jha: yeah, absolutely.so, there are a series of countries that have a combination of both public and private. singapore, france, certainly australia. places that have managed to have both a significant public system, and a significant private system next to each other. brangham: so we traveled 10,000 miles to australia. carole: hello! fealofani: how are you? nice to see you! brangham: don't be fooled by this happy scene. this is a family divided. paul: you look lovely! brangham: ok, it's not quite that serious... but the division is stark when it comes to, of all things, health insurance. fealofani: really? brangham: on one side: fealofani elisara and her husband paul dunn rely on australia's public health care system. it's known as medicare, it's paid for by taxes, and it's available to all australiansnd permanent residents. fealofani: we talk about that all the time. brangham: that public system has gotten them through some pretty traumatic stuff: ivf treatment and a hysterectomy for fealofani, and for pa

jha is here to explain what's going on. but unfortunately, we're going to begin tonight with those awful shootings today. the same day that president biden had already planned to speak about his plans for executive actions on guns and to urge congress to take action, too. we start with the scene unfolding as we come on the air tonight in bryan, texas, not far from college station. reports late today of gunfire breaking out at an office complex, we now believe this shooting was, in fact, deadly. we're still waiting to hear about the victims, many of whom were rushed to the hospital. several are, it's believed, in critical within r conditierical. and sadly, this wasn't the only hor riffing shooting. the other in south carolina, a doctor, his wife and two of their grandchildren are among the victims there. we have both scenes covered tonight and we begin with late reporting on this unfolding situation in texas and here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, authorities racing to r

jha with us again tonight. dr. jha, thank you. >>> now to the other major news this monday night. the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin in the death of george floyd. tonight, the testimony from the police chief who said that restraint absolutely violated policy. abc's alex perez in minneapolis again tonight. >> reporter: minneapolis chief of police medaria arradondo testifying against one of his former officers, telling the jury that what derek chauvin did to george floyd violated the policy and values of the department. >> to continue to apply that level of force to a person, proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that -- that in no way, shape or form is anything that is by policy. it is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values. >> reporter: chief arradondo recalling the first time he saw the painful cell phone video. >> probably close to midnight, a community member had contacted me and said, chief -- almost verbatim, but said, "chief, have you seen the video of your officer choking and killing that man?" >> rep

jha about all of this in a moment. but first, abc's steve osunsami leads us off from the cdc in atlanta. >> reporter: it's the covid vaccine that promises good protection with a single dose. an important tool for public health officials around the world. but tonight, the fda is telling everyone to hold off using the johnson & johnson vaccine. a very small number of women have come down with an extremely rare blood clot after getting the shot. >> this is a really rare event. if you look at what we know so far, there have been six out of the 6.85 million doses, which is less than one in a million. >> reporter: all six women were between 18 and 48 years old. they got sick about 6 to 13 days after getting vaccinated. the clots formed in veins of the sinus and prevented blood from draining out of the brain. one woman died, another in critical condition. there's no evidence showing the vaccine caused the condition, and to be super clear, your chances of getting struck by lightning are nearly twice as high -- one in half a mi

jha is here. and it you a comes you a mid these fears we could be on the verge of a fourth wave in this country. as states open up, these images of the largest sports event of the year. crowds arriving for the texas rangers home game. the first major league baseball game to open at full capacity. a lot of folks there skipping the masks. and it comes after the easter holiday and a record number of people traveling over the weekend. 6 million screened at the airports from thursday to sunday. that's the highest since this pandemic began. and as cases rise, authorities are taking note of the number of younger people getting this. at least seven variants are circulating in this country and that new double mutant variant now identified in california. so, the race to vaccinate tonight, to try to stay ahead of these variants. a record 4 million doses given in just one 24-hour period over the weekend. and look at the numbers. 103,829,000 have received at least one dose. more than 40% of adults. we're going

jha with us on a friday night. doctor, thank you. >>> and one more note on the coronavirus tonight, and it comes from overseas. we have reported earlier this week on india. tonight, haunting new images of their battle with covid. this is drone video showing mass cremations taking place. the country reporting more than 3,000 deaths a day. india could see 500,000 cases a day by next week. the covid crisis also ravaging brazil. close to 200,000 dying a day there. the pandemic now blamed for more than 19 million going hungry over the last year. and tonight a note from israel, recording no new daily covid deaths for the first time in ten months there. they point to the vaccines working. more than half the country there now fully vaccinated. >>> we move on the other news this friday night. the u.s. navy has ben called in to help in that grim search for the indonesian submarine that went missing with 53 sailors. the submarine disappearing after diving to begin a torpedo drill. late today saying they have detected an objec

