thought, oh, maybe we need to do boosters at five months. turns out that would have been the right decision. it was, quote, getting ahead of the science or using israel s science to make that decision. instead that didn t happen and we have the booster confusion. explain to me how israeli officials are communicating the need for a fourth dose of the vaccine. yeah, chuck, that s right. israel has been ahead of the curve at so many points during this pandemic. the recommendation right now from this israeli health ministry panel is that the most vulnerable get this fourth dose. that is people over 60s, that is people with compromised immune systems and that is people who work in the medical field. the question, of course, will it eventually be rolled out that the entire population here in israel is getting that fourth dose. now, i spoke earlier to an adviser to the israeli government and he said there wasn t a single smoking gun
more about that. we re looking forward to the president s speech on tuesday. i m curious, on the issue of boosters, you and i have had a conversation multiple times in the last four months and i ve asked you multiple questions on boosters. are we getting ahead of the science? are we behind the science? president biden said, hey, we should probably do it after five months after talking to israeli officials. some thoughts in april it should be eight months. there was confusion about six months. there s been a lot of ambiguity, if you want. now all of a sudden omicron is here and there s no more ambiguity. how much did this booster confusion set us back? i don t think it set us back, chuck. it became very clear we said six months or more. after at least six months, go get boosted. if it s j&j, it s two months. i think those recommendations from the cdc were pretty clear. the one thing we want to make sure people understand right now is when your time comes to get boosted, get boosted.
so pleased to have rain in the forecast. bringing her back for an encore. i really am. such a nice change. 76 degrees in san francisco, but tomorrow daytime highs only in the 60s, terry. evening rain on the way. see you tonight. . tonight, the police standoff in chicago. the city hitting a deadline for all officers to disclose their vaccine status the union leader calling for the police to refuse those orders, sparking concerns of major shortages on the force. what a judge has now ruled. booster confusion. an fda panel approves booster shots for the j&j vaccines, but not mixing and matching. we ll guide you through the new patch work of rules. i m a scientist and i m confused. an all-out man hunt in texas what happened tonight was evil.
they have left, yes. they feel that they are prepared for the legal battles and challenges. this is something months ago the president said he was hesitant to do this. now this is the only thing that will move some people off the sidelines. monica, thank you. let me bring in dr. peter otez. i m going to put up here just various quotes from some red flags and an fda briefing document about the johnson & johnson booster in particular. there s a lot of booster confusion this morning and this afternoon. data sets were not submitted in a sufficient time to verify. the fda has not independently verified the data. it was limited by small sample sizes. what does all of that tell you? are they not going to approve this booster?
their heart and mind. they are lying because they want to go out from here. this week on the sidelines general assembly, pakistan urged the united states not to abandon afghanistan despite the actions of the taliban. bret? bret: trey yingst in kabul afghanistan. trey, thank you. up next, president biden says he will rile up his sleeves amid the covid booster confusion. we will talk live with the cdc director dr. rochelle walensky about what is actually happening there. first beyond our borders tonight, turkey s leader says recent talks with president joe biden has been disappointing in his words. president erdogan saying he will seek closer ties with russia. turkey is a member of nato. erdogan says he and president biden failed to bridge differences during a meeting during his visit to new york for the u.n. general s. blemish assembly this week. chinese technology company huawei reaches agreement with u.s. prosecutors to end the bank fraud case against her. manning juan jo attended t