in the long-term, pfizer _ before pfizer long-term?-term, pfizer is _ before pfizer long-term? in the long-term, pfizer is not - before pfizer long-term? in the long-term, pfizer is not meant| long—term, pfizer is not meant to see a huge... remember, pfizer is a conglomerate. they will see a big boost to their vaccines division but remember it has a profit share with biontech to which it owes royalties. on top of that, the consolidated financials of the business are slow growth. pfizer trades at something like 12 times earnings whereas its peers likejohnson &johnson peers like johnson & johnson trade peers likejohnson &johnson trade at 19 times higher. i would not call pfizer, despite the vaccine, one of the big growth stocks in the market today. growth stocks in the market toda . �* , ., growth stocks in the market toda. , ., ., today. also 'ust to explain to the today. also just to explain to the layman. _ today. also just to explain to the layman, when _ today. also just to explain to the layman, when it- today. also just to explain

speaking of pfizer a big announcement from that company today new data shows that the pfizer vaccine. >>can be stored in regular pharmaceutical freezers as opposed to the ultra cold freezers they have to be stored in now. this could make it easier to distribute the vaccine. this new information has been submitted to the fda as a proposed update to the emergency use authorization that pfizer had received if approved, it would allow the vaccines to be stored in these freezers for up to 2 weeks. pfizer says this could provide pharmacies in vaccination centers, more flexibility when handling the vaccine. >>and new at 6 more news the vaccine maker pfizer it launched a the first covid-19 vaccine trial for pregnant women today. kron 4 sanaz tahernia has that story. >>pharmaceutical giant pfizer announced it's launching of the first covid-19 vaccine trial for pregnant women this after the american journal of obstetrics and gynecology published a study out of washington state showing pregnant women bright a 70% higher risk for covid-19 infection. while cdc officials previously said a pregnant

i am not aware of additional pfizer announcements. pfizer did announce accelerated deliveries a couple weeks ago. all remind people also the president ordered the next 200 million doses, which will provide us with 600 million doses, 100 each from moderna and pfizer to bring us to a total of 600 million this summer, enough vaccines to vaccinate all americans. let me run through the top numbers. three weeks ago, when we walked into office, states were receiving 8.6 million weekly doses. that is now 11 million, up 28%. the pharmacy program begins this week. the program we were talking about today is one million allocation as that program phases and across the next couple weeks. >> next, pbs. >> thanks for taking my question. the first question i have is, can you talk about who in these community health centers -- is there a criteria for age or income level? i am wondering how we will be able to track as a country who gets the vaccines in these community health centers. are there other tools being given to these health centers to help the

doses of pfizer moderna and 100 million doses of stuff, jane j by july. >>well, there's 300 million americans so it sounds like everybody would be covered. i think so you know we were kind of customers say, but again with pfizer moderna. >>you have to divide by 2 that's the kind of my we have to do is a complicated. >>you know doctor already i'm hearing people say well i want the one shot or on the other end of the spectrum saying well, this one may not be as effective. i'm waiting. i don't know do you have to remind people just take what shot becomes available. >>yes, definitely i think with in mind you're going to get the invite. mike russo recommendation would be to just kept what invited for. and you know when the dust settles people may have more choice but right now it's just a matter of vaccinating as many americans as possible. so we all have some protection. >>you know as a year ago just before saint patrick's day when san francisco shut down and then the rest of the country started to follow suit santa clara already shut down. centre county. now

and my exclusive conversation with the pfizer's ceo, do you need a shot every year? and the exclusive interview with the team that rescued tiger woods and the tools they used to get him out. >> the former gymnastics coach taking his own life hours of being charged of sex crimes. >> former president trump ready to make his first appearance leaving d.c., his message to republicans. caught on camera, the third floor on fire, the mother window to safety below. >>> throwing her children out the window to safety below. >>> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, we can't lose sight of the fact that d killing in this country nor can we ignore reasons for killing.tonight an outside advis johnson&johnson's entry into the vaccine war chest and the number of americans who received at least one vaccine shot is now climbed over 46 million. the needle slowly is moving in the right direction as health officials continue to access the risk of virus variants tonight we are having a conversation with pfizer's ceo it is a wide range conversation which we'l

