and moment of truth as a divide in the party throws the president s agenda into question. we ought not talk about these numbers. let s talk about what needs to be done. but can democratic governors get it done. i will speak with jim clyburn ahead. as president biden tries to refocus on his legislative agenda, pushing through a massive $3.5 trillion spending bill that could define his presidency . only furthering confusion, for so many americans, as the pandemic hits another horrifying milestone this week, one in 500 americans have died from the virus, more than 673,000 people represented here on the national mall with flags for each death. this debate over boosters comes as the biden administration is on its heels, with a number of of crises of its own doing, facing a devastating acknowledgment from the pentagon friday that a drone strike in afghanistan killed ten civilians, a surge of migrants at the southern border leaving thousands of people, mostly from haiti, huddl
call type move. plus, moment of truth, democrats major policy priorities on the line this week as the divide in the party throws the president s agenda into question. we ought not to be talking about these numbers, let s talk about what needs to be done. but can democratic leaders get it done. i ll speak to house majority whip jim clyburn ahead. hello, i m jack tapper, where the state of our union is trying to figure out if we re going to need to get boosters or not as president biden tries to refocus on his legislative agenda. pushing toward a massive spending bill that could define his presidency. the biden administration is coming off yet another difficult week tomorrow, september 20th. marks the week the biden administration had planned to begin giving covid booster shots to the general public. instead an advisory panel to the fda voted no on friday, no on recommending booster shots to everyone after six months. recommending, instead, boosters only for those 65 a
his state has the highest covid death rate in the country. plus, moment of truth. democrats major policy priorities on the line this week as a divide in the party throws the president s agenda into question. we ought not to be talking about these numbers, let s talk about what needs to be done. but can democratic leaders get it done. i ll speak to house majority whip jim clyburn ahead. hello, i m jack tapper, where the state of our union is trying to figure out if we re going to need to get boosters or not as president biden tries to refocus on his legislative agenda. pushing toward a massive $3.5 trillion spending bill that could define his presidency. the biden administration is coming off yet another difficult week. tomorrow, september 20th. marks the week the biden administration had planned to begin giving covid booster shots to the general public. instead an advisory panel to the fda voted no on friday, no on recommending booster shots to everyone after six
infections 42% of the time. modern moderna s was 67%. that was for infection. both vaccines provided very strong protection against hospitalizations and deaths. i want to dig into all of this and bring in kerry sanders in ft. lauderdale, florida. mayor steve adler is joining us from austin, texas. and from the children s hospital in philadelphia is on the fda vaccine advisory committee so i have a whole lot of questions for you, doctor, if i got the pfizer vaccine and i hear it is only 42% effective, i m a little freaked out. can you give us some context? how worried should we be? not worried. i think what you want from these vaccines you is want them to protect you against moderate severe critical disease. the kind of disease that caused you to seek medical appointment or to go to the hospital or worse. and this vaccine, these vaccines, the mrna and johnson&johnson remain very good at doing that. you can t expect this kind of vaccine also to be highly effective against hig
this was a watershed event. the affordable care act is here to stay. reporter: what the decision tells us about trump s three nominees. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m abby philip. president biden had a chance to hone his diplomatic skills at last week s summit with vladimir putin and he ll need them to be sharp in the critical days ahead for his top domestic priorities. among them is voting rights, scheduled for a key senate vote this tuesday. senator joe manchin made a last ditch appeal to republicans for a narrower plan than most democrats want but a key player stacey abrams says she can live with it. if joe manchin and the u.s. senators who support this legislation are willing to come together on a compromise we will make progress. we will help to continue to ensure access to democracy for as many americans as possible. the reality is it is still dead in the water without republican