a lot of people that use facebook, which is really a wide age range will be okay with this or fooled by it or do you think this is them trying to be too cute with it? it s edgy. like, we facebook is, what, 15 years in so far, give or take? people are used to what they are used to. it will be facebook whether you change it, flip it or reverse it. it will be facebook no matter what. barbara? i don t care. i had to look up meta. he s moving ahead. he s getting better, reaching the pinnacle of what it is. that s what meta is. yeah. mea is a name for facebook? it s a corporate name rebrand to seem like district, the only meta i like is meta world news. i think when you get older, you re allowed to do this. i m calling meta b.s. hey, you re calling it b.s.? absolutely. you do get to do that. i want to say in closing to two
caregivers, school staff and children have been waiting for today s authorization, vaccinating younger children against covid-19 will bring us closer to returning to a sense of normalcy. this is for the same age range that s been under discussion, kids 5 through 11. the schedule suggests that children could begin getting the shots by as soon as wednesday. this is good news for many families. experts see a path for covid to join the long list of vaccines that kids take when they go to school, like measles, mumps, otherwise obviously bad things as schools require vaccination against. the history is that includes schools in very republican areas, just like democratic ones. while there are things that people can debate in this pandemic era liberty, consequences, tradeoffs the fact is, if you are watching this news right now in america and this is the live
nang you so much for letting us into your homes. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. happy friday. thanks, nicolle. we re tracking news on matt gaetz later this hour. and we have a new ash the supreme court reports a new case, a report we ve been working on we don t think you ll see anywhere else. that is later in this hour tonight. our top story is another breakthrough, a breakthrough on covid. the fda approving emergency use of the new vaccine for kids, medical leaders heralding the news. as a mother and as a physician, i know parents,
humility, even for us in the news, that yeah, it looked like he was in trouble, until he wasn t. that sense was moment tear, and sometimes when you pull out, you realize whatever battles, congress wasn t the issue. indeed there s someone who knows all about that long haul. it s david plouffe, of course, one of president biden s most senior and trusted divorce. we ll get into it with him. we re back in 60 seconds.
next thing in the news, but we re tracking these deadlines, because it is the policy in new york. it is what biden is trying to do. and everyone has the right to sue. even in the absence of a pandemic, i remind viewers. the court has said, you can make this kind of requirement for safety without the existence of a pandemic, well, this is a pandemic, a stronger art. are we going to see a surge in the weeks ahead? we have seen a surge in the last week, and i agreed, we will see a surge in the weeks ahead. you have already seen in alabama where the governor ivy has said, you know, we re going to resist these mandates, university of alabama, because it s got money