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and ultimately leading to the mar-a-lago search warrant. nbc news has reached out to the doj, fbi, white house and former president trump spokesperson. we have not received responses yet. here is how jared kushner, the former presidents son-in-law and white house advisor reacted. >> im not familiar with what exactly the contents were. i think you have to be very careful with what you read and wait for the facts to develop. >> late yesterday in a move seemingly as political as legal, do...

authorities say they are not ruling out that this was possibly a hate crime. president biden has ordered all federal flags to be flown at half staff in honor of the victims, and he will head to georgia tomorrow. and as the president said, as vice president harris said, as atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms said, whatever the motivation here, the fact is attacks on asian americans are on the rise. people are rightfully scared and we need to do more to combat that bigotry and violence ...

Having a rash is required to be tested. new york state reported its first case in a person under 18, that is at least the third case in a child in this country. joining me is dr. irwin redletter, from the national center for disaster prepareness and a pediatrician. dr. redletter, monkeypox not as contagious as covid. its not spread through the air. its not a respiratory disease. only three cases we know of with kids but understandably because its in the news so much there is an outbreak, there a...

That well with kids 5 to 13. a lot of the children are not getting it. maybe a third of kids have. under 5 is less than 5% at this point who have gotten vaccinated and you can understand why parents are feeling not sure and part of it has been the whole messaging situation from the cdc from what youre hearing on social media has really offered a complete bed of confusion and uncertainty. so a lot of parents are holding back. i believe that children, all children, all ages that are eligible shoul...

To help us break down this news, im also joined by dr. irwin redletter. thanks to all of you for being here. gabe, set the table. break down this news for us. why is pfizer pulling their fda application? >> millions of parents who were waiting on this, theyre going to have to wait a little longer. just within the past few minutes the company saying they plan to extend their rolling submission to the fda, essentially pulling the emergency use authorization application because you might remember n...

Children they would be fine. im more worried about those in adolescence and theyre missing everything about their former life and it will be tough. its not just about parents themselves, but people that have expertise in making sure older children are protected from the mental health point of view, ali. so there are a lot of factors to consider here and im hoping that well see here coordination of meeting those needs that i saw in refugee settings, but its a big, long-term problem and we dont kn...

War-torn ukraine. the latest estimate is more than 2 million ukrainians have crossed the border into poland and by far the most of any neighboring country. romania has moved into the second place for refugees. 508,000 there. moldova is next. close to 360,000 and hungary, where i am, has taken in 300,000, but this crisis as you have seen from the images has been especially tough on children. unicef estimates that more than 1.5 million children have fled ukraine since russias invasion has begun la...

His second covid booster shot aa day after the given the green light to the extra doss for those 50 years old and older. and those with immunocompromised systems. the possibility that many more americans could qualify to get another booster shot ahead of any winter or fall surges. covid cases and hospitalizations have fallen sharply. but some public health officials are watching a new sub variant of omicron which right now accounts for more than half of the countrys cases. lets bring in public h...

>> with the fact that this is fast moving as dr. redletter was saying there, you just came from the briefing. what can you tell us about how the white house reacted to this internal document from the cdc? >> well, exactly to the doctors last point just there, they were asked whether the white house was still evaluating a federal vaccine mandate because thats something the president had said they were going to look into. they didnt know fit was possible. today, far more definitively, theyre sayin...

Concern because as we know, many children arent vaccinated yet because theyre not eligible. >> yeah. very important question there. its important to follow up on that with the white house. dr. redletter, the data out of the cdc is what led them to shift the masking requirements. based on what youve seen from the data, was it a good call or a little bit -- or is it too little too late? >> well, its a question dhsh is a big wakeup call. and hopefully communication lesson for the white house. and n...