mandy cohen >> the new booster is expected to be approved by the fda and we will make recommendationssecond or third weekbooster is we seeing circulating now. >> reporter: critics say the federal government is behind once again people knew there was going to be a covid resurgence. >> mm-hm >> reporter: so why don't we have a booster today why do we have to wait until next month in >> we're looking at the ways in which the virus changed. they look and evaluate that. the fda is doing its work. we likely will see this as an annual covid shot, just like the flu shot >> reporter: just in time for fall, when we'll also face rsv can you take the flu shot, the covid booster and rsv vaccine all at once in. >> for flu and covid, yes. rsv is only available for older adults talk to your doctor about what's right for you. >> reporter: what to do until the new covid booster comes? get prepared that means stocking up on at-home tests. yes, they cover the new strain that is out there. keep the mask handy if you're in a crowded place, and most of all, doctors say get that new covid booster when it bec

mandy cohen. >> the new covid booster is expected to be approved by the fda and then we will make recommendations from the cdc probably by the second or third week of september. >> reporter: will it protect against this new strain >> yes the booster is tailored to what we are seeing circulating now. >> reporter: critics say the federal government is behind once again people knew there was going to be a covid resurgence, so, why don't we have a booster today, why do we have to wait until next month >> the way we go about doing our -- just like we doe with our flu shots, right, we make sure that we're looking at the ways in which the virus changed. they look and evaluate that the fda is doing its work we likely will see this as an annual covid shot, just like the flu shot >> reporter: just in time for fall, when we'll also face rsv. can you take the flu shot, the covid booster, and the rsv vaccine all at once? >> so, for flu and covid, yes rsv, again, is only available for older adults that's one where i'd say, talk to your doctor about what's right for you. >> reporter: so, until the new covid boo

cdc director mandy cohen has this warning for the months ahead. >> covid is here and we need to makec's data show hospitalizations have been on the rise since july, jumping more than 20% earlier this month. still, when you zoom out to consider what it was like during the height of the pandemic, health officials aren't sounding the alarm yet. they're closely watching a highly mutated emerging variant and hoping the next booster will slow the spread. with the flu and rsv likely to ramp up this fall, doctors recommend having covid tests at home to help tell the difference. emilie ikeda, nbc news. >>> we have a lot to cover in our second hour of "chris jansing reports." let's get right to it. >>> at this hour, two trials, two cities, and the highest stakes day in court for donald trump. in georgia, the first glimpse into d.a. fani willis's case against the former president. prosecutors are pushing to keep a home court advantage against his codefendant mark meadows. he wants his case moved to federal court.

mandy cohen. >> the new booster is expected to be approved by the fda and make recommendations by the seeing circulating now. >> reporter: critics say the federal government is behind now. why don't we have a booster today, why do we have to wait until last month? >> just like we do with our flu shots, we look at the way the virus changed, they look and evaluate that. the fda is doing its work. we likely will see this as an annual covid shot just like the flu shot. >> reporter: just in time for fall when we'll also face rsv. >> reporter: can you the flu shot, rsv and covid all at once? rsv is only available for older adults. talk to your doctor about what's right for you. >> reporter: anne thompson, nbc news. >>> we have a lot to cover in our second hour of "chris jansing reports." let's get right to it. >>> at this hour, hawaii hiring an independent investigator as outrage grows over the state's wildfire response. 111 people now confirmed dead. 1,300 still missing. could more lives have been saved? >>> is he take the advice of his lawyers? former president donald trump