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Nuclear weapon. they believe its 80 to 100 yards below ground, maximum range of any current conventional weapons. >> currently they have been constructing an underground facility over the past two years or so to maybe three years, and this facility is much deeper than other underground facilities we know of. >> its unclear whats in the tunnels at the mountain site. if iran was to introduce uranium into the site, it would have to inform the iaea. but it has not responded to questions so far. big ...

Appears to be referring to irans removal of surveillance cameras last june. this was first trip to the islamic republic since before the incident and four days after the iaea reported theyve detected uranium that had been enriched up to 83.7%. thats just short, just shy of weapons grade material raising concern the iranians may be speeding up enrichment program. the iaea says they havent found a loft this fuel and the iranians just say its smaller by-product, insignificant by-product of lower gr...

Through infections were lower by a factor of 11.3 and the rate of severe illness was lower by a factor of 19.5 among those who received a booster. and pfizer has released data showing waning immunity as it tracked those who received its vaccine and we anticipate this study will be discussed as well tomorrow. among the pfizer data is though shaz about a week to two months after receiving a vaccine, efficacy was 96.2% among those fully vaccinated. and you see here on this chart, it waned and by fo...

The efficacy of the pfizer vaccine, you finish up your second shot, you wait a week or to two month later, 96% effective. thats pretty amazing. thats 96% effective. thats the number weve talked a lot about over the months. now the new data says, well, you look at the same time four to six months later, its 83.7% effective. now that is still amazing. a vaccine that is nearly 84% effective, thats incredible. if that had been the most effective this vaccine was ever going to get, we would still all...

That second dose, 96% effective. thats great. so within two months, youve got a 96% effective vaccine when youre looking at pfizer. when you look four to six months later its only 83.7% effective. i feel silly saying only. because 83.7% is an incredible vaccine. we would have celebrated if that was the highest efficacy that we could get 83.7% is great. it does show that it wanes. now lets look at what a third dose can do. pfizer says a third dose people 18 to 55 increases their antibodies to cov...

What he thinks is causing it. >> we are very unfortunately in a position that we had hoped, that we had prayed, that we had worked very hard, to avoid. but quite simply, the delta variant is an absolute-game changer. superimposed, as it is in louisiana, on a state that is not sufficiently vaccinated. as of today, 45 hospitals in louisiana have requested additional assistance with staffing capacity. just as a point of reference to, sort of, show where we are and how quickly the covid situation ha...

Where we are and how quickly the covid situation has mushroomed, in baton rouge right now, theyre more people in the hospital with covid than there was in the entire state just a month ago. >> 83.7% of the cases across louisiana right now are from the delta variant. the governor stressed the importance of getting vaccinated and masking. up not only because of how much faster the delta variant is spreading, but who was spreading it. the number one age group spreading it right now is the 18 to 29 ...

Of those earning between $200-500,000 would see an increase on their tax bill of better than $2,000 a year. so once again, youre talking about a huge slew of tax increases, everything from the individual rate to the corporate rate, to the capital gains rate. all of that is going to mean a pretty hefty burden on the american people, american families if he were to get this through. the good news here so far, president biden does not have the support of the democrats, so he will not be able to pus...

thats their rationale, then it doesnt fly. because the bill they voted down yesterday essentially said we can create hundreds of thousands of jobs rebuilding our infrastructure making america more competitive and the entire program will be paid for by a tax not only millionaires, but people making a million dollars a year or more. which in the united states is about -- a little over 300,000 people. now, there arent a lot of small businesses across the country that are making that kind ...

Apartments crumbled. officials say it is unclear what touched off the explosives. survivors wait for help after landslides devastate eastern uganda, and officials say that at least 70 people were killed in the rivers of mud. another 250 are still missing. police and army forces worked to recover bodies in remote villages. a few survivors were treated in a hospital in a district known for frequent landslides. take a look at this in sydney, australia, an american motorcyclist has set a new wor...