so i don t accidentally expose anyone at work. that s why i m here. nothing to worry about. i m sorry i don t know how to do makeup so my face looks like a light bulb with eyebrows, i will try to fix that in time for tomorrow night s show, but no promises. i ll see you again then. way too early with jonathan le mire is up next. is up next. new reporting on donald trump s efforts to overturn the election and how he bounced from one government agency to another seeking someone to help his effort. the question is, who are the key players that reportedly kept him from seizing voting machines. plus, diplomats for the u.s. and russia clash as the u.n. security council meets over the escalating crisis on the ukrainian border. the question is, where do things stand now? and new reporting that pfizer is expected to seek emergency approval for its covid vaccine for young children. the question is, how soon could it be available?
be sure to follow the show at jdbalartmsnbc. thank you for your time. we continue with more news right now. good tuesday morning, everybody. hi. i m in for craig melvin. we ve got threats made at more than a dozen historically black colleges and universities across the country at the start of black history month. plus, a massive fire at a north carolina plan forces thousands of people from their homes and the breaking news parents have been waiting for, myself included. pfizer getting ready to submit its vaccine for emergency approval for kids younger than 5 years old according to a person with knowledge of the plan. how soon could these kids, could our kids get the shot? also, in the last 30 minutes or
. tomorrow, everybody, an emotional look at the january 6th insurrection, love and the constitution documents congressman jaime raskin who just days after losing his son led former president trump s second impeachment trial. sunday at 10:00 eastern right here on msnbc. you don t want to miss it. still ahead, everybody, vaccines for kids under 5 years of age. which the shot could get an emergency approval from the fda for that group and why so many parents are still hesitant. the for that group and why so many parents are still hesitant coming up on american voices, republican extremism on display,rncdeclaring january 6th, quote, legitimate political discourse. plus the covid end game. how we and the biden administration get there. that and much more ahead, 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. there that and much more ahead, 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc.
vaccine, widely used here. that has gone through initial clinical trials, 44,000 people involved, used widely across the world in this country as well. the world health organization say it is safe and effective. more widely speaking about vaccines, 60% of the world now, this figure is huge, have had at least one dose of a covid vaccine, they have been used for 14 or 15 months now, proven to be safe and effective. 0bviously with any medicine there can be side effects, but in this case, the case of the pfizerjab and the other main vaccines being used, they tend to be very mild, things like a sore arm rather than anything serious. people who are against the vaccine for whatever reason say, but long term, we do not know. we were in a pandemic, it was an emergency situation, we had to develop these vaccines quickly. the pfizer vaccine was given emergency approval to begin with.
omicron variant. this new drug can be used to treat mild to moderate cases in patients as young as 12 years old. let s bring in an msnbc contributor and founding director of the national center for disaster preparedness at columbia university. welcome, sir, it s good to see you. as i start with your reaction to pfizer rolling back their request for the fda to approve their covid vaccine for kids under the age of 5. what do you think s behind that? yeah, hi, alex. sorry, i think my picture s a little frozen here. but here s the point. this is a little bit of, you know, vaccine drama here. we have pfizer out of the blue repealing, pulling back their request to the fda to get this emergency approval for vaccine for children under the age of 4 and under. and this is a problem because many parents were expecting to be able to get their young children protected by as early as next week, and now we probably won t see that approval coming before april.