and tonight, the fda now authorizing a second covid booster for americans 50 and older. how soon can you get it and if you're under 50, l there be a booster for you? >>> the potential new fallout now after that stunning moment will smith hitting chris rock. the academy board of governors and the new meeting. what we're learning tonight. >>> that threat of severe storms in the coming hours and tomorrow. our team telling us a level four out of five potential for dangerous tornadoes. several states. and this will all move east. ginger zee live in the storm zone tonight. >>> terror in israel. the deadly shooting spree. at least five people and the gunman killed near tel aviv. >>> tonight, back here at home, the 7:37 gap in the white house phone logs on january 6th. >>> the historic moment at the white house today. president biden signing the landmark emmitt teett till law. >>> the queen paying tribute to prince philip today, escorted by prince andrew. >>> and then the other moment we saw in the subway in ukraine. everyone stood and listened and it will move you, too. >>> goo

on april 6 the fda will call them to look at the long-range of where we might go with you variance. is also the immediate situation of looking at what we might do over the next few weeks to a month and in that regard to companies have submitted to the fda for the use of a fourth shot. but today that data has been submitted so that is accumulated and appropriately evaluated as we usually do with the fda and ultimately cdc just a reminder if you went by the treatment guidelines go to the website just put nih.gov and it will lead you to that. i will stop there. back to you. >> over the past 14 months we have made tremendous progress in our fight against covid. 220million americans are fully vaccinated. two out of three eligible adults including 80 percent of eligible seniors have now received a booster shot. doctor fauci said we just have highly if effective treatments, test and high-quality masks. bipartisan support for congress is key to making this progress. but they have made it abundantly clear we have more work to do. as just explained we are seeing ba2 rise in europe and other p

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guest: the fda is getting the data. let me just step back.f we do these studies, they are trying to make sure they get the dose right. kids are not little adults. the dose is important. they're not giving them a full dose, it's a much smaller dose. in doing so, they are looking to make sure that smaller dose is as effective. the early evidence is from the reports -- i've not seen this -- for all of those reports, the lower dose is very effective. it will protect kids from getting sick and dying. what we don't know for sure is how effective it is in terms of transmission. it appears also to be safe. the safety data as reported through the various leaks we've had is there able to tolerate it quite well. it's a safe and effective vaccine. the short answer is i hope the fda will get a chance to review that data and begin to approve it at some level. most likely, they will do something like kids six-month through three maybe. they could use the same dose, they could approve it in two droops of kids. -- groups of kids. host: this is richard in mont

there will be another wave. >> reporter: he also wants to see more guidance from the fda for healthy people in their 50s like him. have you decided what you're going to do? >> personally, i'm not going to get a fourth dose right now, i got my third dose four months ago, i don't see great risk to me. >> reporter: the fda says there may be additional booster in the fall, possibly targeted to newer variants or mixture of several variants. children under age 5 are not eligible for the vaccine. stephanie stahl with cbs news, philadelphia. >>> in washington, nearly 8 hour gap in former president trump's phone records under the microscope. skyler henry reports the committee investigating the january 6 capitol riot has a lot of questions. >> reporter: cbs news and the washington news report former president donald trump's phone records from january 6 that are in the hands of the house committee investigating the capital assault contained nearly eight hour gap. >> people attack that capitol right at that time there is this gap, who is he talking to, what was he doing? >> reporter: cbs news co

as for the rest of americans, the fda will kick off that discussion next wednesday. david? >> all right, eva, thank you. >>> now to the january 6th investigation. today, a federal judge in california declaring it is, quote, more likely than not, that president trump broke the law by trying to block congress from certifying the 2020 election. and tonight, sources say the committee is also expected to request an interview with ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, over her texts to the trump white house after the election, pressing for efforts to overturn the election. >>> now to florida tonight, where governor ron desantis has signed that bill into law banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity wth younger children through third grade. abc's victor oquendo in florida tonight. >> show it off, official. >> reporter: tonight, it's rsia say gay bill," as it's known by critics, signed into law by governor ron desantis. >> we will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an indoctrination. >> report

