just 35% are fully vaccinated and tennessee where it s about 38%. simply put, in areas of low vaccination coverage, hospitalizations are up. with half the population fully vaccinated nationwide, the white house ramping up outreach to pediatricians and workplaces and on school campuses. our job is doing all we can to reach americans where they are, to answer their questions and to make it as easy as possible for them to get a shot as soon as they are ready. and efforts to have doctors and religious and community leaders going door to door for the vaccine hesitant. for those individuals organizations that are feeding misinformation and trying to mischaracterize this type of trusted messenger work, i believe you are doing a disservice to the country and to the doctors, faith leaders, community leaders and others who are working to get people vaccinated, save lives and help end this pandemic. data shows that pfizer, moderna and johnson & johnson vaccines are effectiv
with the president s response. bill: twice as many americans say the president is doing more harm than good. this is they feel the strain on everything from food to lodging to energy and gasoline to the white house we go for reaction. jackie heinrich is there on the north lawn. what are they saying? good morning. good morning. you guys said it. voters are very concerned about inflation. they feel like the biden white house is making matters worse for them and really interestingly 2/3 of people say inflation has caused them financial hardship. when you look at lower income people, that number jumps to 3/4 of the respondents in the poll. 17% say they are better off financially than a year ago. by more than 2 to 1 people say the president s economic policies have hurt rather than helped them personally. nearly half of americans, 46%, believe the massive social spending bill that the white house sees as the solution to this inflation would only push inflation higher. democrat
the legislation that essentially bans all abortions in that state, the second most populous in the country. they say the law can be enforced while they consider an appeal of a lower court judge s order blocking it. plus, could former president donald trump be subpoenaed by january 6th investigators? the select committee in the house says they have not ruled that out. this as his former associate steve bannon faces criminal contempt charges now for defying his own subpoena. we ll have much more on all of that in just a moment. let s begin, though, with cnn senior national correspondent sara sidner, in irvine, california, following all the news of former president bill clinton. what do we know about clinton s condition this morning? reporter: good morning, jim. we know that he is on the mend, according to his aides, that he has been walking around, that he has been joking with staff and that he is in good spirits. we also know that here at uc irvine medical center, he came in
two doses. we re following breaking news from overnight. former president bill clinton is in the hospital after being admitted to a califoa californi intensive care unit on tuesday with a blood infection. we ll have much more on this. the white house says the fully vaccinated foreign vi visitors can travel to the u.s. beginning november 8th. john harwood is following these developments. this is a big move because we ve had a lot of these travel restrictions in place since the start of the pandemic. tell us who exactly will be affected and how soon. reporter: you know, jim, this is something that is extremely welcome within europe, which has been very impatient with these u.s. restrictions, welcomed by the u.s. travel industry, airlines have had a very difficult time restoring their international business, and very welcome to the biden administration, which is desperate to restore more of a sense of normalcy, get out of the pandemic. now the trends are going down. they r
friday is starting earlier than ever this year . this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone further acknowledging covid vaccines while incredibly effective lose some of their punch over time, an fda safety panel has just given its endorsement to booster shots for many americans who were fully vaccinated with a two-dose moderna vaccine. it is not the final word but the panel s recommendation for a third moderna shot mirrors what the cdc recently decided for pfizer boosters, recommending them for older people and those at higher risk of covid infection nearly 188 million americans are now considered fully vaccinated with close to 9 million having already received boosters yet, there remain questions on whether the extra shots are really necessary for most people miguel almaguer has late details. reporter: moving a major step toward authorization, tonight an fda advisory panel says some americans fully vaccinated with moderna should get its booster