trump wins. so i think think that we have to reach a conclusion as soon as possible. it s going to be a close race. should he step aside? at this point i think he has a strong campaign and a strong message to voters. more mixed responses on capitol hill about president biden s candidacy as the list of democrats calling for him to step aside continues to grow. we ll have the latest on that in just a moment. meanwhile, the president will try to calm fears about his mental fitness for the job with a news conference today, an event that could determine the fate of his campaign. and this all comes as the president has been meeting with world leaders at the nato summit to shore up the alliance s commitment to ukraine and its defense against russia emphasis invasions. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, july 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. it is a big day, and we will begin here. president biden will face-off lat
jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin with breaking news from washington, d.c. any moment now, president biden is set to stop by a meeting of national union leaders at afl-cio headquarters. after that, he will head over to the nato leaders summit. all this as the president faces more questions about his health and re-election campaign. here s what nancy pelosi said when asked if the president has her support to be the democratic nominee. it is up to the president to decide if he is going to run. we re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. he has made the decision. he said firmly this week, he is going to run. do you want him to run? i want him to do whatever he decides to do. and that s the way it is. whatever he decides, we go. and i said, everyone, let s just hold off, whatever you re thinking, either tell somebody privately, but
approval for younger kids can t come soon enough. for elementary school aged kids, pfizer tested a much lower vaccine dose. a third of the amount that s in shots for teens and adults. but doctors say that low dose in kids produced the same strong levels of antibodies with fewer side effects. pfizer says it plans to seek u.s. authorization by the end of the month. and once it does, the data will have to be examined by the fda and the cdc. and the timing appears to be in line with what dr. fauci said, his prediction of shots by late fall or early winter. so the company wanted to find a dose that would be very tolerable in the young kids while still providing adequate efficacy, efficacy on par with what we were seeing in older populations. hopefully this dose strikes that balance. fda will have to make the careful review. assuming that the fda s review takes from four to six weeks, which is what they ve signaled, a vaccine for children could be available as soon as the end of
and the future of travel president biden is pushing for 50% of new vehicles to be electric. how might that change the way that you think about cars? from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. . it s been infrastructure week all year long, but after months of negotiations, this week could soon be coming to a close. today, the senate voted 67-27 to invoke cloture. cloture blocks any further debate on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. 18 republicans joined democrats in voting to advance this bill. the exact timeline of when and how it gets wrapped up is still in the air. now the clock is ticking on 30 hours of debate, over which amendments to include. any amendments would require the support of all 100 senators before consideration. at the same time, there s also a big push to move forward on a faster path. if the senate can agree on amendments and on shortening that 30-hour debate period, this process would speed up dramatically
electric. how might that change the way that you think about cars? from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. it s been infrastructure week all year long, but after months of negotiations, this week could soon be coming to a close. today, the senate voted 67-27 to invoke cloture. cloture blocks any further debate on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. 18 republicans joined democrats in voting to advance this bill. the exact timeline of when and how it gets wrapped up is still in the air. now the clock is ticking on 30 hours of debate, over which amendments to include. any amendments would require the support of all 100 senators before consideration. at the same time, there s also a big push to move forward on a faster path. if the senate can agree on amendments and on shortening that 30-hour debate period, this process would speed up dramatically. tennessee republican senator bill hargetty is blocking that path. now, this week,