me. you can see the cooling effects tomorrow on into tuesday, more of the ocean air conditioning. no 90s. no triple digits in the forecast. that s something we ll see more of over the next seven days. we will see you back here at 6:00. thank you very much. tonight, a giant step toward the next frontier. billionaire richard branson blasting off into space, the moment the plane left the earth s atmosphere, the minutes he and his crew floated weightless his message from the edge of space. if we can do this, just imagine what you can do. the triumph ntd landing and our exclusive sit-down with branson that sent him leaping. as a new age in space travel begins will you need another shot. pfizer to meet with health
way to go to space, and i do believe that a lot of people are going to be able to experience it that s the hope and that s why we re here i would add to that, you know, for me, this is really all about trying to inspire the next generation and kids, and anybody else out there who has ever dreamed of going to space. thank you so much for spending some time with us thank you so much, kate the pharmaceutical company pfizer is expected to make the case to u.s. officials this week that a third vaccine shot is needed to ward off the contagious delta variant, and today, one country announced plans to do just that. kathy park reports reporter: tonight, a national debate over the covid-19 booster shot pharmaceutical giant pfizer will meet with top u.s. health officials about the benefits of a booster. the washington post reporting the meeting will happen in days. as pfizer s research suggests a third dose can offer more protection against the highly contagious delta variant but the
americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster shot at this time. that doesn t mean that we re not very, very actively following and gathering all of this information to see if and when we might need it and if and when we do, we ll have everything in place to do it why is there a debate over the third dose the debate is because there s a question about when we need a third dose but we have studies which the cdc and fda can cite that show that even 8 to 12 months out for trial participants, they re still maintaining antibodies and they have immunity with infections going back up in israel, today, the health minister announced plans to offer pfizer s third dose to adults with weak immune systems. but a decision hasn t been made for the general public in the u.s., coronavirus cases are climbing more than two dozen states the dominant strain fueling outbreaks in arkansas, missouri,
nevada, and texas. we re going to overwhelm the health care system here in arkansas within the next 14 days the u.s. surgeon general stressing the risks of going unvaccinated we re seeing now the vast majority of them, more than 99%, are in univated populations. the deadly surge, largely driven by the delta variant. so kathy, bottom line, how soon could be expect pfizer s third dose well, kate, pfizer plans on asking for emergency use authorization next months. meanwhile, health officials are reviewing the data and plan on updating the public with any new information. kate kathy, thank you. now to the relentless dangerous heat once again baking the western u.s. it s a double disaster with wildfires prompting evacuations and reservoirs now running out of water erin mclaughlin has more tonight, extreme temperatures fueling infernoes across the