what more do we know about this $100 offer for kids? and also, more on that new warning from the cdc director on the possibility of a tough flu season ahead? reporter: well, david, these are $100 debit cards that are being offered to kids 5 to 11 years old who get their first dose at city-run vaccination sites. it is similar to the incentives who have been offered to results. and the cdc director said today this flu season has the potential to be severe and is telling people it s very important to get vaccinated for covid and the seasonal flu. health experts say it is okay to do both at the same time. david? whit johnson leading us off tonight. thank you, whit. we re also following that developing headline out of mexico tonight. the scare for american tourists after a deadly shooting outside a hotel in cancun. late today, reports of an active shooter at that beachside hotel. guests and staff running for cover. some hiding in their rooms. abc s victor oquendo tonight with late rep
of that second bill, controlling prescription drug prices. and tonight, with president biden signaled on the world stage today when it comes to that key democratic senator, joe manchin. tonight, the trial of kyle rittenhouse under way in kenosha, wisconsin. the 18-year-old gunman who crossed state lines, charged with shooting three people with an assault rifle during a police protest. killing two and wounding one. tonight, what rittenhouse s attorneys are now claiming. news tonight on the deadly shooting on that movie set. abc news now obtaining a resignation letter from one of the camera operators sent just the night before the shooting and what that letter claimed. tonight, the nfl star facing possible dui charges following a deadly crash. the jet pack mystery hovering over los angeles. pilots reporting several sightings. tonight here, what authorities are now revealed. last night, we took you to madagascar, the climate famine. tonighten, the abc news special
scheduled for saturday, but instead of a baby shower she got a ventilator. we have to keep telling these stories from across the country. and victor, let s get back to that breaking headline late today. the fda now expected to approve a booster shot for the immunocompromised who have already been vaccinated. give us an idea, a bottom line here of the timing over the next few days, how soon could we see this potential third shot for some vaccinated americans? reporter: david, first, we expect the fda to give the green light tomorrow. and then on friday, a panel of government advisers is set to meet to discuss the benefits of the booster shot. if that panel signs off, we would expect the director of the cdc to recommend that third shot and shots would go into arms right away. also tonight, dr. anthony fauci telling abc news he believes that eventually boosters will be recommended for everyone. david? all right, a lot of moving parts tonight. victor, thank you. and you heard victo
ship comfort. the ship that came to new york, they say they now need help, with health officials warning the state s hospital system there could collapse within a week. tonight, california becoming the first state in the country to require all teachers and staff to be fully vaccinated or get weekly covid tests. in tennessee, protesters chasing down health care workers who talked about masks in schools, saying they could protect children. the protesters shouting, we will find you. tonight, vaccinations are inches up with this newest surge taking hold in this country. nearly 69% of people 12 and older now receiving at least one dose. there is also new guidance tonight involving pregnant women and this virus. we will carefully get to it all for you, and abc s victor oquendo leading us off tonight from florida. reporter: tonight, government officials confirming to abc news that tomorrow the fda is expected to authorize a third booster shot for immunocompromised people including kidney
wednesday night. and we begin tonight with that breaking headline. abc news confirming that the fda is now expected to authorize a booster shot, a third shot for immu immunocompromised people in this country, within 48 hours. the cdc will meet on this. then the cdc director expected to u.s. the u.s. is now averaging more than 110,000 new covid cases a day. the most since february. of course, fueled by this delta variant. hospitals across the south tonight reporting they re at a breaking point. more than 75,000 covid patients hospitalized nationwide, roughly 9,300 new hospitalizations a day. tonight, a major hospital in houston putting up these outdoor tents to treat an overflow of patients. dozens of hospitals in the state reporting few if any icu beds remaining. and the governor of texas, who has railed against mask mandates now pleading for outside help, doctors, nurses. and what the governor has just announced there. tonight, mississippi requesting help from the u.s. navy hospital