ashish jha warning they are tracking the rise of several new omicron subvariants, which he said couldevade immunity and some treatments. dr. jha saying the newly updated vaccines now available should provide a high degree of protection, though, against serious illness. he's urging everyone to get the covid booster and a flu shot. >>> when we come back tonight, did it work? nasa, the collision, and the asteroid, but did it knock >>> to the index. after nasa collided with that asteroid on purpose 7 million miles away. new images revealing the dart mission was a success. they were able to knock the asteroid offcourse, shifting its orbit. the mission, of course, testing whether it's possible one day to divert an asteroid perhaps headed this way. >>> when we come back here tonight, we celebrate angela lansbury. i'm karen. i'm living with hiv and i'm on cabenuva. for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete, long-acting hiv treatment you can get every other month. it's two injections from a healthcare provider. i really like the flexibility. and for me, it's one less thing

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ashish jha is warning of a, quote, challenging virus season ahead of us. the cdc says so far only about 11.5 million americans have gotten their omicron booster. >>> stanford university is facing an ugly chapter in its history today apologizing for limiting admission to jewish students in the 1950s. university president appointed a task force of faculty, staff and alumni to investigate. he called the report deeply troubling. the task force made recommendations including education and training to address biases, greater attention with jewish observances. in the wake of a sex abuse scandal at san hope say state students are demanding the university make changes to better protect victims. for more than a decade 17 former san jose state female swimmers say their reports of sexual abuse at the hands of sports medicine director scott shaw were ignored. the department of justice investigated and found that san jose state did violate title ix rules and will have to pay $1. million to those former athletes involved. title ix prohibits discrimination based on sex in

ashish jha says americans are not powerless. getting vaccinated can make a big difference. >> we have flu shots to keep people out of the hospital. we have a brand-new covid.that is formulated against the virus that is out there right now. that will keep people out of the hospital. >> reporter: he stresses that keeping people out of the hospital is critical. so many viruses are circulating , so hospitals do not get overwhelmed. taking common sense precautions, such as staying home when sick and washing hands, can also keep everyone healthy. cbs news, miami. >> while there are vaccines for the 19 and the flu, there is no rsv vaccine just yet. several companies are working on it. the biden administration says it might be available within a year. >> [ crowd chanting ] >>> advocates from aids healthcare foundation are holding a series of protests targeting gilead sciences. the group is picking out on the company's pricing and policies over hiv and other drugs. they say high costs are impacting customers . one demonstrated tells us,

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doctor ashish jha says a new study indicates that as many as 90,000 lives could be saved. >> and a million hospitalizations prevented if most eligible americans get the new covid shots. you really want to wrap up the urgency. this is going to be a critical piece of protection as we enter these winter months. doctor amesh adalja with johns hopkins says part of the problem has been mixed messaging. people were kind of muddled in their messaging on who needs a booster benefits from this to one of history's used for. >> that has led to a lack of enthusiasm. but the white house says the message is simple. don't wait. >> get your new flu shot and get covid shot today. >> and health officials are expecting a bad flu season this year because many people have dropped the precautions they were previously taking like masking reporting live in washington. alexandra limon. all right, alexandra, thank you for sharing that message this morning. well, still to come on the kron, 4 morning news, one bay area county is being awarded. >> to make living conditions in that area. better for residents. one bay ar

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ashish jha also needs no introduction. he was there when covid exploded in west africa, the head of the harvard aids institute and at the school of public health and is now the white house coordinator of the covid 19 response. when i'm going to do is begin with a very big question and in the middle we will go into things that are important. subvariants, therapeutic vaccines, funding. let me start with this question. somewhere near the beginning of the pandemic, marine doubt -- maureen dowd the new york times said how long is this going to go on for? the comment was, i would have day history and normally it is a two to three year horizon. and people were shocked. two or three years. while here we are. let me just start with you and then go to julie. where are we going to be a year from now? entering another respiratory virus season, will we be getting another five jabs? tell us a little about where we might be if we came back here. dr. jha: thank you for letting me spend some time with you. that part, especially about the f

ashish jha said frontline healthcare workers could face shortages of personal protective equipment this winter after the white house redirected resources away from the national stockpile in order to continue making vaccines widely available. >> made dramatically harder by congressional inaction. you can't fight a deadly virus without resources. congressional and action is costly. amy: the biden administration is investigating whether florida republican governor ron desantis misused covid aid money to pay for flights that brought 48 venezuelan asylum seekers from texas to massachusetts as part of a political stunt. the treasure department's inspector general said it's part of a larger probe into how states used, or misused, billions of dollars of public health funds disbursed under the american rescue plan. the biden administration says it has reached a deal with mexico that will allow for 24,000 venezuelan migrants and financial sponsors to enter the u.s. while expelling others who don't meet the economic criteria who cross the border outside the port of entry. u.s. will expel those mig

