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survive that january insurrection, now again reliving those memories. i m hallie jackson in washington on this friday morning, with a lot to get to on this busy morning. we ve got gabe gutierrez outside pfizer headquarters in new york, city, shaquille brewster in baton rouge, louisiana, dr. ashish zha, dean of brown university s school of public health. good morning to you all. gabe, let s talk about the fda meeting. when will we know whether that panel will take one single vote on pfizer boosters for everyone ages 16 and up or whether they might break down this decision into different age groups and do it that way? hi there, hallie. that is the big question right now. we expect to know more sometime this afternoon, but right now, that advisory panel is under way, that meeting is under way. just a short time ago one of the first speakers cautioned the advisers on that panel not to pay attention to political or moral considerations in this case but simply to look at th ....
plan to get all fully vaccinated americans a third shot. that rollout was supposed to start next week. here was dr. fauci this morning. are you expecting pfizer booster shots to be approved? you know, i don t want to get ahead of the fda deliberations. the data that i ve seen i believe strongly suggests that will be the case. our position about at least planning for the eventuation we might have to give boosters. we have planned and are ready to go pending the decision that s made from a regulatory standpoint by the fda and their advisers. so here is what happens now. all of that is up to the full fda and the cdc who, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, have typically agreed with this committee s nods of approval with the use of existing vaccines. those vaccines, the fda said, are still effective, though, against severe disease and death. a third shot can increase immunity against the milder breakthrough infections and it all adds some uncertainty in terms of wha ....
a new era in space travel. the question is, are we witnessing a new start of an era in space travel? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that some days would like to buy a one-way ticket to mars. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, september 16th. we ll start with the news. the u.s. has reached another grim milestone in its fight against coronavirus. new data shows that more than one in 500 americans has died from covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, one in 500 americans. according to an nbc news tally, there have been more than 41,689,000 cases. so far 55% are vaccinated. 63% have received one dose. the fda will meet to discuss whether booster shots will be necessary for the majority of adults who are vaccinated. nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer explained. reporter: the battle over boosters as vaccine boosters make their case ahead of friday s fda review of pfizer s booster shot for the general publ ....
an 18-year-old winning the highly-coveted u.s. women s open. it was a somber day across america as the nation stopped to remember the nearly-3,000 people who lost their lives on 9/11, exactly 20 years ago. for the families of the victims, the tragedy remains a vivid memory, undimmed by time. one by one, the names of the victims read aloud. each one, precious to those who knew them. the grief and sorrow of so many captured by a young girl as she spoke directly to the uncle she never met and imagined how he might be today. my uncle, firefighter christopher michael mazulo. i know you are with us every day watching over us and even though i never met you in person, i still miss you a lot. mom always tells me all the crazy, fun things you did and i m sure if you were here, i d probably be doing them with you. and new york city, right now, two brilliant shafts of light where the twin towers once stood in lower manhattan. the 20th anniversary ceremonies were also held ....
mandated covid vaccines for all adults. we ll show you how it s working for them. plus, how an unranked teenaged qualifier walked into tennis biggest stage and won the tournament without dropping a set. we have that story. live from cnn center, this cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. it was a somber day across america as the nation stopped to remember the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives on 9/11, exactly 20 years ago. [ bagpipes playing ] for the families of the victims, the tragedy remains a vivid memory, undimmed by time. the nation s collective loss was captured by a young girl as she spoke directly to the uncle she never met and imagined how he might be today. my uncle firefighter michael christopher. even though i never met you in person, i still miss you a lot. mom always tells me the crazy, fun things you did. and i m sure if you were here, i d probably be doing them with you. this is a look at the 9/11 memorial at ground zero in new york. dee ....