Biden hails ‘key milestone’ in fight against Covid as FDA approves Pfizer vaccine – as it happened

• President calls on more companies to issue vaccine mandates
• FDA grants full approval to Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
• Pentagon to issue vaccine requirement after FDA's Pfizer approval
• President faces criticism over pandemic, infrastructure and Afghanistan
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That's it for me tonight. Here's what we covered Monday afternoon:

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As one of his final acts as New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo commuted the sentence of David Gilbert, who was serving a 75-years-to-life sentence for actions he took in the 1980's as a member of the Weather Underground.

New: Gov Cuomo grants Clenency to:

David Gilbert
Greg Mingo
Robert Ehrenberg
Ulysses Boyd
Paul Clark
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