show. we will be here every weekday at 3:00 on tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the vote just moments ago. the key cdc panel unanimously in favor of pfizer s vaccine for children 5 to 11. cdc director rochelle walensky expected to sign off at any moment. what parents should know tonight. also this evening, the election showdown right now in virginia. what it could say about the country, about the president s agenda. the first exit polls coming in now in that hotly contested race for governor between democrat terry mcoff life and republican glen youngkin. tonight, new signs a house could be nearing a vote on the president s house infrastructure bill. the second bill, universal pre-k, affordable child care, expanded medicare and climate. and news just now on a key part
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this is abc 7 news. zero no s the motion passes. the interim recommendation is another recommendation by the acip. dan: a u.s. advisory panel give the recommendation for the pfizer vaccine for kids ages five to 11 now it is. . up to the cdc. thank you for joining us. i am larry beil. kristen: and i am kristen sze. you are watching abc 7 news at 4:00 here, on hulu live, and wherever you stream the first shots could be administered as quickly as tomorrow morning. but there will not be a wide will in next week. most recent data from pfizer s the trials finds the one-third dose is nearly 91% effective against symptomatic illness. pfizer says men of the children in the trials experienced a rare