and msnbc for nearly 30 years. there is no one like him, and he has been here for the beginning. he was here in the anchor chair when msnbc first opened its doors day one in 1996. that was it. and tonight will be his last night. whether you have followed brian his whole career or if you ve just become a fan of the 11th hour, his absolutely brilliant, witty, insightful emotionally compelling snarky as i ll get out incredible show that he does here right now, whether you ve only become a fan during the 11th hour or been a fan from the beginning, you should just know that for all of us in the building as we say, it s in the proverbial building now, but for all of us, his colleagues, brian leaving, brian stopping his show is a really really big deal. having the opportunity to share a desk with him for major news events has been not just an honor for me, which it has been an honor, but beyond that, to tell you the truth, it s how i have learned half the things i know about how to
is a really, really big deal. having the opportunity to share a desk with him for major news events has been not just an honor for me, which it has been an honor, but beyond that, to tell you the truth, it s how i have learned half the things i know about how to handle the responsibilities of the big desk. brian williams in all candor is a great guy. he is a great colleague. he is incredibly generous. he is as hilarious a person as i have ever met in any context. and on the 11th hour, he and that excellent staff of his, they do one of the best shows that have ever been done on cable news on any network, and tonight he is finishing. he is dropping the mic. thank you for indulging me for a second. it s a big night at msnbc and the whole nbc family. brian williams is a big deal. his decision to step away is a really big deal for all of us, and i will just tell you, please do watch the 11th hour tonight for brian s final broadcast. you will be glad you have done so. thank you
emergency use authorization of a moderna booster. that one would be for people over 65 and others at greater risk and like pfizer, the moderna booster can be given six months after someone s last shot. the moves come as new data from the cdc has a dire warning for unvaccinated adults. the risk of dying from covid-19 is eleven times higher than those who are fully vaccinated. let s bring in dr. ra sheena ba set, an emergency medical room physician at the baylor college. good to see you. good morning. is it your feeling that those who got the johnson & johnson one shot, should they all get that booster as soon as possible? absolutely. there s no doubt in my mind that anyone who is eligible for a booster should go ahead and get it as soon as they re able to. so the johnson & johnson vaccine had a lower efficacy rate, about 72% versus moderna or pfizer, which are around 94, 95%. and with a booster shot, now, the johnson & johnson efficacy is now 100% reportedly, so then w
actually, but nobody really cares who wins. sometimes after the game, there s fireworks. literally it s a perfect way to spend a summer night, even if you don t particularly like baseball. i cannot recommend it highly enough. but at this particular minding the game with i went to his season. i monterrey she s on my left. i caught her sort of looking at me at one point just kind of, giving me a screened ei. and i was like what. what is wrong? i m thinking mustard from the hotdog or something. but she poked me in the neck. kind of hard. poked me in the neck and she said, that mole has changed. it s like she was speaking greet. i had no idea what she was talking about. we re at a baseball game. again this is like a hotdog moment for me. i also did not know what she meant specifically about that moral. because where she was poking me in the neck is not even a spa i had i had a mall, it s on the other side of my jawline, i can see in the mirror. she was quite determined about. it
and the idea with those public hearings might look like? well, they will be a combination of exhibits, staff testimony. and outside witnesses. that s kind of a combination. will any of those outside witnesses be people who have testified some of them will be people [inaudible] and i think their testimony will be on point as to whether this investigation will [inaudible] some of them will be people we have not heard from before. their testimony will be on point as to why the testimony is so important. that s a chairman of the january 6th investigation, confirming to reporters tonight, confirming how investigators are going to tell us, tell the public, what they have found. and to start the evening, they will start june 9th, we believe. we don t know exactly what the format will be or the length of these hearings, how they will do it, but they are planning, at least initially, on having eight hearings. we think they are all going to happen during the calendar month