young from pfizer how is pfizer approaching production of boosters and will that production have any effect on your current schedule of three did million doses by july 31? the. >> thank you for the question. first of all we believe we are still on track to be able to deliver 300 million doses to the united states government before the end of july that something we are very focused on. as i mentioned in my testimony we are going to be or hope to initiate a study looking at the benefit of a booster in patients that have received two doses of the vaccine. we believe there is emerging evidence are having higher antibody will be protected against the new variant strains and thus i mention my testimony we are in discussion with the fda to potentially develop an upgraded vaccine for the new variant concern should it arise. thank you for the question. >> thank you very much an ideal back asking colleagues did take a look at my therapeutics and development act on the development of vaccines to keep up with these variants. >> i'm pleased to recognize mr. mr. burgess for five minutes. >> thank

the pfizer and moderna vaccine for covid contains a piece of rna. you are getting covid-19 from the vaccine. it's impossible. your body is getting a blueprint. but the other thing underlined in the question is can someone getting vaccinated pass on coronavirus? it's possible. but as data is coming out, it looks like it's more and more probable that with the vaccine is not only protecting people from having symptoms it's reducing transmission as well. regardless, karen, your husband should take aer lly youetou part answers daniel's question. but i'm going to ask, are they discovering when you are vaccinated you are not likely to transmit the virus? >> daniel, we slowly are learning more and more hints that that might be the case. you know, astrazenica put out a study a couple weeks ago showing people getting pcr samples of the virus after getting the shot showed lower and lower amounts of virus in their blood stream. that's great news. showing the virus is not only protective but also prevents transmission. the reason why the cdc change the quarantin

>>. >> first of all, we looked at pfizer and pfizer has not performed as well as you would have thought given that they're leading on the vaccine and delivering vaccine so what we're looking at is it has a very positive outlook going for pfizer and we look at the profitability and the profitability if you measure by return on investing capital is what we call the 90 percentile we look at a relative valuation and a relative positioning on profitability and once again, 90 percentile and then we look at valuation which is a somewhat of a different look like i said before we look at a relative valuation and we are seeing that pfizer is at the 90 percentile which means for us that there's a lot of upside potential in the valuation and the pricing of pfizer at these levels we believe the company is definitely under value and the news that we just heard just makes it even better case for forward expectations >> yeah. i was just noticing as well and i was looking at the market at the highs of the day and the dow 625 and a couple of days for the s&p and the same period we're above 2% and 628 poi

but the president there in michigan, kalamazoo, at a pfizer plant.e heart of covid-19, the vaccine and distribution, etc., so that's what's bringing the president there today. the president also spoke on the issue of health care all across the world today especially the fact that he revaled that there is going to be -- revealed there is going to be a $4 billion allotment from the u.s. given to poor countries all across the world the try to fight against the covid-19 pandemic, specifically getting vaccine doses into the arms of people all across the country. the president saying that this is part of his plan to try to reconnect the u.s. with the health community across the world. >> even as we fight to get out of the teeth of this pandemic, the resurgence of ebola in africa is a stark reminder we must simultaneously work to finally finance health security, strengthen global health systems and create early warning systems to prevent, detect and respond if to future biological threats because they will keep coming. >> reporter: you mentioned pfizer, liz

we know pfizer is great against b.1.1.7. it may make the vaccine a little less effective, might explain why johnson & johnson trial showed 64% of activity in south africa and less around the world. to combat this, vaccine manufacturers are looking to make vaccine tweaks for that variant. pfizer and moderna are going to start trials with new vaccine, could be a booster shot we need to get. what everyone needs to know, do your part to prevent the sprerkspread, you already know what to do, i don't have to tell you thousandth time. >> all told the news to mask up, wash hands and social distance as much as possible. now in california, up to 8 million vaccine doses administered so far. are we at good pace for 40 million-plus residents here? >> good pace, could be better. one thing that's interesting about california, i don't think it's fair to compare california to other parts of the country. we have a very diverse population, not only geographically but ethnically, racially, some of the counties have different resources. so focus