the fda authorized the optional jab yesterday for people who are 50 and older. as meg oliver reports, federal funding for covid is running out. >> reporter: in a rare move, the fda did not consult with its vaccine advisory committee before authorizing a second booster from pfizer and moderna for people 50 and over. dr. celine gounder is an infectious disease specialist. >>i'm skeptical that giving everybody over the age of 50 a fourth dose will have a real impact in the long term on reducing severe disease, hospitalization, and death. >> reporter: the fda has authorized the optional second booster shot for individuals 12 and over who are immunocompromised. upenn immunology john wherry supports the idea for that group. >> now we're seeing more waning of that ability to stay out of the hospital should you get infected. for the immunocompromised, clearly there's benefit of a fourth dose. >> reporter: this comes as vaccination rates are lagging. only half the people over 50 are boosted. this super site in new york is closing friday due to lack of ndng. federal fundi

the fda could authorize another booster shot for people 50 and older.are live in the newsroom varying perspectives and sounds like it depends on what age this should happen. >> we spoke to two local health experts. dr. ruth ford was one of them. he said the vaccine is effective against the variant. he thinks that it helps and it'll give you at least four months of immunity. >> i only am slightly above 50. i do plan to get it. there are some preliminary data that show itself has a real effect. >> in other countries they are offering the shot to it's 70 and above. she said if you are older you need your antibodies up nice and high so you aren't at risk for a more severe breakthrough. she said they don't have evidence for younger people. she said that advisory committees of the fda and cdc should weigh in before a conversation is made. >> the advisory committees independent. there is the fda should be independent of pharmacy company influence as well. so should the cdc director. you know when you have -- that they all have gotten checked with their disclos

and the news comes as the fda today authorized a second optional booster shot for people 50 and older. we get the details from cbs's meg oliver. >> reporter: in a rare move the fda did not consult with its vaccine advisory committee before authorizing a second booster from pfizer and moderna for people 50 and over. dr. celine gounder is an infectious disease specialist. >> i am very skeptical that giving everybody over the age of 50 a fourth dose will have a real impact in the long term on reducing severe disease, hospitalization and death. >> reporter: the fda has also authorized the optional second booster shot for individuals 12 and over who are immunocompromised. u penn immunologist john wherry supports the idea for that group. >> we're seeing more waning of that ability to stay out of the hospital should you get infected. and for the immunocompromised clearly there's a benefit of a fourth dose. >> reporter: this all comes as vaccination rates are lagging. only half of people over 50 are boosted. this super site in westchester, new york is closing on friday due to lack of demand f

the fda says it continues to investigate the complaints.he fda this morning when its own tests of the abbott sturgis plant came back positive for cronobacter, but so far, norah, no comment. >> nikki battiste with all that original reporting. thank you. >>> well, the only person charged in connection to the death of breonna taylor took the stand in his own defense today. former louisville police officer brett hankinson is not on trial for the 26-year-old black woman's death, but for firing into a neighbor's apartment during the botched raid in march of 2020. asked if he did anything wrong during the raid, hankinson replied "absolutely not." >> if my daughter was shot at or bullets came into our house, that would be very concerning and i apologize to her for that. and miss taylor's family, it was just -- she didn't need to die that night. >> hankinson is charged with three counts of wanton endangerment. and if convicted faces up to five years in prison for each count. the jury will get the case tomorrow. >>> and there's breaking news tonight.

he echoed what the fda says. that this is not response to new safety concerns, the authorization for the second booster is more of a could instead of of a should. it's something you could do if you feel at risk or a concern that your immunity is waning, especially if you are elderly or immunocompromised. this morning the fda authorized a second booster for moderna and pfizer. this is for anyone 50 and older. you must wait four months after at booster to have the second. the fda authorized a fifth smot for immunocompromised. they were given three initial doses plus a booster. now the cdc and health experts still recommend that people receive the first booster shot. but so far less than half of those americans eligible have. >> you know, i think everyone expects there is going to be a surge with a new variant, not just ba.2, later in the summer or the fall. so being proactive people in a non-urgent way can protect themselves as much as possible. if the vaccine were dangerous and caused a ton of side effects i think

i think people are grasping at the straws hoping that the fda makes a surprise decision.all on there but that's hope that fda is under pressure. >> i know at the time you were hopeful but seen a bad aftertaste from the decision, wouldn't you say >> absolutely. so again i think we are under the view that fda does want to do these things for patients and patient advocate groups. it is a difficult time. >> you think okay this is not exactly a breakout moment but suddenly and brian reynolds flagged this to us an area of the mark to see breakout behavior lately. what would you attribute that to >> it is really interesting. if you go back six to 12 months it is terrible for bio tech. i would like to say we had the punishment and seeing the growth sectors sell off bio tech has taken a lot of that brunt. number one, there's short term traders believing to get a bounce here. i think people believe m&a is still in the cards from big pharma, pfizer making comments on m&a and hopeful thoughts on the oversold conditions. >> for those to side step the covid pipeline, people want to bet