jha with us again tonight. thank you. and one more point on the virus tonight and easing masks outdoors. we saw president biden on the north lawn today, taking off his mask, walking back to the white house without it, saying he would put it back on in the white house when he got back to work and others around. and polls show wide public approval for his handling of the covid crisis. tomorrow, he delivers his first speech to a joint session of congress and to americans at hope, of course. let's bring in abc's senior white house correspondent mary bruce. and mary, clearly the president aware his strongest numbers are on the pandemic, his handling of covid and he hopes to capitalize on some of that support, that good will, as he makes the case for the rest of his agenda. >> reporter: he does, david. the president clearly trying to set the tone on the pandemic as he heads into tomorrow's big address. but this speech is also a chance for the president to highlight what comes next. his recovery push. so, he will be calling on c

jha with us on a friday night. thank you. one more note on the coronavirus tonight, and it comes from overseas. we reported earlier this week on india -- tonight, haunting new images of their battle with covid. this is drone video showing mass cremations taking place. india could see 500,000 cases a day by next week. brazil, close to 200,000 dying a day there. and tonight a note from israel reporting no new daily covid deaths for the first time in ten months there. they point to the vaccines working. more than half the country fully vaccinated. >>> the u.s. navy has been call in the to help in that grim search for the indonesian submarine t 53 sailor dispeering after diving to begin a torpedo grill. late today saying they have -- an object with a strong magnetic force, but low oxygen supply. here's martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the indonesian navy says one of its ships has detected an object with a strong magnetic force in the search area, but even if that turns out to be the missing submarine, which is far fr

jha. he is the dean at the school of public health. dr. jha, it's good to see you. i think there is people who say younger people do better with this, so maybe the spike in infections are maybe not as big of a deal as some of our public health experts might suggest. >> katy, thank you for having me on. first and foremost, absolutely true that it is really good stuff that we're not seeing a massive surge of hospitalizations and deaths from older americans. we should take that as terrific progress. the problem here is that there is still a lot of young people who are vulnerable, a lot of them are infected, and a good chunk of them are getting hospitalized and starting to die, which i think is tragic, especially since we're so close to being able to vaccinate all adults in the united states. therefore, this surge of infections and hospitalizations in young people, i don't think, should be taken lightly. >> we're about a week and a half away from april 19th when everyone in the united states over the age of 16 should be able to get a vaccine. the federal government not

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ashish jha, dean of the brown school of public health.ing us tonight. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> it was a very transparent process today, including us all being able to see the discussions today and last week as they considered the data. >> first of all, it was a very transparent process. everybody could see all the data, all the discussions were out in the open, as it should be. i totally agree with the decision. i'm not sure that the ten-day pause was totally necessary. these are incredibly rare events. that said, they did it out of caution, i think that's fine. and now it's time to resume it. these are really, really safe vaccines. there's no drug, no vaccine that's completely risk-free. these are among the safest vaccines we have out there. i think they made the right call by resuming it. >> one of the things that's interesting is that among the cases they identified of this rare side effect, which led to the pause, which they say they've now evaluated and considering them, it's still safe to resume the use of this thing, the

jha, thanks for being with us. yes, now we know the uk variant is the most common source of the virus here in the united states, and what are you anticipating in the weeks ahead? is it possible, can we actually vaccinate our way out of this? >> yes, so good morning, thank you for having me on. it's going to be tough. this was predicted. we expected the uk variant to become dominant. and we're doing a great job on vaccinations, but vaccinations alone are going to be difficult to manage this pandemic. it would be helpful to have some public health restrictions still for a few more weeks. i think by the time we get into may we'll be in much better shape, but the next few weeks are going to be pretty tough. >> something especially troubling especially to parents is hearing this news that younger people, even children, may be more affected by this uk variant. what can you tell us about what this is doing in our younger population and how concerned should we be? >> yeah, so, it's more contagious for everybody, but the go