that's 21 days for pfizer and 28 days for moderna. what sometimes leads to confusion among people when you say we want to get as many people to get their first dose as possible means rather than holding back on doses that would be designated for the second dose, given that we now have more and more confidence in the even flow of doses to go to locations and as mr. slavitt said, we will give a three-week window so people will know the doses that they are going to get and when they are going to get them, we don't want to hold back things. in other words, if you give 50 million doses to individuals and then next time around you get more doses when you are at that third or fourth week, the first priority will always be to get the people who have gotten their first doses to get their second doses. then additional doses will be given to the next group of people who will get their first doses. in this case, there are no doses that are hanging around. a dose that's available is going to go into someone's arm. if a person is ready for their se

as you know, that is 21 days for pfizer and 28 days for moderna. what sometimes leads to confusion among people when you say you want to get as many people to get the first dose as possible, it means rather than holding back on doses that would be designated for the second dose, given that we now have more and more confidence in the evenflo of doses to go to locations, that we will get a three week window so that people will know the doses they are going to get and what they are going to get them. we don't want to hold back things. in other words, if you give the 15 million doses to individuals and the next time around you get more doses when you are at that third or fourth week, the priority will always be to give the people that have gotten there first doses their second doses. and additional doses will be given to the next group of people who will get their first doses. in this way, there are no doses that are hanging around. a dose that is available will go into someone's arm. if a person is ready for their second dose, that person will be prio

doctor, back over to you, on my point about the science of the pfizer vaccine and the fact that the pfizer ceo said they could approve for storage in less cold temperatures. how much would that help in getting more shots in arms? >> it would be tremendously helpful. right now the limitation of having to store the vaccines at minus 70, super cold temperatures, meaning that you can't put it in a normal freezer. so large hospital systems have freezers that they could store and provide the vaccine. but if you want to get it into your local corner pharmacy, you need to be able to be stable in a normal refrigerator or freezer and that is why this is such a great breakthrough. and with the variants on the rise and coming from different corners of the world, it is critical that we're going as quickly as possible to get vaccines in arms. >> here is hoping as he said that this next holiday season will be so much different from the one we all experienced this last year. doctor michelle mcmurray heath and laura beddo lopez, thank you so much. you're watching cnn. we'll be right back. she'll revisit he

does one vaccine, moderna or pfizer, have a higher profile of adverse reactions? in other words, you hear a lot of people say it's that second shot that gets you, brother. is one of these vaccines more prone to produce a response negative in someone who gets it? >> look into the trials, there's slight differences here and there but i think the main point is so important which is the first jab, the first injection has a degree of a side effect or adverse sort of effects that we expect it is the second one 50% of people who get the second pfizer vaccine, for example, are going to have real fatigue 29% with a fever and we have to lower the bar for people to get this vaccine have paid sick leave give expectations. what worries me is people avoid the vaccine because they hear that and in fact what we say is this is the immune system working doing the job. give people, make it easy. websites are crashing. we need to make this so easy there can be as my friend says there's no sludge here if someone wants a vaccine, get it right away and we need to educate them on these e

pfizer stated preference during the pfizer hearing hearing on the tenth of december that such individuals within the study would be continued to be reflected this approach will minimize the minumber of current participants onceda a vaccine is available and maximize the collection of data of long-term safety and efficacy. now two and a half months later from december 10th janssen proposes upon authorization by regulatory authorities all placebo participants will receive one dose of the vaccine. if granted by the fda for janssen and subsequent eua vaccines all placebo participants will later get a about thet what 19000 pfizer subjects and those to randomize of a placebo group both companies hasy similarly expressed the subjects g previously given placebos and to be offered a vaccine as of now how the original 34000 recipients have been notified and what will occur and when will this occur for the almost placebo recipients who are risking their lives as with the people without knowing it in the mid- teethree studies to find out they are eligible? >> that is time. >> thank you very much. >>.

