Child Vaccination Change, Netflix Deal, Pipe Bomber Motive and more
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18 segmentsHey there from CNN. I'm David Rind with the five things you need to know for Friday, December 5th. All right, if you're a parent, especially of a young child, you're going to want to listen up. There is big news today about childhood vaccines. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Panel has just voted to recommend abandoning universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns. We've got CNN medical correspondent Meg Terrell here to break down what this means. So it's still recommended that a birth dose be given to babies whose moms test positive or whose status is unknown. So this is for moms who test negative. And here they say they recommend individual-based decision-making. So essentially leaving that option up to the parents along with their health care provider. Outside experts, though, pointed out, there's no reason to make that change. And in fact, it protects infants against a very dangerous virus that can be passed not just from the mother, but from other people around the baby as well. The CDC typically accepts the panel's recommendations, and it's worth noting that committee members were handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.., a longtime anti-vaccine activist who also fired the previous 17 sitting members earlier this year. We'll have more in just a bit, including some huge news for Hollywood and your streaming services. Stick around. Hey, it's Christy from Loua Lemon and I'm here at the office checking out the Shake It Out shorts. These have been my go-toes and I kind of think of them as a middle ground between a true run short and a more playful athletic sporty short. They have all the performance you want for running, so a comfy liner, our lightweight swift fabric, even a pocket for your keys. But what I really like is the flowy fit and layered hem. It gives it a little bit of volume, a little bit of fun, so they feel as good on a run as they do just at coffee afterwards. You can find the Shake It Out shorts in store now or online at Lululemon.com. There's still a ton of debate over whether the Trump administration's second strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in September was warranted or constituted a war crime. And after a behind closed doors congressional hearing yesterday, opinions are pretty much split on party lines. Sources tell CNN that Admiral Frank Bradley, the military official who directed the strikes, told Congress that the two men killed in the follow-up hit didn't appear to have communication devices. That's important because if it didn't look like they were radioing for backup, as the Trump administration has been arguing, it becomes harder to justify that second deadly strike. Republican Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was asked by CNN this morning if he saw evidence of them using a radio. No, I didn't, but they were clearly not incapacitated. They were not distressed. One guy took his t-shirt off like he was sunbathing. They were trying to get the boat back up and to continue their mission of spreading these drugs all across America. And Admiral Bradley was totally justified in a decision he made.
Netflix has announced a blockbuster deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, that's the parent company of CNN. And if this deal goes through, it could fundamentally reshape Hollywood and the entertainment you consume. Everything from the shows you stream, your local movie theater, this is a big moment. So with me now is CNN's Brian Stelter, our chief media analyst. Hey there, Brian. Hey, David, good to hear your voice. So what exactly do we know about this deal? We know this deal was weeks in the making, but it comes as a real surprise because Netflix was not viewed as the frontrunner in this bidding war for Warner Brothers Discovery until just a couple of days ago. Paramount had been trying really hard to buy all of WBD, including CNN. But Paramount has been outbid by Netflix, which is just trying to buy Warner Brothers, HBO, and other entertainment assets. So basically, Warner Bros. Discovery is going to move forward with its plans to break itself into two halves. The CNN part with other cable channels is going to go off on its own. And then Netflix will try to get regulatory approval to buy HBO and Warner Bros. It's going to be a very tall task, but Netflix clearly believes he can do it. The D.C. pipe bomb suspect is set to appear in court today. It's taken nearly five years for authorities to arrest 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. from Virginia. He's accused of planning pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic National Committees on the eve of the January 6th Capitol Riot. He's not yet entered a plea. People briefed on the investigation say that during interviews with the FBI, the suspect said he believed that 2020 election was stolen, the first indication of a possible motive. Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News that the case is ongoing. You saw hundreds of agents are on this case because this is a very dangerous person. And again, I believe there are more charges to come. We got to take one more quick break. And on the other side, tell you about the new most populated city in the world.
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