Use authorization for a Booster Shot next month. The Fda And Cdc said, to be clear, were not quite there yet. The two top federal agencies issued a joint statement claiming that more data is needed before authorizing a third dose of the vaccine, saying, quote, americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a Booster Shot at this time. Thats a key message. Joining me now, cnns Senior Medical Correspondent elizabeth cohen. Elizabeth, i wonder how folks at home should look at this, particularly those already vaccinated. I mean, could this be pfizer preparing for the worst here if these variants get worse, right, but the Fda And Cdc saying, listen, the data shows that for now those vaccines protect you . Jim, its a little bit unclear what is happening here. Usually Drug Companies and especially the fda are very sort of coordinated in their messaging. So it is unclear whats happening here because this is the big picture. The big picture is that onethird of americans have chosen not to
Shot may give people protection. The company did not provide the data to back it up. The Cdc And Fda responding with not so fast informal well address the confusion from. But here is whats clear. Vaccines work. And they are saving lives. Need proof . Take what we learned out of maryland. 127 people died there from covid in june. None of them were vaccinated. Cnns Elizabeth Cohen joins us. What are we learning about why pfizer put out this statement on boosters . Im going to start with, actually, why people think its crazy that pfizer put out this statement on boosters. It really is the numbers that you just showed. There is so much data showing that these Vaccines Work. Pfizer did not put out any new data. They said were going to ask for approval for this booster. It would be a third shot, the same as the first two but a third shot. And we think that immunity is waning. Lots of criticism that when youre trying to get a third of the country to be vaccinated, thats how many people have n
it s official. president biden and former president trump get the rematch they ve been looking for. both clinching their party s nominations. the primaries in georgia, me is misstate put them over the top. rfk junior gave a short list. aaron rodgers the quarterback from the new york jets on the active roster and jesse ventura. we move to this and tiktok to potentially ban that up coming up for a house vote less than an hour from now and we ll watch it together. good morning, everybody. america s america s newsroom begin now i m bill hemmer live in new york. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. this is coming. coming for a while. it is interesting there is an article in the wall street journal how the company got caught unawares so they are scrambling throwing a lot of money around. this morning the house will vote on a bill to ban tiktok if china no, sir dos not agree to sell it. bill: beijing s ownership of an app used by 170 million americans seen
[ cheers ] good morning, everyone. that was wimbledon champion, carlos alcaraz. he s basically our best friend now this morning. and we kept him from breaking the trophy. i may want to keep trophy. his second grand slam title, first at wimbledon. we ll have more with our conversation with the new champion in a little bit. but let s start with extreme weather impacting millions of americans, deadly flooding swamping the northeast while a record-breaking heat wave grips the south and southwest. and new overnight, explosions rocking the bridge that connects russia to crimea. the russians say it was attacked by drones in the water. a source inside ukraine s security service tell cnn that it was a joint operation by ukrainian intelligence and naval forces. and hollywood grinding to a halt. actors and writers are digging in for the long haul, as they demand fair pay from the studios and from the streaming services. coming up right here, leah delaria and emma miles, two
claiming responsibility for an attack on a bridge linking crimea to russia, a vital supply line for vladimir putin s war. i ll ask key white house official john kirby about the strike and putin s vow to retaliate for what he s calling a terrorist attack. also tonight, the federal judge in the trump classified documents case is now looking to push the ball forward on actually setting a trial date. we re getting new information about tomorrow s leadoff hearing in the criminal prosecution of the former president. and under fire from fellow democrats, representative pramila jayapal is attempting to walk back her remark that israel is, quote, a racist state. but republican house speaker kevin mccarthy wants more, nann demanding that jayapal s party take action against her. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and the impact of that bridge attack by u