Altman, Pediatrician And Spokesperson for the american academy of Pediatrician And Dr. Lena nguyen also with us. Dr. Altman, i want to start with you, the impact of this announcement. Sure. You know, i think this is really exciting, as a Pediatrician And Parent of a 6yearold who is the only child in my household not yet vaccinated, this will make a huge difference in the fight against covid19 and parents, pediatricians and teachers are waiting for this. It is very needed and i think the data looks good and im waiting for the fda and i hope they will thoroughly and aggressively review this data, so when it is time and appropriate, we can get shots in arms into our younger kids. Dr. Nguyen, this is a robust Antibody Response Pfizer said and shows safety among the 2,000plus kids in the trial. It doesnt get into efficacy, 90 effective against prep venting infection. What do you want to see when you pore through this data . I agree this is exciting news. So many parents are waiting for exac
I have a Sixth Grader whos not vaccinated and i dont feel safe for her to have lunch together with hundreds potentially of other kids who are not vaccinated. I think we need to educate our students. Ive taken the time to educate mine. All hour, we will be answering questions that you send in about how to keep our Kids Safe and who better to give us answers that we can trust than dr. Anthony fauci. Dr. Fauci right now, just moments, hes going to answer those questions that have been submitted. You can still send in a question. Its talk at msnbc. Com. Meanwhile, were keeping a very close eye on the potentially major meeting of the fdas outside advisers, the topic of this meeting, Booster Shots and whether we need them. Lets get right to dr. Fauci. Chief medical adviser to president biden, also the director at the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Always a pleasure to have you, sir. Lets start with this Fda Meeting happening right now. Are you expecting Pfizer Booster
Humanitarian crisis with alarming speed at the border as dhs confirms over 10,000 migrants packed under a bridge in Del Rio, texas, all arriving on our southern border. Welcome to Meet The Press daily. Im chuck todd. We expect an update on Capitol Police ahead of Tomorrows Justice for J6 Rally which is held on half of the people tied in connection with the insurrection on the January 6th attack on the capitol. They expect 700 people to show up. Not a big number but authorities given what happened on January 6th, are not taking any chances. So the fencing is back up around the capitol. Former President Trump put out a statement in support of the rallys cause even though he has told supporters the rally, itself, could be some kind of setup. Whatever he thinks that means. Tomorrows rally comes amid even more evidence of donald Trumps Power over this form of the Republican Party. A new survey from pri shows just how successful the former president has been at rewriting the January 6th narr
Americans he says are not vaccinated to get the shot. The president says he is frustrated with those people. Wearing thin that day are hurting the nation overall. He says the issue is not about freedom or personal choice. Increase testing and wearing of masks. Country in a tough stretch and it could last a while. The administration has withdrawn president Bidens Nomination of Gun Control Advocate David Chipman to head the bureau of Alcohol Tobacco firearms and explosives. Chipman had faced strong republican opposition in the senate. And the Justice Department is suing texas over its new law banning most abortions. The filing states that the law waS Passed in Open Defiance of the constitution. The obvious and expressly acknowledge the intention of this statutory scheme is to prevent women from exercising their constitutional Rights. The Department Of Justice does not file lawsuits based on pressure. We carefully evaluated the law and the facts. And this complaint expresses our view with
More than 1500 on average die every day. More than 100,000 hospitalized. Pediatric hospitalizations have risen more than 40 in the last month. Around 150,000 new infections are being reported daily. While the president s mission to make the vaccine available has been a success, his mission to get enough americans to get the vaccine has not. A source familiar with the White House Plans Today tells nbc News President biden is expected to announce a new, more stringent Vaccine Requirement for federal workers that wont have a testing carbon. It is expected to come in the form of an executive order, and will apply to contractors. A contractor can be somebody that works overseas or somebody that helps empty the trash at a government building. The definition of contractor varies widely in our government. In other words, it appears to be the Administrations Way to say if you dont get vaccinated, you wont do business with us, no exceptions. Biden is expected to push the private sector to do the