geneva in a couple of weeks, here s the agenda we insist they talk about, we insist that the ukrainians be in the room for any discussions about their future. he will listen. he will hear you. while you may just beet going the predictable stew of grievances and justifications and what aboutisms from putin, including sometimes some snide comments about what may be happening in the united states with political dysfunction, you just have to be firm and deliver your message. so amazing to be a fly on the wall. what you must have heard. ben rhodes sticks around. mike, we will let you do your reporting. wave your arms if you find anything out and we will bring you back on. chair bennie thompson has extended an open invite to kevin mccarthy to testify before the 1/6 committee. why they are focusing on the
adviser to prose obama and mike himly. what do you know about the call, any details about what the president planned to convey? we don t know much, at this stage. we are just shahian hour, assuming the cull call is still ongoing. we understand it is at this point. the last call the leaders had earlier this month was device this long. we expect the hear from officials soon after this call so we can get our version of the events here before the kremlin has an opportunity to do so. one thing of the things that s interesting about this conversation is the fact it was president putin according to the white house who requested it. one of the biggest debates within the administration right now is frankly whether putt seine bluffing or not. some believe he is. but broader sense is that you can t take the chance he is. you think back to reporting that carol lee,a and i had in advance
compromised, and that s why all those people who aren t vaccinated remember, you are protecting yourself and your child s classmates. this becomes a social network, unfortunately. eli, the times backs that up, nearly one third of the children who were so sick they had to be treated in intensive care units, almost 15% needed ventilation. among those hospitalized, 1.1% of the children died. the six hospitals were in arkansas, florida, illinois, louisiana, texas, and d.c. this administration, the biden white house, has made a commitment to keeping kids in school. mike himly reminded me joe biden
thinking. as we talk about the key players in this administration over the force of this first year, dr. biden is often overlooked. but look over the travel schedule she has had advocating for a number of her husband s priorities, especially this one. it s one we expect her to continue as well. it is something she s doing we don t necessarily know about it. if you get a chance to talk to her about it we would broadcast that on this program. i think this is the next front. if you want your kids to stay in school most schools will give kids an opportunity to test out of a quarantine if they have had a close contact. it is enter twined with keeping your kid inside a classroom. dr. anderson, mike himly, thank you both. another day, another coup plot revealed, this time buy one of the orchestrators himself. peter navarro admitting to trying to line up 100 republican lawmakers to object to president
about but as you point out kids under 5 don t qualify yet for the vaccine. we have got to do everything that we can to protect them. you also point out that kids 5 and above, the 5 to 12 age range, it is probably only just a little above 20% of kids that are fully vaccinated. the long-term ramifications of this virus are so unknown and so scary if i could take one message and highlight it tonight, it s get your child vaccinated. it is safe. it s effective. it prevents the rare child from getting critically ill from there. and of course we have got to push as a pediatric community to get the vaccine for kids under 5. mike, my last question for you is about dr. biden. will she take on this sort of really yawning gap i think it s 24% of kids between 5 and 11 that are vaccinated. it has been available since the beginning of november. i wonder as kids kind of