. >>> also, the fda and cdc are authorizing second covid boosters for adults 50 and older as the omicron subvariant now becomes dominant in the u.s. >>> tracking a potential multi-day outbreak of severe weather. al roker is here. >>> new reports, more than seven hours of former president trump's phone logs during the capitol riot are missing and just revealed, when jared kushner will testify before the january 6th committee. >>> will smith apologizing to chris rock for slapping him at the oscars the academy board set to meet. the consequences smith could face and wife jada pinkett smith breaking her silence. >>> the historic law signed by president biden today named in honor of emmett till that many say was long overdue >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening it may be too early for the world to hold its breath, but we start with what could be optimism coming from ukraine specifically from a negotiating table in istanbul. russia announcing they will drastically reduce military operations near kyiv to increase trust. trust is in short supply as russian

do we believe the fda? and so, you know one of the things that i've been really fascinated by in the last few weeks to months is that individually when i've talked to any of the advisors to the fda or the cdc the vast majority of them do not believe that boosters are required for anybody under 65 and yet we've seen unanimous vote after unanimous vote go through to say yes, let's have blisters for everybody. so it's a little bit confusing and i think that that's a different kind of political interference where you basically he tied their hands without meaning to perhaps or maybe he was intentional, but he sort of made it clear that that's what would happen. the booster story has been incredible and it's been incredibly frustrated for me since my book ended in may of 2021. but no, i think. i i think it's put me in this interesting position in the people are always asking me the guy who wrote the vaccine book. should i get a booster or not? and when you come down on that. well, i i say well if you got the mado

the fda authorized a fifth shot for immunocompromised individuals. remember, they were given three initial doses plus the booster, the second booster is the fifth. it is recommended people receive their first booster shot but so far less than half of those eligible have received the shot. the authorization of the second booster shot is not in response to any new safety concerns. a doctor we've spoke ebben to believes it could rather than should, something you could do if you feel like you're at high risk or your immunity is waning especially if you are elderly or severely immunocompromised. check with your local doctor, your pharmacy. here in contra costa county they do recommend you get an appointment, but the couple people we spoke with today were walk-ins and they had no problem getting in. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> it looks like some people didn't want to depp lay at all. interesting. thanks, bob. >>> happening now president biden just receiving his second covid booster shot. this is just on the heels of his comments about the launch of c

he talked about the need for morally forgetting his second booster shot with -- which the fda recently approved for people 50 and older. . >> good afternoon. just to update you on where we stand on covid-19. because of this strategy we executed over the last year on vaccinations, testing, treatment and more, we are now in a new moment in this pandemic. pres. biden: good afternoon. today i'd like to update y'all on where we stand on covid-19. because of the strategy we executed over the past year on vaccinations, testing, treatments, and more, we are now in a new moment in this pandemic. it does not mean that covid-19 is over, it means that covid-19 no longer controls our lives. that's what it means. cases are ticking up, as we thought they might. but now, thanks to the foundation we've laid, america has the tools to protect people. all people. is making it easier than ever for americans to access those tools. today i'm announcing the launch of covid.gov. a one-stop shop where anyone in america can find what they need to navigate the virus. free vaccines and boosters, free at home tests

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when pfizer asked the fda authorize the second booster dose of its covid-19 vaccine. >> that request was for those 65 and older. but when moderna made a similar request days later, it was for a second booster dose for those 18 and older. >> i won't be surprised if we. hear from the fda and believe the cdc that in certain other groups for us, chad is going to be indicated, for example. 65 or 16 over wouldn't be surprised at all. >> infectious disease specialists say making a second booster available could make sense for older adults. >> this is actually how we usually work with vaccines that we give. people are more susceptible to severe disease from an infection. another boost or higher dose. but as far as making a second booster available to all adults as moderna has requested. >> doctors say so far the data doesn't support it. >> i see right now the data for a 4th jab. is mixed this point. and i'm hoping that these companies, pfizer and have a lot more data can help shed light on this important question. doctors also point out that while antibodies wane several months after getting

also want to point out the pharma space shares of amylyx getting halted as the fda releases briefingdrug the fda says the drug appears to be relatively safe, but there are still questions surrounding the results of a study this is going to be a key moment for the fda. >> let's bring in meg tirrell. seem to be a lot of similaritieses between the biogen drug and this >> there's a lot of similarities, starting of course with just it being a terrible disease. als or lou gehrig's disease is a fatal nerve degenerative disorder for which there aren't good drugs out there there is definitely not a cure, and the drugs out there really only help things for a couple months at a time the other similarities is the data are not straightforward here this application is based on one phase-2 trial, and the fda in its briefing documents today essentially called the data not exceptionally persuasive here. the other thing it has in common is very strong patient advocacy saying to the fda, you have seen this flexibility before. we need better drugs this trial worked, you should clear this as you can see

