altman, pediatrician and spokesperson for the american academy of pediatrician and dr. lena nguyen also with us. dr. altman, i want to start with you, the impact of this announcement. sure. you know, i think this is really exciting, as a pediatrician and parent of a 6-year-old who is the only child in my household not yet vaccinated, this will make a huge difference in the fight against covid-19 and parents, pediatricians and teachers are waiting for this. it is very needed and i think the data looks good and i m waiting for the fda and i hope they will thoroughly and aggressively review this data, so when it is time and appropriate, we can get shots in arms into our younger kids. dr. nguyen, this is a robust antibody response pfizer said and shows safety among the 2,000-plus kids in the trial. it doesn t get into efficacy, 90% effective against prep venting infection. what do you want to see when you pore through this data? i agree this is exciting news. so many parent
want to know, when is it available for 5 to 11 years old. and the short answer is could be in about a month. and that is creating a split sort of reaction from parents. some of whom say, look, the time is now and others who say, it should be waiting. reporter: the long wait for a covid-19 vaccine for children is a step closer to reality. this after pfizer announced today it s vaccine is safe for five to 11-year-olds and shows a robust antibody response. i think this is exciting, as a pediatrician and parent of a 6-year-old, the only one not vaccinated, i think it is a huge difference in the fight against covid-19 and participants and teachers are waiting for them. reporter: they plan to get emergency thorgsz as soon as possible. as f all goes well for pfizer, it could be available for 5 to 11-year-olds by halloween. depends on how long it takes to review the application, a four week or a six week review, you could have a vaccine available to children as early by the
we were wrong. the family of a young man who is a person of interest in his missing girlfriend is missing himself. all i want is for her to come home safe and sound and for this to be a big misunderstanding. i m pamela brown in washington on this saturday. you are in the cnn newsroom. it s great to have you along with us on this busy saturday. we want to begin with breaking news from outer space. the world s first all-civilian space flight is making its way home right now, as we speak, splashdown for the inspiration 4 mission is about an hour away. these are not the kinds of resumes you would normally see for a space crew. a community college teacher, physician s assistant, aerospace employee who won his seat in a raffle, and a billionaire ceo who put up his own money to make all of this happen with the help of spacex. all of them are or biorbiting t earth after blasting off wednesday night without a professional astronaut on board. let s go straight to cnn s kristi
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in support of the capitol insurrectionists. an unclassified briefing from the department of homeland security is warning of potential attacks hours before tomorrow s rally. former president trump is now defending the very rioters who stormed the seat of america s democracy and beat police officers, trump claims that these rioters in his view are being unfairly persecuted despite the hours and hours of video that we ve seen very clearly so many times with our own eyes showing the actual truth of that horrific day. unlike january 6, though, the u.s. capitol this time is on high alert this morning. a massive fence perimeter is up, law enforcement is on alert. cnn s whitney wild is live outside of the capitol with the very latest. whitney, what are you seeing and what are you hearing about the threats ahead of this rally. reporter: we re continuing to see a significant law enforcement presence here right outside of the capitol as well as the what we know is that capitol polic