announcer: president biden went to michigan today to visit a pfizer plant in kalamazoo. that creates and packs the covid-19 vaccine. he was joined by the pfizer ceo and governor whitmer. >> [indiscernible conversation] nathan. 351,000 [indiscernible] >> 361,000 doses. >> we move the needle. come on up. [laughter] >> [indiscernible] for the freezer. this has five cabinet. this hold 60 bundles. -- this holds 60 bundles. >> [indiscernible conversation] >> we have 350 freezers in this warehouse. this right here is 351,000 doses. 350 freezers, and this warehouse , holding over 350 million doses -- in this warehouse, holding over 350 million doses. [indiscernible] >> alright, good. >> welcome, mr. president. >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] -60 or below temperature range. we transfer the vaccine into the answer later -- into the insulator. >> oh, it happens there. >> yup. i will explain a little bit. [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> -- vaccine shipping. in six months, we designed and developed these two lines. these two lines are lines 101 and 102. [indiscernible] wh

tambiÉn la fda aprobÓ el almacenamiento de la vacuna de pfizer—biontech a temperatura estÁndar en losesto le pone fin a los problemas a la hora de guardarla, evita la compra de equipos para mantener la ultra frÍa, y facilita el transporte para su distribuciÓn inmediata. antes tenÍa que guardarse en congeladores aproximadamente a 112 grados fahrenheit. nos contemos con el doctor jefe de... bienvenido a la "ediciÓn digital", la fda dice que se puede guardar la vacuna de johnson&johnson hasta dos semanas. ¿cÓmo cambia eso las cosas? >> buenos dÍas. gracias por la invitaciÓn. como decÍas en tu introducciÓn, la fda aprobado el almacenamiento, la distribuciÓn de nuestra vacuna en freezer normales o comerciales. lo cual hace mucho mÁs flexible el proceso de envÍo y distribuciÓn de nuestra vacuna. como sabes, la vacuna requiere para su conservaciÓn en largo tiempo, hasta seis meses, un freezer de ultra baja temperatura, de —80 grados. pero esta posibilidad de almacenarla hasta —20, nos permite hasta dos semanas de flexibilidad para transportar la vacuna desde un centro otro, y almacenarla dur

more than 20 million doses of the pfizer vaccine have now been administered nationwide.have a vaccine scam that we want to tell you about in san francisco, the department of emergency management says if you get a text or an email or phone call asking for your personal or financial information in order to get a vaccine. do not respond. and if you are looking for vaccine appointments we do have links on our web site kron 4 dot com or you can visit sf gov. slash covid vaccine. in southern california seaworld san diego is back open after its doors were shut for 2 months. >>but there are still some restrictions in place tickets need to be reserved in advance. all animal exhibits are open, but roller coasters and other rides remain closed. face mask for everyone over the age of 2 are also required while you're walking around. >>it is a week away us forest are expecting a busy valentine's day this sunday and this comes as couples are trying to come up with more and pandemic friendly ways to celebrate and since fewer people are expected to do things like go to restaurants. flore

moderna needed to be kept at freezing temperatures, pfizer, subzero temperatures. that meant special refraj iters that not everyone had, not everyone could afford to get in their hack centers and it made it challenging for distribution to take place in more rural areas. i was at a location, a hospital, a medical center in rural michigan, and they kind of walked us through and showed us the process of how they were trying to make sure that other health care centers, other offices that were part of their orbit in even more rural areas had access to the pfizer vaccine. it was really, really challenging because the other smaller communities, they did not have these super subzero freezers and couldn't necessarily afford to get it. the fact that that's not needed with this vaccine is a really big deal, because it makes access easier on a much larger scale, not to mention just the simplicity of only needing to give and have one dose. th within weeks and also don't have to worry about making sure that they know which you had first, whether it was pfizer or moderna to make

new data shows a single dose of pfizer's covid jab cuts deaths and serious illness in the uk by moren 75% among over 80s. the moment perversance lands on mars. the intrepid rover sends back unprecedented video, and the first sound from the planet. and donald trump is ordered to hand over his tax returns to prosecutors in new york. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of covid—19 deaths in the united states has passed half a million. it's the first country to do so. the bells on the national cathedral in washington tolled 500 times to honour the victims. bells toll. 500,000 lives are more than were lost by the us in both world wars and the vietnam war combined. the pandemic is still claiming 2000 americans every day, and there has been widespread economic hardship. president biden has ordered flags on federal buildings to be flown at half mast for five days as a mark of respect to those who have lost their lives. just before he and the vice president led a moment's silence, he had these words for americans. as we all remember, i also ask us to act. to remain vigilant. to stay soc

