thank you to all involved in our clinical trials. tonight, the major vaccine temporarily halted here in the u.s. the johnson & johnson one-shot vaccine now on pause. the cdc and fda calling for it out of an abundance of caution. health officials reviewing reported cases of rare and severe blood clots in six women here in the u.s. that's out of nearly 7 million vaccinations. some governors angry the vaccine has been halted. dr. anthony fauci tonight defending the decision, saying the cdc did not pull the trigger on this too quickly. so, what do you need to know if you've had this particular vaccine? the list of symptoms to be aware of and when someone should call their doctor. and if you already have an appointment for this one-shot vaccine, what now? dr. jha is here answering your questions tonight. also developing late today, the woman police officer

involved in the deadly shooting of daunte wright resigning today. the police chief resigning, too. officer kimberly potter, a 26-year veteran of the department, firing the fatal shot, heard on body cam yelling "taser," then firing her gun instead. her statement today with her resignation and daunte wright's family responding tonight. just a few miles away in minneapolis, the defense now presenting its case in the trial of former police officer derek chauvin. the defense calling the first witness in this trial to say that chauvin's actions were justified. news on u.s. troops in afghanistan tonight. president biden planning on all u.s. forces to fully withdraw from afghanistan by september 11th, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting tonight. the emotional service for fallen capitol police officer billy evans. lying in honor in the rotunda. his daughter wiping away her mother's tears. president biden getting up to

pick up that daughter's toy replica of the capitol. and developments coming in late today in the case of a young woman who disappeared 25 years ago, making news then. there are developments tonight on two arrests. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on this tuesday night. and we begin tonight with that move to halt the johnson & johnson one-shot vaccine in this country. the cdc and the fda temporarily suspending its use out of an abundance of caution, in their words, as they now investigate those six cases of a rare blood clot in women. authorities underscore this is rare. six cases out of nearly 7 million doses already given of this particular vaccine. the news came early today from the cdc and the fda, halting those injections of the johnson & johnson single shot at federal sites. at least 48 states tonight are now following suit.

walgreens and cvs halting those shots, too. of course many people across the country alerted that their appointments have now been canceled. those pharmacies say they will reschedule. some locations offering one of the other vaccines from pfizer or moderna. at the white house today, dr. anthony fauci defending the pause, saying the cdc did not move too quickly on this and that safety is key. but tonight, some governors are angry this has been halted. and what do you do if you've already had the johnson & johnson vaccine? a list of symptoms to be aware of tonight. and what if you've already scheduled an appointment for this particular vaccine? we're going to ask dr. jha about all of this in a moment. but first, abc's steve osunsami leads us off from the cdc in atlanta. >> reporter: it's the covid vaccine that promises good protection with a single dose. an important tool for public health officials around the world. but tonight, the fda is telling everyone to hold off using the johnson & johnson vaccine. a very small number of women have come down with an extremely rare blood clot after getting

the shot. >> this is a really rare event. if you look at what we know so far, there have been six out of the 6.85 million doses, which is less than one in a million. >> reporter: all six women were between 18 and 48 years old. they got sick about 6 to 13 days after getting vaccinated. the clots formed in veins of the sinus and prevented blood from draining out of the brain. one woman died, another in critical condition. there's no evidence showing the vaccine caused the condition, and to be super clear, your chances of getting struck by lightning are nearly twice as high -- one in half a million. but the fda is warning anyone who got the johnson & johnson vaccine in the last three weeks to be on the lookout for severe headache, shortness of breath, abdominal or leg pain. and if you need treatment for a blood clot, they strongly suggest avoiding the commonly

used blood thinner heparin, which they believe adds to the complications. >> that would be a mistake in this situation, because it could be dangerous and make the situation much worse. >> reporter: health officials say that these rare immune responses have only been seen in viral vector vaccines. johnson & johnson is one. astrazeneca is another. pfizer and moderna use a different technology. very quickly today, the federal government put a hold on using the shot at mass vaccination sites and states followed. the nation's governors tonight are beyond frustrated. in a phone call with the white house, they questioned the wisdom of putting a hold on a vaccine over such small number of cases. >> the ability for governors to reinstill confidence after something like this is a hundred times harder than putting the pause on in the first place. >> reporter: people who've already gotten the shot are worried and now there's more of a scramble. walgreens, for example, are rescheduling their johnson & johnson appointments. >> i don't want to take any chances. it's my body and i want to be safe. >> reporter: the president tonight is trying to reassure americans that there will still be enough vaccine from pfizer and moderna.