ashish jha. good morning. dr. jha, i know you say that pausing the j&j vaccine was the right call. i just wonder if you can explain that to folks so they understand because 6 out of 6.8 million doses, that's less than 1 in a million. i asked a doctor, what's the risk of severe disease from covid? and they said it's probably about 55 out of that same population, chance of death. that's a big difference, right? it would seem to say that the risks outweigh -- the benefits, rather, outweigh the risk. i wonder why you disagree. >> thanks for having me on. let's be very clear. i think the benefits of this vaccine way outweigh the risk. one does not do this lightly. i think there are two good reasons for the fda to look at this. one is to gather information. 6 out of 7 million is a tiny number. your risk of getting hit by lighter is greater than having this reaction. so it's very rare. but let's gather more information. and the second is to advise physicians about how to treat it because it's an unusual type of blood clot. ultimately, jim in my mind, what this is signaling is that the sys

jha, thank you for joiningjoin ing us on "new day."ill be the month that really decides the trajectory of our country and coronavirus. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. we really are at this inflection point. on the one hand we're seeing this surge of cases in about half the states. the variants have become dominant. b.1.1.7. is now probably 60%, 70% of all infections in the united states. but vaccinations are going great. vaccinating 2 million people a day. so if we keep going on vaccinations and we prevent large outbreaks in the month of april, by the end of april, we'll have a large chunk, almost half of all adults, i think, should have at least one shot by the end of april. and, boy, may, june, july, all of that starts looking way better. so the key at this point is prevent the big outbreaks. keep going on vaccinations. this is the month we turn the corner. >> that's great news. and that's really promising. and vaccines are going to continue a pace regardless of what people do. but if people take their eye off the ball, the

jha alluded to. we also have to hire entrusted people in the community.king with my partners to make sure the people that have questions, honest, understandable questions, have the opportunity to have those conversations. >> so, dr. jha, why, in your view, is it that you're seeing a spike of covid cases in maine as these shots are going into arms? are people just letting their guard down? >> that is one possibility. we have seen an increase in cases over the last two weeks. thankfully, just over the last three or four days that has started to take a turn toward declining, which is a good finding. what we've seen in maine is a few things, and the confluence of those factors likely explains some of the increase, one of which is the likely spread of variants. we've been trying to sequence as many of the positive samples as we can in the state, and he found not just the variant that was detected in the u.k., but also one in south africa and brazil, all three of which we've seen circulating. thankfully the vaccine is effective against those. now we're moving i

little later we're gonna be talking with us doctor ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health about the big announcement tonight from the new administration, new president, new administration. biden administration, the cdc and the fda announcing that it is okay to resume the administration of the one shot, johnson and johnson covid vaccine. they did find some additional cases of women under the age of 50 getting blood clots after getting the johnson & johnson vaccine but the cases were so rare that the cdc review concluded that many, many more american women's lives will be saved by resuming the administration of that vaccine then will be put at risk by this one where side effect. we're gonna talk with doctor about that announcement tonight and some of the lingering questions around it like, why it seems to be, if not only, predominantly women, and young women who have had this side effect? also, some comments the administration made today, both this morning in a public interview from the nih director and also tonight, on the press conference announcing the resum

jha, what dr. does sound logical but it also seems that it is just as likely that some people will say maybe i should wait even longer, maybe the vaccines are not safe. even if the other vaccines are perceived to be safe, then some people may never view the johnson & johnson vaccine as being safe. >> i think that would be unfortunate if that is what happens. and i think most americans understand that we have a system around vaccine safety that is very, very rigorous. as dr. fauci said, we take one in a million events very, very seriously. these vaccines are exceedingly safe. they're i believe safer than most therapies and vaccines that we have developed in the past. so i hope it gives people comfort but i do worry a little bit there will be people who interpret this in the wrong way. i hope that number is very mall. >> dr. ranney, i want to play this exchange at a congressional hearing between dr. fauci and a republican congressman jim jordan. listen. >> are we just going to continue this forever o

jha is here with what you need to know. >>> voting rights battle. georgia's governor lashes out over major league baseball pulling the all-star game from atlanta over the state's econ >> it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business. >> the pressure now coming from big business onto other states. ♪ >>> rapper hospitalized. dmx said to be in grave condition after suffering a heart attack. ♪ the outpouring of concern from friends and family for an artist >>aga's thrillertime win over ucla, cementing their ean. e -court celebration as they seal a spot in the championship game. >>> good morning, and happy easter to those who celebrate. dan harris is off. we are happy to have janai norman with us. >> excited to be here. >>> we have a busy morning, guys. we're following several developing stories. the latest on the pandemic. during a busy easter weekend, we're seeing another record for air travel. this causing concern as 24 states as well as puerto rico and washington, d.c. are seeing case averages rise by more than 10%. >> a

