janette nesheiwat joins me now. good morning.ald trump had the operation warp speed summit yesterday. what were the most important things you learned from that summit? >> it was quite an informative summit. one of the most important things we got pulmonary positive data on the pfizer vaccine, to be approved by the fda tomorrow. even after one does you get some protection, 52% protection and after the second dose, you're required to have a second dose a month later, 7 days after the second dose is when you will be 95% effectiveness against coronavirus, promising, reassuring information. we also are expected to have information on astrazeneca, another vaccine. it is going to be effective and safe and give us heard immunity if we can get 70% of america to get vaccinated. on top of that pfizer is not the only vaccine in the pipeline. we have several others, moderna, astrazeneca, johnson & johnson. we are a step in the right direction and yesterday gave us a glimpse of hope and joy, moving in the right direction. carley: millions of d

janette nesheiwat joins us, good morning.re in for a rough feel and said with hospitalizations at a record high right now the medical community is worried about what the next few months will look like. >> it is troubling. i'm seeing massive amounts of patients, yesterday i diagnosed several cases of covid-19 and it is disheartening because we and the cold number months and numbers are going higher and higher and higher and you would think by now we know what to do to tackle this virus and prevent the transmission but the numbers are still going higher that comes down to compliance with we have to keep reminding everyone please wear your masks, social distance and the cdc recommends please avoid unnecessary travel during the holidays because when you travel you increase your risk of picking up the virus and spreading it and that is why we are seeing this influx and we had a grim record with 3000 deaths in this country, 100,000 hospitalizations and that is not sustainable. we've got to to buckle down and tackle that. >> we just

janette nesheiwat it's great to be here. >> is great to be here. kennedy: let's talk more about this for they are sounding alarm bells in the uk. the virus has apparently mutated to the point where 70% more contagious. stateside we are hearing that's really not something to be too concerned about. but in the uk they are talking not shutting everything down including christmas, what is your take? >> we need to pay attention, we need to monitor many to file the facts for let's look at the science and the data. what is assigned to data tell us? what we know so far it is not more very lens at which means is not more deadly but yes, it looks like it potentially spreads more easily from person-to-person which means meeting to continue wearing our masks and practice fissile distancing and avoid large crowds and social distancing. the goodness is it does not here to be more very early. that's important but does not appear to have an impact on the vaccine. meeting the vaccine will still work. but we have not with isaias and moderna is still effective agains

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janette nesheiwat, great advice as always. of we'll follow up with you on that shot. >> sounds good. eric: good to see you. >> thank you. molly: president trump addressing a massive cyber attack on our government but not directly blaming russia for the hacking of several agencies. now earlier, secretary of state mike pompeo said it was pretty clear the kremlin was behind it. mark meredith is live at the white house covering all of this back and forth for us. mark. >> reporter: good afternoon, good to see you. president trump says it may be china, not russia, that is responsible for that massive cyber attack. but what's strange is what you were just talking about, secretary of state mike pompeo believing it was russia that was clearly responsible. for the last several days, we have heard or from cyber officials as well as both parties complaining that the president was not taking the hack seriously. the white house has pushed back, insisting that the president was aware. late this morning the president hut back, accusing the me

janette nesheiwat joined us to say joe biden asked plan looks similar to donald trump's. >> quite similarr priority should be keeping children in schools, education is critical, 100 million doses is similar to what is expected right now. 60 million in january, 50 million in february, similar to excellent goals to have. neil: first doses pending fda approval. >> four people are hurt after a massive explosion in west virginia. drone footage shows intense flames at the former dupont chemical plant. the explosion reportedly involves chlorinated dry bleach and methanol. a shelter in place order has been lifted. it is unclear what caused that explicitly sweeping changes being made following an extensive investigation at fort hood. the army firing and suspending 14 officers and enlisted soldiers. the findings revealing chronic failures of leadership that led to a pattern of violence including murder, sexual assault and harassment. the family saying they are satisfied with the results the plan to continue asking for justice. the 20-year-old soldier's remains were found back in june. todd: the hou

janette nesheiwat joined us earlier to explain. >> 90% of people who come into contact with coronavirus are going to have symptoms or test positive they we usually have it by the 10 day mark so it is good for the patient, good for the community and good for the economy overall. jillian: if you do get a vaccination they will give you a card for proof. >> thank you. a florida police officer expected to recover after being shot in a gun battle. it started when police spotted dominic harris wanted for child abuse, crashing into cop cars, trying to take off. hitting a detective in the lower torso. officers returned fire killing harris. robert mueller's first interview since the russia probe, you may be disappointed. >> you like your time in charlottesville? >> yes. >> is it like law school? >> not particularly. >> when did you decide that? >> looking for an occupation. >> satellite cross-examination. >> the 2-hour episode doesn't have any discussion as special counsel, the podcast hosted by chuck rosenberg, former federal prosecutor who worked for mueller as an fbi counsel. he knew mueller w

janette nesheiwat. welcome to the show.that now we have two cases. >> what we need to do is take extra precaution especially in california, rachel. in some places in california they are zero percent icu capacity. the good thing about the u.k. you strain will is not more deadly but a lot more contagious. that means it's going to spread easily from person to person. so more people are going to catch it. if you are in area of california where the numbers are sky high and you get sick and you may need to be hospitalized you may not be able to get the care you need. we also know it's in colorado. it's probably in some other states as well. it just has not been identified yet. just as it is identified already in many other countries. spain, france, the middle east. so what we need to do is continue now more than ever to comply with our safety guidelines. we all know what that is. that's wear your mask, social distancing, especially during the holidays, during the cold weather. a lot of people are traveling. they are not wearing t

janette nesheiwat is here.cal contributor as well as a family and emergency medicine physician. dr. jeanette, good to have you. >> hey, arthel. arthel: this is very encouraging news, still lots of questions. so i'm going to try to go through as many as i can in the time we have together. the cdc by the way as you know and fda, they are still deliberating over whether or not to warn pregnant women to use caution and consult with their doctor before taking the vaccine. siting lack of trial data. -- citing lack of trial data. what's your thoughts on that? >> right. that's correct. what we want to do is conduct further studies to determine is it safe in pregnant women and this is a common theme that we see with all vaccines that get put on the market. this is what we had to do for example when tetanus, influenza, when all these sorts of vaccines came about, we have to test them in those special groups, those who are pregnant, children, immunocompromised, certain ages, certain ethnicities. they have to conduct more

janette nesheiwat. welcome back to the show. this backache kennedy. childbearing years this would scare me for this was absolutely scare me. there's on the particular that makes it unsafe for pregnant women? until it is scary do not let yourself be alarmed for this is normal if you're pregnant or plan to be pregnant the next three months the only reason is that just has not been studied yet but if you're pregnant we get the vaccine does not mean harm a be happening to your baby in your world. it's we don't know yet. we need to have studies, trials, we need to prove versus safe and effective being a pregnant mom before proceeding to inoculating mom with the vaccine. again, it does not mean it's not safe. we just don't know. we do not want to take that on necessary action just been the safe side. kennedy: people go to the next step and start generating conspiracy theories. they say well it causes female infertility that is not good. >> exactly that's we don't know the long-term side effects. most adverse effects of the vaccine will happen within two mon

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