but in the end he did not, spending about 40 minutes with president biden getting the last word in that house for now. all right, kelly. thanks. tonight the president s health advisers are making new pleas for americans to get vaccinated but also, haley, an experimental new treatment for covid-19 other health experts saying it is a potential game changer that could significantly reduce the risk of severe illness and death. here s gabe gutierrez reporting. reporter: a covid treatment in pill form, the first of its kind merck with new data out tonight showing the antiviral drug taken twice a day for five days when symptoms begin cuts the risk of hospitalization and death in half. this is a phenomenal result. i mean, this is a profound game changer to have an oral pill that has this kind of effect. reporter: merck says it s seeking emergency use authorization as soon as possible.
going to have to do that work, so we re going to get to work and see what we can get to garrett, lawmakers are now set to leave town. so what happens next reporter: yeah, lester today s visit from the president seemed to have calmed a lot of nerves among democrats. most lawmakers are planning to go back to their districts this weekend to regroup ahead of what could be weeks, if not months, more negotiations. all right, garrett haake tonight, thank you the president goes into this weekend with a great deal of uncertainty about his agenda kelly o donnell is at the white house. and, kelly, this is simply not turning out the way the president had hoped. reporter: lester, the president is actually setting new expectations tonight, telling lawmakers the size of his larger spending package needs to come down to a range between $1.9 and $2.3 trillion that s a new figure. it is a big adjustment and a compromise the power of a personal visit mattered today because trust has been frayed b
lester an fda advisory panel will now meet october 14th and 15th to discuss boosters for johnson & johnson and moderna. the panel will discuss the possibility of mixing and matching booster shots. and then later in the month, they will discuss the pfizer vaccine for younger children busy month, lester. all right, gabe thank you. the cdc director noted today that more than 8,000 people are still hospitalized with covid each day on average. that s made it difficult and frustrating for some people to get treated for other problems they have been simply overcrowded and crowded out. i met with one of them here today in the boston area mary was scheduled for back surgery in april of 2020 the hospital here in boston was in the throws of the pandemic what was it like to get the call from the doctor that your surgery was being postponed? actually, a little relieved because i was very nervous about it. so worried, when her doctor off for 18
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unwanted bond, but george floyd s sister, bridget, is hopeful about the social justice movement what has changed the most is unity throughout the country. reporter: alissa charles-findley is the sister of botham jean, who died in 2018 when a white dallas police officer mistakenly entered his apartment and shot him she was convicted of murder has congress moved quickly enough on police reform? no. is that a broken promise to you of course it is. reporter: gwen carr is the mother of eric garner, who died in 2014 in new york city following a police chokehold. that officer was not charged. people think it s over it s not over with because they are still killing ou gabe, despite those gunshots earlier today, it appears people are still gathering there at the square reporter: yes, that s right, lester today was a major milestone for minneapolis but there s a lot on the horizon for this community. sentencing for derek chauvin is now scheduled for late next month, lester.