Encouraging news on the fight against the virus. A first of its kind study kinds the vaccine developed by astrazeneca can very much cut the spread of the virus. Were talking about our medical expert about that. And call it a booster shot, the Biden Administration expanding Vaccine Distribution with plans to send doses directly to pharmacies next week. Dr. Fauci says it cant happen soon enough. Are we vaccinating right now at a pace to keep ahead of these mutant strains . Well, were Getting Better and better, but, savannah, were not. Im Hallie Jackson in washington. We start this morning with Garrett Haake on capitol hill. Garrett, that tribute for Officer Sicknick is starting in just a little bit this hour but as we come on the air there is big news youve been covering from the senate regarding what you could perhaps technically call a power sharing agreement, but if you put in in laymans terms it basically means that congress, now the senate, can function as its supposed to function w
To be a Police Officer his entire life. He hailed from a small town in new jersey, which would explain why he was apparently a diehard new Jersey Devils fan. He served overseas in the States Air National Guard before his tenure as a capitol Police Officer. According to his family, his life of service even extended to caring for rescue dogs in his spare time. The people who knew him remember him as a good son, brother, colleague and friend. We all thank him for his sacrifice and for defending our democracy back on january 6th. The ceremony inside the rotunda just wrapping up. We are watching that formal Ceremony Wind down. Again, just so you are aware, the cameras will go dark there inside the rotunda. Roughly 30 minutes or so from now, we will rejoin as Officer Sicknicks remains are brought down the steps of the capitol and he will be interred at Arlington National cemetery. We are keeping a close eye on a white house covid19 Response Team briefing that we should that we are told thats
bill: we ve got a big and violent storm soaking california. you have torrential rain turning roads into rivers. 11 million under flash flood warnings. we knew this was coming and it is as bad as they predicted. the rain continues into tuesday. we are keeping a close eye on that. we ll get you there when the sun comes up. worse than expected. that s how overnight the house speaker mike johnson describes the bi partisan border bill. the senate has been working on it for months. is there a path to passage? the golden question this morning. hope you had an awesome weekend. good morning from new york. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. so we were waiting for this bill text. it was out there for a while. yesterday senate negotiators released it. they are calling it the bipartisan border bill. speaker johnson declared it dead on arrival in the house. it includes provisions to end catch and release and make it harder for migrants to seek asyl
it is the ethics committee in the house. they already investigated this. still, clearly, facing is federal probe. the question is where does it go next? they spoke to reporters after, saying that she did nothing wrong. as a rank-and-file member of congress, not entitled to personal protection by the house. instead, i have used campaign funds as permissible to retain security services. i have not used any federal tax dollars for personal security services. in accordance with our applicable rules, i retained my husband as part of my security team because he has had extensive experience in this area. now, jake, she said that she has now acknowledged this investigation in the interest of transparency, although she did not answer questions for me and other reporters about what exactly is happening in this investigation and the scope of it, whether she has spoken to federal prosecutors, whether she is being interviewed by the grand jury in any way. she said she would cooperate
lanes above, it will take months to fix. fox news correspondent sieve cotton with y update. philadelphia leaders are asking everyone for patience. they are crediting divine both lines of i95 are closed in northeast philadelphia as crews work at the site the of collapse, a truck was carrying gasoline that caught fire. this happened before 6:30 this morning. causing northbound overpass to collapse, about 10 miles of i95 northbound and southbound lanes are closed, officials warn that other streets near the bridge could be closed too. i95 is one of the country s oldest most traveld routes, firefighters arrived to find portions of northbound lanes reduced to rubble, pennsylvania governor saying that crews are trying to identify anyone who was caught in the fire and collapse, public transit leaders are ask employers to be patient with their workforce, saying it will take long target to work tomorrow, philadelphia governor shapiro said it will take a while. northbound side of i9