louisiana rules title 42 will stay in place. the trump era policy allows mai grants seeking asylum to be expelled without a hearing. news on the nationwide baby formula shortage. hundred of pal lets expected to arrive in days. it contained formula for babies with critical medical needs. president biden on his first high-stakes trip to asia. in south korea, facing economic threat from naerk. mary bruce traveling with the president. wall street nears bear market ns b heah me monkeypox. health officials with a confirmed case in massachusetts. another case under investigation here in new york city. and the dramatic rescue here in new york 42 stories above the ground. good evening, everyone. i m linsey davis in for david tonight. we have a lot to get to. covid booster shots for those 5 to 11 as nearly half of the country is at a medium or high risk level, and details on the first new baby formula supply set to arrive. but we begin with that breaking news a powerful torna
would last longer and better target omicron and its subvariants. for now, the cdc is strengthening its booster recommendation, saying immunocompromised americans over 12 and everyone over 50 should get their second booster shot. we have a lot of infection out there right now. and what i am recommending to basely everybody over 50 is, given how much infection there is, given that extra layer of protection that the second booster offers, that there s no reason to wait. people should go out and get that second shot. reporter: and in those areas of high transmission, the cdc again telling people to wear masks indoors. the city of philadelphia bringing back a mask mandate in schools. i always want to be safe, and i always want to be sure my family is safe. and i think the school district needs to do whatever they can to make sure their students are safe. safety is the priority. wit johnson joins us. whit, health officials are tracking case of hepatitis in children, figuring out whet
on a friday night. whit, thank you. as many have said, one of the keys to reopening the country may be testing for antibodies to see if americans had been exposed to the virus and might have some immunity. it would offer some reassurance as families decide if it s safe to go back to work. tonight we re with the researchers with the experimental test checking for antibodies, a simple pinprick. tonight, the government, do they have the ability to get tens of millions of tests ready and quickly? here s abc s kaylee hartung tonight. reporter: tonight, on the front lines of a key battle in the fight to get america back to work. a line of people in northern california waiting for an antibody test to determine whether they have been exposed to the coronavirus without knowing it and may now be immune. the key to reopening is going to be testing. reporter: the antibody testing in california, part of a usc-stanford study, requires just a drop of blood, a simple pinprick. they say it cost
some sort of proof they they have immunity from the virus? what dr. anthony fauci said about that today. we ll carefully get through it all again tonight. and egin wit johnson here prsi for the first time since the outbreak began in new york, more people leaving those intensive care units than going in. the rate of hospitalizations down. as someone who searches for solace in all this grief, the leveling off of the number of lives lost is a somewhat hopeful sign. reporter: the death toll slightly lower but appearing to hold steady at a staggering loss 777 people dying in the last 24 hours. morgues filling so quickly, crews are digging more space at hart island, the city s cemetery used to bury unclaimed bodies. the crisis also playing out in
was there ever a moment where you thought you might not make it? i had many moments like that. in fact, at least two days worth. i just could not breathe. quite frankly i was frightened. but on top of that, to see my daughter at the same time was very difficult. we re glad to see him back and well, and the fact that father and daughter watched each other through that glass, what a powerful thing. whit, i do want to get back to what the president did say late today, about what he acknowledged would be his most difficult decision about how and when to reopen this country. he was asked about reports of new federal projections of what would happen if stay at home orders were lifted after these 30 days. reporter: david, those projections reported by the new york times showed there would be a dramatic spike in infections if those orders were lifted. president trump saying he hadn t seen them but that he would listen to his medical experts and in the end make his own decision. david?