my voice? that is huge for parents and for kids who are going back to school and pfizer is hopeful the vaccine will be available very soon. we intend to submit the data by the end of the month and then, of course, it will be up to the fda to review that data and determine whether the screen can be released for broad use. we hope that that will go expeditiously. and this pfizer news comes amid new questions about booster shots. remember, it was this week the biden administration said they would start giving boosters to everyone, but now an fda panel has put the brakes on that idea and the question now is what do we do next? i want to dig deeper into all of this and bring in cnbc s senior health and science reporter meg tirrell, nbc s gabe gutierrez in spokane, washington, and dr. kavita patel former policy director of the obama white house. meg, give us the school on the pfizer vaccine. you can hear how excited i am. what is the timeline for when we can actually get our ki
and police in new jersey are going door-to-door, checking on those missing, remind people in five northeast states are dead after catastrophic flooding. storm ravaged louisiana, and the booster shot plan expected to start september 20 could be scaled back. health officials say that more time is needed to determine the proper dosage. the air force is announcing the mandatory that means and guidelines for active duty personnel. but we begin with the americans and special immigrant visa holders stranded and desperate in afghanistan as congress is pressing the defense department to submit a plan on how to evacuate those left behind. the white house admits that some of those have shown up on the watch lists. reporter: that s right, the secretary alejandro majorca spoke out about a derogatory background of some of the people entering the country. but others have been flagged actually on terror watch lists. we deny information that is not resolved and we do not feel confident in t
remnants in the south and the northeast. we have fox team coverage bryan llenas is in manville, new jersey where a banquet hall damaged in the storm exploded this morning. we begin with correspondent jeff paul in new orleans with president biden s visit to louisiana. good evening, jeff. yeah, mike. here in new orleans french quarter power is slowly flipping back on but throughout the state hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity. let alone water and gas. and in some cases without a place to call home. nearly a week after it ripped through louisiana, the grip of hurricane ida s impact continues to tighten. power lines toppled, lines stretched long, some houses just pieces of their original form. on friday, president joe biden got his first glimpse of the widespread destruction. we also know there is a heck of a lot more work to do and that s why we re here today. welcome to the state by governor john bel edwards, president biden toured one of the
u.s. capitol police say the force is closely monitoring plans for gathering september 18th. associated press say sources show extremist groups plan to attend the rally, designed to demand justice for the hundreds of people charged in connection with january s insurrection. the associated press adds that discussions are under way about whether to reinstall the fence put up around the capitol after the riot, and politico reports that new court filing shows prosecutors who reviewed body cam footage concluded the rioters committed more than 1,000 assaults on federal officers. in texas, ban on abortion after six weeks is raising fears about the future of roe v. wade. new measure is strictest state level abortion ban that went into effect after the supreme court did not act on a request to block it. private individuals can sue anyone who performs an abortion or helps a woman obtain one. white house wasted no time in voicing objections to the ban. this extreme texas law blatantly
of two more events at the olympic games. the strain of the delta variant on america s health care system is already beginning to be felt in the hospitals. a grim sequel to the darkest days of the pandemic. an average 67,000 new cases turning up daily and trending higher. a year ago, new cases were at about the same level but trending down. the centers for disease control says the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and can cause severe illness. unlike earlier variants, a single case of delta has the potential to infect many more people. health experts say the unvaccinated are, of course, at most risk. and right now that s about half of american adults. unless those vaccination numbers come up soon, u.s. president joe biden says tighter restrictions are likely. in all probability by the way, we had a good day yesterday. almost a million people got vaccinated. about half a million of those people for the first time. i m hopeful that people are beginning to realiz