jha telling us tonight it's now a race between the vaccines and the variants. and that the variants are pulling ahead. and the mayor headline tonight involving the pfizer vaccine. %-p? what the new data shows. >>> and the horrifying scene in brazil tonight. our correspondent where the burials are happening around the clock because of the coronavirus, as that country records nearly 4,000 deaths in a single day. the embattled president recently telling people there to stop whining. victor oquendo from sao paulo. >>> president biden holding his first cabinet meeting today, appointing five cabinet members to now sell his $2 trillion infrastructure plan, rebuilding bridges and roads and he says creating millions of new jobs. the white house now arguing democrats and many republican voters will be behind this. >>> the dangerous weather as we head into the easter weekend. near whiteout conditions causing this massive pileup, as frigid temperatures move in across the eastern u.s. >>> and with easter nearly here, the woman who hasn't been able to make it to church in th

jha telling us, it is now a race between the vaccines and the variants. and that the variants are pulling ahead. and news tonight on that troubling human error at a factory set to produce the johnson & johnson one-shot vaccine. likely effecting millions of future doses. dr. fauci on that tonight. and the numbers. 9 99,088,000 people with at least one dose. 38% of all adults in the country. and the major news tonight involving the pfizer vaccine. how long is it effective after you get that second shot? what the new data shows. and here's abc's erielle reshef tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the race to vaccination a country facing an alarming rise in the coronavirus. cases up 17% in the last two weeks with hospital admissions climbing. >> eventually i think the vaccines will win this race, but right now the variants are pulling ahead, and while we've got a lot of vaccinations happening, it's not going to be enough. >> reporter: in michigan today, the first confirmed case of the brazilian variant, as cases of the uk variant are surging. beaumont health now ex

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jha, thank you so much. we appreciate your time, as always. >> thank you >>> now to new details on that fatal police shooting that's led to a state of emergency in north carolina andrew brown, jr., was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies last week as they attempted to serve warrants on drug charges overnight, protesters were back in the streets of elizabeth city, calling for the public release of body camera video of the incident this after brown's family was privately shown a very short clip nbc's kerry sanders has the very latest hey, kerry good morning >> reporter: good morning, hoda. it will now be up to a judge here at the courthouse to determine whether all nine or more body camera videos will be released to the public 42-year-old andrew brown's family says the 20-second clip they have seen is far from enough, but they say what they did see, to them, is damning evidence that deputies overreacted. overnight, peaceful protests again in elizabeth city, north carolina andrew brown's family demanding that

ashish jha, the dean of the brown university -- sorry, i've got a cough drop in my mouth.o suck on this thing at the same time. dr. jha you've just written a piece in the "washington post" headlined india's kroefrs surge could collapse its health system. the u.s. can help, are you encouraged to hear the biden administration is sending therapeutics, ventilators and other items, is that enough? >> yeah, fred, thanks for having me on and the situation in india is heartbreaking. that story alone is just one of thousands happening every single day across that country. it's in big trouble. it is in big trouble. their government has not done a good job of anticipating and managing this pandemic, certainly not this wave. and the u.s. has a lot of capacity here. so in my op-ed i wrote out a list of things that i thought the u.s. government can do. and same thing today closely matches that. i'm very encouraged. there's a lot of details to be sorted out but i thought it was a really big step in the right direction. >> the u.s. has an estimated 35 million to 40 million doses of the as

ashish jha. welcome back, dr. jha, this morning. this weekend is easter sunday.any want to get together for the holidays. what is your message on this holiday weekend? >> good morning, george. thanks for having me on. my message is clear, if you've been vaccinated, it's pretty safe to do that. if you've not, this is probably the last holiday where it won't be safe for unvaccinated people to mingle together. we're so close to the finish line. i just want people to hold off just a little longer. i know that's hard with easter and passover. >> it certainly is hard. today we're seeing new cdc travel guidelines. what makes sense right now? >> yeah, right now we are seeing a surge of cases across the country about two-thirds of states are seeing it so what i've been asking people is to do is as little as possible and hold off until the end of the month where i think we'll be in better shape. if you need to travel and you've been vaccinated, i think that's pretty reasonable. but i would cut out unnecessary travel and i would hold off if you've not been vaccinated. >> le