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as cases of omicron's subvery and to be a two are detected across the country the fda's authorized in a second line of defense for the most vulnerable those 50 and older will be able to get a second booster. the issue is that we have this durable immunity. in the background what we're lacking against this these omicron viruses ba1 and ba2 is protection from infection data from israel suggests that a second booster for adults 60 to 100 years old lowered the risk of hospitalization and death if you've had the fourth vaccination you have a about a threefold less chance of dying of covid dr. warner green senior investigator for the gladstone institutes has been a virologist for over. years. he doesn't necessarily recommend a second booster if you are young and already had three shots, but knows the option could be there soon for the general public moderna asked that it'd be approved for everyone pfizer asked for people 65 and older and with medical conditions. i suspect that everyone will be advised to get a fourth booster sometime in the fall, california has my turn website has an option

the rd quickly backed the fda's decision on boosters for 50 and up. it also recommended that all adult whose received two doses of johnson&johnson's vaccine get a third shot of pfizer or moderna. >>> shanghai's 26 million people are on the second day of a major covid-19 lockdown. the two-phase lockdown is part of china's 0 covid strategy. shanghai, the country's largest city, is among the hardest hit in the wave of this ba.2 sub variant. the city recording nearly 4,500 new cases on monday. the five-day lockdown in the city is alternated between two groups. those who live east and west of the river. >>> more local news at 5:30. the cost of prescription drugs skyrocketing. patients forced to make tough decisions just to afford their medication. and a program in the south bay, a program that can actually help. >>> the you rage over a sheriff's support of a deputy subpoenaed in a shooting death. >>> and a state task force depositing and studying ideas for centuries ago, native californians thrived on this land. now, we share a destiny with all californian

protester who disrupted russian state tv, what happened after her arrest >>> just in, pfizer requesting fda authorization for a fourth covid shot. who would it impact? >>> and late word the husband of vice president kamala harris testing positive >>> the arrest on deadly attacks on the homeless in d.c. >>> the surprise vote in the senate. is this the end of changing the clocks? and my one-on-one with drummer turned director quest love, his documentary a critically acclaimed music time capsule now up for oscar gold. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone in ukraine the continuing assault on civilians by a flailing russian army has the world shaking its head aerial attacks on kyiv are increasing stunned survivors their worlds already turned upside down driven from their apartments and for many now driven from their own country. estimates that nearly 3 million people have left ukraine over 75,000 ukrainian children becoming refugees every day their voice to the world, president volodymyr zelenskyy appealing to canada's p parliament in a speech toda

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and you were on the fda advisory committee. been asked for your opinion, would you have said yes to the second booster? >> when we sit on the advisory panel, we are given briefing documents. they are 30 to 50 pages long and they detail the data for safety and efficacy and then we have a full day of deliberations and public commentary and we have questions and answers with the cdc and fda. we go through all of that and only at the end of the day do we vote. so i would not know how i would vote until i saw all of the data. the decision had to be made, they felt pressed for time and they made a decision to put it out. its likely safe. how much benefit? there is likely some but we do not know how much. particularly if you are older, it might be advisable. laura: how worried should we be about the ba.2 subvariant? >> we will likely see another surge in the u.s. i know it is ongoing in europe and i think it might be starting to happen now in the u.s. thankfully this variance appears to be less severe than the original. but if you are

where the threat is headed tonight >>> moderna announcing it will ask the fda to authorize its covid vaccine for children under 6. how well does it protect young kids and how soon could they get their shots? >>> the final day of questioning for supreme court nominee ketanji brown jackson. her tense exchange with republican lindsey graham over child pornography. and the case involving race jackson says she'll recuse herself from >>> and remembering the first woman to serve as u.s. secretary of state the tributes pouring in tonight for madeleine albright >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, reporting tonight from brussels >>> good evening from brussels, everyone, where tonight president biden and fellow nato leaders are gathering for tomorrow's emergency summit over ukraine. they're looking to help ukraine and give more pain to vladimir putin. they're deploying four new battle groups in bulgaria, hungary, romania and slovakia, as a check on further russian ambitions. tonight the u.s. officially accusing russia of committing war crimes in ukraine, citing available

