Morning, everyone, im poppy harlow. Im jim sciutto. A decision and perhaps some good news imminent. The fda could announce it is authorizing pfizers vaccine for emergency use. That announcement could come at any moment. Hhs secretary alex azar says the agency does plan to move forward. Hours from now another big step a cdc Advisory Panel will meet. Which means americans could start getting vaccinated in a few days. Critical as the nation is seeing its most dire days so far in the pandemic and experts warn it is going to get much worse from here. Lets begin this hour with elizabeth cohen, good morning to you. Talk us through what the next 24, 48 hours look like. Good morning, poppy and jim. This is going to be a momentous weekend. Lets talk about what our sources tell us is going to happen. We are hearing that on saturday, the fda is expected to give its emergency use authorization. That authorized the vaccine to be used. We hear its going to happen saturday, thats not written in stone but thats what government workers are told to expect. Then on sunday a committee at the centers for Disease Control is scheduled to vote on this vaccine because this needs approval not just from the fda but also from the cdc. And then after that, cdc director dr. Robert redfield will sign something accepting the committees recommendation, which should happen within hours. By the end of the day sunday, we could have an approved coronavirus vaccine. Poppy, jim . Can you explain to us how this emergency use authorization would work. Who does that then open to getting the vaccine right away . So usually were used to just drugs being approved by the fda and then whoever gets it, gets it. Theres not any priority. Whoever gets prescribed it, gets prescribed it. Thats not the case with an emergency use authorization. With an emergency use authorization the government steps in and has a heavy hand in saying these are the people who are going to get it first. Lets take a look at this. Were expecting that this first group could start getting shots maybe even as early as monday. Certainly early next week. That first group will be Health Care Workers and nursing home residents. Next after that, over the next several months other High Risk Groups are expected to be giving vaccines, other elderly people, essential workers Like Police Officers and firefighters and those with underlying medical conditions and later would be everyone else. By later we mean probably the spring. If youre not in a High Risk Group you probably wont be vaccinated until the spring or maybe even into the summer. There are some groups who may not get vaccinated at all, thats because theres not enough data to show its safe for these groups. Lets go over who these groups are. Theres not any data on children under the age of 16, and whether the vaccine is safe for them. Same with women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, people with immune compromised systems and people with severe reactions in the past. The cdc may be telling those groups you will not be getting vaccinated until we do more studies. Thanks so much. Its good news. Its moving. Thats great. Understand authorized, ups and fed ex say in 24 hours theyll carry the vaccine by air and ground, more than 600 hospitals and pharmacies across the country. How theyre going to get it to you, pete our colleague joins us from michigan. Youre in front of one of pfizers main facilities where theyre going to ship the vaccine from. Whats the time line like and the logistics, and it has to be freezing the whole time, as they get it around the country. Reporter you mentioned that pfizer said it will send trucks out, carrying the vaccine within 24 hours of the final fda american use authorization. This is so critical to the distribution network, this pfizer facility in cal ma zoo, michigan. We know that vaccine arrived here late last month but according to operation warp speed it could be leaving here bound for 600 individual locations like hospitals, pharmacies, cvs and walgreens. Its ups and fed sex responsibl for delivering those. It says that each package will come equipped with a thermal sensor. We know the temperature of the vaccine is critical in transportation it needs to be negative 100 degrees fahrenheit. That sensor can beam the temperature back to headquarters in louisville. Trailer loads that are coming out of michigan and wisconsin will carry this device and all that data is streaming in to our command center in louisville. We have eyes on the shipments from orjigin to the final dosi destination. Its not Just Companies bearing the burden here. The federal government is also helping out. We have learned truckers have relaxed restrictions to drive extra hours. Air Traffic Control is being directed to give cargo flights carrying the vaccine priority clearance through the airspace system. And were learning that u. S. Marshals will be monitoring the shipments. And it all begins here in michigan. Maybe 24, 48 hours theyll be heading out. Pete, thank you. Joining us now is dr. Jesse goodman. Good morning, its good to have you. Good morning, very exciting. Can you explain to people who may be waking up this morning confused saying well, i thought if the Fda Committee advised the fda yes, then they would just approve it and why is the cdc now a body that has to vote on sunday . Can you explain that . Sure. First of all, as you pointed out, this is an emergency authorization. Its not the same as a full approval. But there is really strong evidence of efficacy and safety. Cdc looks at the whole Public Health picture and helps decide who should be prioritized, who should get it first and with the support of fdas data, those recommendations go out. So its an important additional step where theres outside expert input and an opportunity for the public to participant. Theres been unevenness in terms of access to health care throughout the pandemic, who can get tests quickly, who can get experimental treatments quickly. Concerns about the vaccine. I want to play