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Bringing an end to an intense five-week long hahn man hunt. also breaking, the cdc panel voting unanimously to back moderna and johnson & johnson boosters a day after the fda gave the green light, the cdc director expected to give the final signoff. who is eligible and how soon. plus, the new covid mutation in the u.k. is it more dangerous just in, queen elizabeth hospitalized overnight. what the palace is saying about her condition. the bipartisan vote in the house to hold long-time trump...

That is kind of the struggle for them because for example one thing the president has touted time and time again was that he wanted to have two years of free community college included in this plan. we now know he has told progressive democrats earlier this week during a meeting in the oval office that is likely not going to make the final cut. so yesterday even he was doing this kind of dance where he is saying i want the child tax credit but not mentioning specifics because of course we now kn...

Advisers to the fda felt is that given the data that they saw, very likely this should have been a two-dose vaccine to begin with. >> reporter: but johnson & johnson telling abc news there was value in having a single-dose vaccine that could be easily distributed. >> in a pandemic situation, the best thing you can do is get out there and vaccinate as much of the population as quickly as possible with one shot. >> reporter: unlike pfizer and moderna boosters, limited to older adults or those at h...

Together. have a good night. ♪ tonight, breaking news as we come on the air on booster shots. a key fda panel voting unanimously in favor of moderna booster shots for americans 65 and older, 18 and older if you have a medical condition or a job that puts you at higher risk. how soon before the official green light, when will they roll out? next johnson & johnson, their booster. and what were learning tonight about mixing and matching the shots. dr. jha standing by to answer your questions. ...

At higher risk. it would be a third moderna shot six months after the first two. and this moderna booster would be half the dose of the first two. that same panel set to discuss that johnson & johnson booster tomorrow, as well as the notion of mixing and matching different vaccines. and the decision on the pfizer vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old likely coming in weeks and president biden just today saying the government is ready with doses for the 28 million american who would be eligible....

But voting no to boosters for people who have jobs that put them at high risk, front line workers, teachers among them. dr. jha standing by to break all of this down, what you need to know. how soon this begins. but first, abcs whit johnson tonight on the cdc decisions that came down late today. >> reporter: tonight, that decision from the cdc paving the way for millions more americans to start getting booster shots. >> yes, this motion passed. >> reporter: an advisory panel voting to recommend ...

Its not just going to be enough to vaccinated the little kids. the data is so compelling that these vaccines are safe and effective. it just boggles my mind that we still have 75 million people in the u.s. that have not rolled up up their sleeve. >> sandra: im sure you understand the concern. you can make the case, the fda panel voting that covid boosters are not needed, but we already have the administration that is pushing the booster shots. tough to keep track of it all. we just want it to be...

Tonight on covid boosters. a key-fda panel voting to recommend a booster dose of pfizers vaccine six months after full vaccination but only for people 65 and older and those at high risk of severe covid. a setback for the president who had announced a plan for every adult to get a booster shot. just over 25% of americans are still unvaccinated. one republican governor saying tonight, get a vaccine or keep piling up body bags. >> were gonna run to the fire and get vaccinated right now. or were go...

>> we i love you more. we hope everything works out with the family. we really, really do. busy night. it is the eve of the so-called justice for 6th rally, which lets remember is in defense of the blood thirsty insurrectionists who on january 6th tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power and there is a lot of concern about the potential for more violence at the scene of the crime and we have major news tonight on covid boosters. a key fda panel voting to recommend a booster dose six months...

Breaking news on vaccines. late today an fda panel voting to approve a third pfizer booster shot for people 65 and older. and those at high risk for severe cases. the panel voted against a booster shot for the rest of the population saying the first round of shots is enough to protect most people. this decision comes as fights over vaccines are exploding across the country. the scientific and political responses to vaccinations are inextricably linked with lawmakers politicizing the pandemic fig...