ashish jha. dean of the brown university school of public health. welcome back, dr. jha. let's pick up where eva left off. you've been sounding the alarm about the situation in india. the biden administration is now stepping up ppe and vaccines will be sent. what more needs to be done? what are the consequences if we don't? >> yeah, good morning, george. thanks for having me on. things in india really terrible situation. we really need to help. other countries are also stepping up, oxygen is necessary, medicines, testing kits. there's a whole set of things that india needs. in the short run. we have to help them get it under control. if it spirals out of control in india it's going to be horrible for india and will have huge implications for the whole world. >> let's talk about the situation here at home. we know the cdc is going to put out that guidance on outdoor mask mandates. what makes sense right now? >> yeah, i think we're going to see a pulling back of the mandates. i think certainly when you're outside, out and about, unless you're in large crowded groups, there'

ashish jha, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> and now how one hospital is treating covid patients who have been sick for months. >>> president biden meets today with members of congress holding to build support for his massive infrastructure plan.e $2.3 tril be one of the biggest investments in public works in a generation. it's already been criticized by republicans and some democrats. nancy cordes is at the white house. nancy, what do you expect from this meeting? >> reporter: well, it's a stab at bipartisanship, anthony. the president is sitting down with four democrats, four republicans, trying to find some common ground on infrastructure. but republicans want a package that is about a quarter of the size of the one that the president has proposed. and if >> reporter: on "60 minutes" last night, jerome powell said the economy is about to take off. >> we're approaching 6%, 7%, the highest in many years, or even a little higher. >> it seems like you're not expecting a recovery, you're expecting a boom. >>

ashish jha, dean of brown university school of public health. good to have you back. >> good morning. thanks for having me back. >> two competing pressures right now. emergent spread of variants. more transmissible, that kind of thing. and then a higher and higher vaccination rate. which of those two forces is winning out right now in this country? >> yeah, so as you might imagine, it's playing out differently in different states. and that's why actually i think on a federal level we need to shift our strategy. in some states, vaccinations have gone very well. variants are not quite as much of a problem. and case numbers are declining. california is one of them. other states like michigan, they are doing a perfectly good job on vaccinations. they have a huge surge. and the third part of this is that there are states which are slowing down vaccinations because a lot of the hesitancy and building up stockpiles. so the federal strategy now has to be to shift more vaccines to places like michigan that are surging so they can use more vaccinations to

ashish jha, dean of the brown university school. welcome back, dr. jha. know, i was talking to the cdc director rochelle walensky the other day and she said she was cautiously optimistic. can we say confidently the worst is behind us and we've reached a turning point? >> good morning, george. thanks for having me on. i think we can confidently say the worst is behind us barring some crazy unforeseen variant that none of us are expecting to happen, we will not see the kind of suffering and death we have seen over the holidays. i think we are in much better shape heading forward. >> new york going to begin to re-open july 1st but broadway theaters aren't re-opening. large venues aren't ready to re-open yet. when should we return to theaters, concerts, sporting events? >> it's a very good question and i think it depends on two things. first is going to be how many people get vaccinated. if vaccinations continue, if we can get 80% plus of adults vaccinated, that will make an enormous difference. theaters and other places can put in testing and other things to

ashish jha dean at the university of public health.y don't we start by breaking down this guidance? >> yeah. listen, the bottom line here, there is a big, long, cdc graphic that is color coded green, yellow and red explaining it all and the bottom line is if you are vaccinated you can do everything outside without a mask and the only caveat being if you go to a big sport event and a concert then they do recommend you put the mask back on. if you are not vaccinated you can go out and exercise without a mask, you can go for a walk, walk the dog and they are urging you to keep the mask on if you are around other people who are not vaccinated or if you eat outside. the bottom line is that the cdc is acting on science which suggests that the risk is very, very low if you are outside of contracting covid. so we put the question to dr. fauci on the "today" show, what took so long? why is the cdc only now coming out with this guidance? >> there's always that argument that the cdc tends to be a bit conservative and they do that because they wan

ashish jha, the dean of brown university school of public health. good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i want to speak to you specifically about michigan. nearly 7,000 new cases yesterday. the second highest number of u.k. variant cases in the united states. what is behind the rise in cases there? >> yeah, good morning, thanks for having me on. you know, what's going on in michigan is complicated. there isn't a single explanation, but they were the earliest to get hit by the b.1.1.7 u.k. variant. the second is there's a little bit of a cost here in the fact that michigan did very well in november, december, january. they had a much higher proportion of their population, vulnerable, than other states who saw much higher infection rates, and the combination of those two things, the fact that a lot of michigan is pretty open, a legislature that's pretty opposed to any kind of public health restrictions, put it all together, and unfortunately, that's where michigan finds itself. >> we should share with our viewers that you have been advising michigan's gov

