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>> gregg: i think joe biden sometimes believes americans are as stupid as he is. he said that if he had known about the winter surge, he would have made testing widespread readily available. in advance. but he was warned in the springtime by health officials that there was going to be a surge. they recommended millions of rapid tests. he was warned again in the fall. he was told we need 730 million rapid tests, he rejected the proposal. isnt he lying when he says nobody knew, fauci knew, cdc new...

Having two doses of an mrna vaccine will not quite cut it. the efficacy drops terribly. it can drop to 30% against severe disease and restore to 70% once you have three doses. whats unknown is if three doses is a complete series, christine, or will it be four. but i do want to caution the american public that this is how public health figures out what is the right measure, the right size of that measure in order to keep the most people safe. >> i think thats important because you hear from some ...

Defects in the united states and another company is utilizing the technology for a potential rabies vaccine and everyone is seemingly focused on flu. currently it takes about six months to develop a flu vaccine, meaning researchers have to make an educated guess on whats going to be major flu strain circulating next season. even before the current flu season is over. an mrna flu vaccine could shorten that timeline to about a month. what you may not know is much of this began with the love story,...

Keep those travel plans flexible. you may need to be home saturday and not on sunday if this develops like this, guys. its got to be a mess. >> well keep it tuned to you, chad. thank you very much. so flu season has arrived early this year. the centers for disease control and prevention says it includes a strain of flu thats particularly tough on children. doctors say that makes it particularly important to get your kids vaccinated. cnns senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us no...

Plus only fidelity has zero account fees and zero minimums for retail brokerage and retirement accounts. just another reminder of the value youll only find at fidelity. open an account today. to the index of other news tonight. and the deadly tour bus crash in shandon, california. the bus carrying the road crew for country music star josh turner plunging 80 feet over a cliff along highway 46. one crew member was killed, seven others hurt. turner was not onboard. the new alert tonight for flu...

Flu. new numbers out from the centers for disease control and prevention friday showed that the situation is getting worse. 19 states are showing high levels of flu activity compared with nine states last week and 13 children have died from the flu this season. children are particularly vulnerable to h 1 n 1 this years predominant flu strain. allisons parents wants other parents to be watchful. she died 48 hours after becoming ill. >> this illness hit her really hard and really fast for it to ju...

Think a lot of republicans -- conservatives would be all ears. the democrats arent being reasonable on this. they dont want to be. they will never ever give trump a win. they dont care. they are taking up a scorched earth policy. griff: we have got to leave it there dan weighing in. always energized. turning now to your headlines. a democrat mayor in florida removed from office after an fbi sting busts her for corruption. governor rick scott suspending hallen dale beach mayor joy cooper while sh...

Now, this just in. nearly every state in the nation is now reporting widespread flu activity and the cdc warns that the virus will likely be around for several more weeks. 12,000 new cases confirmed just last week. already 37 kids have died. some hospitals in california are overwhelmed with flu cases, and an entire school district in florida is closed today because of a spike in the flu. i want to bring in cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. people are looking at this, sanjay, and ...

Involved here? >> yes. this year, the dominant flu strain we call the h3n 2. this is what the flu does. its something we expect this virus to do and particularly this h3n2. >> a lot of people are wondering if its immune to the vaccine because there there have been reports of children who got the vaccine and still died. what do you say to people who are wondering if they should go get their kids vaccinated? >> yes. unfortunately, this year, its not an optimal match between the vaccine and the str...

President trump will speak to the march for life crowd. speaker ryan will address the markers in person. >> bret: do you think the creation of the religious freedom office is a good thing? let me know on twitter @bretbaier. use the hashtag #specialreport or on facebook at facebook.com/bretbaiersr. if you have not come down with the flu yet, chances are someone at your family, at school or at work has. this years flu strain appears to be especially strong and resistant to the vaccine. chief corre...