to specifically target omicron subvariants like ba.5 and ba.4 which are dominant right now nationwide. if you look at the numbers, about 88.8% of all covid-19 cases here in the u.s. are caused by the ba.5 subvariant. so that s why having these updated boosters as we head into fall will be specifically important. jacqueline howard, honk so much. just in to cnn, the justice department now explaining why it is against revealing the reasons behind that search at mar-a-lago. what s being laid out in court documents just coming in. that s next. (music: dance! by christiann a medice, elisha noll) are you ready? ahh yeah you re going out tonight dance get with the groove and dance get up and move let s dance kick off your shoes and show me how you
precipitation events are now more frequent and intense across the country with the biggest increases in the northeast and midwest. on tuesday st. louis got more than twice as much rain in a single day than it does in an average month of july. historic statistics in a mind-boggling week showing us the future is now. anne thompson, nbc news the biden administration says it plans to offer updated pfizer and moderna covid boosters in september. the new shots are reformulated to better protect against ba.5, the highly contagious subvariant now sweeping the country. only people over 50 and those over 12 who are immunocompromised are currently eligible for the second booster now to the economy in a week that saw everything from interest rate hikes to proof of a slowing economy to new data confirming historic inflation. all of it impacting you and your budget emily ikeda explains
vaccines? this state of emergency goes into effect on monday but really is unclear when they re going to get more vaccines. they say they ve had to shut down some of the clinics because they do not have enough vaccines and they re also saying that people who need a second dose are going to have to wait until those vaccines come. for now, they are only allowing people to have the first dose just because there is not enough and they don t know when they re going to get the second or even the first dose for others who need it at the moment. thanks so much. as the federal government scrambles to meet the demand for the monkey pox vaccine work is well under way for an updated covid booster for this fall. the new york times reports that the biden administration plans to offer new versions of the moderna and pfizer boosters in september. they are expected to provide stronger protection against the ba.5 subvariant. it has become the dominant strain in the u.s. the white house says it will
to applaud his arrival. among those who was not there, as i understand it, is dr. kevin o connor, who has been the president s chief physician. not taking a victory lap as the president was for a plan that has been in the works really since we saw covid first emerge. dr. kebkevin has been leading t keep the candidate safe now the president safe and there is your results, the president going into the oval office now after a brief, mild case of five days. of course, given at 79, he is the oldest person to hold this office in american history, there were concerns about his health, how he would deal with covid. good news, he is out of it quickly. dr. patel, to you on that topic. i think a lot of americans paying close attention to the changing numbers. fewer deaths. but hospitalizatios ticking up because of the ba.5 subvariant. how concerned should we be about the seriousness of this particular variant? peter, i think the president