tapper. the cdc released its full set of guidance for americans, loosening some specific restri restrictions. if grandparents can be vaccinated they can visit their daughter and family even if they have not been vaccinated so long as their daughter and her family are not at risk for severe disease. vaccinated americans will still need to wear a mask in public and many other settings with unvaccinated people and travel is being discouraged for now. there s also a turning point in the battle against coronavirus today. there are now more than 31 million people fully vaccinated in the u.s., and that is more than all the americans infected during this entire pandemic, as cnn s nick watt reports. you can visit your grandparents if you have been vaccinated and they have been, too. reporter: finally, guidance for the fully vaccinated. how the government would like you to behave. fully vaccinated people can visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing a m
Children needed glasses. But, were not getting them. Thats estimated to be 15,000 to 20,000 of our kids wholl end up having to look at the blackboard and its blurry and they dont know why. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff republicans are reveling tonight in passage of a sweeping revision of the nations tax laws. The house approved it today, 227 to 203, and the senate moved to follow suit. But a lastminute procedural glitch meant the house will have to vote one final time, tomorrow. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. cheering desjardins cheers as the g. O. P. Tax overhaul received final house passage, largely along party lines. It signaled the end of republicans sprint to get the bill to the president by
Children needed glasses. But, were not getting them. Thats estimated to be 15,000 to 20,000 of our kids wholl end up having to look at the blackboard and its blurry and they dont know why. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff republicans are reveling tonight in passage of a sweeping revision of the nations tax laws. The house approved it today, 227 to 203, and the senate moved to follow suit. But a lastminute procedural glitch meant the house will have to vote one final time, tomorrow. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. cheering desjardins cheers as the g. O. P. Tax overhaul received final house passage, largely along party lines. It signaled the end of republicans sprint to get the bill to the president by
Film. Demand collapses for bear bile in south korea. Now instead of being killed they re left captive and starving. Campaigners say the government should set up a sanctuary. Hello. Itll get worse before it gets better, President Trump has acknowledged, as he gave his first Coronavirus Briefing in weeks. Tens of thousands of new cases are being identified every day in the us the virus is killing more than a thousand americans each day. In total, at least 142,000 so far. Mr trump is, finally, urging people to wear face coverings. But our correspondent peter bowes told me resuming the briefings is recognition by the president that his handling of the pandemic is now an election issue. This seems certainly to be an acknowledgement of what a lot of people have been saying in the country over the last few weeks and that is that the president doesnt command a majority support of americans, for what he has been doing over the last few months in terms of dealing with this pandemic and as you im
Over the pandemic thats killed some 1,000 americans a day, over it, even though the virus definitely isnt over. Its not. Far from it. But the president is moving on. Nothing to see here. Nothing to say about more than 175,000 americans who have lost their lives. Trump advisers telling cnn that they dont expect the virus to be the focus or a focus of the Republican Convention next week. Ill bet. The president and the Vice President are expected to attend the inperson role call and nomination speeches in charlotte on monday, the only inperson portion of either portion. Like i said, theyre over it. No masks in sight at the president s speech in arlington, virginia, today, indoors with no signs of social distancing. Look at that. Barely any mention of the virus. Just the president bragging about vaccines he claims will be ready ahead of schedule. So, i want you to compare that to joe biden telling abc tonight that hed do whatever it takes to save lives. Would you be prepared to shut this c