Todd: back away from the trophy, brady, don t even think about it. A stern warning as another championship trophy heads to tampa. Championship friday. Fox and friends first starts right now. Good morning, good friday morning, best news if you re just waking up, you made it through the week, it is friday, you are watching fox and friends first. Todd: what are you doing getting ready this morning? you are a very tiny person. Carley: i was at my desk typing, doing the normal stuff. It must have been somebody else. I blame ashley strohmeyer. Todd: hhs secretary xavier becerra backtracking a comment in which he stated was the government s business to know if americans have been vaccinated. Carley: lauren blanchard joins us with more as a study shows vaccination for kids and teens may not be necessary. Reporter: the study suggests kids are likely to survive a covid 19 infection with or without a vaccine. Health and human services secretary facing backlash after he said it was the government
The olympics announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. I m peter alexander in for lester tonight what could be major news in the fight against covid. Pfizer now says a booster shot of its current vaccine strongly extends protection against the virus. They re also developing a booster intended to target the rapidly spreading delta variant, now the dominant strain here in the u. S pfizer reports a third dose would likely be needed between six months and a year after you re fully vaccinated, the fda still to weigh in. Miguel almaguer has the breaking details reporter: tonight pfizer says a booster shot, a third dose of its current vaccine, could offer americans five to ten times more protection against covid, given six months after the second dose pfizer believes those inoculated would be highly protected against the delta variant, which is now exploding across the u. S. The company expects to deliver new data to the fda within weeks and is also working to develop
We wa nt we want to sort out issues in the protocol. We think there are practical steps we can take to do that. The city of liverpool is stripped of its world heritage status by unesc. The perils of unregulated beauty treatment like botox and fillers one mp says the industry is like the wild west. Brilliant! the gb women s football team off to a flying start at the tokyo olympics with a 2 0 win over chile. And coming up on the bbc news channel, a new format for new audiences cricket s hundred tournament gets under way later as eight new city based teams fight for the big prize. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. France will double the number of police patrolling its beaches as part of a deal with the uk to stem the number of migrants crossing the english channel. The british government will pay france more than £54 million as a part of a new agreement between the two countries. The number of people crossing the channel this year has already overtaken the total for
At xfinitymobile. Com/mysavings or visit an xfinity store to learn how our switch squad makes it easy to switch and save hundreds. A very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports as we give you a look at what we saw transpire in the desert of new mexico today and frankly 50 miles above us here on earth we have seen billionaire richard branson launch his unity 2 spacecraft. He got suborbital flight. There you see the eve mother ship as it came in for a landing half an hour or 40 minutes ago. We re awaiting a press conference that richard branson and those three astronauts with him all employees of virgin galactic and the two pilots. We ll have a press conference with them. Tom costello is making his way to that press conference and we ll take a listen to some of the details of what transpired in suborbital flight. A first, extraordinary accomplishment on this july sunday here. We have other developing stories to get to at this hour.
Erupting on the streets of cuba. And a terrifying kidnapping attempt caught on tape. A 5yearold boy snatched from the street in new york. We ll show you the video. Travel plans put on pause. Americans facing lengthy wait times for passports, as the state department deals with a massive backlog. What you need to know for your vacation plans. It is saturday, july 17th. Thank you so much for waking up with us, good morning, amara. Good morning, boris, my coffee just kicked in. I m ready to roll. My apple juice is nearby. As you all know, love some apple juice in the morning. Wish we had better news to start with. It is a family of the unvaccinated. That s how the cdc is describing the state of the covid crisis in the united states, as lagging vaccination rates threaten the progress the united states has made in the fight to eradicate coronavirus. For the first time since january, cases are rising in all 50 states. And the outlook is much worse in the parts of the country struggling to get