That review published in one of the most prestigious medical journals, the lancet, saying even with the delta variant, eas efficacy against severe disease is so high already that a third shot is not needed right now. Erica, looking at this report, it seems first thing is first, which is focus on the unvaccinated now before you focus on getting a booster shot to the vaccinated. I agree that s exactly what it sounds like in reading that. Let s get to medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. To be clear, this a group of scientists here. They re not suggesting that the science has changed. The vaccines still work, as we know. They re looking at the broader issue of the pandemic. They re really looking at both, erica. What they re saying is that the science isn t telling us that a booster is necessary. They re saying that two shots the two shots that so many of us already got, that it works against preventing hospitalization. You might still get infected with covid19, but that two shots are v
Brianna keilar. And the breaking news scenes of chaos in afghanistan as the government there has collapsed. The taliban has taken control of the capital after a stunningly rapid sweep through the country. It happened much faster than the biden administration predicted or promised. And it has led to heart breaking images like this, this morning at the airport in kabul. Hundreds of people flooding the tarmac, desperate to leave, literally chasing a plane. At this moment, u. S. Embassy officials are warning americans who are still in the city not to travel to the airport because it s unsafe, but as of now, it s the only way to get out. The u. S. Has dispatched 1,000 more combat troops to secure the perimeter at the airport and help get american diplomatic personnel and others safely evacuated, if they can. The u. S. Embassy has been evacuated. Other countries at this moment rushing to do the same. Now president biden has been monitoring the situation from camp david over the weekend but h
Waiting for word of any injuries. It s on collins avenue in surf side, outside of miami beach, a large unit built in 1981 called champagne towers south condo. The collapse was first reported at 2:00 in the morning. Undoubtedly people asleep in the building at that time. No word on casualties but we ll have a live report in a moment. Let s turn to potential break through on infrastructure talks. A group of senators has agreed to a framework and will head to the white house to meet with president biden today. Specifics of the deal, including how it will be paid for have not been released. Lawmakers did seem optimistic when they left a closed door meeting with white house officials last night. Republicans and democrats have come together, along with the white house, and we ve agreed on a framework. And we re going to be heading to the white house tomorrow. Let s bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent, host of way too early, kasie hunt. Also with us, mike barnicle, jonathan lemire, t
insurrection, that same page was on full display. there was no insurrection and to call it an insurrection is a boldface lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through the hall showed people in an orderly fashion showing ropes taking videos of pictures. if you didn t know the tv footage was a video from january 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. out right propaganda and lies are being used to unleash the national security state against law-abiding u.s. citizens especially trump voters. as a result the doj is harassing peaceful patriots across the country. it was trump supporters who lost their lives that day not trump supporters who were taking the lives of others. when i see this sheet on a timeline and on the, let s see, okay, at 2:07 a mob of trump supporters reached the steps that is trump supporters and had the media saying the same thing and fire extinguisher which he was not but i don t know who did th
for more than a week, though, republicans insisted that wasn t why she lost her leadership position. that it was about something else. about making sure everybody in the party was on the same page. just hours after cheney lost her position at a house oversight hearing on the january-6th insurrection. that same page was on full display. there was no insurrection and to call it an insurrection, in my opinion, is a bold-faced lie. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol, and walked through statuary hall, showed people in an orderly fashion, staying between the ropes, taking videos and pictures. you know, if you didn t know the tv footage was a video from january the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal-tourist visit. outright propaganda and lies are being used to unleash the national-security state against law-abiding u.s. citizens, especially trump voters. as a result, the doj has harassing harassing peaceful patriots across the country. it was