and pfizer started in the spring and summer. their trials were much earlier during the pandemic whereas johnson & johnson was a little bit later. and johnson & johnson happened as we identified some of these coronavirus variants emerging. so that might answer some questions when it comes to the differences. but overall doctors say that if you are able to get any of these vaccines the one right for you is the one that's available. there's no reason to think one is better than the other and overall johnson & johnson did show to be effective against moderate to severe disease. here's what dr. paul offitt had to say about this. he's actually a member of the fda advisory committee that recommended the vaccine yesterday. have a listen. >> we'll see whether there will be a second dose recommendation. one dose will keep you out of the hospital, keep you out of the intensive care unit and keep you out of the morgue. >> so you see there the vaccine shows to be effective against hospitalization and no one in the trial who got the vaccine d

president biden today visiting a pfizer plant in michigan. pfizer saying they will soon be able to produce batches of vaccine, some of it in half the time, cutting it from 110 days to 60 days. that was encouraging. having to story their vaccine at 90 degrees below zero, it may be stored? regular medical freezers. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: president biden today getting a firsthand look at pfizer's assembly line outside kalamazoo, michigan. >> there is 351,000 doses just in this one pallet. >> fascinating. >> reporter: as pfizer now saying it will soon be able to produce batches of the vaccine in half the time, from 110 days down to 60. and pfizer says the vaccine, which had to be stored at 94 degrees below zero, can now ia freezers once it arrives at vaccination sites. for americans desperate to get back to some sense of normal, biden is trying to offer optimism, but also a dose of reality. >> i believe we'll be approaching normalcy by the end of this year, and god willing this christmas will be different than last, but i can't make that

tonight we have my exclusive with the interview of ceo of pfizer about how they're trying to keep pace with the variant and why a third shot may be necessary and where studies on vaccinations stand right now. it is a wide ranging conversation we'll get to. tom costello and the big push to get folks to roll up their sleeves. >> reporter: with the count down to a third vaccine and down to a matter of hours and all outreaching under served communities. vice president harris in d.c. tonight. while in massachusetts. >> initially i was obviously apprehensive being african-american, i was apprehensive. >> reporter: national guard troops are on the front line. >> it makes sense for all of us to make sure we are vaccinated in places where the virus is active. >> you may be the vaccine? >> rep biggest -- tomorrow the fda will review johnson&johnson vaccine. emergency authorization could come by the weekend with four million doses shipping immediately. while the pfizer and moderna vaccines are more effective at preventing illness, the j&j shot is 100% effective at keeping people alive and out of

not so much to pfizer. i think it's something that the world can learn from. >> reporter: and the world is learning that just as science predicted, it's working. in a study of more than a million peep, half were vaccinated. and they were covid, even the . and real world evidence shows the second shot boosts immunity from solid to spectacular. now, even teens are getting vaccinated. prime minister netanyahu made his in to a photo op, he is facing re-election this spring and hoping the successful vaccination problem will offset other things. netanyahu is taking flack for paying pfizer a third more per dose than t u.s. paid. but here's the pay-off. just days ago. lockdown was eased. and israel residents are out and about, enjoying freedom. >> i'm free, i can go anywhere, i don't have to stay home. i can see friends and family. i think we can say goodbye to covid-19, eventually. >> reporter: now, israel has taken some criticism for not vaccinating millions of palestinians who live on land it occupies. the pales

pfizer says its covid vaccine can be stored in regular lab freezers. in addition aew study finds a single dose of the vaccine is 85% effective. luz pena is part of our abc7 vaccine team and spoke with bay area experts on what this could mean for distribution. >> reporter: in this freezer are the last 390 pfizer covid-19 vaccines in marin county. making sure these freezers don't break is woody baker con. >> in the neighborhood of minus 80 degree celsius because the vaccine is so precious we have two freezers. a primary and a backup in case something goes wrong. >> if pfizer's request is approved by regulators, it means this vaccine can be transported to more places across the world without the need of these specialized freezers. administrative director of pharmacy services. he believes this temperature change will expedite the distribution process. but could this also have a negative impact on the vaccine efficacy? >> not a negative impact. >> reporter: but it does shorten its shelf life. >> historically with low temperatures as long as six months stand

