Hello, im lauren taylor. We begin this hour in the united states, where President Biden has told reporters he feels good despite Testing Positive for covid. The virus, which hes had twice before, forced him to cancel a Campaign Speech he was due to give in Las Vegas. The White House says Mr Biden Will Self isolate at his home in delaware where hell continue his duties. Before his diagnosis, President Biden gave a Television Interview saying, for the first time, that he would consider dropping out of the election if any of his doctors said he had a medical condition. There have been repeated calls for Mr Biden not to run for a second term after a poor performance in his Tv Debate against Donald Trump. Us media says the top two democrats in congress have both expressed concern to him that his candidacy could negatively impact other House And Senate races. In a statement about his covid diagnosis, the white House Press Secretary said, he will be returning to delaware where he Will Self is
President macron, the french president , to discuss a potential agreement which might allow The Uk to send back some small boat migrants in return for accepting a number of Asylum Seekers from europe. That is potentially something they might announce later on. There also, potentially, a multi million Pound Package that we might hear about later to support eu measures to stop migrants coming from africa. I cant quite tell. Have actually taking the photograph . I think so. Theyre all going to be wandering back in. Its a dramatic setting there for that big meeting of european leaders. Lets leave that now. We will of course bring you the speeches and News Conferences throughout the day and you can catch up on our website. We have got continuous coverage of the meeting. That will be updated and my colleague will bring you up later on. Lets move on now to other news. Palestinians in the last 2a hours. These are the latest pictures from across the border in southern israel, showing a large ex
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Journey in our exclusive conversation. This is nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening, everyone todays big news from pfizer, that its vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11 comes as beleaguered parents, schools and hospitals confront an increasing number of Pediatric Covid cases. Nearly 226,000 Child Covid infections reported last week alone. The Pfizer Vaccine for kids tested a smaller dose than what adults are receiving must now pass a rigorous review by the fda before it is approved for emergency use. Once okayed, it opens another avenue of defense against the virus for children and the general population but for some parents, it also forces hard questions, similar to the ones that divided adults to trust the vaccine or not Stephanie Gosk has details. Reporter Elementary Schools could soon be better protected from covid. Pfizer announcing today that its vaccine is safe and effective for children between the ages of 5 and 11 the trial of 2,000 kids showed the
675,000 estimated to have been lost in the 1918 flu pandemic. This is now the deadliest Disease And Mass Death Event in u. S. History. Today there was hope of shielding young children from the virus, that is parents who are willing to give them the vaccine. Pfizer says its vaccine is safe for children 5 to 11. And there has been heat on the Travel Ban over foreign visitors. The White House will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to fly into our country in november. And as mentioned, biden will make his debut at the general assembly tomorrow. This is at a time after the afghanistan withdrawal and when france is angry at us. We are committed to those alliances, the threat of leveling the economic playing field. Those are all issues we will continue to work with our partners on. The president s ambitious push to rebuild the Infrastructure And Safety net is running into the realities of the House And Senate, back in session for the first time since july. Looking to make the president