This authorization from the fda for a third shot for severely immunocompromised folks? this authorization for an additional dose, many immunocompromised say this gives them peace of mind. It is great to be recognized. So they finally feel heard. And these are patients who may not have had an in the adequate immune response after receiving a first or second dose after receiving the pfizer or moderna vaccine. So with the fda authorization, the fda said these people are eligible, solid organ recipients or those diagnosed with a equivalent level of immunocompromise. And they take immunosuppressive drugs to reject the new organ and those drugs could be the reason why some may not have an adequate response after a first and second dose. Now for the general population, erica, for everyone else, health officials say they re still looking at data to determine if or when a booster shot might be necessary. So acting fda commissioner dr. Janet wooddock said this overnight. She said, quote, today s
The taliban is defeating afghan security forces at an alarming rate. Taking control of large swaths of the country. So far 17 provincial capitals, including kandahar with strategic and symbolic importance now fallen to the taliban. The pentagon is sending 3,000 u. S. Troops to help evacuate and as fears grow the taliban could soon seize the afghanistan capital. It is unraveling faster than president biden and many of his national security advisers anticipated. In fact, this is just over a month ago. Listen to the president. The jury is still out. But the likelihood there is going to be the taliban over running everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. We have every angle of this breaking story covered. Let s begin with nick paton walsh on the the latest in afghanistan. Nick, as the united states prepares to leave that country, thousands of american troops are headed back in. They re going to help with a really complicated and poten potentially dangerous process of eva
Very good friday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. A father s desperate plea. Don t make the same mistake i did. He said this morning right here on cnn. A man speaking from his bed while on oxygen. Struggling to breathe. Travis campbell wishes he and his family had gotten vaccinated. He s asking other parents now to get themselves and their children vaccinated right away. Just so thankful that i pray that people will just really stop and evaluate what is the value of your decisions on your life. There is more people unvaccinated than they are vaccinated. And we, we ve got to have value of life. We got to be able to trust our doctors. I m so blessed and thankful to be surrounded by my children. And i pray that other fathers an single moms and single dads, single grandparents, please evaluate your situation and get vaccinated for others. Please listen. Please listen. Mr. Campbell s change of heart is not unique. We ve heard from numerous health professionals who have been having sick unva
The good economic numbers are also matched with warning signs, big ones. That it could be short lived. The number of daily cases and here is why the number of daily cases rose to 103,000 on wednesday and a surge that has not shown an end in sight with implications for all of us and everywhere. Phil mattingly is joining me now for more on it from the white house. Phil, what are we expecting to hear from the president any moment now? reporter: there is no question he will focus on economic report. They acknowledged that when you deg through the data of this report, there is not a lot that you could be uncomfortable with or worried about. The top line number was bigger than analysts estimates heading into the report. Wage growth is solid. Upward revisions in may and june. The president is going to want to talk about all of those things and try and make the point that he believes it is an acknowledgment that his program is working. Yes, the infrastructure proposal moving through the senate
In the fight against the pandemic. New cases are spiking nation b nationwide. Tomorrow president biden is expected to announce that all federal employees will be required to get vaccinated or undergo regular testing. Why? because vaccines work and because it might be our only way out of this, according to dr. Anthony fauci. All of this could be avoided if we get the overwhelming proportion of the population vaccinated. We have 100 million people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who have not g gotten vaccinated. If you want to end this back and forth, let s get the overwhelming portion of the population vaccinated and all of this will go away because the virus won t have any room to change, to mutate, to become a different variant. On top of the president s announcement coming tomorrow requiring all federal workers to get vaccinated or undergo mandatory testing, we just learned that new york governor andrew cuomo will require all health care workers to get the vaccine.