welcome back. let's get to the latest coronavirus facts you need to know this hour. pfizer officially asked the fda to approve its vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. they made that application official this morning. this was an expected and necessary step to get shots into kids' arms. an fda advisory committee meeting is set for this month, meaning emergency use authorization could come before halloween. the white house covid response team has a message at yesterday's briefing. vaccine requirements work. so now the white house is doubling down, releasing a new report highlighting how dozens of organizations increased employee vaccination rates by at least 20 percentage points through may. united airlines went from having a 59% fully vaccinated workforce to 99% in just two months. the president will push that message on his trip to chicago today where he'll make remarks on the importance of getting vaccinated and requiring others