but there was i lot of surprise about why fiez ser going to be doing that. why are they applying for this authorization, why is it necessary? they talked about waning immunity but there aren t studies that show waning immunity and pfizer didn t offer up any evidence of waning immunity. and this is a pharmaceutical company. they re supposed to specialize in data. the only data they pointed to is this israeli data. so take a look. we discussed this when it came out this week. so israeli data presented with very little back-up or science behind it that the shot is 64% effective at preventing infection and this is still with the delta variant being prodominant and 93% effective at preventing severe disease and hospitalization. that second number is the more important. 93% effect as preventing hospitalization. that is an excellent vaccine. few vaccines are that effective. why is pfizer all of a sudden basically saying almost like it s own product isn t working as well as they woul
underscores their unfairness. if there was any case for such action after the capitol riots when trump was said to be encouraging violent extremism, it vanished during his six months out of office. legally it will be hard for trump to prove that private companies can t set their own rules but politically it s indefenseable and the most appalling part is most of the mainstream media, the supposed champions of free speech are fine with the digital cancellation of trump because he s trump. they keep talking about donald trump all the time including on social media but are pleased that his mega phone continues to be confiscated. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howie: the 4th of july of a time for patriotism but in our media culture it s a time for high decibel arguments over patriotism especially over the founding fathers and declaration of independence which included no rights for enslaved black people but after the civil war should that mar america s image today. lis
party, the party of yachts and country clubs and billionaires whose goal is to pay zero in taxes so they don t have to foot the bill for you or anyone to drive on the road. that party has aggressively branded itself as the working class party for years. and republicans do that because it works. white working class americans began voting in large numbers in the 1960s and 70s, pushed largely in the gop camp not by their own desire but the democrats moving on civil rights. but the push, the glopping up of whis voters who had for a long time been democrats, republicans mopping up those voters helped to secure one florida man s presidential victory. people refer to the donald who was born with $317 billion in his golden pockets and who had a golden toilet as a working class billionaire, bananas but it still works. and the con remains in full effect. the most significant political change in the past decade has been that the heart and soul of the republican party, we are a workin
daily briefing this hour. chuck schumer announces the senate has finally, nearly a month after the georgia senate results has finally reached an agreement to give democrats the gavels in this 50/50 chamber. public health officials at the white house strike a cautiously optimistic tone at this morning s covid briefings as cases and hospitalizations decline but warning about what lies ahead remain dire. we ll speak with one of the white house top covid advisers about the road ahead, coming up. well, welcome to wednesday. it s meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. wednesday s have been pretty consequential. the sources confirmed that house republican leader kevin mccarthy that they will take her off of one committee if they put a resolution not to strip her of all assignments. a moment ago the the democratic majority leader rejected the offer saying the house will vote tomorrow on the resolution about stripping her of all of her committee assignments even though it will se
august in which he shot three people, killing two of them. it happened during unrest in kenosha that followed the police shooting of jacob blake. just months after george floyd s killing in minneapolis. once i take that step back i look over my shoulder and mr. rosenbaum was now running from my right side and i was cornered from in front of me with mr. ziminski and there were people right there. take a deep breath, kyle. rittenhouse told jurors he feared for his own life before he decided to open fire. did mr. rosenbaum say anything to you? no, he instructed mr. rosenbaum to get him and kill him. that s what i heard. and you were running what has been referred to the southwest corner? yes. in addition to rittenhouse s testimony heated exchangexchang. we also heard surprising testimony from another witness about one of the victims. rittenhouse s trial sparks debate about what constitutes self-defense. got a lot to unpack here. gabe gutierrez following the trial