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
a personal level. it was true that my first days in the senate when i needed help very badly and it was through my last days in the senate as well. in 2008 fritz and i became close friends and i sought his counsel many times. i was asked to join the ticket with barack obama. i was, as i usually was, on amtrak going home. i commuted every day. they later told me over 220,000 miles on amtrak they should name a station after me. he called me after it was clear he was the de facto nominee. he said he would like me to join him on the ticket or at least consider it. could he do a background check on me. would have to do that background check, and i said, no, thanks. barack. i thought he was dragging that bloody cloth through the senate like presidential nominees do to get everybody excited and involved. there s only one other person i m considering. ba barack, i don t want to be vice president. he said why? i said, basically just stand by equipment. i said what i want to do and b
coming out or anything like that. a big celebration expected today. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on social media. you can watch clips online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, the house on fire. republicans impeach homeland security secretary mayorkas on its second try by one vote over a policy dispute. no evidence of wrongdoing. the immigration issue driving democrats to a special election victory in new york, flipping a seat in long island held by george santos. craig melvin s one on one with nikki haley, hitting back at donald trump. the problem now is, he is not the same person he was in 2016. he is unhinged. he is more diminished. richard engel in ukraine as president biden slams donald trump for pressuring the house to block critical funding for the war. no other pr
ukraine. we just hope they can come to yes. we will have the second vote if the first vote fails. former house speaker nancy pelosi will join me here. plus, hamas responds with its demands to free the hostages as secretary blinken is in israel trying to push for a compromise. netanyahu s response coming up live this hour. none of the above. nikki haley loses the nevada primary to the swing state s unique ballot option of rejecting all the candidates. donors keep her challenge going to donald trump. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. nancy pelosi joins me in a few moments. first, we start with one of her successors, mike johnson, and his shocking losses in the house last night. republicans thought they had two sure wins with two votes late tuesday. the majority failed to impeach homeland secretary mayorkas and they failed to pass a bill for aid to israel. speaker johnson speaking about the failures moments ago. last night was a setback. democracy is messy.
after a service in her majesty s honor, king charles iii is about to address members of the scottish parliament after receiving their condolences. earlier on this fourth day of national mourning, the new king walking behind the hearse carrying his mother s coffin draped with a scottish flag alongside his siblings. before departing for scotland in london this morning, king charles addressed members of the british parliament, promising to follow his mother s example. the late majesty pledged herself to serve her country and her people and to maintain the precious principles of constitutional government which lie at the heart of our nation. she set an example of selfless duty, which with god s help and your counsels, i am resolved faithfully to follow. president biden and the first laid did will be traveling to london over the weekend to represent the united states at next monday s funeral services. today, the president is in boston where he will be promoting the bipartisan