steve: how tall are you? 6 8 , woe. ted was in the nba for, what 15 years? he really did a great job. brian: have a program you go right from the league. ainsley: stright fox news. brian: here for 10 years. ainsley: ted, did you play basketball? yes. how did that work out for you, ted? i m here. [laughter] brian: fantastic. ainsley: we glad you are. ted is one of the nicest guys. how many years have you been here, ted? 15. steve: welcome back to ted talk. [laughter] brian: very inspirational. steve: today is one week before christmas eve. ainsley: gosh. steve: so thank you very much for joining us and at the end of today s telecast, we re actually putting together our year end where you see all the stuff that s going to be coming up. brian: not today. steve: one day soon. brian: got to keep people off balance. not tell you exactly when. just be ready, fire up your vcr. steve: 8:00 last night. brian: tell us what s on. steve: meanwhile, let s talk about something that
Vaccines for our children as young as 5 a good idea. dr. saphier joins us now. good morning, ainsley. ainsley: good morning. let s tackle j and j a lot of americans who have already been vaccinated they are worried because they have gotten the j and j. what do they do when it comes to booster shots. ainsley, what s taking over the news of the morning is that the fda, now the cdc has put forth new clinical preferences. not any strong wording but really they have said that they recommend that adults receive the mrna vaccine pfizer and moderna over johnson & johnson. pretty par for the pandemic is that he they re months behind canada and several european nations because as there were reports of this very specific clotting disorder, other countries decided to tailor their recommendations. what it turns out data when you look at it 4 per 1 million patients who get the johnson & johnson vaccine are developing these rare clotting disorders.