elevator in her d.c. apartment building. there are no signs that this was a politically motivated attack. and luckily the congresswoman is physically okay although she did suffer some bruising according to her office and we are learning new details about that attack, according to the police report, it occurred around 7:00 in the morning. the congresswoman spotted someone in the lobby of her building acting erratic. she entered the elevator and the suspect entered behind her and he started randomly doing push-ups in the elevator. weird behavior. after that is when the attack occurred. allegedly the suspect punched the congresswoman on the chin. grabbed her neck. she fought back. she threw her hot coffee at him and was able to escape and call 911. the suspect then fled the scene. now, we did reach out to the metropolitan police department for comment. but they said the case remains under active investigation. victor and bianna. wow. that s frightening. certainly is. i hope she is a
industry like biotechnology companies, for instance, and lastly it also includes possible changes to telehealth, however, there will be rule-making to propose extending that so this will be an ongoing conversation. now, what will not be affected according to this letter, emergency use authorizations for certain vaccines, treatments, testing, you know that during the pandemic the fda issued many authorizations, those are separate from the public health emergency declaration. here s fda commissioner dr. robert califf. they re a little modest because euas are independent of the public health emergency and we can keep them going as long as we need to preparing the industry since day one to be ready for the transition. reporter: this transition, victor and bianna, is going to happen in go 90 days from today. so, again, we expect to see more conversations about what the plan is and what will be
melanie, thank you so much. well, the biden administration is rolling out its plank to transition out of the covid-19 public health emergency. the national emergency is set to end may 11th. the white house sources tell cnn the goal is to clearly explain, lay out what the declaration does mean and what it does not. cnn health reporter jacqueline howard is here. all right, so what is the plan? reporter: yeah, victor and bianna, we just obtained a letter that health and human services secretary xavier becerra is sending to state governors today outlining what will be affected and will not be affected so as we look at this list, here s what will be affected when we see the end of the public health emergency. that includes certain medicare and medicaid waivers and flexibility and reporting certain data to the cdc. we ll see changes with what data is reported. that includes coverage for testing and that also including certain guidance documents for