late today, pfizer announced that they now expect to deliver their 300 million doses about two weeks ahead of schedule. >> there's enough vaccine that is basically 100% unquestionable for every single solitary american. >> and steve osunsami joins us tonight from the cdc. and steve, what are we hearing so far from authorities on this? how long do we expect this temporary pause of the johnson & johnson vaccine to last? >> reporter: well, david, federal health officials were asked that same question by the nation's governors today and the answer was days, possibly weeks, hopefully not months. there's a public hearing on this issue tomorrow. they're encouraging anyone with those symptoms to call their doctor. and one criticism that we're hearing from people who are upset with the government's response to this is that it's really hard to scare americans and then later on try to unscare them. david? >> all right, steve osunsami leading us off tonight. steve, thank you. we know many of you at home likely have questions on this,

so, let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. and dr. jha, thanks, as always, for being here. we heard dr. fauci there make the point today that the chance of this happening is less than one in a million, but at the same time, obviously it's concerning when you hear one person has died, another is in the hospital. so, help put this in perspective for us. what is the appropriate level of concern and do you agree with this pause? >> david, thank you for having me on. this -- these are very, very rare events. i mean, if you think about it, one person has died after months of vaccinations. 1,000 people are dying almost every day from the disease itself. so, there is no question these vaccines are very safe and effective. but out of an abundance of caution, the fda did put the pause in. i agree with it. it shows that the system is working to protect people. i expect the pause to be short-lived and i expect us to be able to get back to vaccinating people on a regular basis with this vaccine. >> and dr. jha, i wanted to get back to what steve reported there a moment ago, the fda says if you've had this vaccine in

the last three weeks and you've had these symptoms, severe headaches, abdominal pain, shortness of breath, they say call your doctor, but again, this could be tricky to navigate for people when you hear about headaches. so, help folks at home here. what are we talking about? >> yeah, so, what we know from this is that, again, the six cases, the one in a million, these are really severe headaches, these are not mild headaches that people can get on a regular basis. if you have anything that's truly out of the abnormal, severe headache, severe abdominal pain, it would be wise under any circumstances to call your doctor, but particularly if you had the j&j vaccine in the last three weeks. >> and lastly, while we have you, if you've already scheduled your vaccination and it's the johnson & johnson one-shot, do you keep it? >> yeah, i think we'll find out in the next couple of days what the fda is going to do. obviously, if it's in the next couple of days, it may need to be rescheduled. i expect this to be short-lived. i expect them to lift the pause. i think they want to gather more

data, but i think we'll be back to vaccinating people with j&j soon. >> let's hope so. dr. jha helping to put this in perspective for us tonight. thank you, as always. in the meantime, to the other news this tuesday evening, and the shooting death of that young black man, daunte wright, in brooklyn center, minnesota. the police officer who fired that shot has resigned. you could hear her yelling on a police body camera "taser" but then fired her gun instead. tonight, the police chief has resigned, as well. people talking to the streets in anger and frustration again last night. and today, daunte wright's family overcome with grief and demanding change. what they told our robin roberts. and abc's stephanie ramos in minnesota tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the officer who fatally shot daunte wright has resigned from the force. >> we have received a resignation letter. >> reporter: in that letter, officer kim potter writing, "i believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department and my fellow officers if i resign immediately." we now know that potter had been with the brooklyn center police department for 26 years.

and during that fatal traffic stop, she was training another officer. the mayor of brooklyn center also announcing today that the police chief has stepped down. an acting police chief now in place. >> there's just a lot of chaos going on right now. we're just trying to wrap our heads around the situation and try and create some calm. >> reporter: but overnight, the protests continued nationwide. more than 50 arrests made in minneapolis and brooklyn center. you yourself went out there last night. you went out there with protesters. what was that like? >> it was very tense. where i was, they were protesting peacefully. they were certainly angry at the situation. >> reporter: and among the family of daunte wright, there's also shock and disbelief over his death. police say she accidentally grabbed the gun instead of a taser. >> you don't accidentally grab something, point it at them and not realize what you have in your hand. it's just not true. >> reporter: daunte's parents doubting this was an accidental shooting this morning in an interview with abc's robin roberts.

>> do you accept that explanation, mr. wright? >> i cannot accept that. i lost my son. he's never coming back. this officer that's been on the force for 26 plus -- 26 years. i can't accept that. >> i would like to see justice served and her held accountable for everything that she's taken from us. >> reporter: the family of daunte wright is now represented by attorney benjamin crump. >> say his name! >> daunte wright! >> reporter: he also represents the family of george floyd. outside the courthouse where former officer derek chauvin is standing trial, the floyd family uniting with the wright family, calling for change. >> at some point, we need officers to be held accountable. >> amen. >> charged and convicted. >> amen. >> just because you are the law don't mean that you above the law. >> reporter: david, the washington county attorney says he will review all of the evidence given to him by the

state investigative unit and hopes to make a decision on charges against officer kim potter tomorrow. david? >> stephanie ramos in brooklyn center, minnesota, tonight. stephanie, thank you. and we should note, just a few miles away in minneapolis there, the defense now presenting its case in the trial of former police officer derek chauvin, charged in the death of george floyd. the defense calling the first witness in this trial to say that chauvin's actions were justified that day. here's alex perez on the trial again tonight. >> reporter: after a dozen law enforcement witnesses testified former police officer derek chauvin used excessive force against george floyd, today, for the first time, a police veteran testifying chauvin's actions were justified. >> i do. >> reporter: the defense calling former officer barry brodd as a use of force expert. >> i felt that officer chauvin's interactions with mr. floyd were following his training, following current practices in policing and were objectively reasonable. >> reporter: in fact, brodd

