begin an investigation which could then lead to subpoenas that and witness testimony. some of that testimony could be in front of an open public hearing and there is a long list of republican members of congress that could be targeted by this committee including the house minority leader kevin mccarthy. wolf? very dramatic, indeed. ryan nobles, thank you. let s go to tennessee where catastrophic flash flooding has left at least 21 people dead including twin babies. cnn national correspondent nadya romero is on the scene. reporter: in this intense cell phone video she shot from her roof, the moment she had been waiting for. they were picking up neighbors and family risk their own life and seeing that moment of my mom surfacing because i didn t know if she was alive is something i will never forget. reporter: naples on her roof looking and screaming for her mother who she thought was swept
reporter: after a fury debate, florida s largest school district set to begin class on monday with a mask mandate in place for miami-dade county public schools despite the governor s threats. the parent needs to be the one making the decision and i think that that s the better way to do it. reporter: louisiana governor john bel edwards supporting the science. you cannot keep schools open and children safe today without masks. reporter: all right. so tomorrow morning miami-dade county public schools back in the classroom with a mask mandate despite the threats that we heard from governor ron desantis saying he will pull funding or salaries away from the superintendents even if we have full fda approval that could come as soon as tomorrow, there are still those 12 and younger who are ineligible to get the vaccine. boris, christi. nadya romero, thank you. can epidem yoliest and formr
received at least one dose of the pfizer vaccine back in january. meanwhile, for the third day the cdc says more than a million americans received a covid vaccine. we could possibly be a day away as well from the fda fully approving the pfizer vaccine. a source tells cnn full approval can happen as soon as tomorrow. nadya romero is live in miami and she is talking about covid. nadya, what is the latest that you are hearing? and good morning. reporter: good morning, christi and boris. i sat down with pharmacists and an emergency room doctor here in florida and both of them said, listen, getting fda approval would only help to strengthen our argument as we re trying to convince people to take the vaccine. but as we know, if you are 12 and younger, you are not eligible to take the vaccine. so there is a lot of concern across this state where we are seeing spikes in covid cases about kids going back to school and there is an ongoing debate
pfizer vaccine. a source tells cnn full approval could happen as soon as tomorrow. we are live in miami. nadya, good morning to you. what are you hearing? reporter: well, good morning. well, this is one of the states, florida, one of 24 states that has fully vaccinated at least half of its eligible population, and we are seeing about 1 million covid-19 vaccination doses happening for a summer day for the third day in a row according to the cdc. now, we are hearing from a former cdc director who says that getting this fda approval could put more people over the hump who are hesitant, finally having fda approval could get more people vaccinated. a federal official telling cnn full fully vaccinated approval of the pfizer/biontech vaccine could happen as soon as monday. this will open up the ability for businesses, colleges, universities to really require the vaccine.