i m jose diaz-balart. president biden addressing president putin s state of mind saying he completely misjudged his invasion of ukraine. plus we ll play for you what the president says about whether he thinks putin will use nuclear weapons. president biden also vowing consequences for saudi arabia after opec nations announced major oil production cuts. we ll be speaking with congressman khann, a about that. and we have an nbc news exclusive. pennsylvania senate candidate john fetterman giving an in-person interview for the first time since suffering a stroke in may. what we learned about his health and why he needs to use closed captioning. plus health officials are closely watching omicron sub variants as the white house pushes to get more people boosted heading into winter. dr. jha will be with us live. s.
more people to get their booster shot. the cdc says just under 49% of americans received the first booster. 38% of those 50 years or old received both their first and second booster. over the past two weeks, covid cases decreased by more than 20%, but deaths have increased by 10%. joining us now is dr. jha, the covid response coordinator. i always thank you for your time. but what do parents need to know about this new announcement from the fda about updated boosters for young children? good morning, thanks for having me back. i have a 10-year-old at home, so this is personal as well. here s what we know. we know vaccines have made a tremendous impact on keeping kids healthy, out of the hospital. the new vaccine that just has been authorized by the fda omicron specific targets the virus that is circulating out there. we ll wait for a cdc recommendation, but after that,
as joe williams spied on him, ordered him to leave and then called the police when he refused. his attorney says once officers arrived, they were dismissive of williams complaint because of his shifting explanations and previous false reports. he want it is to be a teachable moment for young kids. i hope they don t focus on the money. you know, that is not my message. you know, my message is that, you know, tell the truth. you know, stand up for yourself. you know, when you know you re right. williams was fired four months later for an unrelated incident. pfizer is submitting an application seeking emergency use authorization of a new updated covid-19 booster. the updated formulation will combine pfizer s original vaccine with one that specifically targets omicron sub warrants ba aa.4 and ba.5. the shot is designed for use by
the first two us cases in children have been confirmed. we have doctor mark siegel, professor of medicine at nyu, we have a lot to get to. i want to start with the president. he has an upper respiratory infection but is doing well which is great news. to what do you attribute how well the president is recovering? great to be with you. his symptoms are classic for the omicron sub variant ba 5 which is 80% of cases now. the addition of sore throat as bodyaches are characteristic. you make your bodyaches and say otto but that is common with this at has elusive cough and fatigue but the fever he had, mild, went away. all of this shows he is progressing. you ask what does it do? i agree with what you said in the outset. even though the latest sub variance are immuno face of, the immunity you build up
because we need those up dated boosters yesterday, basically, but we won t be able to get them probably until october november if we have the proper funding. last one, quickly, there s, it s early, we want to caution it is early, but there is some, there is potential of a new strain of covid out of india right now that may not be an omicron sub variant but something new entirely. potentially even becoming a variant of concern. what do we know about this in admittedly early days. yes, sure, ba.2.75, it is something we re keeping an eye on. you re exactly right. we haven t identified it or flagged this variant of concern but here is why we re looking at it closely in india. it is becoming the dominant strain. quickly replacing other omicron strains. and on top of that, there s some very anecdotal hints here and there that it could perhaps lead to more severe infection. very hard to know because we have to keep in mind that india s vaccination rates and its infection rates kind of are