drugmakers pfizer and moderna both asked the fda to authorize a second booster dose of their covid-19 vaccines. but while pfizer's request was for those 65 and older moderna's request was for all adults 18 and over. it's going to depend upon how robust the data is from pfizer and moderna. >> if they've got really good data and large enough numbers >> then maybe we will have enough to make some decisions. >> but so far, infectious disease specialist doctor john swartzberg says >> the data on a second booster is a mixed bag. doctors say that 4th jab may only be needed for older people. it is that patient population that essentially may have good cellular immunity that thee need higher levels of antibodies. >> to prevent severe disease not have as good of cellular immunity as younger people. doctor monica gandhi is an infectious disease specialist at ucsf. this is the science for now. the things that would change the equation away from just looking at the age of the patient for 4 shot is if we had another variant and that variant really drove pieces now, it depends on where the mutations

cdc also signing off. >> the fda believes this option will save more lives.r: federal health officials are offering this fourth shot but not formally recommending it, instead leaving it up to people to make their own decisions based on health, risk, and age. >> it is important to have a conversation with your medical provider to understand this. reporter: for those who got a johnson & johnson booster, they say you can get a pfizer or moderna boast -- booster five months after that dose. next week the fda will consider a second booster shot for all americans and a potential variant specific booster, though experts say that most of vaccinated people are still well protected. the seven-day covid death average in the u.s. now at its lowest since august, with just below 700 virus related deaths reported each day. but some areas are seeing the rise in covid cases with ba.2 now estimated to be the dominant variant across the country. in new england, ba.2 is believed to be responsible for more than 70% of new cases. on the west coast, about 60%. those numbers are pro

. >> reporter: despite a warning from the fda, there was now a community of american doctors, like drransmission of this virus. if you take it, you will not get sit. >> reporter: sitting in his white coat before congress he called it a "miracle cure" for covid infections. >> there is a drug that is proving to be of miraculous impact. when i say miracle, i do not use that term lightly. >> reporter: that so-called miracle didn't work for dr. kory when he caught covid months later. >> even though ivermectin is a good drug for parasites, it has not been shown in a well-controlled, placebo-controlled trial to be effective for covid. >> reporter: dr. kory is not alone. >> we are america's frontline doctors. >> reporter: there are small but loud groups of physicians that are encouraging drugs like ivermectin online and discouraging vaccines. and there's money to be made. abc news obtained this email from another group that sent this to recruit new doctors last summer, telling them, we have positions making tens of thousands of dollars a month, and that it's all cash pay. and remember that th

cdc also signing off. >> the fda believes this option will save more lives.ter: federal health officials are offering this fourth shot but not formally recommending it, instead leaving it up to people to make their own decisions based on health, risk, and age. >> it is important to have a conversation with your medical provider to understand this. reporter: for those who got a johnson & johnson booster, they say you can get a pfizer or moderna boast -- booster five months after that dose. next week the fda will consider a second booster shot for all americans and a potential variant specific booster, though experts say that most of vaccinated people are still well protected. the seven-day covid death average in the u.s. now at its lowest since august, with just below 700 virus related deaths reported each day. but some areas are seeing the rise in covid cases with ba.2 now estimated to be the dominant variant across the country. in new england, ba.2 is believed to be responsible for more than 70% of new cases. on the west coast, about 60%. those numbers are p

what the fbi said, -- fda said was four months. if you can way i would wait six months. >> do you think the news today is a sign that eventually orth boosters will be open to everyone -- fourth roosters be open to everybody. >> there are two questions, one is additional covid funding. speaker pelosi took out of the budget because of what is going on with ukraine, if you do not buy doses for the public, insurance can pay for it, you are leaving out uninsured people. to open up to everybody have to secure congressional funding and the white house wrote a piece is morning, to say please, please give us covid funding to get us through this next tied. >> to clarify if you are over 50 you are qualified for this fourth shot, will be covered by your insurance? >> right now they are essentially saying, it is a very clear distinction. they did not say recommend. they said you have permission. yes, right now you can get paid for, because we do have doses in the pharmacies and i do not think everyone 50 and above will get it. i want to make su

