Start vaccinating poorer countries faster. But the cdc says that is a false choice, because there is enough vaccine to do both. And this for timing, the Washington Post is saying that the u. S. Is purchasing hundreds omillions more doses to donate to the world in addition to 500 Million doses that the u. S. Has already bought for low and middleincome countries. Now, as we said, we dont yet know what the Fda Panel will decide, but in an interview with my colleague craig melvin, dr. Anthony fauci says that he expects the panel to give the green light in Some form. Lets start with this Fda Meeting that is happening right now. Are you expecting Pfizer Booster shots to be approved . You know, i dont want to get ahead of the fda deliberations. The data i have seen strongly suggests that is going to be the case, but the fda with their adviSory group, the verpac is going to carefully look at every single piece of data to make that determination. The age has not been determined, and that is wha
The pandemic is far from over. We have the Details Today with a member of the white House Council for the chick adviSors. All of that is ahead. Welcome to Meet The Press Daily. It has been a brutal summer of headlines for the biden administration. The Delta Surge is impacting the economy, and Job Growth slowed dramatically in august. Wages were up, and the Unemployment Rate fell, but it is clear that Deltas Disruption made this report not So good. The president addressed that they need to do more to address it. There is no question. We were looking for a higher number. Next week i will lay out the next step thats are going to be needed to combat the Delta Variant to address Some of those fears and concerns. This comes as the Approval Rating is declining a little or a lot, but the Trend Line is definitely down. How far down it will go is not yet clear. Are we at bottom in this low to mid 40s . Senator Joe Manchin says he will not support the reconciliation bill. He says that debt and th
Next question . Next question, cbs. Thanks, kevin and thanks for taking my question. A quick followup on sabrinas. What is the latest data about children and long haul symptoms after they recover even from mild cases . And then jeff, for you, now that more entities are requiring vaccines, is administration reconsidering something like a Qr Code or a passport to help verify Peoples Vaccination Status and if not, what are you doing to stop the proliferation of fake Vaccine Cards . Thank you. Dr. Walensky on the children long covid question. Right, thank you for that question. We are examining covid in children and we are seeing long covid symptoms, mostly fatigue and headache. They appear to be happening in rates lower than adults, 2 to 3 but data with delta among covid need to be followed differently and longitudely with alpha. More data to follow on that. On to vaccination verification. There are a number of ways people can demonstrate their vaccination status. Companies and organizati
Expected to authorize a third vaccine shot, a booster for people who are immunocompromised which may include people undergoing Cancer Treatments or organ transplants or hiv. Pfizer working with moderna to provide a booster for those people with immunocompromised individuals. It is about to assure the most vulnerable who may need an enhanced vaccine to help their immune system. And meantime, the headlines from covid from the south have gone from bad to bleak. Wrap your head around this, 40 of the new covid hospitalization, and 40 are coming from florida and texas alone. And now more people hospitalized with the covid in florida than there were in New York during the worst of the worst last year. So many overflowing e. R. S and icus that one Florida County is asking residents to use 911 sparingly. And they are asking the federal government for ventilators, too. And in texas, one hospital is setting up tents outside in texas in august outside. And they are asking for nurses to come to tex
fleeing the banks of sudan has just docked. these stories and more coming into cnn news central. this morning, a manhunt across the state of texas for the man accused of shooting and killing four adults and a 9-year-old child. officers say that the incident was sparked all because someone simply asked him to stop firing his gun because a baby was sleeping. a $90,000 reward is being asked for his arrest. there is a huge number of officers searching for him but right now, josh campbell, we are hearing zero leads? yes, that is right. federal, state, and local officers are fanning across southeast texas, north of houston where on friday, authorities say that the man, the 38-year-old francisco oropeza conducted this brutal killing of five of his neighbors, and now they were originally able to track the cell phone. he discarded the phone, authorities said, and no leads but an $80,000 reward right now leading to the capture. and now, to walk you through the events. witnesses s