children as young as 6 months. we know the white house says vaccinations could begin as early as next week once given the okay from the cdc and the fda. president biden already pledged to make 10 million vaccine doses available nationwide with the majority of states already preordering shipments since the beginning of the month. yeah. but many health experts are worried that parents of young kids may not take their kids to get those covid shots. the latest polling from the kaiser family foundation show that only 18% of parents of kids under 5 would want to vaccinate their child as soon as a vaccine becomes available. cnn medical analyst says that parents should remember the benefits of vaccinations still outweigh the risks of covid-19. more than 400 children in this age group of under 5 have died tragically during this pandemic. thousands have been hospitalized. it s really distressing for little kids to get sick, so that s what we re trying to do to prevent that kind of
premiums all up. the cost of food consumed at home rose nearly 12%, food away from home, 7.4%. the gasoline index has increased 48.7%. the average national price of a gallon of gas this week, is at $5, highest in california at $6.42. trying to stem inflation, the fed said it will raise interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest hike since 1994. new projections show interest rates may hit 3.4% by the end of the year, but because inflation is rising far faster than any of those rates, any money in savings is still being eroded. there s also a spade of layoffs adding to investor fears. cnn reports two u.s. real estate companies that had flourished in the pandemic announced layoffs of 8 and 10%. coin base laid off 18% of its staff. spotify plans to reduce hiring by 25%. elon musk, who already said he wants to lay off 10% of the tesla staff, is now intimating that if he acquires twitter, job cuts could follow. meanwhile, meanwhile, you ve got the january 6
hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. major breaking news, moments ago the cdc s vaccine advisory panel voted if favor of authorizing the pfizer and moderna covid vaccines for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. the white house says those vaccines will now be available in states as soon as next week. cnn s miguel marquez has been following this key vote. miguel, this is a welcome moment for many parents across the u.s. and a lot of pediatricians who had been hoping for this. reporter: a lot of people across the country hoping for this. look, it is not clear how significant uptake will be, given where we are in this pandemic. but certainly this was the last big tranche of americans who weren t able to be vaccinated, almost 20 million of our youngest, most vulnerable americans who will now soon be able to get two different vaccines. they had a long meeting today, they took a lot of questions. they had questions and s
will: america s favorite tradition and television, the national anthem brought to you by the us coast guard band with your patriotic pictures. welcome to fox and friends . keep your pictures coming in, friends@foxnews.com. last week we said we can request where the pictures are coming from. let s ask for pictures from certain places. you can see some pictures might be a little dated which is cool. i love the one that looks like he ran a marathon. rachel: that might not be from the 80s. you might have insulted the viewer. i love the 80s. rachel: this is the 80s. pete: that was a complement. the college world series is taking pl. in omaha, ne. 4 july is coming up. we would love to see pictures from across the land today. rachel: good morning to both of you. when i saw those pictures, this is from a political campaign, we are in preseason. people dressed like they were ready to go to the local parade in minnesota, texas, things that happened this time of year. pete: on
rioters. as trump pressured him to stop the vote certification of the 2020 election. it was a move trump knew was illegal as several witnesses revealed just yesterday. let s get to cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez. what more are you learning about next week s hearing? well, the committee, the january 6th committee is trying to nail down the list of witnesses that they have from the former justice department, former justice department officials under former president trump. and right now we know that they have slated they were key in standing up to the president. he was trying to essentially use the justice department to endorse his claims that there was vote fraud, and in the end, to try to overturn the election results. one witness that we don t know we know the committee was looking for, and it appears will not be showing up is pat sip pat cipollone. it would have been unusual to see a former white house counsel sitting before this committee. it appears