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a new era in space travel. the question is, are we witnessing a new start of an era in space travel? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that some days would like to buy a one-way ticket to mars. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, september 16th. we ll start with the news. the u.s. has reached another grim milestone in its fight against coronavirus. new data shows that more than one in 500 americans has died from covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, one in 500 americans. according to an nbc news tally, there have been more than 41,689,000 cases. so far 55% are vaccinated. 63% have received one dose. the fda will meet to discuss whether booster shots will be necessary for the majority of adults who are vaccinated. nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer explained. reporter: the battle over boosters as vaccine boosters make their case ahead of friday s fda review of pfizer s booster shot for the general publ ....
away. from one battle to the next, new confusion surrounding covid booster shots as the white house and members of the scientific are at odds. and they re set to make a decision on pfizer s booster shot tomorrow. and spacex just launched four people into orbit for the company s first ever all civilian mission. i speak with a former astronaut about what this means for nasa and the future of space travel ahead. welcome to meet the press daily. i am garrett haake in for chalk todd. the agenda for president biden and democratic leaders in washington is lengthy and filled with long-standing priorities, but they re running into major road blocks, mostly from inside their own party. as deadlines approach, democrats are starting to realize the limits and challenges of three vote majority in the house and fift ee fifth ee senate. the white house likely would have preferred he make the speech weeks ago before afghanistan and delta surge knocked them off message. the bolt ....
its version of the 3.5 trillion reconciliation bill expanding the social safety net and fighting climate change. we re going to talk about where thing goes from here with chris van hollen. a short time ago, president biden outlined the plan to make big corporations and the wealthy pay more in taxes to boost the economy and strengthen the middle class in this country. saying that it is the right thing to do. it s not to punish anyone. i m a capitalist. if you can make a million or a billion dollars, that s great. god bless you. all i m asking is you pay your fair share. as the f.d.a. s vaccine advisory committee prepares to decide whether to recommend vaccine booster shots, we ll look at how leaders are working to overcome vaccine hesitancy. and while many fled or sought to flee taliban rule in afghanistan, we re going to talk live to one of the leaders who stayed behind to make sure that the taliban uphold their promise to respect women s rights. but we begin this h ....
the question is, did you hear what mike pence did? some of broadway s biggest shows reopen, hamilton, wicked resumed performances last night. 18 months after coronavirus forced broadway to close. broadway is back. but the question is, is it back to normal? it s way too early for this. good morning, welcome to way too early, the show that has always been a rumor in the house. we ll start with the news, california governor gavin newsom survived an attempt to remove him office. the question was ask whether newsom, a democrat, should be removed. yes or no. and against 46 others, led by larry elder a top conservative radio host. newsom succeeded in rousing democratic voters with warning that a republican replacement would roll back covid protections and betray the state s character. last night, newsom thanks california voters for keeping him at arms. we said yes to science. we said yes to vaccines. we said yes to ending this pandemic. we said yes to people s righ ....
covid cases and hospitalizations are at levels we have not seen since early february. before the majority of the country even had access to the vaccine. they ve also leveled out and are basically flat in the last two weeks. deaths, however, jumped more than 30%. nearly all of them among the unvaccinated. going to say it one more time. nearly all the deaths recorded are unvaccinated americans. let s break it down, bring in mike memoli at the white house. cal perry, eugene daniels, and dr. paul offett. he is on the fda vaccine advisory committee. he knows what he is talking about. mr. memoli. let s be honest, the six points, all of us would say sure, let s do that. how is it going to happen? reporter: that s right, steph. we re going to get more specifics through the day. this is clearly a major moment for the white house after a period of months they moved from july 4th celebration of independence from the virus to seeing just in the past week in fact one of the highes ....