and of course the goal is to get as many back in the classroom while keeping the covid cases town. delta variant is still dominating and we know that there are vastly different rules governing school districts. so that is why health experts health experts to exceed the goal stick to the science. what re seeing is a mixed bag of mask adherence, some requiring masks, others not, others making laws against, and others only making it mandatory for the unvacci unvaccinated. one thing is for sure this fall, the school year will be anything but normal for students yet again, which gets me to the next thing we ll be looking for the in the coming months when kids under 12 will be able to get the vaccine. it s obviously taking longer than parents sending their young children back to school feel good about as we see the delta variant is finding the unvaccinated. trial data is still being gathered. once that s done, it will be submitted to the fda. pfizer thinks it will be able to hand i
can this is a reasonable question to ask. i wonder how you defend that point. sure, this was raised by a group of doctors in texas, one of the states that is seeing very heavy use of their i.c.u. beds, about the role of the vaccination should play. it shouldn t be ever the only factor, but it should be one factor because we know that if you re unvaccinated, the chance of severe infection and death is higher, that that is one of the ingredients in making triage decisions. but even when they published this idea of maybe considering vaccination status as one of the factors, there was a lot of blowback, including from other doctors and care givers about what it would do to the doctor/patient relationship if you started having asking patients as they come to the hospital to give them your status as a reason to treat them or not. fair enough. i mean, listen, the data is clear. vaccination saves lives, keeps you out of those hospital beds. but the fact is in health care, for
tapper. we start today with our national lead. at any moment president biden is expected to speak after touring storm damage in new york and new jersey. the remnants of hurricane ida killed at least 50 people in the northeast. you see him here earlier today in new jersey. this afternoon president biden pointing to the recent string of extreme weather as a sign that climate change is already here. and also using that opportunity to pitch his massive infrastructure plan as necessary to combat climate change. but as cnn s jeff zeleny reports, a battle is raging inside his own party on how to get it done. reporter: president biden offering hugs and compassion, surveying storm damage today. thank god you re safe. reporter: a week after hurricane ida s deadly wrath struck new jersey and new york. a first-hand look at neighborhoods devastated by floodwaters where residents are still sorting through what s left of their ravaged homes. the losses that we witnessed today are pr
amid mounting criticism over his handling of the withdrawal from afghanistan, president biden yesterday arguing the exit from that country was always going to be difficult. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 23rd. we will have full coverage of the situation in afghanistan, including a report from the ground in kabul in just a moment. but first, what could be a big day in the fight against covid. the fda is working to approve pfizer s two-dose vaccine as soon as today. according to the new york times, the goal was to get the approval by friday but regulators are still getting through a substantial amount of paperwork and negotiation with the company. people familiar with the matter told me that some components of the review could possibly push the approval date beyond today. the times said a spokesperson for the fda declined to comment. it could be very exciting news, mika p. we talked to people that are close to us that said they re not goin
uk will no longer have to isolate. heavy fighting in kanduz. grease fighting fire, the country faces its most intense heatwave in years. and the anniversary of amsterdam s first gay pride parade as people take to the streets. hello everyone and a very warm welcome to tokyo on the final day of these olympic games. there has been plenty of action so far with a good final hole for team gb that started with a gold medalforjason kenny. in the men s kieren cycling event in the veladrome. that now makes kenny britain s most successful male athlete with a total of seven olympic gold medals under his belt a total of nine olympic medals in all. and in the boxing ring a gold for lauren price in the women s boxing middle weight final. she beat china s li qian in a 5 0 points victory. price an amazing athlete who has played international football for wales and is a former kick boxing champion. in the boxing ring irish boxer kellie harrington won gold after defeating brazil s beatriz