as he comes into land, he's finding that perhaps things are not as so not as he thought they were. the top you, us diplomat in taiwan has stressed washington's commitment to help the island defend itself. sandra and kirk, the scribe relations, which i pay as rock solids. the u. s. supplies taiwan with military hardware and training. taiwan president, sighing, when confirmed on thursday, american forces were present on the islands. we continue to have a shared and a fighting interest in peace and stability across the taiwan street. the u. s. considers this central to the security and stability of the broader india pacific region and the united states. and we are deeply concerned by ongoing p r. c. efforts to undermine that stability. our commitment to taiwan is rock solid and contributes to th

on the one hand, the european union, which is with whits because developed our so called fortress europe policy, where basically they do not want to have any big numbers of him guns or if he does or asylum seekers coming into europe. and on the other hand, neighbors countries such as turkey, where they're worn into bog post, more migration flows towards europe. because number one, they want to alleviate their own problem. button number 2, they can use, it is migration flows. as on the gossip inducted against some more financial compensation from europe. and so basically we end up having a big number of people caught in the middle between our rock on a hard place where they're trying to cross the border. and they're being deborah encouraged or helped to cross the border. so what i'm so glass on the little chat is some concern, but i also a lot of anti migrant thoughts right now. maybe mirroring what is happening in europe. and he put some ideas and thoughts to you. can me help me out with this one? how miss os? what right or legal case, the countries invoke, when accused of pushing back m

but there are masses of shadow in place that gab along. cameroon and dia, congo, this looks whit. ah, it's the was most populous democracy, diverse dynamic, and undergoing moment to see context, india dixon in that look at the people and politics of india. exploring how the coven 19 pandemic struck the mission. it's continuing impact and the lessons learned for the future. join me feel that those are for context, india coming soon. and i says either in germany's capital, there is a barber like no other than that of what he did. he hadn't form. i locked or struck broth which yet. but as his city changes, he's moving with and going on the road. the story we don't often hear told by the people who lived in the master barbara of berlin. this is europe anal to 0. lou. oh, just a couple of minutes off to how past the hour you're watching. the news are alive from doha. your top stories, security sources and afghanistan say at least 4 to one people had been killed and dozens were wounded. in an attack on the biggest she a mosque in the southern city of kandahar. there are unconfirmed repo

you have to demonstrate you are doing it in a knowing way, you had your whits about you.d are waiving that right and your lawyers have the right to establish witnesses and to the extent you can do that and fully allocute, what did you do, how did you do it and when did you do it, you could enter that plea and enter the trial itself. the penalty portion could go on where prosecutors could pursue the deat h penalty. >> it is one thing to process by the penalty phase what happened, how it happened. and his past history and what he was premeditating. the victim impact statements. every life taken was a meaningful life. they meant so much to their families and communities. it is just a lot to stomach and go through. thank you for the time. >> coming up, under pressure. for months now. many democrats are calling on others to retire so justice breyer is responding to cnn. we'll tell you what he says. ♪ ♪ find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com when you hear, cough cough sneeze sneeze. [ sneezing ] it's time for, plop plop fizz fizz. alka seltzer plus cold relief. dissolves

breaking tonight, president biden spending the weekend at his delaware home while no whit house is inaising statements during a cable news townhall. here is the white house press secretary trying to clarify her remarks he had regarding the southern border.

they don't care one whit about stability if it gets in the way of trying to dominate their neighbors. >> then there is the new arms race involving hypersonic weapons. >> i'm not sure they are ahead or behind the chinese but they are certainly keeping pace with each other. and i think this is a dangerous escalation in the arms race introduces new kinds of unpredictability. >> the former top u.s. army commander in europe blames years of naivete. >> my biggest concern is that we, the west, still trying to hard to believe that russia has bad intentions. we continue to be surprised that they actually do certain things. and they are allowed to get away with this fairy tale narrative that somehow they are the ones being encircled. >> nato is now trying to regain the ump hand with new more aggressive tactics to deter further russian expansion and the return of another cold war. this growing increasingly hot. bret? >> bret: more on this with the panel. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. the biden administration is urging north korea to refrain from further provocations after it fired

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