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Case. Plus, schools in pennsylvania now canceling classes today after new sightings late last night of the convicted murderer still on the run. And later, a mass exodus and eighthour wait as the gates finally open at burning man. A live report from what was a very muddy Nevada Desert coming up. Great to have you with us. And it is good to be back with you. 1 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin in washington where hours from now the former National Leader of the proud boy...

Friday. >> it is obviously confusing people, but one of the things that were talking about from a purely public health standpoint is how well you are protected rather than what a definition is to get someone to be required or not required. thats what were talking about. there really is a difference there. and thats the point that was made by dr. walensky today, that when you went to be up to date, to be optimally protected, thats where the booster comes in. >> so what do you see is at the core a...

We have travel through the airports higher than ever. and we have many airports and broadway shows canceled due to covid-19. jon: there was a british study that took a look at the effect of the pfizer booster, and it found that after 10 weeks etch today i of that i shall -- the efficacy of that booster went down 40-50%. what are we to make of that? >> vaccinations are as they always have been. they sometimes need boosters. we have vaccines we have been getting all our lives that need boosters. w...

Because it does save your life and the life of your friends and family and the nhs as well, of course. you are a global icon now. iam! people meet me in the street and they say, "thank god for you because i wasnt going to have this jab." and its lovely to hear that, you know. since then, more than 51 million people in the uk have been vaccinated, but the pandemic is still far from over. fergus walsh, bbc news, coventry. im joined now by dr sumit chanda, infectious disease researcher at the scrip...

Just use the phrase that i keep returning to -- and that is fully vaccinated. a number of us are used to now showing our phones, perhaps the picture we took over vaccine cards if not the cars themselves, when are we going to define three shots as fully vaccinated? when perhaps, will the words booster fall out of the vocabulary and just becomes known as a three shot regiment from the get-go? >> right brian i think this is exactly what were going. were gonna transition right now, were seeing the l...

Vaccinated yet. we need to -- the rest of the world has to get vaccinated. we do need boosters here. evidence is emerging that shows these vaccines are waning and the boosters bringing back to where you need to be. so everyone over 18, booster. >> mike: president biden tweeted a week ago today im announcing we purchased 10 million treatment courses of pfizers antiviral covid-19 pill. vaccination is still a most important tool but this new pill may dramatically reduce hospitalizations and deaths ...

Still time to get vaccinated before then. we have all those people who are unvaccinated, the people who do need boosters and the children, 5 and older. we need to get them all vaccinated. >> thats right. okay. so one startling number that i saw just came out yesterday from the cdc, is that only one in eight eligible children in this country have received their first vaccine dose. only one in eight, you know. i have my daughter singing all i want for christmas is my two vaccines. she wants her se...

Vaccinated yet, we need to walk and chew bubblegum at the same time, mike. the rest of the world has to get vaccinated. we do need boosters here. evidence is emerging that shows these vaccines are waning in the boosters bring you back to where you need to be, so everyone over 18, booster. >> mike: all right, president biden tweeted a week ago, today am announcing we purchased 10 million treatment courses of the covid-19 pill, vaccination still are most important will put this new pill may dramat...

Increases the durability so you will not necessarily need it every six months or a year. were hoping it pushes it out more. if it doesnt, and the data show we do need it more often, then well do it. >> joining me now is dr. patel, msnbc medical contributor, physician, and fellow at the brookings institution, and former obama white house health policy director. welcome to you, and let me say in anticipation of knowing were going to talk about this, i booked my booster shot appointment this mornin...

We all need boosters every six month or year? >> its a great question. we are building this airplane in the air and watching conditions evolved in realtime. its clear a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine will help reduce the risk of infection which will contain the virus and help us move forward towards normalcy that we so crave. >> you were interviewed about kids wearing masks in school. we love to hear your take on that. >> i think we can agree there is a reason we dont mandate masks in sch...