vaccine plan as the winter storm delayed the roll out in all 50 states the news of the pfizer vaccine giving new hope. >>> the outrage in florida, two women accused of disguising themselves as grandmothers to get the vaccine. when the governor is confronted, his angry response our series of "kids under pressure" of our kids in a lost generation and our red planet like you have never seen before. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. the end of the misery is not yet insight a 13 million remaining without safe water frozen pipes thawing raising new risk for this evening. bottled water being handed out and shelves at stores are bare i also spoke to the parents of the young daughter's death. >> we'll tell you how bad the impact was we begin of course in texas, morgan chesky, with the latest >> reporter: tonight in texas, too much water >> my room is ruined >> oh my god >> reporter: or not enough >> this is the only water we have now >> reporter: what's left is unsafe to drink. the deep freeze compromising supply for 13 million texans first responders

pfizer was hacked, this made big headlines but then nis turned around and said they never mentioned pfizerabout other south korean companies that have hacked and basically denied the south korean lawmaker's claim which he then doubled down on when cnn followed up with them. regardless whether they mentioned pfizer or not one thing is clear time and time again. north korean hackers do seem to be, indeed targeting biotech companies. and also astrazeneca working on vaccines. north korea at the time told cnn that was fake news. microsoft was told of north korea targeting companies using their cyberarm, believed to be one of the most substantial in the world the u.s. considers them on par with russia and china which is extraordinary for a country as small and destitute as north korea, it does show the investment and commitment to cybercrimes, allegedly, rosemary, stealing $316 million over the course of the last year. >> will ripley, many thanks joining us live from hong kong. >>> before we go, a touching moment from tuesday's cnn town hall with president joe biden. it came after a mother stand

and as you well know, that is 21 days for pfizer and 28 days for moderna. what sometimes leads to confusion among people when you say we want to get as many people to get their first dose as possible means rather than holding back on doses that would be designated for the second dose, given that we now have more and more confidence in the even flow of doses to go to locations and as mr. slavic said that, we're going to give a three week window so people will know the doses that they're going to get and when their going to get them. we don't want to hold back things. in other words if you give the 50 million doses to individuals and then the next time around you get more doses, when you're at that third or fourth week, the first priority will always be to get the people who have gotten their first doses, to get their second doses. and then additional doses will be given to the next group of people who will get their first doses. and in this way, there are no doses that are hanging around. a dose that is available is going to go into someone's arm. if a perso

facility, a pfizer vac it is a place where the vaccines from pfizer were first rolled out. the country. you can see him right thereon the left hand side of your screen. in the meantime president biden called last year's package a down payment on his larger plan. and it has been two bts no months since congress pass that had down payment and americans still need help. monday they will cobble together suggestions from various committees into a bill. nancy pelosi hopes the bill will pass the house by the end of next week before it moves on to an evenly split senate. joining me now is democratic senator michael bennett of colorado. senator, thank you so much for being here. it has been a long time. welcome back. >> it has been a long time. i just heard your news, so congratulations. >> thank you very much. you are actually kind of late, i'm like 6 1/2 months. >> that is how long it has been. >> anyway, let's get to covid relief. it is trying to pass the house. and then it will try to pass the senate. one of the sticking points has been raising the minimum wage. privately report

right now, the pfizer vaccine, in particular, has to be kept remarkably cold. somewhere, between minus-112 and minus-76 degrees but that might be changing. pfizer's announced that its data shows the vaccine may not need to be stored in an ultra-cold freezer in order to be effective. but could, instead, be kept in a normal freezer. the kind that are more commonly in use. now, this would significantly untangle some of the logistical hurdles that have slowed down the vaccine distribution, so far. and pfizer has officially asked the fda for permission to allow its vaccine to be stored at a higher temperature. right now, the pfizer vaccine requires two doses, and on that front, we've got, yet, more promising data. a peer-reviewed study out of israel found today that just one dose of the pfizer vaccine was 85% effective at preventing symptomatic cases of covid-19. 85% immunity. that's practically the whole ball game. the faster we could vaccinate people with a vaccine that's 85% effective, the faster we could achieve herd immunity and that's what they have been exper

