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the ticket was bought at a pizza joint just around the corner. the question is why did i get chinese instead? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has always been mindful of its own debt ceiling. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, september 23rd. we ll start with the news. the fda has authorized a third dose of the pfizer covid vaccine for emergency use in people 65 and older as well as those 18 and older who are at high risk of exposure to coronavirus or severe illness. the boosters are going to be given at least six months after people have received their initial dose of the vaccine. it follows the advice given last week. americans 65 and older make up roughly a percentage. it comes as the cdc s advisory committee held the first day of a two-day meeting to debate the third shot with a vote scheduled for this afternoon. if they issue a recommendation and it is approved by the cdc, booster shots could begin im ....
it always happens the same way. the bluster and who s there and there? at the end of the day we will be unified for the american people. in just a few moments i ll get reaction to the speaker s comments from the leader of the large progressive caucus. she met with the president on wednesday. meanwhile the fda green lighted a pfizer booster for tens of millions of americans over 65 or with high risk health issues or younger pfizer recipients with moderna or johnson & johnson wait for word on when to get their boosters. joining me now is leeann caldwell and peter alexander. first what were the big takeaways from the big conference last hour? reporter: there were a couple. some confusing and more clear. she remains confident that she s going to pull everything together, that the party in the end is going to remain united on not only this bipartisan traditional infrastructure bill, but this partisan human infrastructure bill that is far from complete. she also says that ....
walensky continues to push for the unvaccinated to get their first shots. she also said today she s not surprised that so many people are hold out because of how misinformation has actually crept in. i do think if we had community health workers in so many communities that have been vaccine hesitant now, that have been checking diabetes and checking blood pressure control and doing all of those things when it came time to vaccinate, it would have been a no-brainer, they would have easily been able to convince their communities to get vaccinated. they have been trusted health providers. so the u.s. is finally seeing a drop this cases, about 10% nationwide. that s the good news. but not in many lower vaccinated places like nebraska who are rationing care. in tennessee, officials have given one of the most effective covid treatments only to unvaccinated patients and those who are immunocompromised. we re talking about monoclonal antibodies. they ve chosen to give it to ....
release, gwynn said biden views the a, the on the capitol as a dark stain on our country s history and is deeply committed to ensuring something like that can never happen again. and he supports a thorough investigation. the legal showdown set to ensue between the expresident and president joe biden s white house, if if it proceeds in complying with the committee s document request comes as nbc news is learning that the select committee has just received documents from all seven government agencies from which they have requested information. that s according to a committee aide. the documents requested include a fast s.w.a.t. of records pertaining to the previous administration s plans to discredit the 2020 election result and dismiss the count on january 6th. all this as the committee prepares to dump subpoenas to many people in a matter of days. it could even ensnare republican members of congress believed to have knowledge of donald trump s actions and donald trump s ....
democratic leaders, plus progressives and moderate democrats. the two wings of the party tonight still at serious odds. so far, neither budging. ats issue is a vote in just five days on a bipartisan infrastructure bill. the moderates support that bill. they want to get it passed, stat. it s a bipartisan bill. the progressives, though, want action on a separate, triple the size, $3.5 trillion tax and spending plan that touches on everything from immigration to climate change to healthcare. and they say they will not support the much smaller bipartisan infrastructure bill without that spending bill, first. even as moderates say no way. that price tag is way too high. they re far apart and the stakes could not be higher for president biden. not only is his first term agenda on the line, his party which let s just be clear here, they got the white house. they got the senate. and they got the house. and they still aren t able to pass legislation. failed to make headway on ke ....