Azar says he is hopeful they can distribute the vaccine next week. And while they decided not to prejudge the decision he staid is the agencys intention to get a safe vaccine approved as quickly as possible. Well have to see what the scientific and medical suggestion is today, but our plan is to take their recommendations into account and make a decision shortly there after. It depends on the complexity of the issue but we intend to act quickly. Even rapid action from the fda is simply not fast enough. Over 3,000 americans died from covid19 yesterday. That is the highest oneday death toll yet. It is more lives lost than 9 11 in a single day. What is worse we could reach a total death toll of 300,000 in just a matter of days. Former cdc director put that into perspective. That is sobering. Joining me now is morgan radford. Codirector of the center for vaccine development. The National School of troll kal medicine dr. Peter hotez, and peter baker, so dr. Peter hotez, let us start with yo
People in ang willa and barbuda, st. Martin and saint barts. He believes 90 of the island on barbuda may have been destroyed by the storm. 90 of the buildings on that island. There are real fears ahead for haty, the dmin can republic. Hurricane irma a is front and center tonight. One of the largest hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. Well be talking about the preparations ahead of its path and what we are learning from the storm as path as it churns through the caribbean and toward florida. Simultaneously were keeping a eye on the aftermath of harvey, some towns outside of houston are still under water. There are worries about whats basically a toxic stew thats been left behind in parts of texas because of this storm. In addition to all of the other things that the houston and Gulf Coast Region is to our country, it is our Nations Center for our chemical industry. And one of the centers for petroleum industry. There are new reports out of houston people who were he can pose
The fbi from doing its job . Did he throw his official influence behind efforts to bend justice from the truth . This is the quest that Robert Mueller per sues to see if the president obstructed justice. We start with breaking news from the the New York Times that reveals new details about the materials that the special counsel has requested from the white house, requests that shed new light on the direction of the ongoing probe. We also tonight are following two natural disasters, of course in puerto rico, Hurricane Maria made landfall as a category 4 store, knocking out power already to the entire island. It may be months before its back on. In mexico, more than 200 people are dead after a 7. 1 magnitude earthquake. The death toll is expected to rise of course as the rescue crews continue to search the rubble in the countrys capital city. Well have live reports coming up. First, to the russia investigation and the document request special counsel Robert Mueller has made of the white
President in august that would have committed ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by mr. Trump into his political rifl rivals, according to three people briefed on the effort. The drafting of the statement marks new evidence of how mr. Trumps fixation with ukraine began driving senior diplomats to bend American Foreign policy to the president s political agenda in the weeks after the july 25th call between the two leaders. So just backing up for a minute here, july 25th is when President Trump has his phone call with ukraines new president. And according to the white houses own notes on the call, the ukrainian leader brought up military aid that his country was expecting from the u. S. , military aid that donald trump had put on hold. Donald trump said to him on that call, quote, i would like you to do us a favor, though. He asked the ukrainian president help cast doubt on russias responsibility for attacking the 2016 u. S. Election. Then he asked him for help ginning up dirt on
Which modern music acts could take on TANGK, the amazing new album by British rockers IDLES? You might be surprised by the performers the band's guitarist and songwriter Mark Bowen suggested. In a recent Zoom chat, Bowen told us about how the band's approach to creating cathartic music has changed, whether the growth of its crowds affects the band's performances and which movie directors they'd trust to helm an IDLES concert film.