jha is here tonight on all of this. >>> also tonight, the derek chauvin trial in the death of george floyd. and the testimony from the minneapolis police chief

jha, you know this happened.ue of pregnant and lactateing women as it relates to the pandemic here. cdc researchers are out on vaccine safety for pregnant women. they're specifically looking at moderna and pfizer. can you walk us through what we learn and keep studying on this? what's the big take away from this data? >> yeah, this data adds to other data as well, all of the data suggests these vaccines are quite safe in pregnant women, in lactating women, in fact, there is now emerging evidence that you actually, there are anti-bodies generated from the vaccines passed along in breast milk. so there may be some protection to the baby as well. so what we also know, in contrast, is if you get covid we'll are you pregnant, that's a really high risk covid situation. so in my mind, it's not a close call. i'm recommending to pregnant women they get vaccinated as quickly as they can. now everyone should be getting vaccinated. >> doctor, it's always great to have you and your perspective and expertise on the show. thank

ashish jha now, dean of brown university school of public health. doctor, thank you. how concerned are you about this rise of the uk variant in children, especially considering they likely won't be able to be vaccinated until the fall at the earliest >> yeah, shep. thanks for having me on. i am concerned you know, the b.1.1.7, that uk variant, is more contagious in everybody, in adults and kids. so it makes sense that we're seeing a bump in infections in children and we're not seeing a lot of infections in older people because we're getting them vaccinated, and that really leaves young adults and kids vulnerable to b.1.1.7. one of the reasons we can't totally relax right now is we've got to really bring these infection numbers down. >> we've been hearing from the very beginning, i can remember in the early going leaving packages outside in the sun or wiping stuff down from ups now the cdc says forget about all that wiping stuff down that's not a thing why so late in telling us this >> yeah, it's late it's late. i think by last april, may, it was very clear look, in th

jha, thank you. >>> michigan is among the states pausing j&j's rollout. health officials say this is a major setback for them just last week governor gretchen whitmer asked the white house to send more j&j shots to slow the covid surge in michigan. instead, the cdc director urged the governor to shut things down which she did not do covid cases there skyrocketed over the past month and right now more than 4,000 adults are in hospitals sick with covid that's an all-time high according to michigan state data we're live outside of a hospital in royal oak north of detroit. how's the j&j pause being felt there? >> reporter: even if just for a couple of days, shep, doctors here are really disappointed about this news because michigan is in a very dire situation. they were looking for j&j vaccines to provide a more quick solution because it's a single dose and because its efficacy is only two weeks after you get that dose. so i spoke with a doctor here at beaumont hospital. he's been managing the covid floor for well over a year today's news came with some conce

ashish jha the dean of the brown university school of public health.k you very much for joining us tonight. i am sitting here now with two shots of moderna in me. feeling fine. when might i need another, and how long is this going to last. how long are my two shots going to cover me? >> lawrence thanks for having me on. i too am sitting here with two shots of moderna, feeling quite good. in my best guess is that i might need a booster next year. we don't know for sure, as doctor fauci said, there's a lot to sort out. the science on this is not clear, but the evidence so far says, that these vaccines have a very strong level of protectionist six months. i would not be surprised if it lasts at least a year. but it is possible that for the first couple of years of this pandemic, we are going to need annual booster shots. i don't know for sure, small chance it will be earlier. but that's my best guess. >> do we already have information about that slope downward that doctor fauci was talking about? >> for example if it's 95% when it's relatively fresh, let'

hasheesh jha now. how concerned are you about this rise of the u.k. variant in children especially since they won't likely be vaccinated until the fall at the earliest >> i am concerned. that b 117 u.k. variant is more contagious in everybody and kids so it makes sense we're seeing a bump of infections in children and not seeing a lot of infections in older people because we're getting them vaccinated and that really leaves young adults and kids vulnerable one of the reasons we can't tolly relax right now we've got to bring these infection numbers down >> i can remember early going leaving packages outside in the sun or wiping stuff down from ups and not touching -- now the cdc says forget about all that wiping stuff down, that's not a thing. why so late in telling us this >> yeah, it's late i think last april, may, it was very clear look, in the first month we didn't know -- >> wait a minute, it was clear last april or may. that's a year ago and they're just now telling us? what do they own stock in clorox seriously. >> it's incredibly frustrating i

