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>> good evening. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a trump white house insider testifies. tonight, cnn has learned that former vice president mike pences chief of staff, marc short, testified before a federal grand jury investigating january 6th. he is believed to be the highest ranking official in trumps white house to cooperate with the federal investigation. now, in just a moment im going to speak with marc short live. he is a valuable witness. the day before the january 6th rall...

Weapons and research. russia used hypersonic missiles in combat, firing the kinzal missiles to devastating effect in ukraine. and last summer, china tested a hyper hypersonic missile that went around the world. director of the navys strategic systems programs knows the u.s. is behind moscow and beijing. >> yes, they deployed weapons that we havent. up until just recently, there hasnt been a real driver for us to take that technology and put it into a weapons system that we can deliver to our war...

As advanced as the chinese or the russians. so the pentagon has really been pushing the defense industry to pick up the pace on hypersonic weapons development ever since china and russia tested those recent hypersonic weapons of their own. but at that the pentagon really stepping it up a notch by holding this very high-level meeting. you know, it is very rare for the secretary of defense to meet face-to-face as he is expected to do, albeit virtually, with about a dozen of the ceos of americas to...

Of protection or security if they all got a rapid test. >> reporter: dr. william schaffner is part of the advisory committee on immunization practices. >> im certainly disappointed and concerned that testing is not more widely available. >> reporter: number parts of the country, finding a test is extremely difficult. appointments are tough to get and over-the-counter rapid tests are selling out online and at pharmacies. dr. brook watts works with metro health in ohio. >> there isnt a rapid test ...

Proving it was not an injection. that may be impossible. i will state churchill downs cited repeated testing failures, not just this one. whats your response to that? >> listen. when you look at the history of mr. baffert, hes had a 46-year-long history of training, and the vast majority of his career has been free of any particular issues, okay? i think the most telling statistic is this fact. the real problems and findings for trainers in horse racing is when you get suspended. in mr. bafferts...

She was in the e.r. when a third test came back positive. she had to be airlifted to another hospital. its not just local testing sites that are facing challenges. the federal government has been dogged by testing failures since the start of the pandemic, and today dr. anthony fauci signaling a shift in strategy. >> what were gonna do and we are doing, and youre going to be hearing about this, you know, working, so now flooding the area of a community to get a feel for whats out there, particula...

That, and the race for a vaccine tonight. >> reporter: tonight, an encouraging turn in the battle against the pandemic. after fears that virus patients in south korea had gotten it a second time, the south korean cdc thinks its likely that people cannot be infected twice. but that conclusion is still preliminary. and they dont know how long that immunity lasts. those scientists pointing to those relapsing cases, now saying they were actually due to testing failures. >> these results are very enc...

Jon scott standing by with a preview of "happening now." >> we have no reporting on the rollout of the health care exchanges including testing failures in the days immediately leading up to the launch that could have called in or could have put on the administrators. reaction and analysis. also, breaking news from the medical world, the fda moving to ban trans fats. what that may mean for your favorite foods and snacks. and a drug therapy for men searching in popularity. plus, the internet is al...

You know, the nigerian e-mail scammers? they have been a lot less active lately, because they have all been hired to run the obama care website. >> there you see ted cruz and his fellow obama care opponents flexing their muscles, warming up for a fresh round of finger pointing. hi, everybody, good morning. im thomas roberts. topping our agenda, republicans circling and smelling blood in the water. theyre wasting no time jumping on the white house admission of the rocky rollout of the health care...