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She told us there was some maintenance and inspection for its 40 years standards also under way. this is a 12-story building with 130 units. 55 of those units collapsed. thats nearly half the building, to put that in per inspect stiff. perspective. the information is now very much under way with the central question being how did this happen. the governor and county and city officials have made it very clear, victor, that this is not something that were going to learn in the next few minutes, th...

Hero. >> its very tough for me to deal with the hero label. i watched many of these and seen many officers talk about and i never imagined i would be in this situation but i can honestly say that i understand what theyre saying when they say youre just doing your job at that point. at that point im trying to stop the threat, save my life and hope i can stop this guy from killing anyone else. thats all that was on my mind at that point. i struggle with the hero part, honestly. >> danny, we unders...

Incredibly difficult. _ to 18 months? it is going to be incredibly difficult. we - to 18 months? it is going to be incredibly difficult. we are - to 18 months? it is going to be incredibly difficult. we are not| incredibly difficult. we are not even — incredibly difficult. we are not even close to catching up. for us as the front— even close to catching up. for us as the front line — even close to catching up. for us as the front line staff it feels like we have — the front line staff it...

The alpha or uk dominant in the uk understandably. what happened over that time period? the numbers came down overall which was good but at the same time the delta variant started to enter the scene there, you saw the numbers pop back up. primarily people who had not been vaccinated. that is the concern here and this is a much more transmissible variant. the uk or alpha variant was 50% more transmissible than the strain before that and this is 60% for transmissible than the alpha variant. in sco...

Look around the world at these variants and see how much of an impact they are making. if you look at the u.k., for example, i think there is a story here that is important that you see in the graphic. the end of january, it was primarily the alpha or the u.k. variant that was dominant in the u.k., understandably. what happened over that time period? the numbers came down overall, which was good, but at the same time the delta variant start today enter the scene there. you saw the numbers pop ba...

Wilt store a digital proof of the vaccination for you. online. now, this is key. it is voluntary. not mandatory. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. officials are afraid the spread of the variant can threaten much of the progress thats been made in the massive vaccine rollout here in the u.s., cnns dr. sanjay gupta looks at the importance of getting the vaccine from the dangers posed by the variants. >> i think its interesting to look around the world at these variants and see how much of an impact t...

Unvaccinated? here is cnns dr. sanjay gupta. >> so 300 million doses administered is obviously a notable number in terms of overall immunity. not the 70% we wanted, but if you look at the amount of immunity from vaccines and add in the amount of immunity that comes from people having been naturally infected, were probably at functional herd immunity or soon to be there. numbers are coming down, hospitalizations, deaths, good news. big question is about the variants. it is interesting to look aro...

Minorities. politicians like cruz are always looking for ways to stoke that emotion. and literally if it wasnt critical race theory there would be something else in that space, in that speech. >> youre right. it would be crazy that they would claim something like the insurrection didnt happen. >> thank you both. be sure to watch the special report "assault on democracy," this weekend. drew griffin talks with the people in washington on january 6th. and he offers new insight on what happened that...

Israel into the same terrorism that was being conducted by those other terrorist organizations. she ought to walk it back and be very, very careful here. the problem is this kind of language incites violence in the united states. weve seen too much of that. the jewish community is affected by that. and we need to really tamp this down. we need to be very measured in our conversations here. there is a lot of emotion in play. understandably so. but be very, very careful. all of us in all that we s...

Joining us now with more, dr. edith sanchez, a primary care pediatrician at the columbia universitys irving medical center. doctor, welcome in. lets start here, because, you know, the younger the kids get, the more concerned parents are. understandably. what are the specific concerns for this age group? >> thats right. so, first to say, bring a little bit of perspective. we have a process in this country that works extremely well. as a pediatrician and as a mom to be, people at home may not be a...