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Often take every day itself can suppress the immune system. so general powell represented our most vulnerable population in this country. he was over the age of 80. he had cancer and a treatment for his cancer made him vulnerable. >> reporter: the vaccines are less effective with cancer patients generally and a study in july found that just 45% of multiple myeloma patients developed an adequate covid-19 response when vaccinated, a reason why the fda and cdc have approved booster shots for the immuno compromised. powell had kept his cancer quiet. one of his last public appearances was in late s...

Party affiliation, the former four-star general and secretary of state paved the way for so many like secretary of defense lloyd austin. >> the world lost one of the greatest leaders that we have ever witnessed. she lost a great husband and the family lost a tremendous father. and i lost a tremendous personal friend and mentor. >> reporter: at 84 years old, powell was among the most vulnerable to the pandemic ravaging the planet. he had been vaccinated but he was also suffering from parkinson's disease and being treated for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood's plasma cells. beating wreake...

Offshore. one of the main people trying to fix the crisis is here to explain, what's the hold up? plus, an armed gang in haiti kidnaps a group of american missionaries, including five children. we'll have a live update from port-au-prince as the fbi arrives. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start with our national lead. the death of an american icon and hero. and the first generation son of jamaican immigrants. general colin powell who served as the very first black secretary of state and the very first black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff died today from covid compli kags...

About the vaccines, but as you talked about how multiple myeloma, the blood cancer he suffered from, could compromise his immune system. his age, 84, that makes him more vulnerable. but what about the fact he was a survivor of prostate cancer and the fact he was somebody fighting parkinson's disease. would either of those compromise his immune system? >> i think there's less data on that. with parkinson's, it may sort of make recovery difficult if someone has covid but it's not as clear cut of an impact on the immune system. someone being treated for prostate cancer because the treatments them...

This but he'd been suffering from parkinson's. he'd been suffering from multiple myeloma. but very important she said she wanted everyone to know that he was vaccinated very early on, january, his second vaccine was in february. he was getting ready to have his booster. but as we've been discussing, just having those illnesses and, sanjay will speak to this much better than i can, makes the vaccine less effective. he was therefore more vulnerable. so to my mind, it's another reason why everyone needs to get vaccinated. >> right. isn't that part of the point that one of the reasons that people ...