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So we have breaking news on pfizers covid-19 vaccine for children under 5, but not the news many parents were hoping for. the food and drug administration and pfizer pushed the pause button today, saying they will wait for data on the effectiveness of three doses of the vaccine before the fda can authorize it for that age group. this means that parents anxious to vaccinate their babies will have to wait until at least april to do so. the news comes as the pandemic and how to move forward means d...

>> well, hong kong and mainland china are a few places which continue with this zero covid strategy, dynamic zero covid strategy. this is a heavy hand, the whac-a-mole approach. you crack down on it at the first sign of an outbreak. could there be a lockdown? >> the whac-a-mole strategy weve been feeliing hard for th last several years. the question among residents, is there going to be a lockdown? is there going to be a wuhan style lockdown? that is something addressed on saturday by john lee, ...

He had this message. >> but when you do reform, you cant ignore public safety. we witnessed individuals who only pushed reform and ignored public safety. both parties must be in the room. we need to have the justice we deserve but the safety we need. >> joining us now is cnn law enforcement analyst, former law enforcement analyst michael fanone. you heard in the last hour. i wonder what you make of president bidens efforts to combat gun violence, particularly the mayors comments about the pendul...

Threat is even more imminent. >> given the fact you just said youve spoken recently with both presidents, biden and zelensky, what was the takeaway, what was the tone, what did you get from those conversations? >> well, let me be clear. i spoke to president zelensky last summer when i hosted him here at stanford. and ive seen him speak. you asked about shouting. he doesnt seem like a guy that would shout. i think hes frustrated. hes in a horrible position. lets all remember how horrible this is....

Businesses are feeling the effects. one trucker looked at the politician and cried hypocrisy. >> global leaders have been hurting the supply chain for the last two years and were just support -- if we have to live borders closed for now we will all be supporting that. >> a new court order has effectively frozen online fundraising efforts to support the truckers after more than 8 million was raised on the platform. bret? >> bret: live in ottawa, thanks. one of the pressing committees questions of...

All of these governments have come out effectively condemning the launch. take a listen to what a top official in japan had to say about this. i believe we have sound of him speaking. >> translator: the series of actions by north korea, including the repeated launches of ballistic missiles threaten the peace and security of our country, the region and the international community. such intense ballistic missile launches are in violation of relevant security council resolutions. and our country ha...

Theres really no down side to getting started on the vaccination regimen, whether your child is 6 months old or 4 to 5 months old, its waiting for a little bit more safety data and effectiveness data whether they should get a third dose and the fda will eventually review that as well. >> thank you so much for joining us on this welcome news for so many parents out there. and yet another winter storm is expected to impact much of the country this week. prepare now because a 2,000-mile-long icy ...

That heartbreaking number of 900,000 dead from the coronavirus, that last group, young children, could soon be eligible for a covid shot. the fda now reviewing pfizers request to authorize their covid vaccine for children ages 6 months to 5 years of age. that application, including data on the effectiveness of a two-dose regimen, despite plans to submit data for a third dose of the shot in the months to come. one source telling nbc news the fda could grant emergency use authorization for this la...

Cdc shows that the booster dose, the vaccine effectiveness from the booster dose can wane over time which is similar to how effectiveness after the primary series can wane over time but the effectiveness is still high. here are the numbers. the cdc study found once you receive your booster shot you have 87% to 91% protection against urgent care visits or covid-19 hospitalization. that is after two months. once four months go by, that effectiveness can drop to about 66% and 78%. those are still h...

Regimen with those youngsters. we need to be sure about what it is that were telling parents. were going to bring those youngsters in. what kind of protection will they get and will they, in the future, need a booster. lets look at the data. lets not make policy here by press release. lets look at the data very critically so that we can satisfy ourselves not only about the effectiveness but by the safety of these vaccines. >> will we have those answers by the end of this month because we heard t...