My voice . That is huge for parents and for kids who are going back to School And Pfizer is hopeful the vaccine will be available very soon. We intend to submit the data by The End of the month and then, of course, it will be up to the fda to review that data and determine whether the screen can be released for broad use. We hope that that will go expeditiously. And this Pfizer News comes amid new questions about Booster Shots. Remember, it was this week the biden administration said they would start giving boosters to everyone, but now an Fda Panel haS Put the brakes on that idea and the question now is what do we do next . I want to dig deeper into all of this and bring in cnbcs senior Health And Science reporter meg tirrell, Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez in spokane, washington, and dr. Kavita patel former Policy Director of the obama White House. Meg, give us The School on the pfizer vaccine. You can hear how excited i am. What is the timeline for when we can actually get our kids these shots
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 dont Want To get ahead of the fda deliberations. The data that ive 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 thats 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 committees 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 whAt The full Fda Committee
The longer it takes to finish, the longer we will be here, but we are going to get the job done. Plus, with infrastructure, the January 6th riot, Voting Rights all right there to focus on, republicans are spending their energy instead on masks, throwing a monumental Temper Tantrum over covering their faces for a few days before vacation. All of that and the story that has gone beyond sports to national conversation about Mental Health and when it is okay to say enough is enough. Simone biles and her decision to pull out of competition at the olympics and the backlash that shes faced from some brave keyboard commandos. I want to start first with the former president s taxes. With that, i want to bring in democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell of new jersey, chairman of the house ways and means subcommittee on oversight, and david farenthold, reporter for the Washington Post and msnbc contributor. Welcome to you guys. Thanks for joining me on a saturday afternoon. Congressman, i want to st
We want to begin with the senates special Saturday Session. The bipartisan group tasked with creating the Infrastructure Bill is still working to finalize the text of the deal right now as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expressing his eagerness to get the legislation on the floor for amendment votes. Ali vitali is on Capitol Hill and has been following it for us. Great to see you this afternoon. Everyone is on the edge of their Seat Waiting for the text to be released. It easily could be about 2,500 pages of text laying out this bill. Any indication were closer to that moment . Reporter yeah, look, it is probably going to be lengthy. They have been working ot for weeks now as this bipartisan group has been negotiating. Theyve been drafting the text along with it. It doesnt mean it is a quick process. Certainly quite the opposite here. Throughout the week weve heard from senators who tried to say the bill is coming in the next hour, the bill is coming tomorrow. That deadline ju
Voting rights was designed to move the needle in terms of Public Opinion on the urgent need for Voting Rights legislation. Thats according to one senior white House Official who told me the topic doesnt show up in most polls of americans concerns yet. Here is a part of the case the president made to The American people. The 21st century jim Crow Assault is real. Its unrelenting. Were going to challenge it vigorously. Its no longer just about who gets to vote or making it easier for eligible voters to vote. Its about who gets to count the vote. Who gets to count whether or not your vote counted at all. Now notably texas democrats who were smack dab in the middle of the Fight Arent calling for a sweeping and potentially polarizing piece of legislation. On this program in this hour yesterday, texas representative Jasmine Crockett said she would take anything that shielded voters from restrictions. What most people dont realize is that if we got just an inch, that would protect us in texas