ashish jha. sir, thank you so much for being with us this morning. it is not going to be an easy winter here. tell us what we can expect. >> good morning, thank you for having me back. so, yeah, so this is obviously a concerning situation. we're seeing the rise of three viruses circulating at increasing levels, rsv, influenza and covid. the good news here is that we're now powerless against this. for two of them we have very high quality vaccines, both influenza and covid. so the first and most important thing people can do is go out and get vaccinated. that will keep people, kids, adults, everybody out of the hospital at very high rates. that is probably the most important thing. and then we know how to manage rsv. most children, most adults, relatively mild. small somebody of kids that get sick from it, we can take care of it. we need to make sure the beds are open for children which is why it is important to protect yourself from influenza and covid as well. >> are we going to be seeing makeshift hospitals or wards for children this winter? >> i h

doctor ashish jha says a new study indicates that as many as 90,000 lives could be saved and a million hospitalizations prevented if most eligible americans get the new covid shots. you really want to wrap up the urgency. this is going to be a critical piece of protection as we enter these winter months. doctor amesh adalja with johns hopkins says part of the problem has been mixed messaging. people were kind of muddled in their messaging on who needs a booster benefits from this to one of history's used for. >> that has led to a lack of enthusiasm. but the white house says the message is simple. don't wait. >> get your new flu shot and get covid shot today. >> that was alexandra limon reporting for us. new covid vaccine numbers are expected from the cdc this friday. at last check, the cdc reported only 4% of those eligible have received their bivalent booster. >> coming coming up here at 8 o'clock, a chemical leak is cleaned up after a major spill on the back of a delivery truck. and the search is on for a man who robbed a store in san carlos. plus, details on the condition of a mothe

doctor ashish jha says a new study indicates that as many as 90,000 lives could be saved. >> and a million hospitalizations prevented if most eligible americans get the new covid shots. you really want to wrap up the urgency. this is going to be a critical piece of protection as we enter these winter months. doctor amesh adalja with johns hopkins says part of the problem has been mixed messaging. people were kind of muddled in the messaging on who needs a booster benefits from this to what this term is used for. that has led to a lack of enthusiasm. but the white house says the message is simple. don't wait. >> get your new flu shot and get covid shot today. >> 5.27 the time. we'll be right back. the innovative new hisense kitchen suite is only at lowe's. featuring ranges with built-in air fryers. get up to $500 off now plus free delivery with purchases over $299. shop all our appliances now. only at lowe's. >> it's 5.29. and we're looking at another morning with a little bit of fog, not as much as the last 2 this morning. yeah, a bring them. >> on a scale. yeah. one to 10. i'm going to gi

doctor ashish jha says a new study indicates that as many as 90,000 lives could be saved and a million hospitalizations prevented if most eligible americans get the new covid shots. you really want to wrap up the urgency. this is going to be a critical piece of protection as we enter these winter months. doctor amesh adalja with johns hopkins says part of the problem has been mixed messaging. people were kind of muddled in their messaging on who needs a benefits from this to what mister is used for. >> that has led to a lack of enthusiasm. but the white house says the message is simple. don't wait. >> get your new flu shot and get your new covid shot today. >> officials are expecting a bad flu season this year as many people have dropped many of the precautions they were taking for covid like masking in washington. alexandra limon. >> well, new this morning on a related note, we've got the fda this morning approving the updated covid booster shot for kids as young as 5. that updated booster was approved for those 12 and older last month. that was the pfizer booster. so 12 and older as

ashish jha who leads the covid-19 response here at the white house said that the white house is veryof covid-19, flu and rsv and argued that getting this booster shot will help lesson the strain on the hospital system. >> we can't control everything, but there are things we can control. the two most important things right now are going out and getting the influenza shot, the flu shot, and going out and getting the new updated covid shot. if people do those two things then that really reduces the burden on the health care system and allows us to focus on taking care of kids with rsv. >> reporter: now, jha acknowledged that the covid-19 pandemic is constantly evolving, but he said that he believes that these bi-valent booster shots will hold up and argue that this is the shot that americans will likely have to be getting once a year. in just a few hours we will hear from president biden encouraging americans to take that step especially as the winter and holiday season approaches. >> thank you. >>> still ahead here another hurdle as georgia investigators try to get senator lindsey grah

ashish jha. sir, thank you so much for being with us this morning.n expect. >> good morning, thank you for having me back. so, yeah, so this is obviously a concerning situation. we're seeing the rise of three viruses circulating at increasing levels, rsv, influenza and covid. the good news here is that we're now powerless against this. for two of them we have very high quality vaccines, both influenza and covid.

