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Finally today, some substantive news for people who have had the johnson & johnson single shot coronavirus vaccine. today the company reported their first data on the prospect of booster shots for people who have had that single shot vaccine. j&j reported results of its study on a second j&j shot administered two months after the first one. they said that second shot increased protection against mild to severe covid to 94%. that's up from the 74% protection after just one shot. those are good numbers. johnson & johnson has submitted those good new numbers to the fda for potential approval of a...

Sos a different calculus for vaccines than a different kind of medication, but the principle still stands that we change with age and it is important to take a precision approach. >> we learned last week that 60% of the new cases in georgia were in schools k through 12. so we know how quickly this is spreading in schools. lay out for us the role that potential approval, potential authorization for 5 to 11-year-olds will have in the largest strategy of fighting the pandemic. >> well certainly whether it comes to helping to keep our schools open safely, vaccines are going to be really important ...

Extremely clever because it designed a mechanism or 00 chinese and the aren't going to have a veto they are never going to get the reimposition of sanctions. it is over as of the signing of this agreement. >> kirsten, a lot of push back bipartisan push back on the hill over the fact that it looks like the administration is going to go to the u.n. first for a vote on, this instead of letting congress vote first on its potential approval. that's if any democrats that the president is going to it need. >> i think the president's herb right now is going to be democrats. everybody is sort of all ey...

Will join 14 other states that have already passed laws that make it harder for people to vote. that's according to the brennan center for justice. right now there are 18 states attempting to push through 61 voter restriction bills all aiming to make voting harder not easier. in texas tonight the new bill moves to the house for a final vote before seeing the governor's desk. dianne gallagher joins me. this is becoming a hugely important story. coal country is watching how this is unfolding. walk us through what's in this bill, what's next? >> let's start with what's next. in the next hour or t...