fill out some of these forms and communications, which is another serious charge in this case. prosecutors say they may rest by the end of next week. moving quickly. kara scannell, thank you. thanks for joining us today. tomorrow we promise it s friday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. at this hour with kate bolduan starts right now. i m kate bolduan. here is what we re watching at this hour. booster recommendations. fda advisers meeting now to consider booster shots for million who is got moderna and johnson & johnson covid vaccines. deadline day. house panel investigating the insurrection prepares for criminal charges if former trump aides don t comply with subpoenas. will any of them show up? and on strike, thousands of john deere workers walk off the job after contract talks fail. the breaking details on that coming up.
and prevent people from getting sick, even if they are protected from dying. some of the people in the fda advisory committee expressed uneasiness with recommended boosters at all even though the vote was unanimous. it could make feel like they are protected unless they got a booster. do you agree? i think it s similar to what i was just saying. i think that the public needs to know that they are protected unless they are immunocompromised. they are protected from severe illness, hospitalization or death. but they may be less well protected as time goes on against infection. and people will need to make their own choices about whether at some point they feel the need to be boosted. it looks like the fda and cdc are going to try to harmonize all of the booster recommendations, meaning they are not going to have different booster recommendations for pfizer, moderna or johnson & johnson. which is why we saw today the
what the data shows about following a johnson & johnson shot with either pfizer or moderna. and an fda panel expected to vote on more booster recommendations by the end of the week. and for the first time since the start of the pandemic, the biden administration reopening america s borders to all fully vaccinated travelers next month. the monster wildfire in california threatening more homes and an oil refinery. the fast-moving fire burning across more than 15,000 acres. thousands now forced to evacuate. flames cutting off the 101 freeway. matt gutman on the fire line. tracking dangerous storms in the west. heavy rain and snow, whiteout conditions in some areas. at least nine reported tornadoes touching down in the plains. the new threats tonight. rob marciano timing it all out. breaking news overseas. images coming in following a deadly bow and arrow attack. several people killed, others wounded. the fda issuing new guidelines on how much sodium we consume. the message to food
that same council that we watched just a couple of weeks ago for booster recommendations. at that point, once acip makes recommendations, then the cdc director, dr. walensky, gets to make her decisions. there s a bunch of steps still to come. most of us in the public health community are expecting we ll see approvals of vaccines for this younger age group some time in early november in a best case scenario. parents are anxious for that. the new antiviral pill from merck is showing lots of promise right now but dr. fauci is reminding people that the best bet is still avoiding infection and that means getting vaccinated, right? that is exactly right. this pill is terrific and as an e.r. doctor, i cannot wait to have it as another tool in my toolbox to give to patients who are sick with covid-19. but better than taking a pill is not getting sick in the first place which means getting vaccinated. there are two other problems
wondering, the data is still, you know, sketchy on the long-term impact and usefulness of the existing vaccines we have. is it your sense that they re good for life or in reality, that we re going to have to check back every couple of years? it s unlikely that they re probably good for life because we know that we re already seeing breakthrough infections in the elderly group we ve seen some that led to the booster recommendations. i think there are some with a second generation that s more robust. we ve got to see are they getting severe infections landing them in the hospital. and that to me should be a threshold for a booster. thank you very much, doctor, on all of that, again, that pfizer vaccine booster shot is available right now, and you should check with your doctor, whether he or show would recommend it for you on a case by case basis and right now, the official read is only for