Good Morning And Welcome to way too early. The show that speaks french with an australian accent. Im joe. Whether a third dose of the vaccine is safe or even necessary for everyone. Some experts believe there is no need despite a push from pfizer and moderna. Miguel almaguer has the latest. Reporter just hours before the advisory committee will vote on the boosters voicing Support And Opposition over a third dose of Pfizers Vaccine with a Stage Set for a controversial decision, pfizer says their data shows Booster Shots are needed six months after the second dose as protection from infection begins to wane. But its vaccine is hoyly effective in preventing hospitalization and serious illness. Its most critical function. This debate over boosters, is that a road of public confidence in vaccines . Its normal for scientists to not necessarily have consensus around a specific issue. The problem is, were in a very toxic environment now because of all the aggression coming from antivaccine gr
6th insurrection. Were live outside the perimeter this morning and we have some brandnew reporting that suggests the question may not be how many people show up but how few. Meanwhile, just across the mall, were watching the White House closely on this thursday. President Biden Set to speak this afternoon and the topic will be leveling our economic playing field. Also ahead this morning, ill have a very special conversation with acclaimed Filmmaker Ken burns. Ken has a Brandnew Documentary out. Its all about Muhammad Ali. Were going to talk about the legacy of the greatest and some new revelations about a man who really transcended his time and place in history. Well have all of that coming up this hour. But were going to start with the intensifying debate over the covid Booster Shots. Tomorrow, a group of fda advisers outside advisers will be meeting to talk about whether to recommend Booster Shots. And it comes as both Pfizer And Moderna release new findings. In support of boosters.
Nasty flood before everyone even gets their power back from the previous storm. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start today with our health lead. An alarming new coronavirus trends especially among children. New data from the American Academy Of Pediatrics show infections are up 240 since july. To put that into context, more than 240,000 kids in the u. S. Tested positive for coronavirus just last week. Now, it is important, as always, to note that kids remain far less likely than adults to get seriously sick or to die from coronavirus. But that does not mean that some dont get seriously ill or worse. And either way, kids can still carry and spread the virus. With hospitalizations and deaths on the rise again among adults and with a quarter of the country refusing to get vaccinated, Health Experts say, once again, communities need to focus on slowing the spread. In just a few moments i m goin to speak with dr. Anthony fauci and whether Booster Shots will be ready by the original
Members of congress are in incentivized to play to the base rather than reflecting the supermajority. You should be angry about politicians who refuse to represent the will of the people and, instead, pander to the outer regions of politics. You shouldnt despair about the ability of americans to ever unite on big issues. Were not a 50 50 nation on many issues, more like 70 30. Thats reason for real hope. And thats your reality check. Your day continues right now. Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. Im John Berman with brianna keilar. It is monday, september 13th. Former president george w. Bush on the 0th Anniversary on the September 11th attacks drawing a distinction between the terrorists and the insurrectionists who stormed the capitol on January 6th. Theres little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and extremists at home. Then theres pluralism, disregard to human life, am their determination to defile national symbols, the
A Twoday Trip on the west coast. His first trip to the region since taking office and the president will once again tie the extreme weather events that weve been seeing across the country with the need to pass his Infrastructure Plan and the bigger broader economic agenda. President biden will be surveying the damage from the recent wildfires there which has burned millions of acres in several states this year. He will also campaign for Governor Gavin Newsom ahead of tomorrows Recall Vote that could decide newsoms political fate. This visit comes as so much of the president s domestic agenda is hanging in the balance. Top democrats have set a Wednesday Deadline to finalize a deal on the the massive 3. 5 trillion Budget Proposal but major differences between moderate and progressive democratic lawmakers is threatening to derail the whole thing. The Wednesday Deadline seems like a No Go at this point. Lets start with John Harwood at the White House. John, what is the White House looking