特朗普签署行政令要求拆分麻疹疫苗为三针

ALSO TODAY, HEAVY RAINS CAUSED MAJOR FLASH FLOODING AFTER TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN MADE LANDFALL IN EASTERN CHINA. MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED AHEAD OF THE STORM, AND SHANGHAI'S AIRPORTS CANCELED MORE THAN 1300 FLIGHTS. MEANTIME IN THE PHILIPPINES, RESCUE OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AFTER THE STORM INTENSIFIED THE COUNTRY'S SEASONAL MONSOON RAINS, TRIGGERING LANDSLIDES AND KILLING AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE. FLOODING SUBMERGED HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN MANILA.

OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST FIVE OTHER PEOPLE REMAIN MISSING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BOARD OF PEACE SAYS IT'S IN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH ISRAEL, AFTER PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REJECTED MR. TRUMP'S NEW GAZA PEACE PLAN, IN YET ANOTHER PUBLIC BREAK WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. SPEAKING TO HIS CABINET, NETANYAHU SAID ISRAELI FORCES WON'T WITHDRAW FROM THE TERRITORY UNTIL HAMAS IS "GENUINELY DISARMED."

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TRUE DISMANTLING, NOT A FICTITIOUS DISMANTLING. WE'RE SPEAKING WITH THE AMERICANS ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. THEY HAVE IDEAS, SOME OF THEM ARE ACCEPTABLE TO US AND SOME ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO US. GEOFF: DESPITE THE IMPASSE, OPERATIONS CONTINUED IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL TODAY TO BUILD A BASE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS, IF AND WHEN THEY ARE DEPLOYED TO GAZA. HAMAS, MEANWHILE, SAYS IT REMAINS "COMMITTED TO THE ROADMAP FOR PEACE."

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLING FOR FEWER CHILDHOOD VACCINES AND SPACING OUT SHOTS ACROSS SEPARATE DOCTOR VISITS.

I'VE SEEN PROOF OF IT. WHERE THEY HAVE A VACCINATION THAT LOOKS LIKE THE SIZE OF A BOTTLE OF SODA POURED INTO A LITTLE CHILD'S BODY, AND BAD THINGS HAPPEN, IN TOO MANY CASES, BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXPLOSION, THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC. GEOFF: THE FACTS DO NOT SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S CLAIM. HIS ORDER CALLS FOR SPLITTING THE MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA VACCINE INTO THREE SEPARATE SHOTS, THOUGH THOSE INDIVIDUAL VACCINES ARE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.

IT ALSO DIRECTS HHS TO REASSESS THE TIMING AND SEQUENCING OF CHILDHOOD VACCINES. DURING TODAY'S SIGNING, MR. TRUMP ALSO REPEATEDLY SUGGESTED VACCINES COULD BE LINKED TO AUTISM, DESPITE DECADES OF RESEARCH, INCLUDING LARGE-SCALE STUDIES INVOLVING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN, FINDING NO CAUSAL CONNECTION. ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE WAS SWORN-IN TODAY, AFTER BEING NARROWLY CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE OVER THE WEEKEND.

THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. GEOFF: PRESS WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE SWEARING-IN. THIS VIDEO WAS POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY. BLANCHE -- WHO WAS MR. TRUMP'S FORMER PERSONAL LAWYER -- SERVED AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL SINCE PAM BONDI'S FIRING BACK IN APRIL. BLANCHE WAS CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BY A SLIM MARGIN, 50-49. TWO REPUBLICAN SENATORS JOINED ALL DEMOCRATS IN VOTING AGAINST HIS CONFIRMATION, CITING CONCERNS ABOUT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S INDEPENDENCE.

SOUTH CAROLINA'S JOINT BASE CHARLESTON HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY RENAMED JOINT BASE LINDSEY GRAHAM IN HONOR OF THE LATE REPUBLICAN SENATOR.