and running. that s tangible action on this pandemic. far different from the roadblocks his party faces when it comes to passing votes rights. we ll have the latest from capitol hill, on the bills and rules change senators will vote on tonight. also on the hill, more subpoenas from the january 6th committee. this time aimed at four lawyers and trump aallies. there s a new court filing from new york s attorney general. the ag said we have uncovered significant evidence indicating that the trump organization used fraudulent and misleading asset valuations on multiple properties to obtain economic benefits including loans, insurance coverage, and tax deductions for years. the ag adds her office has not yet decided whether the evidence make merits legal action, so what does it all mean? as we mentioned this morning, some of the most prominent allies of former president trump, those who publicly pushed his false election claims have been subpoenaed by the house committee investiga
yes. just as adults have been getting boosters or children over 16 have been getting boosters, now we re hearing that soon 12 to 15-year-olds will be able to get boosters so let s take a look at the numbers and what it means for this age group. so as we speak about 4 million children ages 12 to 15 are six months past their second shot, meaning once they can get boosters they will be eligible for boosters. another 4.7 million have been vaccinated more recently so that means they would be able to get boosters in the coming months. ryan, really the most important number here is an unfortunate number which is a third of children this age haven t even gotten one shot had. the initial vaccination is even more northern than the booster and more than a third of 12 to 15-year-olds have not even gotten one shot so that needs to be improved, but certainly good news that this age group can get boosters and we know that this helps fight omicron. probably a lot of parents somewhat reli
and unfortunately cancel people for new year s eve. omicron is causing chaos in the airline industry 6,000 flights cancelled around the world over the christmas weekend. hello and welcome to bbc news. the former archbishop of cape town, desmond tutu, the leading anti apartheid campaigner who helped bring down white rule in south africa, has died at the age of 90. desmond tutu was uncompromisingly opposed to violence and was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1984. after nelson mandela became president, he headed the truth and reconciliation commission, investigating the crimes of white rule. nomsa maseko looks back at his life. he was first and foremost a priest, not a politician. but for the best part of half a century, he was the face of reconciliation and south africa s moral compass. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral. the system of this country is evil. desmond mpilo tutu remained outside of party politics, but he used the church as a platform for protest
manchin in a fit of anger and name calling. if he doesn t have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of west virginia and america, let him vote no in front of the whole world. we all knew that senator manchin couldn t be trusted. you know, the excuses as he just made i think are complete [bleep]. bill: he continued to move the goalpost and never negotiated in good faith and obstructing the president s agenda. all i want for christmas is a senator that has compassion for the american people and not contempt. i will be looking for the phone number to the ghost of christmas past, present and future or the email address to see about scrooge on christmas eve. senator manchin. harris: at least the others didn t cuss like omar. senator ben sasse says manchin and kyrsten sinema are the only democrats in touch with reality. the overwhelming majority of the congress knows this bill is crazy even though there are six or seven dems that only say in privat
fauci. we re discussing the news from pfizer as well as the surge in cases from the u.s. from the delta variant. welcome, thank you for being with us. let s begin with your action that this is a preliminary study from pfizer, it still has to be gone over by all of you, but what are you, the scientists here in the u.s., thinking about this? first, it s a laboratory data that would project what you might see clinically. so the proof will be what they think, but it projects accurately what you would see and one of the things that were a concern is would it be protected by the antibodies, and the initial study showed that the effect of the antibodies would diminish substantially. and that was a concern. the pfizer data shows us important information that even though there is an effect of a two-dose vaccine, when you get a booster you get projected protection by about 25 fold. that means people that get boosted off their two-dose mrna should do quite well. that s what we re proj