Beaten by the taliban, a direct contradiction to what the commanderinchief had said just a short time earlier. And that wasnt the only contradiction from the President S remarks this afternoon. White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich has the latest from the north lawn. Good evening, jackie. Good evening, bret. The biggest news as the president remarked he extended the commitment to evacuate stranded americans to afghan refugees to allies. But it was incredibly unclear by what means he intends to do that and if it will involve american troops. President biden said he is considering Rescue Operations to recover americans and afghan allies stuck behind taliban checkpoints and seemed to open the door to using american troops. This Evacuation Mission is dangerous and involves risks to Armed Forces. I cannot promise what the final outcome will be and what it will bethat it will be without risk of loss. But as commanderinchief, i can assure you that i will mobilize every resource necessary.
in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. good to see you tonight as we re learning that a third vaccine is on the way. the fda says the johnson & johnson vaccine may be used on people 18 and older. now the cdc s advisory committee on immunization practices will figure out who should get the first doses. it s very different from the vaccines from pfizer and moderna. it s kind of great for those of you who hate needles, because the j&j drug is one shot, not two. test results show it is safe and it is highly effective especially against the worst cases of covid. the shot proved to be 86% effective against severe disease and hospitalizations overall. it s 72% effective in preventing moderate to severe disease in the u.s. that s one bit of help that s on the way. the other may be the relief package. late last night it passed by a vote of 219-212. senate democrats already decided to pass the bill with a simple majority vote. this morning, the president urged them t
taken away, great to see what we just saw. jillian: we will have that in the show. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. todd: house democrats aiming to pass $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill tomorrow as the feet of the minimum wage hangs in the balance. more on the controversial spending package. reporter: this at stay or does it go with the minimum wage question. a woman rarely in the spotlight, elizabeth mcdonagh, senate parliamentarian will make that call when she determines if the minimum wage increase complies with the verb rule under budget reconciliation process. senate majority leader chuck schumer making the case it does. according to the congressional budget office raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has a significant budgetary impact which should make it permissible under the senate reconciliation rules. jillian: of democrats push the massive relief bill through treasury sets, the national debt will swell to $30 trilli
last rally as president. leland: i think he might dispute that, but we ll see. gillian: he would definitely dispute that, but regardless we re going to bring you the rally live as it happens, that s at 7 p.m. eastern. until then we have got new breaking details on what president trump is planning to say. charles is standing by at the site in valdosta. he s got a preview now, hi, charles. hey, gillian, the president is expected to arrive in valdosta in a matter of hours and the republican senators david perdue and kelly loeffler in the all important senate runoffs. the stage has been set across the road at the regional airport. right now, as you ve mentioned we ve got hundreds of the president s supporters out here, some since 7:00 this morning waiting to hear and see what the president has to say in his first rally since last month in november. you can imagine that this rally is incredibly important and excited to incumbent senators loeffler and perdue who are banking on th
why your favorite stores may not have the gifts you are shopping for this year. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening breaking tonight, the fda authorizing covid booster shots of the pfizer vaccine, but keeping with an outside advisory panel s recommendation only giving the green light for that third shot for people 65 and up or at high risk currently there are 182 million fully vaccinated people in the united states. though, adding boosters potentially changes the definition of fully vaccinated the late-day decision by the fda still leaving some confusion as it only pertains to the pfizer vaccine. for now the j&j and moderna vaccines are not up for review the white house first raised expectations of boosters for everyone, getting ahead of the fda. stephanie gosk reports. reporter: tonight a decision on the pfizer booster. the fda authorizing a third shot for people over 65 or at high risk it will only apply for those who received the pfizer vaccine,