FDA Asked To Authorize First Pill To Treat Covid-19

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

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3.6 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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President Joe Biden is struggling to unify this party and salvage his agenda as the clock ticks and his public approval fades. The FDA has been asked by Merck to authorize the first pill to treat Covid-19. Merck says that the experimental pill cuts the covid death risk in half. However cases, deaths and hospitalizations are starting to decline as the United States may be turning the corner in the pandemic. FDA advisers are to meet this week about Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters. Former President Donald Trump and his enablers keep peddling the election fraud lie ahead of 2024, as the investigation of the insurrection intensifies. Schiff says that the January 6 committee should get Trump documents "very soon." Also, the January 6 panel is considering criminal contempt for Steve Bannon and other Trump allies who defy their subpoenas. The second-ranking House Republican Steve Scalise refuses to say that the 2020 election was not stolen, as GOP Senator Grassley embraces Trump's support at an Iowa rally, where Trump teases a 2024 run. Bill Maher warned of Trump's "slow coup" in a dark prediction for 2024 presidential election. Trump sends a birthday video demanding "justice" for the Capitol rioter Ashli Babbit over her January 6 death. Southwest cancels more than 2,000 flight and delays continue. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.2	Happening now, a potential turning point in treating COVID-19. The FDA was just asked to
0:37.4	authorize the first pill to fight the virus. Some might that impact the pandemic and the push to
0:43.2	vaccinate more Americans. Also tonight growing fears of another election
0:47.8	nightmare as former President Trump and as enablers keep peddling the
0:52.1	big lie and defying the January 6 select committee.
0:55.8	Are they laying the groundwork for 2024?
0:59.6	And thousands of air travelers are left stranded and very, very angry after Southwest cancels more than
1:05.8	2000 of flights over three days. Tonight, passengers say some of the airlines explanations
1:11.5	are simply hard to believe.
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1:17.4	I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. We begin tonight with American democracy in peril as the country already looks
1:30.1	ahead toward the 2024 race for the White House.
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