doctor ashish jha says a new study indicates that as many as 90,000 lives could be saved. >> and a millionpitalizations prevented if most eligible americans get the new covid shots. you really want to wrap up the urgency. this is going to be a critical piece of protection as we enter these winter months. doctor amesh adalja with johns hopkins says part of the problem has been mixed messaging. people were kind of muddled in their messaging on who needs a benefits from this to one of history's used for that has led to a lack of enthusiasm. but the white house says the message is simple. don't wait. >> get your new flu shot and get covid shot today. >> officials are expecting a bad flu season this year as many people have dropped many of the precautions they were taking for covid like masking in washington. alexandra limon. >> 7.22. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news of community members in oakland are not happy with the new plans for parker elementary. we'll see what the school district decided to do. it. [music: better and better by danger twins] ♪ ♪ drop the confetti time to start it

doctor ashish jha says a new study indicates that as many as 90,000 lives could be saved and a millionospitalizations prevented if most eligible americans get the new covid shots. you really want to wrap up the urgency. this is going to be a critical piece of protection as we enter these winter months. doctor amesh adalja with johns hopkins says part of the problem has been mixed messaging. people were kind of muddled in their messaging on who needs a benefits from this to mister is used for. that has led to a lack of enthusiasm. but the white house says the message is simple. don't wait. >> get your new flu shot and get covid shot today. >> and health officials are expecting a bad flu season this year. and that's because they say a lot of people have stopped using those preventative measures like social distancing and masking reporting live in washington. alexandra limon. >> ok, thanks a lot, alex. it's 6.22. right now. and coming up after the break. >> should the parkland florida school shooter get the death penalty? the jury begins deliberations on that today. we'll be right back. k

doctor ashish jha says a new study indicates that as many as 90,000 lives could be saved. >> and a million hospitalizations prevented if most eligible americans get the new covid shots. you really want to wrap up the urgency. this is going to be a critical piece of protection as we enter these winter months. doctor amesh adalja with johns hopkins says part of the problem has been mixed messaging. people were kind of muddled in their messaging on who needs a benefits from this to one of history's used for that has led to a lack of enthusiasm. but the white house says the message is simple. don't wait. >> get your new flu shot and get your covid shot today. >> officials are expecting a bad flu season this year as many people have dropped many of the precautions they were taking for covid like masking in washington. alexandra limon. the fda, meanwhile, has approved the updated covid booster shot for kids as young as 5 years old that updated booster. >> was approved for those 12 and older last month. now the pfizer booster has been approved for kids as young as 12 and the updated moderna boost

doctor ashish jha says a new study indicates that as many as 90,000 lives could be saved. >> and a millioneligible americans get the new covid shots. you really want to wrap up the urgency. this is going to be a critical piece of protection as we enter these winter months. doctor amesh adalja with johns hopkins says part of the problem has been mixed messaging. people were kind of muddled in the messaging on who needs a booster benefits from this to one of history's used for. >> that has led to a lack of enthusiasm. but the white house says the message is simple. don't wait. >> get your new flu shot and get covid shot today. >> that was alexandra limon reporting for us. and at last check, the cdc reported only 4% of those eligible had gotten their booster shot. the 45th year of the mill valley film festival wraps up today about 100 films have been featured so far this year, including the movie till it details. the tragic story of emmett till through the experience of his mother kron four's. noelle bellow spoke with the movie's director. >> this was my boy. 2. >> a created with intention ti

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ashish jha. we are going to start with nbc's gabe gutierrez at one hard-hit hospital in rhode island. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. this children's hospital is operating at 125% capacity using parts of the facility that it's never used before. half of the young patients in its icu have the respiratory illness rsv. this morning concerns of a potential tripledemic are growing. the flu, rsv and covid ramping up earlier than expected. >> the last few weeks is something i have never seen before.

ashish jha.s get the latest from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: to nights as hospitals battle the early spike in childress practice torrey illnesses, nearly 75% of the country's estimated 40,000 pediatric hospital beds are full. a major hospital in houston has had to fly

ashish jha.irst, let's get the latest from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight as hospitals battle the early spike in child respiratory illnesses, nearly 75% of the country's estimated 40,000 pediatric hospital beds are full. a major hospital in houston has had to fly out several sick patients because they're out of room. >> the fact that right now we are having to transport, you know, kids hundreds of miles away if not outside of the state is very, very rare. >> reporter: the cdc out with new numbers today showing flu activity keeps rising in most of the country, especially the southeast and south central u.s., but most concerning to many parents, the relentless spread of rsv, a respiratory illness often with mild cold-like symptoms that can lead to severe infections in very young children or older adults. >> it is the most terrifying thing as a parent because you are completely helpless. >> reporter: in ohio, shanesty ireland and her 2-month-old son just got home from the hospital after a harr