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As we get ready to mark one year since at tack, coming up later in the show, including my interview with one member of congress. but first right now, this hour, a cdc committee is expected to vote any minute on boosters for 12 to 15-year-olds. plus a potential turning point in talks about how to prevent a future constitutional crisis. what mitch mcconnell said is worth discussing. and then the story that i mentioned a moment ago, dan kildee sharing more about his mental health journey after th...

>> lets talk about the moderna announcement. they just released their own data on kids 6 to 11 saying it produced a robust immune response. that has not been peer reviewed yet, we should note that, but it seems like promising initial information. >> we know that pfizer has a vaccine thats very likely to be signed off this week by the fda committee. next week by the cdc committee. and maybe the week after that, in your pediatricians office. and the moderna vaccine is very similar technology to th...

Also its very confusing. that the fda would recommend one thing, and the cdc committee would recommend another. however i would just and with this. its probably broader booster by a recommendation that most people think. because of obesity, as one of the things that they included. and they consider that as a body mass index of over 25. and i should just tell you thats over 70% of the american public. >> 70% of the american public falls, okay -- look a lot of people do think its comfy zing and in...

Asymptomatically, so they dont know if they should send them back. its not effective and its decisions like that can perpetuate the spread and perpetuate this pandemic. >> all right, dr. gupta, thank you very much. again, we are waiting for a recommendation from the cdc committee, and, of course, well bring it to you as soon as we get it. >> thanks, sanjay. a divided democratic party is threatening to derail president bidens top legislative priorities all while a potential government shutdown ...

First dose of the vaccine. >> shots for everybody. doctor, are you equally optimistic as you look at this data? >> sure. i share the optimism. it is as you said, a press release. i mean, so were in an era of press releases. this is topline data. you want to make sure they look carefully at all the data and every child that got the vaccine to make sure its safe and look at the data and see how well it was able to induce the response among all the participants and then after the fda looks at the d...

Expert and every doctor i interviewed agreed first and second shots are still the priority over third shots. after the fda makes the final recommendation, the booster ball goes back into your court. the cdcs court. the advisory committee is supposed to meet on wednesday and thursday to hash out some specifics like exactly who is eligible for a third shot. how it rolls out. you advise that committee. who do you think should be included within the vulnerable groups outlined by the fda? if you feel...

If the fda to accept that suggestion, that would mean that booster shots are not recommended for everybody. they are recommended for people aged 65 an, up for people with comorbidities, and recommended for health care workers and teachers, other essential workers who are at high risk because of their job. interesting prospect. in terms of what is going to happen next, we are likely to get if f -- formal fda decision. today was just the advisory panel. the fda is not required to accept the recomm...

Athena jones, cnn, new york. >> athena, thank you so much. joining us now is dr. jeremy faust. hes an emergency physician at the brigham and womens hospital. dr. faust, thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us this morning. im curious to get your reaction about the white house possibly delaying this initial day for the booster rollout of september 20th. the president there had made clear that this was pending fda approval, cdc approval. but doesnt this back and forth create confusion...

Another study showed the risk of infection fell up to 68%, 7 to 13 days after a third dose. and by as much as 84% after 14 to 20 days. >> reporter: president joe biden announced in late august -- >> this booster program is going to start here september the 20th. pending approval of the fda and the cdc committee. of outside experts. >> reporter: but federal health officials now warning the white house they may not have enough data on the moderna vaccine by then to recommend boosters for anyone ot...