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disease and mass death event in american history. today a new announcement brought some hope of potentially shielding young children from the coronavirus, that is, those hoops parents are willing. and those who believe in the vaccine. pfizer says that lower dosage of the vaccine is safe and effective for all children between the ages of five and 11. meanwhile, the administration has been taking heat from u.s. allies over its travel band, based on the vibe russ. for foreign visitors. today that policy was revoked. the white house will allow fully vaccinated for nationals to fly into our country starting in november. and as we mentioned, biden will make his debut at the un general ascend lee tomorrow. his appearance comes after that chaotic exit from afghanistan, and at a time when friends is angry at us, over our weapons deal. what you will hear the president talk about tomorrow is that we are committed to those alliances. the threat of climate, the threat of democracy ....
supported we will do that. we ll look at the sourcing inside the department, as to what is most appropriate. local officials in washington d.c. are also on high alert for this coming weekend. all city police officers will be on duty, all leaves canceled. assistance had been requested from police officers in surrounding areas. there is an nbc news report tonight that only 700 people are expected to attend the rally but nobody knows, really. the insurrection enthusiasts have been whipped up into thinking that the one six riders who have been rounded up in, joe are somehow freedom fighters now. the rallies organizers is a former trump campaign operative, and pressure of the big lie, who says, this will not be a repeat of january six. we ve got a large people of crowd. nobody is going to be bringing a weapon, that is going to be a part of our crab, we can assure the police. that about a mile or so from the capital, the president today focused on convincing some skepti ....
the right decision to leave. there s no evidence that staying longer would have made the afghan government any more resilient or self sustaining. if 20 years, hundreds of billions of dollars and support and training did not suffice, why would another year, another five, another ten? now this comes as president biden is about to land in colorado where he will make another pitch for his build back better plan. democrats hammer out the detils of a reconciliation bill to make the proposal a reality. we re going to talk with pramila jayapal about where things stand at this hour. now it is also recall day in california. voters in that state decide if governor gavin newsome should remaun in office. this vote comes as senate democrats put forward a new ill to protect voting rights. we re going to talk with alex padilla about the path forward. now in texas, more than 300,000 homes and businesses are without power after tropical storm nicholas made land fall. bringing high on ....
ukraine s border. president biden has warned of serious consequences should russia s vladimir putin move ahead with invasion. the kremlin sees nato support for ukraine as a growing threat on russia s western flank. that s right. blinken and lavrov s meeting, it s an effort to avoid having this clash of wills end in blood shed in ukraine, damage u.s. credibility, and, you know, unpredictable side effects like a potentially huge spike in energy prices. a lot at stake. covering the talks as only cnn can, cnn s fred lick plotkin is in geneva. nic robertson is in moscow for us. let s start with you, fretd. w fred. what message is the secretary of state bringing to the counterpart? reporter: they rolled past where i am a couple minutes ago. the secretary of state is going to have a strong message if russia decides to further invade ukraine, if there is an armed incursion into ukrainian territory, there will be a severe response not just from the united states, but from th ....
ukraine. and you re grounded. how one woman s anti-mask moves changed the travel plans for more than 100 others. hello and welcome to the lead. we begin with our health lead and the strongest case yet for getting a covid booster shot or should i say strongest cases yet. three new cdc reports show that adults who had gotten their booster shot had the best protection against hospitalization because of covid and against emergency room and urgent care visits. the new data suggesting getting a booster in the age of the omicron variant is now less of a nice to have and more of a must have. this as we are learning that unvaccinated adults over the age of 65 are nearly 50 times more likely to be hospitalized for covid than their fully boosted peers. across the u.s. today, more than 160,000 people are hospitalized with covid right now. that s a record high. but as cnn s omar jimenez reports, the number of daily cases are actually trending down, even as some hospitals are g ....