get this booster shot. it s big news right now on top of the tragic news about the devastating drone strike that claimed so many lives. i want to bring you up to date on this fda development. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. it was the president s push to make sure that those even already vaccinated get an insurance shots, a booster shot, a third shot that will protect them. the companies behind making these boosters and the only one that s been cleared is pfizer. moderna is working on one that could get approval very soon. the rub is that it might not offer the great benefits that either company claims. while it s welcome news, promising news, it came down to do you need it. do average folks that have been vaccinated really need a booster shot? that s why this rephrased question and the fda panel voting on this is so crucial. because the food and drug administration advisory panel had said essentially for the vast majority of folks, those 16 and older, presuma
correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, this is, i think, really on everyone s mind as we re sending our kids back to school here. more than one in four of these new infections are children. how concerned are you? how concerned should we be? well, the problem is we have just so much viral spread. so even though kids, as you point out, are less likely to get infected, less likely to get hospitalized, you increase viral spread in the country by that much kids are inadvertently going to get infected. this delta virus is not as forgiving. let me show you something this labor day compared to last labor day. in terms of cases, hospitalizations and deaths. 3 1/2 times more cases, 2 1/2 times more hospitalizations. almost 2 times more deaths. this labor day compared to last labor day. if you were to ask me last year at this time, shown me these numbers, i would say, i guess we didn t get to the vaccine. truth is we have a vaccine. these numbers should be a lot lower than labor day
soon dr. anthony fauci warns hospitals will face tough choices about who gets an icu bed and who doesn t. and can gavin newsom save his job? eight days away from the california recall, he s calling massive rallies and getting big reinforcements in washington. we begin with the labor day crises facing biden. he promised to bounce back from covid and turbulent trump era decision making on the world stage. instead the president enters the fall months with his big legislative goals in limbo and covid, afghanistan, and climate crises converging to test him. policy challenges yes, and at the moment a political crises. the president s political numbers are slumping. let s get to kaitlyn collins. big challenges for the president. yeah. john, he is still in delaware right now. the president is coming back to the white house in a few hours. he has a lot on his plate as he s entering the september month. still dealing with afghanistan even though u.s. troops are out of there. ther
people realized last night they couldn t make it further. they went through the flood, car stalled out or in some cases in the case i have a sister who lives nearby. she had somebody with another vehicle come to her rescue. these are horrific. bill: we just came on this image in bridgeport, pennsylvania, the northwestern side of philadelphia. we ll see how it goes throughout the day. some of the images, sandra, it hit at rush hour which put more people in peril. outside at the time which led to more issues for many. as we mentioned, nine dead and this is the same storm that hit new orleans about a week ago at a category 4 strength. we ll watch this. sun us up in the northeast, amazing blue skies. the sooner we get the water out the better. screen right is from queens, new york last night on board a city bus. there were two images that were filed from inside this bus. it s a river, right? but there is another image we ll see in a little bit here and queue it up for you. th
will mobilize every resource necessary. plus, we have an update on this heartbreaking video showing a crying baby being handed over a wall to a u.s. marine at the kabul airport. tropical storm henri barreling toward the north. the first to make landfall in the region in years. a debate escalating in florida. another school district is defying the governor s orders as thousands of students are forced into quarantine. the punishment the school districts could face if they don t reverse course by monday. plus, the latest report by the florida department of health. good morning, everybody. it s saturday, august 21st. i m lindsey reiser. and i m kendis gibson. we re keeping an eye on the sky, on henri. you see it there. it s a haggard storm, but it s a powerful one heading toward the northeast, new york city and beyond. there are lots of areas prepping for this, rhode island, connecticut, long island, preparing for power outages. massachusetts already declaring a sta