A prolonged commitment because as you could see from the damage behind me, in this house, the homeowner here, the water went up about eight feet, above most peoples heads and it flooded the ent the entire basement. They have to evacuate. This is the evidence that the president will see firsthand and showing you why the road to recovery is so long. The president and the federal government will have a longterm commitment and the State Leadership said the same thing. That is one of the hardest Hit Parts of New Jersey. They lost people during the flooding last week. The president is going to be stopping first in nearby Hillsborough Township down the road. Hell have a briefing there around 12 15 and come here to manville to tour a neighborhood before moving on to queens. Of course the president has already approved Disaster Relief Declaration for six counties here in New Jersey. The Governor Phil Murphy saying that is wonderful but there are 15 counties in the New Jersey. Hes going to talk
Taliban. President biden now rushing some 3,000 troops to the capital to help evacuate u. S. Embassy personnel, and all of this coming just weeks before the u. S. Was set to complete its withdrawal from the country. Targeted to coincide, of course, with the 20th Anniversary of 9 11. We will have much more on that in a moment. We are following the developments on the ground. First, though, this other News Breaking overnight. The fda authorizing a third Covid19 Shot for people with compromised Immune Systems. The cdcs advisory committee will meet in just a few hours to discuss those additional shots. This as Hospital Systems across the country are being pushed to their limits again. More than 2,500 Covid Patients admitted every single day for the past week. In tennessee, one doctor saying simply, quote, no beds. There are no beds. We want to begin this morning with cnns chief medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay gupta. Sanjay, as were looking at this, lets start with the news from the fda au
This authorization from the fda for a third shot for severely immunocompromised folks . This authorization for an additional dose, many immunocompromised say this gives them peace of mind. It is great to be recognized. So they finally feel heard. And these are patients who may not have had an in the adequate immune response after receiving a first or second dose after receiving the Pfizer Or Moderna vaccine. So with the fda authorization, the fda said these people are eligible, solid organ recipients or those diagnosed with a equivalent level of immunocompromise. And they take immunosuppressive drugs to reject the new organ and those drugs could be the reason why some may not have an adequate response after a first and second dose. Now for the general population, erica, for everyone else, Health Officials say theyre still looking at data to determine if or when a Booster Shot might be necessary. So acting Fda Commissioner Dr. Janet wooddock said this overnight. She said, quote, Todays
Vaccine and protect the children below 12 years of age that cannot be protected at this time. i m going out on a limb here. i think the frustration sore follow people and likely yourself included is what we know what needs to be done. we know the vaccine works and vaccine shaming does not work. does not make them want to go get the shot. talking to people they trust does. we know that masks work. in terms of the frustration, we look at where we re at some 18 month into the pandemic and knowing what works and seeing this resistance to it, is there any tool that you could think of that has not been used at this point to help collectively get more people to be a part of this process to conquer this pandemic? yeah, that is a tough question to answer. but i ll do my best. i think that it is really all about physicians, especially trusted parties like ourselves. taking an extra five minutes, i see 20 patients aday, erica, and
Breaking point. again. nearly 80,000 americans are currently hospitalized for covid across the country. over the past week we added to that number at a rate of more than 2500 new covid patients aday. and get this. half of all of those covid patients are in just eight states. even though they only make up a quarter of the nation s population. things are so bad in mississippi a parking garage is now a field hospital. a doctor in tennessee said there are, quote, no beds. in texas the state is asking for federal assistance. one hospital there also setting up triage tents outside to handle the influx. and in florida, devastating news out of broward county, four teachers died from covid complications in the span of 24 hours and days before the school year begins. we ll have a full report on that in a few minutes. we have our team of reporters across the country. let s begin with health reporter jacqueline howard. so what more do you know about