testifying that chauvin didn't actually use force at all when he pinned floyd down. >> why is it not a use of force? >> because that's a control technique. without -- it doesn't hurt. >> reporter: but the prosecutor pushing back, showing this picture. chauvin with his knee on floyd'. >> orienting yourself on top of a person on the pavement with both legs is unlikely to produce pain? >> it could. >> what do you mean, it could? >> i'm saying it could produce pain. >> if this act that we're looking at here in exhibit 17 could produce pain, would you agree that what we're seeing here is a use of force? >> shown in this picture, that could be a use of force. >> reporter: the jury today also hearing for the first time from an officer who responded to the scene. peter chang of the minneapolis park police, who showed up to assist and watched from across the street. >> the crowd was becoming more

loud and aggressive, a lot of yelling across the street. >> reporter: officer chang's body camera capturing george floyd sitting on the ground -- >> last name? >> floyd. >> reporter: the defense, which has focused on floyd's drug use before the encounter with police, also calling a woman who was with him at the time. shawanda hill testifying floyd had nodded off in the car and she tried several times to wake him up when the police arrived. >> so he instantly grabbed the wheel and he was like, "please, please, don't kill me. please, please don't shoot me. what did i do? just tell me what i did." >> reporter: and david, the defense is moving through witnesses quickly here, but at this point, there's no indication that derek chauvin would take the stand. david? >> all right, alex perez in minneapolis. alex, thank you. we turn now to news tonight on u.s. troops in afghanistan. president biden is set to announce that all u.s. troops will be out of that country by september 11th, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. here's our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: it will be 20 years in october since the u.s.

launched those first air strikes on al qaeda targets in afghanistan. and tomorrow, president biden will announce the 2,500 u.s troops still there will be home by the 9/11 anniversary. president trump had hoped to bring all the troops home by the start of next month, after a tenuous agreement with the taliban, but some military and civilian officials pushed for a few months longer. more than 2,400 american lives have been lost in the war, along with more than 40,000 civilians. through dozens of trips, on the ground, through the mountains and with air force fighter pilots providing cover and support, we saw the conflict up close and the number of troops at the peak swelling to 100,000. but the taliban continues to fight on. >> so, let's bring in martha raddatz with us tonight. and martha, you've been there

many times. we were there long before this pandemic, interviewing general scott miller right there, he's now become the longest serving commander in the afghan war. we asked him at the time if the u.s. leaves, do we risk it becoming a safe haven for terrorists again, do we risk those gains for women and girls, can the u.s. trust the taliban to work with the afghan government? and what's striking tonight is that all of those questions, the biden administration is already facing with this new decision. >> reporter: exactly the same questions, david, because the taliban remains a threat to the afghan government, to the rights of women and girls. the biden administration says it will continue humanitarian aid, but afghanistan's future, after all this time, after all this loss, is still a big question. david? >> all right, martha raddatz with us tonight. martha, thank you. and now, to the capitol and to the emotional farewell to capitol police officer billy evans today. lying in honor in the rotunda, after his death when a man rammed his vehicle into a security barricade. president biden today delivering the eulogy. the officer's widow shannon, daughter abigail consoling her mother and son logan wearing

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tonight, on abc7 news, vaccine hesitancy in communities of color. color. co this is what medical experts are concerned about after the cdc recommends to stop use of the j and j vaccine to investigate cases of blood clots. is the supply shortage getting worse? thousands of appointments i canceled. we are digging into how the state is rescheduling.is resche. i am dr. patel, a part of the vaccine team. we will be taking all of your vexing questions about the science, what to look for with regards to these headlithese hei the rollout is going and what you can do to keep yourself and the community safe. building a better bay area, moving forward and finding úsol this is abc7 news. this is going to complicate things. >> complicate

understatement for the confusion and concern over blood clots linked to the johnson & johnson coronavirus vaccine. good evening. thank you for joining us tonight. for the next 15 minutes we are going all in surrounding the johnson & johnson vaccine including who is affected, how bay area counties are responding plus, a live interview with dr. patel. he is a member of the vaccine team. of almost 7 million patients who received the shot, keep in mind, six women developed a rare blood clot disorder. it is literally a one in 1 million event. that is important respect is to have. it was enough that today, the fda and cdc called for an immediate pause on the use of that single-dose vaccine. all 50 states have heeded the advice including california. we will begin team coverage with stephanie sierra. she is tracking how many appointments will be affected in the coming days. >> reporter: tens of thousands of appointments will be impacted across the state. the good news is the state supply of johnson & johnson