being another surge of this or another variant, that s totally dependent on us, alex, because we have about 66 million people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who are not yet vaccinated. we have to get those people vaccinated. if we get the overwhelming majority of those people vaccinated, we won t get another surge because the population will be protected enough that the virus would not find enough vulnerable people in order to essentially generate another surge. so the real simple answer to your question, it really depends on us and our success or not of getting people vaccinated. and that s something we really need to do over the coming weeks and months as we get into the colder months of the winter. let s turn to the boosters because there was, as you know, some confusion during the pfizer booster shot rollout, but now with two additional boosters, and then this possible mix and match option coming soon, let s talk about the messaging, how it s different this tim
says, because of collective bargaining, i can t have a mandate like they have at the sheriff s department in los angeles. but what he has done to encourage officers, especially the young ones, is to say, i would like you the fill out a living will. many of those young officers are like, what is a living will? he explains to them, if you get coronavirus, we ve seen statistics where people die within three days. so you have to have a living will. the idea is to sort of starlet them into reality and he says, in some cases, that has been very successful. jose? kerry sanders and heidi przybyla, thank you very much for being with me this morning. for more on all of the covid news, i m joined by dr. lilian abel, chief infectious disease specialist at the university of miami health system. doctor, good to see you. let s start with a booster shot rollout. the new york times writes that the booster rollout has complicated efforts to persuade the unvaccinated to get their first round of shots
expelling thousands of migrants from that texas border encampment. that is a public health authority. it is not an immigration policy. it is exercised as the cdc, the centers for disease control, has ordered in light of the arc of the pandemic. this is a public health imperative to protect migrants themselves, local communities, our personnel, and the american public. and on the covid front, a booster shot rollout is under way, but there s some mixed messages from federal agencies about exactly who is eligible. let s go to josh lederman standing by for us. welcome you to on this sunday, josh. what are we hearing from the cdc about this today? if you re confusing about what exactly the cdc is recommending at this point, you re in good company. it s fair to say there s been a lot of confusion over the last few days with the fda saying one thing, the cdc saying something else, and amid this alphabet
president biden returns from a weekend getaway and addresses the united nations dental simile. kevin corke taking a closer look. good evening. is the old saying goes, when it rains it pours and in the case of the biden white house from day-to-day teams like they are careening from crisis to crisis. not necessarily uncommon for a new white house, for this it administration it seems especially so. most americans return to work after the weekend at 9:00 a.m., joe biden today sauntered into the white house at around noon, or reflection perhaps have been weary week past and the promise of more political potholes he had to come. consider the ongoing border crisis. botched booster shot rollout, surging inflation and a stock market slide to say nothing of the looming debt ceiling standoff. followed over the deadly drone strike and americans left behind