Good Morning And Welcome to way too early. The show that speaks french with an australian accent. Im joe. Whether a third dose of the vaccine is safe or even necessary for everyone. Some experts believe there is no need despite a push from pfizer and moderna. Miguel almaguer has the latest. Reporter just hours before the advisory committee will vote on the boosters voicing Support And Opposition over a third dose of Pfizers Vaccine with a Stage Set for a controversial decision, pfizer says their data shows Booster Shots are needed six months after the second dose as protection from infection begins to wane. But its vaccine is hoyly effective in preventing hospitalization and serious illness. Its most critical function. This debate over boosters, is that a road of public confidence in vaccines . Its normal for scientists to not necessarily have consensus around a specific issue. The problem is, were in a very toxic environment now because of all the aggression coming from antivaccine gr
In for brian williams. Day 198 of the biden administration as the nation searches for a way out of the Delta Variant fueled covid surge. The Wall Street Journal has new reporting about Booster Shots. The journal reports the fda excepts to have a strategy for Vaccine Boosters by early next month. One that would detail when and which vaccinated individuals should get the followup shots. Tonight, Vaccine Maker Moderna preparing for boosters. The company says people who received two doses of its vaccine will likely need a third dose before winter. One of the most important things we need to do is actually bring the Delta Variant into the vaccine. And that way were teaching the Immune System what the Delta Variant looks like in our vaccine, just as we did with the prior variants. This is all taking place as the u. S. Reported more than 100,000 new covid cases yesterday. Numbers that have not been seen since february. Hospital admissions are up 41 over the last week. Covid deaths up 39 over
Thats a goal that president biden had hoped to reach on July 4th. This milestone happening as the Delta Covid Variant ravages through the unvaccinated. Were also learning more than 99 of the fully vaccinated arent getting Breakthrough Cases of any kind. Thats according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. So, the breakdown here is that Breakthrough Cases are extremely rare if youre vaccinated. Many City And State Health Officials are trying to urge precautions without forcing them because it could get much worse before it gets better. Reporter across the nation, more vaccines are going into arms. As of sunday more than 700,000 doses administered daily for five days straight. The good news, Health Experts say rising Vaccination Rates could help avoid winter lockdowns. The bad news, there may be rough weeks ahead. Were looking to some Pain And Suffering in the future because were seeing the cases go up. We want to avoid lockdowns at all costs. But that means were going to h
Suicide. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. All right. Lets get straight to our White House, our chief white House Correspondent kaitlan collins. Kaitlan, covid is front and center for President Biden as the country now faces a new surge of cases. Yeah, wolf. And the White House is making a concerted effort to try to correct the messaging after the Cdc Fark sparked a lot of confusion last week when they issued that new Mask Guidance for fully vaccinated americans. And now this week the White House has filled president Bidens Schedule with events related to the pandemic as they are stressing the effectiveness of vaccines given, they say, that right now 90 Million americans who are eligible to get vaccinated still havent done so. With the Delta Variant fueling outbreaks nationwide, President Biden is hitting a key Vaccine Goal Tonight almost one month late. I would say its a significant step that we have hit 70 . Reporter 70 of adults in the u. S. Have now received at least on
Blockbuster new reporting in this yet to be released report bears that out and adds to our understanding of the horrors of January 6th including the new detail that trumps white House Counsel expected trump to be charged with a crime, sedition, on that day. In the new book we learn more about the extreme pressure campaign. Donald trump exerted upon his Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the will of The American people on January 6th. They write this, quote, trump called pence, who was spending the morning at his naval Observatory Residence before heading to the capitol. Pence again explained the legal limits on his authority as Vice President and said he planned to perform his ceremonial duty as prescribed by the constitution. But trump showed no mercy. Quote, you dont have the courage to make a hard decision, he told pence. Its a sentiment he repeated even as the crowds turned violent with the threat mounting. The excerpt says this, quote, as rioters marauded through the capitol, i