well. age again, we ll be doing that here. particular group we need to look at, very little kids, 0 to 5-year-olds we have a phase three study ongoing there. we re testing 25 micro grams of our vaccine in those little kids, but it is particularly important with omicron given the data we ve seen this week from south africa there. dr. paul burton thank you so much for what you and your colleagues are doing. the vaccines and boosters of course are so critical saving so many lives here in the u.s. and around the world. thanks so much for joining us. i hope you have a merry christmas and a happy new year. you, too. thank you, wolf. thank you. up next former president trump appeals to the united states supreme court, escalating his fight to keep his white house records secret. but it s also a game, of information. because the nfl is connected. and at any moment, the fate of the season can come down to this. billions of secure connections, per second.
wearing the mask and it easily comes off their face. they want to get something to drink or eat. very vulnerable times. reporter: one health expert told us passengers should interact with airline personnel about covid safety. ask them questions as you board a plane or beforehand, questions like when was last time they fully cleaned the plane and whether it has safety features like help ow filters. really useful information. brian todd, thank you very much. there is more breaking news coming up next. the house january 6 select committee asking the u.s. supreme court to expedite an appeal from former president trump as he tries to keep his white house records secret. feel stuck with student loan debt? move to sofi and feel what it s like to get your money right.
scrapped and finding a covid test is more challenging by the hour. also tonight, there is breaking news out of minnesota. the former police officer kim potter convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of daunte wright. how did the defense that she mistook her gun for her taser play with jurors. also breaking, the january 6 select committee just asked the united states supreme court to expedite a appeal by former president in the bat toll keep his white house records secret. i ll ask a key member of the house select committee about the escalating battle over trump s claim of executive privilege. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, you re wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and we begin this hour with breaking news. the cdc has just moments ago
president s executive privilege fight continues. attorneys made their case there that the former president still has the authority to keep key white house records secret. how d that go over? reporter: well, you know, the former president s legal team had a skeptical audience with these three judges that heard these arguments today. it was over three hours of discussion about this, alisyn and victor, and among, by the way, the 700 documents that they are fighting over, that the house committee wants, and that trump says that are off limits are some notes, for instance, from mark meadows, who is apparently now going to go in for a deposition. you can hear some of the skepticism from these judges in these comments from judge jackson. take a listen. this all boils down to who decides.
every december, of course. the debt ceiling has to be dealt with by december 15th. is it your understanding that senator schumer also wants the build back better bill on the senate floor that week? that s our goal. of course we have to go through the parliamentarian entanglement. i won t try to explain that to your viewers other than to say it s complicated and takes longer than you think. the bottom line is we need a deadline to get this done. deadlines work. why do most people wait until april 15th? because that s the deadline. why do they wait until the last minute to make a dental appointment? there s a deadline. the same is true for the senate. when we have deadlines, we respond to them, as we should. senator durbin, thank you for your time. thank you, kate. coming up for us, lawyers for former president trump are in a federal court right now trying to keep his white house records secret. will congressional investigators win this battle this time?