it comes at a critical moment where covid cases among the youngest and most vulnerable are soaring nationwide. doctors treating kids sick with covid reflecting on this point in the pandemic. it s scary. it s sad. and it s exhausting. it s sad that some in society have not prioritized children. i thought that was a place where we could all come together. we start with this huge news from pfizer. what it could mean in the fight against the pandemic. gabe gutierrez has been following the pfizer announcement for us. he s outside a hospital in spokane washington where hospitals are turning away patients from neighboring idaho. and cases continue to rise among children. and i also want to bring in dr. derek cast. he s an emergency medical physician. doctor, always good to have you. gabe, let s start with you. pfizer says the data shows the vaccine is safe and effective for children between 5 and 11. what more have we learned? hey there, craig. yes, as you said, this is potent
both houses of congress are in recess. members for the most part are out of town. another major development we are following tonight, a setback in white house plans to make vaccine boosters widely available as soon as monday. today, an fda advisory committee voted against recommending a third dose of pfizer s vaccine for most fully vaccinated adults among us. the panel did hold a second follow-up vote and agreed to recommend boosters for people over 65 and for those at high risk for contracting severe disease during the day long meeting. members said they needed to know more about the impact of these third shots. recommending a third goes to younger people is just not something that i would feel comfortable with at this. point i think we should be concerned with immunity clearly seems to decrease overtime. do we want to wait until more previously vaccinated people get sick? i want to support a recommendation for people over 65, i have a hard time supporting it for anyon
good evening from new york i m chris hayes, there is a minority of americans, though a sizeable won an absolute terms, that is not just hesitant or an enthused, or a little skeptical that the vaccines have questions, that they are steadfastly opposed. and they have been highly mobilized. and very loud in proportions greater than their actual numbers. and in this one instance as it becomes, a central point of a republican primary challenge, in the senate. meet, pastor jackson la meyer. young, he s 29 years old, he runs an investment company, and he is a pastor of evangelical church in elsa. that is him on the red standing next to donald trump s formal national security adviser, national flynn. who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. he has launch a challenge to place incumbent, very conservative. right now it appears one of the central pillars of his campaign is to get people to defy the vaccine requirement. so he is encouraging people to donate to his church, in exchange fo
house with democratic leaders, at the house and senate as well as the moderates, and those on the left. this is a messy sausage making process. the president is bringing people of a range of viewpoints, on big important packages. this is going to be deeply engaged with getting bills and legislation across the finish line. biden doesn t have a whole lot of time to try and broker a truce with members of that home team. both pieces of his agenda, his trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, and that three and a half trillion dollar social safety net package, while they appear to be on a collision course. democrats are arguing among themselves, over which one to vote on. first speaker pelosi has promised to vote on the bipartisan bill monday. progressives say they won t know unless the larger bill is passed. when she returned from her meeting today with the president, pelosi who was mobbed by cameras, seemed to suggest that everything was on track. are you still plan
didn t say that s making headlines. also learned there could be another delay in a vote on both the spending bill and the bipartisan infrastructure bill. the house speaker not committing to the previous deadline set for monday. saying she s confident both bills will get passed. and in a new sign, things are getting real. the white house telling federal agencies to prepare for a government shutdown. we re also watching for developments from the cdc which could announce at any moment who will be qualified to get a booster shot of pfizer s covid-19 vaccine. let s go ahead and bring in our nbc news team, ali vitali on capitol hill. mike memoli at the white house and joins by jake sherman punchbowl news founder and msnbc political contributor. ali, start with you. a big day of developments and speaker pelosi making news late this morning? reporter: a busy day and frank lif busy week. right to frame it as news for what was said and not said. in terms what we actually heard fr