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the fda, doctor, listen to this, this is not a typo.wait to give that to the public for 75 years, until the year 206. wait a second. we got to see the data now. your response to this sorry? >> look we've heard a lot of claims that there have been vaccine-related complications that have been concerning. they still are rare and still may not outweigh the benefits of the vaccine but people want to know. we know that cases have been dismissed when they were semilegitimate, at least there is no other explanation names. we know generally there has been a downplaying of vaccine related complications in young men where myocarditis could be high as one in 2000 young men after the second dose. people want to know all the data. the fda, the cdc basically used the approach we'll review it. we'll not share it with you. do what we say. we'll not give you the underlying data set. elizabeth: that is not informed consent, right? that is not giving people what they need to know what they are putting in their bodies. >> during a health care emergency you

last week, pfizer and moderna both announced they had asked the fda to authorize a second booster for certain age groups. the fda's vaccine advisory committee is meeting april 6th to consider whether it should be recommended. time to check our forecast. here's a live look outside. and take a look at this, brian. it is weird but that will be the case for long. let's look now at the 7-day forecast. i just want to say for the record, allergies are getting me right now especially since the pollen count is high. >> i hope that's what it is. >> it is. >> i trust you. the pollens have been up we had warm weather but it has cool down also the allergens have kind of calmed down a bit but it has not been a good week for those who suffer from allergies . 64 degrees in parker, oakland, 62 and overcast skies in the north bay. central as well. south bay has a little more sun out so in san jose it is 70 degrees. here is what is happening. low pressure spinning off the central california coastline. this low has been a puzzle all week didn't really know who would come close to the coast and we got mor

our contributor whose have been vulcan vaccinated, he says this is this following this science, the fdar eyes by bypassing the to picking proces of their external experts, the fda will than convene them afte the authorization to discuss it's like a judge issuing ever addict and then having lawyers make their arguments really fro one sentence from each of you, is this the way to rebuild trus in an institution like the fda part. >> the it does not, it doesn't make us more trustful to go out and get it up fourth shot. >> at least if the experts have a chance to wait in first fred. >> president biden is well over the age of 50 he's going to tal to his doctor about it i think that's what every american should do with his new guidance shouldn't just rely on the fda which, but actually consult wit their own medical official spread. >> please come back in person. >> there were no fisticuffs. >> we can get along in person. >> is just a matter of time. how do your fellow americans really feel about god and faith in 2022? we've had some surprising our numbers and we will talk about them with actor

there are no other fda approved medications prohibited from being mailed to patients in need. this is an attack on reproductive rights, with critical medical care. it imposes hardship on women and families assessing their care using telemedicine especially during a pandemic. this amendment has no place in a bipartisan postal reform bill. i object. >> the objection is heard. senator from utah. >> back to the practice of amending the bill. not everybody is inclined to agree. the abortion issue is tough for a lot of people. they don't want to talk about it. a few months ago, the mail system anyway. at the still shouldn't be. those who made the decision to allow that are overlooking the health and safety concerns that previously prohibited those things from happening. it's unfortunately can't even vote on this. that everybody agrees on the amendment but what previously made the senate the world's greatest legislative body was the ability of any member to bring up an amendment and have it voted on. that is unfortunate. >> senator from florida. >> i want to thank my colleague, senat

the fda is expected to authorize a second covid booster shot. moderna and pfizer have asked for approval for a fourth dose of their vaccine. the move comes as there are early signs the united states could soon experience another covid wave. the omicron subvariant known as ba.2 is spreading throughout europe and other parts of the world. a few days ago fda officials decided americans aged 65 and older would have the option of getting that booster. now the fda is considering allowing it for even more people. >>> china has begun its most extensive coronavirus lockdown in two years. it's happening in shanghai, which is china's largest city. people will be required to stay at home and deliveries will be left at checkpoints. offices and all businesses not considered essential will be closed and public transportation suspended. people will be required to submit to multiple covid tests. >>> while the second blacks box from that jet that crashed in southern china has been recovered. the device found some five feet beneath the surface will be sent to beij

the fda could get another round of booster shots for people over the age of 50. do you think it's necessary, and why this particular age group customer this particular age group is for people who were older. >> great questions. i will tell you what the data is. the data is very slim. workers, they are looking at younger people. 40's and 50's. nobody was hospitalized. when they looked at the older population, they found when they got four shots, a few more people avoided going to the hospital and died at lower probability. the numbers are something like 233 died in the three shot group, and 92 died in the four shot group. the percentage was something in the order of 0.03% versus 0.1%. at the end of the day, i think the older you are is you will get a bang for your buck with the fourth shot, but it's probably most important to get three shots. dion: i'm glad you broke down those numbers with percentages. what stuck out to me was the decision to make that available, scientific advisors. is that normal? are we fast tracking this? >> it's not normal. because it doesn'