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Out of this is to vaccinate the unvaccinated and to bring it back to boosters it turns out that a lot of people who are not yet vaccinated at all have said in studies, in surveys, that they would be turned off by the idea of having to have a third dose. this makes them feel less confident so were alienating the very people who are at the center of the crisis, the unvaccinated by trying to get a little marginal benefit out of the people who already have been vaccinated and among whom we already k...

Ethnic minority communities. many of our frontline workers, essential workers and those in congregate settings come from communities already hardest hit. withholding access to boosters from them would worsen the inequities i have said i would fight. we said we would follow the regulatory and scientific processes. and over the last month we have done exactly that. scientists at fda, cdc and across the country and the world have pored over the data. for those greater than 65, those at high risk fo...

Protect our society. it was a decision about providing rather than withholding access. i, too, thought of the current stressors and access and equity in my decision. cdc is making boosters available to these eligible groups and we will look at the data. we want to ensure people have the choice to take advantage of a tool that may be helpful to optimize their vaccine protection. as the delta variant continues to increase risk. it is a first step and we will continue to review new data on effectiv...

The fda commissioner saying, quote, as we learn more about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines including use of a booster we will evaluate the rapidly changing science and keep people informed. those jobs include healthcare workers, teachers, grocery store workers, homeless shelters, a cdc panel will meet again to discuss who should get the shot. not everybody agrees. two fda officials disagree. jillian: if you want this look you can get it for less. >> you can be bernie sanders, sexy b...

What more would you like to see done to help keep women safe on the streets? i to help keep women safe on the streets? ., , ~ ., streets? i would ust like to say that we — streets? i would just like to say that we are joining _ streets? i would just like to say that we are joining and - streets? i would just like to say i that we are joining and expressing anger and distress about the tragic murder of sabina. and after the massive conversation about women safety and government action, so littl...

Effectiveness to be worldwide deployable personal, must be medically qualified, which includes being up today on required vaccinations. they say they can seek religious exemption keeping with current navy policy, what do you think of this? >> i like how they put lawful," in there, it is a lawful order. but lets talk about readiness. thats one thing you said when you first opened up. when you hear the number "hundreds of navy seals," this is devastating. you have to understand that on a typical y...

Thank you. coming up, weve got pat diaz joining us, a former homicide detective, worked as a homicide detective for 35 years. hell weigh in on whats happening right now. how the authorities are searching for brian and how at this point he still is considered just a person of interest to police in this case. john will also be joining us. >> john: suggesting that maybe they dont have quite enough evidence yet charge anybody with anything. a cdc panel expected to vote later this afternoon on who sh...

For example, the debt ceiling was raised 18 times under ronald reagan. the national debt almost tripled to $2.1 trillion. back then, democrats controlled the house and they invoked a common sense measure known as the gephardt rule, stating that congress automatically authorized whatever borrowing is needed to fund the budget that they passed. makes sense, right? when republican speaker newt gingrich took the nauhouse in 1, they ditched the gephardt rule, using the debt ceiling as leverage, leadi...

Forward with their recommendation for a third immunization of the pfizer biontech vaccine for those over the age of 65. one of the problems is there was an important article that came out in the mmwr from the cdc on that day showing that theres a decline in effectiveness of hospitals from over 90% to 70%. still a good vaccine, but there is that impact. and then there was very little consideration on long covid and data coming out of oxford university in their neurology institute showing gray bra...

This is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening we have been under an avalanche of confusing information about covid vaccines and booster shots led by the white houses premature push for those extra shots for everyone to start today. thats not happening today, johnson & johnson did become the latest vaccine maker to claim an extra dose increases effectiveness. in j&js case, 94% compared to 70% for a single shot. but they still have to submit more data to regulators even fridays endor...