conference from texas governor greg abbott, top of the hour. he is calling on the biden administration to declare a federal emergency at the border. he said this is a crisis of the president s own making. we have the latest from the dhs secretary testimony to the senate homeland security committee this morning. we ll go to the border in just a moment. john: we kick off hour one of america reports with former acting ice director tom holman. i wanted to play from yesterday, there s a little bit of sound from the dhs secretary and get you respond to it. let s listen. borders are not open and people should not make the dangerous journey. john: he says there, tom, that the borders are not open. what do you say to that based on what we have seen in del rio texas in the last couple of weeks? it s a lie. it s a lie. the borders are wide open. i have never seen a border so vulnerable in my entire career. thousands of being released every day into the united states, many with
suggested, that the immune response in children is very robust. apparently that s what it shows. again, we have to wait for the data. when we talk about safety, we have to be careful. these are only 2,200 children. so there was no obvious safety signal there. i m sure the fda advisory committee will be weighing the risk benefits. we know there are lots of cases in children. but the risk of dying is still very, very low. the risk benefit will be very important to be weighed. no doubt bit, this is great news. you know, good way to start the day and the week in our fight against coronavirus. i mean, this means that kids who are in kindergarten or older, and kids are back in school, can be vaccinated. parents looking at the calendar, who are worried about going into winter, who do you think that will happen by? so i think we still have to go through the process. if pfizer submits the data by the end of september, which they suggested in the press release, you can get an autho
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
clean things up with america s oldest ally. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re keeping a close eye on the markets after the do jones industrial average closed nearly 615 points down today. earlier today the market plunged more than 900 points after american investors were spooked by new concerns about china s economy. but we begin with breaking news in our health lead. moments ago, the u.s. dayleath l from coronavirus surpassed the total death toll during the 1918 flu pandemic. the u.s. covid death toll is now 675,446 americans lost to the virus. a horrific milestone. but today we did get some positive news for families with elementary school-aged children. pfizer announced that a lower dose of its covid-19 vaccine is safe and generates a robust anti-body response for kids age 5 to 11. there are still some steps that need to be taken before the fda s expected emergency use authorization is asserted in a matter of weeks. my hope is they ll move quickly because a
his parents say they haven t seen him in nearly a week. for more, let s go outside the family home. charles? reporter: jesse, things have slowed down a bit outside of the laundrie family home. we saw most, if not all of the fbi agents here helping execute that search warrant leave a short time ago with what appeared to be boxes of evidence. this was a full force effort. we saw several agents loading items from the family s garage into a white van and other vehicles that were driven away. things were quiet out for sometime until about an hour and a half ago when we saw multiple agents come out of the laundrie home and really set their focus on this silver mustang that was parked in the family s drive way for days. trucks showed up and carried that mustang to the police station. that is the same mustang brian laundrie s parents told investigators he drove to the reserve tuesday. the last time brian was seen or heard from. according to the north port police department, brian s