the southern border horrific, as the administration begins deporting thousands of haitian migrants. wall street sell off: what caused the steep drop in the dow? christmas in jeopardy? dozens of fully loaded cargo ships carrying everything from toys to furniture sit offshore. what s causing the delay. major eruption: homes destroyed, evacuations, ordered as rivers of lava flow through a spanish island. and, unifying america, a new memorial to heal the wounds from a terrible crime more than a century ago. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, thank you for joining us this busy monday night. important news for millions of parents, pfizer says its covid vaccine is safe, and works at a lower dose for children 5 to 11 years old. the company says it will seek emergency use authorization and shots could be available as soon as halloween. it s a big development right now, children
nasty flood before everyone even gets their power back from the previous storm. welcome to the lead. i m 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 don t 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 re
today joe biden makes a final campaign pitch for the california governor. voters decide if gavin newsom stays or goes and even before the votes are counted, the top republican insists outcome is rigged. and former president donald trump spends the day, many are clearly worried a 2024 run would bring another defeat. we begin the hour, though, with the covid crisis and the nation s biggest back-to-school challenge. new york city today, right now, 1 million students back in the classroom for full-time in-person learning. this as experts say there is hope vaccines will be authorized for kids age 5 to 11 by halloween. there is a vaccine mandate for teachers in new york, but the deadline is not by today. polo sandoval is tracking this very big day for us in new york city. polo. reporter: john, good afternoon to you, those students are well into the first days of classes. some parents did decided to take the city s offer up on sending their children to school for in-person learn
scotland s first minister says the nhs is under more pressure than ever before with scotland seeing its highest level of covid infections since estimates began. nicola sturgeon said only a foolish leader would rule out having to introduce more restrictions including extending the new vaccination passport scheme. in england, the culture secretary 0liver dowden has said that vaccine passports will almost certainly be required this autumn along with boosterjabs for the elderly and vulnerable. here s our health editor hugh pym. a pop up testing site in glasgow this week. as scottish infections increase, the first minister has told bbc news that covid has contributed to increasing strain on hospitals. i have never known a period where the nhs has been under pressure that is as intense as it is right now. right now? right now, and that is ahead of winter. vaccine passports will be required in scotland at nightclubs and some large events from october 1st. nicola sturgeon didn
and we meet this year s mercury prize winner, singer songwriter arlo parks, who itjust 20 years old. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in his most sweeping act yet, president biden has set out a series of radical measures to get more americans vaccinated against covid 19. it follows a surge in cases of the fast spreading delta variant. all federal government workers will have to be innoculated as will businesses with more than a hundred employees. mr biden expressed frustration at the 80 million americans who are still notjabbed, saying they were causing hospitals to become overcrowded, and he appealed to them to get the shot. what more is there to wait for? what more do you need to see? the vaccine has fda approval. more than 200 million with at least one shot. we have been patient, but patience is wearing thin. and refusal has cost all of us, so please, do the right thing. listen to the voices of unvaccinated americans. taking their final brea