we must all band together for the sake of humanity itself. today many of the concerns cannot be solved or even addressed through the force of arms. bombs and bullets cannot defend against covid-19 or its future variants. to fight this pandemic we need a collective act of science and political will. ending this pandemic, addressing the climate crisis, managing the shifts in global power dynamics, shaping the roles of the world on vital issues like trade, cyber, and emerging technologies, and facing the threat of terrorism as it stands today. where we apply and strengthen the core tenets of the international system, including the charter and declaration of human rights as we seek to shape the emergence of new technologies and deter new threats. or will we allow those universal principles to be trampled and twisted in the pursuit of naked political power? simply put, we stand in inflection point in history. an inflection point and also a threatening point in the u.s., with s
approval for younger kids can t come soon enough. for elementary school aged kids, pfizer tested a much lower vaccine dose. a third of the amount that s in shots for teens and adults. but doctors say that low dose in kids produced the same strong levels of antibodies with fewer side effects. pfizer says it plans to seek u.s. authorization by the end of the month. and once it does, the data will have to be examined by the fda and the cdc. and the timing appears to be in line with what dr. fauci said, his prediction of shots by late fall or early winter. so the company wanted to find a dose that would be very tolerable in the young kids while still providing adequate efficacy, efficacy on par with what we were seeing in older populations. hopefully this dose strikes that balance. fda will have to make the careful review. assuming that the fda s review takes from four to six weeks, which is what they ve signaled, a vaccine for children could be available as soon as the end of
at a local hospital after ejecting from the plane before the crash, and at least three other people on the ground suffered injuries and retreated at the scene. we heard from officials who said miraculously that no of the residents of the three homes that were impacted were actually injured. images from the scene of the crash showing parts of the military jet and some of the damage to the structures. our office, our communications center received a call at 10:53 this morning in reference to a downed military aircraft between the 4,000 block of tejas and damage at all. our police units responded and initial units report that had one pilot had ejected and was caught in some power lines and another pilot had ejected and was found in the neighborhood nearby. cnn s camila burnal is covering this for us. what more do we know? reporter: hey, fred, so let s sort of recap. we know that this was a military training mission. it s unclear exactly what this mission was, but it ended
his job. we re keeping a close eye on an fda advisory committee as it will vote soon whether to recommend the agency approve a third dose of the pfizer vaccine for people ages 16 and older. we are monitoring this meeting and will bring you the result of that vote as soon as we get it into the newsroom. meantime, authorities say they have a strong plan in place to prevent violence during a rally planned for tomorrow at the u.s. capitol in support of hundreds of people arrested in connection with the january 6th riot. all this as house democrats learn more about what is in the house version of the 3.5 trillion reconciliation bill that aims to expand the social safety net and fight climate change. it appears president biden has so far been unable to get west virginia senator joe manchin on board with that plan. related to the august 29th air strike taken in kabul, he will stick around for some questions. i will moderate the questions as we have done before. since we have pre
its version of the 3.5 trillion reconciliation bill expanding the social safety net and fighting climate change. we re going to talk about where thing goes from here with chris van hollen. a short time ago, president biden outlined the plan to make big corporations and the wealthy pay more in taxes to boost the economy and strengthen the middle class in this country. saying that it is the right thing to do. it s not to punish anyone. i m a capitalist. if you can make a million or a billion dollars, that s great. god bless you. all i m asking is you pay your fair share. as the f.d.a. s vaccine advisory committee prepares to decide whether to recommend vaccine booster shots, we ll look at how leaders are working to overcome vaccine hesitancy. and while many fled or sought to flee taliban rule in afghanistan, we re going to talk live to one of the leaders who stayed behind to make sure that the taliban uphold their promise to respect women s rights. but we begin this hour in