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Or offer boosters to those over 50, those who are immunocompromised. but the problem with it is in language and setting our priorities. i dont know what it means that well offer, but not recommend a booster. and i think that language is confusing to the american public. but we havent really established what our priorities are with the boosters. is our goal to prevent all infection? if thats what our goal is, im not sure that these boosters are going to be very helpful. but if the goal is to prev...

Badly designed. >> ken dilanian, thank you so much for that reporting. a quick check of some of the other top stories were following. will smith, have you heard this? he has apologized now to chris rock for the slapping after the joke about his wife during the oscars. the instagram post came hours after academy formally condemned what hit did. the academy is now conducting a formal review of the whole thing. today the fda authorized a second booster of pfizer and moderna and those vaccines f...

With more powerful worlds on russian peace signals. he said they do not silence the explosion of russian shells. david? >> james, thank you, and to linsey davis for that interview over the border in poland. thank you. zb were going to turn to the news at home tonight. the fda giving the green light for a second covid booster now for americans 50 and older. how quickly will you be able to get it? and will they recommend everyone else get it, too? and this move comes as we learn that that highly...

Calls it an agreement in principle but half of the money is expected to go towards therapeutics with other funding to replenish critical resources to fight covid. they wanted double that amount but had to scale back expectations. >> we are hopeful congress is making progress. the president has been very clear there is a strong sense of urgency here. congresss failure to act is already having severe consequences including on our supply of antibody and treatments for the immunocompromised. >> a bi...

Of a targeting of this booster versus other boosters. the fda approved it for people above the age of 50 and its more narrowly indicated for those above 65 and 75 as well as those immunocompromised. its important to remember the goal of the vaccine campaign is not to prevent all infections but severe infections and thats why boosters are best targeted. they are doing it somewhat with the fourth booster and we have to be clear about what we are trying to do, and its not to prevent every infection...

Giving everybody over the age of 50 a fourth dose will have a real impact in the long term on, hospitalization, and death. >> reporter: the f.d.a. has also authorized the optional second booster shot for individuals 12 and over who are immunocompromised. u-penn immunologist wherry supports the idea for that group. >> were seeing more waning of that ability to stay out of the hospital should you get infected. for the immunocompromised, clearly theres a benefit of a fourth dose. >> reporter: this ...

Government to buy from the drug companies that have made these vaccines and have created the ppe and the tools we have been living with the last couple of years during the pandemic, buying them early to have them available and to have the stockpile ready and as that runs out that puts the country at risk if there is another big surge. >> okay, doctor, lets talk about the booster. its being authorized for those in the older age group and those with immuno -- who are immunocompromised. how effecti...

Testing capacity. the omicron, we saw how vital it was. and we have enough tests on hand to weather the surge. without funding, were not going to be able to sustain the testing capacity beyond the month of june. and if we fail to invest, we leave ourselves vulnerable if another wave of the virus hits. look, on vaccines our most important tool in this fight were running a risk. yesterday the food and drug administration, the fda, and the center for disease control and prevention, the cdc, authori...

Population where its already given, and some are not even giving a third dose to his 20-year-old son. >> john: some people are thinking were we sold a bill of goods here, get the vaccine, youll be protected. and then well, the effects of the vaccine wane after a number of months, get a booster and good for life. and now we are hearing the booster is beginning to wane as well, and starting with people over 50 and who are immunocompromised, and maybe a month or two, opening it up. are we going to ...

Much bigger issue. >> brian: adam, i fear you are correct unless this comes out right. day 35 and ukrainians have done better than anybody thought. they have more leverage than we thought they would have. and thats why they are in talks to begin with. adam, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me, brian. >> brian: meanwhile, carley shimkus is poised to give us the rest of the news. carley? >> carley: i certainly am. turning to headlines the house january 6th committee is investigating more than ...