ashish jha, thank you for being with us. the u.s.vaccines, oxygen and raw materials. should the administration go further and ship out astrazeneca vaccines that have been in storage? >> thank you for having me on. i believe they should. first and foremost, i thought the decision by the administration this weekend is terrific. they're doing a lot to help and i think that's great, but we do have different estimates, suggest 30 million, 40 million doses of astrazeneca vaccine sitting that we may surely never use in the united states and shouldn't be authorized to be used here and i do believe we should send them to india. it would make an enormous difference in this hour of need. >> india has been a critical supplier of components for vaccine, is this crisis, this extraordinary crisis there at home going to hamper that supply chain? >> yeah, i hope not, but i think we all worry about that. india is the world's biggest manufacturer of vaccines and many of us had seen india as the place that's going to make vaccines for the whole world. o

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jha, you wrote in an op-ed the u.s.s. can do a lot and even since i've written that op-ed, the president and the federal government has come out in strong support. i think it's fabulous. we should be helping them with their hospital supplies, with testing, and also helping them ramp up vaccinations. we have so many vaccines right now that i think we should be sending excess supplies, especially vaccines we're not using here, to india to help india out at this moment. >> i think it's important to emphasize how important it is to help other countries. when coronavirus first started, we were told if you haven't been to china, don't know anybody who has come from china, you don't really need to worry about it. and we see how quickly this has spread. so i think it's important to emphasize what happens in other parts of the world really does affect us eventually, don't you think? >> yeah, absolutely. this is a global pandemic. we know, for instance, when you see new variants arise anywhere, it ends up on our shores very quick

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ashish jha, dean of brown university school of public health, slamming the cdc decision on twitter saying, quote, we're in a pandemic. short pause to alert folks is reasonable. waiting when it's unlikely to change what we know is not. meantime, worries about vaccinations lagging while the virus rages in michigan. since last week covid deaths have spiked 39%. icus were seeing 25% more patients. and as for the johnson & johnson vaccine, the cdc advisory panel is hoping to make a decision within the next ten days. mona. >> faith, thank you. >>> the biden administration is expected to announce new sanctions against russia today. the new financial penalties are retaliation for russian cyberattacks that breached several government agencies as well as the kremlin's interference in the u.s. election. similar punitive measures by the u.s. in the past have failed to stop russian aggression. >>> cia director william burns has delivered a sobering message to congress just as president biden announces plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan by september 11th. burns told lawmakers once the troops lea

jha, let me play devil's advocate here for a second.ood morning, george. thanks for having me on. i think the fda is getting it right, and let me walk through it. again, you're absolutely right. i believe the j&j vaccine is exceedingly safe. these are very rare events. but we don't know if they're linked to the vaccine and we don't know if there are other cases out there we've missed. so it's the right thing to take a pause, a brief pause, gather some more data, make a plan, and then come back to the market. i know people will be upset about this. this is how our system works. we always err on the side of safety, and i think this is the right way to go. >> so what's going to happen next? >> yeah, what's going to happen next, there will be a meeting of the advisory committee for the cdc. they're going to review all the data. the fda is going through data probably of all the folks who have gotten vaccinated, what we know, what we're tracking and based on that they'll make a new set of recommendations and my sense is they'll unpause but th

jha here on this broadcast last night, that this country is on the brink of another surge. >> reporter: that's right, david. dr. fauci saying, we are at a critical moment, warning that we could just as easily swing up into another surge, making it clear we are in a race to get vaccines into arms before we have another peak. david? >> eva pilgrim leading us off tonight from michigan. eva, thank you. >>> we turn next tonight to that unfolding scene today. police responding to an active shooter in maryland. a navy medic allegedly armed with a rifle opening fire, wounding two sailors. tonight, one critically injured. an alert going out today. the gunman then driving to the gate of the base. he was shot and killed by armed military personnel. and what we've now learned tonight about the suspect. abc's rachel scott on the scene in maryland for us. >> reporter: tonight, the terrifying moments in and around ft. detrick army base in frederick, maryland. >> all units, 1043, city is operating on an active shooter event. >> reporter: authorities say this is where the gunman, a navy medic, opened f