also saying, this is of interest to a lot of parents including me, that vaccines for children age 5-11 will soon be available. let s bring in dr. nicole safire. thank you for joining us. that is hopeful that the vaccine could be ready for the distribution to the five and 12 -year-olds. i kind of wonder whether that means i can take their masks off in the classroom. he called this critical period. he put the importance on vaccine saying this is not the time to. he said the vaccine requirements should not divide us. about 80 percent of adults are fully vaccinated, that is a huge feet, that is a very successful vaccination campaign, now are moving on to talk about the younger kids, the 5-11 as you mention. here s the problem i have because we do see some of that division. because you have comments such as that, essentially saying we ve got all the doses for the 5-11 -year-olds go out get your children vaccinated as soon as it s approved and their eligible, yet we haven t heard
staggering jump as high as 54%. that s according to new analysis. and price tags continue to spike in part thanks to kinks in the supply chain. william la jeunesse is live with more. trace, you can see three large cargo vessels behind me getting unloaded. like you said, it s a choke point. the president said extending hours from five to seven days is a game changer. his port czar says he doesn t know when the part is going to go 24/7. that s dependent on a lot of factors including people going to work and getting off unemployment. the local dmv has to begin to deal with the backlog. the shifts here, there s about 60 ships in port here. there s about 78 ships beyond the breakwater getting a berth. according to the port czar, they re going to help streamline the system. others are not so optimistic. with all due respect to president biden what he just ordered is too little too late. so it s not normally like this. so normally ships from china and japan would cruise in to
John? john: so much about this virus we didn t know in thor will going, so many bad decisions were made. bryan llenas, thank you. that brings it to a close for today, sandra. sandra: i m getting lots of notes about pumpkins. john: that was the first thing thing my mom made, pumpkin pie. i m sandra smith. john: and i m john roberts. good afternoon. i m trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. we re awaiting the press briefing as we talk about surging costs and supply chain struggles. one key biden official said it s a high class problem. more in a moment as prices surge across the board. at the pump, they re up 44% hitting a new seven-year high today. even your heating bill this winter expected to see a