Team had planned to begin distributing boosters next week, but even if this fda panel signs off, another approval must come from the cdc. President biden s chief medical advisor, dr. Anthony fauci, today suggesting approval is likely. The data that i have seen, i believe strongly suggests that will be the case. Our position about at least planning for the eadventureuation that we might have to give boosters, we vernal have planned very ready to go, pending the decision that s made from a regulatory standpoint. Cnn s senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen is here to explain the arguments for or against boosters, so elizabeth, what are you learning from the meeting today? alisyn, this issue is so hotly contested, because the data just doesn t agree with each other. Let s first look at the argument against boosters. This argument basically says the two shots, the two shots that so many of us have had, they are enough in countries besides israel, and i ll get to israel in a minute.
The end of the vietnam war. And president jerry ford never said a word. Never once. There was no press conference. There was no statement to the country. He issued a written statement after the final helicopter came out. There was none of what we re seeing in these last two weeks. And, so, we have seen two of these. We have seen two big losses after multidecade wars. This is very different from vietnam. And it is actually a good point. We saw the commander today formally announce that the last aircraft was clearing afghan air space. We then saw secretary of state blinken give a formal address to the country explaining things in terms of the diplomatic mission of doing those things. We have just seen tonight a statement from lloyd austin. But now we re going to get another speech on this matter. We have seen several already from president biden. He says he s going to talk about his decision to not extend past august 31st and the military advise he got not to do that and why he thinks it
There was no statement from the country. He issued a written statement out to the final harry cocktail came out. There was not of what we re seeing in these last two weeks, and so, we ve seen two of these, we ve seen two big losses after a multi decade war. This exit is very different from the vietnam exit. And it s actually a good point. We saw the sitcom commander formally announce that the last aircraft was carrying afghan airspace. We then saw blinking give essentially a formal address to the country, explaining things in terms of the diplomatic mission and doing those things. We just seeing tonight statement from secretary of defense lloyd austin that we re going to get another speech. We ve seen several already from president biden. He says he s gonna talk about his decision to not extend past august 31st. And the military obviously it is a lot, sort of a lot of accountability, in terms of people saying yeah, this is me, and this is happening on my watch, and this is why i m doin
Hurricane bearing down on the gulf coast and new orleans specifically. Hurricane ida will be a huge deal over the course of this weekend. You need to keep an eye on it. We re hoping the track turns and that it doesn t end up on the track it looks like it s on tonight. Keep your eyes on that. If you re in the path of potential hurricane ida, please, please pay attention to local evacuation warnings and forecasts. Heed these warnings, this is a big storm. That s going to do it for us for now. It s time for the last word. Jonathan capehart is in for lawrence tonight. It s a big night already, jonathan. It is, you covered a lot of big news. I have to say, i couldn t get ready for tonight s show for the first 30 minutes of your show, listening to you break down the people not trusting the cdc but fully taking recommendations from facebook to take what is it, ivermectin? it can cure head lice and scabies in people or deworm your cow but it does nothing for covid. It is turning into an epidem