the pfizer doses. to be clear, this is on top of the 10.5 million doses we will ship this week. i want to be clear that we are delivering on our commitment to provide states with three weeks forward visibility into supply. this is critical and we've heard strong feedback from state and local leaders that this is helping give them what they need to plan and get vaccines administered more quickly. but we know it's not only the amount of vaccine that matters. another critical component is creating places for americans to get vaccinated. they turn to their local pharmacy for medicines, flu shots and much more. and pharmacies are readily accessible within five miles of a pharmacy. our first face of the federal retail program of covid-19 vack nations. offering vaccinations in america's pharmacies. starting on february 11, the federal government will deliver across the country and provide more sites for people to get vaccinated and important component to deliver adequately. it will expand access in neighborho

and president biden at a pfizer plant in michigan. and news from pfizer tonight. will they soon be able to make batches of vaccines in half the time? and after having to store the vaccine at 94 degrees below zero, the major change tonight. mary bruce with new reporting. >>> the president on the world's stage today. it looked more like a zoom meeting with world leaders. his message and how our allies reacted. his commitment to nato and re-joining the paris climate accord. jon karl on it all. and the moment the british prime minster boris johnson had to tell angela merkel to mute her computer. >>> after the riot at the capitol, at least 35 capitol police officers are now under investigation. we have learned six now suspended. rachel scott with late reporting tonight. >>> after nasa made history, the landing on mars. the first images now coming in from mars tonight. >>> the young women caught posing as grandmothers trying to get vaccinated, caught. and how this then played out. >>> americans answering the call. what so many of you did. our persons of the week. >>> go

has agreed to take 300 million additional doses of moderna in addition to 200 million from pfizer.he e.u. we'll be able to help its citizens and its neighbors. live from paris. ♪ >> thank you very much for being with us. 42 people have been kidnapped, including 27 schoolboys. these figures confirmed by officials in nigeria. one child was killed. the group kidnapped includes children, teachers and relatives of the president as well as security forces to coordinate a rescue operation. after they raided the government college in niger state. >> once again, a school in nigeria targeted by gunmen. two dozen students, several staff and a dozen of their family members were abducted in a northwestern town. one student shot dead in the raid. local residents turned out at government science colleges as authority scramble to react. >> to deploy all resources when we are looking at all --o ensure the safe return of victims. >> it is far from the first time nigeria has seen such acts. two months ago gunmen abducted 350 boys from a secondary school in a northwestern state. they were released aft

dose for pfizer and a 1.5 microgram dose for moderna is efficient. at least a 2.2 billion people protected each month which is enough to bring it to an end in a short time.it has led to ethical issues and difficult ethical choices and we've all had to make some since last time i spoke, 9000 people have died of covid. right here what we have is a regulatory bottleneck. not manufacturing bottleneck and i encourage each of you to have political courage, lower the doses for moderna and pfizer. months slawi advocates this. i put together a youtube video andi thank you for your time and service . while you listen to me speak six additional people have died of covid. i encourage you to act with all due haste. thank you for your time. >> thank you doctor milton. our next speaker is in the wolf. >> i'm public citizen health researcher, i have noconflict of interest . i look forward to the vaccine despite the increase comorbidities. with the current ua availability, to vaccines and other probably next week will be neither practically nor ethically feasible to

that is the pfizer part of it. what's his message to the international community this morning with so many big headlines, namely, iran. >> what we'll see from president biden this morning is his most extensive foreign policy engagement to date. he's participating in the virtual g7 summit of the world's largest economies. and what we're going to hear from president biden is, first of all, that the u.s. has officially as of today rejoined the paris climate accords. he's unveiling a $4 billion american commitment to covax. the global vaccine initiatived aimed at helping lower income countries get vaccinated as well. the overarching theme at the g7 and in his remarks to the munich security conference will be reaffirming the return of american leadership in the world. after years of more isolationist policies from former president trump, president biden in his remarks at the munich security conference i'm told by a senior administration official, he's expected to vow that the united states has returned to the world stag

pfizer saying its vachich below zero can now be scored in regular freezers for up to two weeks.ons declined. president biden won't commit a date when the crisis will end. >> i believe we'll be approaching normalcy by the end of this year and god willing this christmas will be different than last. but i can't make that commitment to you. >> reporter: yesterday, he pledged $4 billion to help vaccine efforts in countries around the world. >>> the white house coronavirus task force is pushing the timeline back for elementary school students until after january, 2022. based on when research trials for children are expected to finish up. a small astra-zeneca trial involving 300 kids in the uk as young as six years old is just beginning. pfizer, moderna, johnson & johnson are expected to start trials for the younger group in the spring. some parents are worried about vaccine safety. >> to me, i believe they came up with this method of vaccine too soon. i am just not a believer. >> uncomfortable having them going to school, but definitely would be interested in getting them vaccinated a

