tropical storm henri hits the east coast, bringing rain to already water logged areas. plus, deadly flooding in central tennessee. it hit hard, it hit fast. i stepped into maybe two feet of water. the fda is poised to give full approval to pfizer s vaccine this week. do you expect this decision is going to make more americans willing to get vaccinated? this may tip them over toward getting vaccinated. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. we are following breaking news this hour out of middle, tennessee. as the flood waters recede, the death toll climbs, 21 dead, 49
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institutions and others the courage to actually say, you know, we re going to oblige everybody who works here to have the vaccine. it s in their best interest, the best interest of their clients, their customers and their fellow workers. that would be very welcome. could give them the ammunition they ve been waiting for. what about kids vaccine approval? will fda approval help speed that along? those are separate issues. we have to wait for the data in the children. we want those clinical trials to be thorough and complete before we start vaccinating younger children. every parent would want that. it s going to take a little more time. it will probably come through end of the fall, beginning of the winter sometime. that s the anticipation. i ve been getting a lot of viewer questions. one of the big questions i ve been getting is how does delta s increased transmission affect outdoor transmisability?
people are looking for something magical when what we have at hand is this extraordinarily effective vaccine. we know it works. it keeps people out of the hospital. so if you re looking for something to help you, the vaccine is there. it s free. it s widely available. we ve got plenty. it just needs to get out of those refrigerators and into arms. you ve been saying the same thing for months. we ll see if there will be an uptick in vaccinations once there is full fda approval for the pfizer vaccine. thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you. meantime, thousands of afghan refugees flown out of kabul are now safe from the taliban, but where will they go next to rebuild their lives? when we come back i m going to speak to florida congressman and afghan war veteran brian mats.
crowd changing their mind because the fda gives its approval? i think it will make a few people happier and they ll come over and be vaccinated. i don t expect a big parade on tuesday outside of the vaccination centers with people wanting vaccines, but there may indeed be some. i think in addition to the former president s support, i think we need local people, local political leaders, local religious leaders, business leaders at the local level where they re respected and known all promoting vaccination in chorus. former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb warned today that what s happening in schools in the south could be a harbinger for the rest of the u.s. he says the south has seen slowing in its covid surge in all areas except among school age kids. do you agree? i think there will be schools here and there if they re