of the pfizer versus does one day one of the moderna. and you can see that the reaction profiles are very similar. injections commonly reported in the systemic reactions are also commonly reported as well. confirming what was observed in the clinical trials printed these vaccines are react to genex and the reaction profiles of the two vaccines for this one and a one look very similar. at the time of this is analysis of the pfizer vaccine, we had some dose to data. but we did not for the moderna because of that longer period between the doses but before the pfizer vaccine, we have information on this one and day one compared to just to on day one. if you look at the comparisons for the systemic reactions like fatigue, headache, chills and fever and joint pain and nausea. substantially more self-reported it reaction systems for those two compared to does one. up to three - four in some cases. this unexpected pretty that was observed in a clinical trial. so the v-safe reaction confirms the safety profile of these vaccines. and confirms they

we already know the two doses of moderna and pfizer give you 95%.e's studies to show you get 85% protection. that's huge. i remember dr. fauci mentioning way back when the pandemic started we would accept a vaccine that would be 50% effective. the only concern i have is, why one shot can give you 85%? remember, two shots gives you 95%. and if this uk strain becomes the predominant strain which is more contagious and perhaps more lethal, more people could die. i think more of the vaccine is better than less of the vaccine, but to answer your question, 85%, after one dose, two to four weeks later, that's good news. >> i want to talk a little about what we're seeing. i'm not sure if you can see it, doctor, on your screen, but this is the storage, and we're seeing the folk whose work there at this pfizer plant where they have, their gloves on. i assume because what they're dealing with is very cold as they're putting these vaccines into storage. tell us a little more about the storage are and the storage challenges of these vaccines. >> right. so one of

million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, but as president biden visits a vaccine plant in michigan, pfizerits shot can be stored in a normal freezer. plus, two women caught dressed up as grannies. >> you've stolen a vaccine. >> o'donnell: back on the world stage: the president declares america is back. >> and we are not looking backward. we are looking forward together. >> o'donnell: sexual assault in the military. the nation's new defense secretary, lloyd austin, addresses growing concerns after a marine's emotional tiktok goes viral. >> i dedicated my life to the military. >> o'donnell: 35 capitol police police officers under officers under investigation. the new details tonight about their alleged actions in the assault. deadly police encounter: new video shows police shoot and kill a man they say was jaywalking. the royal split and the announcement tonight from buckingham palace about prince harry and megh marrtn's "on the road" with one man's frozen field of d >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our

kathleen: this story on pfizer.n israeli study, the pfizer beyond tech shot stopping covid spread seems important. in this country some people want to wait for the moderna shot because their trials did track the transmission of the virus after you have had the vaccine and it is over 90% effective and pfizer did not. what is going on with pfizer now? ian: well, the pfizer study as you said was important, in israel for a number of reasons. i would say three. the first was the one that you would expect, it is highly effective against the illness and 99% effective against death. israel, the country that has had the highest rate of vaccinations, has become a laboratory for pfizer in particular. so that was important. the second important thing which was very much up in the air, was the extent to which a vaccine could prevent infection from one person to another. in other words, you could get the vaccine, and the question was, could you infect someone else? and these results showed it cut it 90%. the last thing is, most o

now there is a bit of light on the horizon now with more vaccines being approved with byron take pfizer extending its production facility that news came out this week so there is a bit of hope but still it is an extremely slow process and the americans said we're hoping to have made an offer to anybody who wants to have a vaccine to have been vaccinated by the end of the summer that is still a very long time. you know she also referred to this 3 new variants that are around she called these variants very aggressive why did she do that using . well to justify the decision to extend the lockdown because of course the numbers have been going down extremely we have reached levels that we last saw in october so everybody agrees that the current measures are working and people are calling for the restrictions to be lifted but of course i'm going back and said we simply don't know enough about the mutations she did say that in the last big round when she met with the state premiers a couple of weeks ago already so there is not enough data available but there is a real risk of this virus like a