what dr. Fauci said on the fda panels recommendations and get your thoughts. Have a listen. We want to make sure that we impress the American Public that decisions that involve their health and safety are made outside of the realm of politics, outside of the realm of selfaggrandizement and made, in essence, by independent groups. Should americans be confident that holds true as the vaccine is distributed and why . Well, one, im very proud that fda has had this speedy, but yet science based processed and this transparency with its Advisory Committee and has taken the time to look hard at this data, perform its own analysis and i think that increases the confidence we can have, so thats excellent. I think as the vaccine is rolled out, there are issues of equity. First, people need to realize theres very limited vaccine, not even enough right now to immunize that first group. So youre going to need to be careful and even though this is hopefully the beginning of the end of the pandemic, were all going to need to keep distancing and wearing face coverings. The other thing, as its distributed we want to make sure its distributed fairly to all those in those initial priority groups. I want you to react to something that we heard from the person who heads up the respiratory Viruses Branch of the cdc. He said yesterday he thinks the number of deaths is actually extremely undercounted. I want you to explain this to folks. Here it is. Based on surveys and models, the total estimated number of infections is likely two to seven times greater than reported cases. We do feel, as with hospitalizations and illnesses, that the reported number of deaths is likely an underestimate of the true number of deaths. What does that tell you what we need to know now as we move into the vaccination phase . First it tells you with these hundreds of thousands of infections and 3,000 deaths daily, this is a serious problem, and as i said we cant let up our guard. You know, its lots of people with mild illness may not get tested. There are people who come into the hospital and die and the diagnosis may not be made. So were not always seeing all of this problem. Thats really what this tells us, that we really need this vaccine, we really need a Strong Program of testing so we identify individuals who are infected and we need to take Public Health measures and take this virus serious. A lot of patients get on the other side and dr. Fauci said if the rollout runs smoothly well have some form of normality by next summer, certainly the fall. Whats your best assessment as to when that happens . I would agree with those predictions. I think both from the unfortunately from the virus ripping through the population and as increasing amounts of vaccine get used, that will kick in and start to protect more individuals. So i think were going to hopefully see this begin to go down towards the second half of last year, i would hope for sooner. We still dont know how vaccine production is going to go. This is all new, new technology, new manufacturing. Lets hope it gets ramped up very quickly. Dr. Goodman, thank you for the work youre doing. My pleasure. Thanks, and stay safe. Still to come this hour, a new twist in president trumps reelection fight. More than 100 republicans are supporting a lawsuit that has no basis to overturn the 2020 election. 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Because you basically have one state, texas, supported by trump, telling other states he didnt like the way they ran their elections and the Supreme Court often takes disputes between states and theyre hear it directly but usually those disputes are issues like water rights or boundaries here this doesnt seem to have that kind of injury between two states. The more the Supreme Courtesies th courte sees this as a political brawl theyre not likely to rule in favor of texas. But texas is going on saying actors violated the States Election law. And theyre saying this dispute doesnt belong here and this has been handled. So now the Supreme Court, as early as today, could rule on this. Theyre meeting behind closed doors in a conference. Doesnt the constitution leave it to stays to write and carry out election laws . Reporter thats the dispute here. Thats what the states are saying. Theyre saying this isnt a job for the Supreme Court to step in. This is for the states. Manu, 106 House Republicans who i note on the air constantly, were all elected in the same election that theyre attacking. And 16 of them i believe in the states involved in this. You speak to a lot of lawmakers on the hill. When you asked them, do you question your own election as a result, whats their answer to that . Reporter they dont. I have asked that question to a number of them. One of them being the House Freedom caucus chairman, andy biggs who says he does not question his own election. He, like the president , is making the argument that has not been proven in court, does not have evidence to back it up, that there was something nefarious that happened at the top of the ticket but down ticket it did not happen. That is the argument that republicans have been making arguing that voting by mail, the way the states have done it in their view is unconstitutional. But a lot of republicans dont view it that way. Some are pushing back. I spoke to some from texas themselves who are critical of it, including the senior texas republican senator john cornyn who told me he questions the legal theory behind it. Also kate granger said its a distraction. And curt roy said this is not the way to go down. And the Republican Leadership in the house is split on this. Kevin mccarthy did not sign onto it. I asked him twice yesterday if he supports this lawsuit. He would not respond. So some of the republicans are in a difficult spot as the president asks for loyalty, asks them to sign on. But some recognize that this suit is probably going to go nowhere and raises some serious questions about their efforts to overturn the elections here. So they may not be speaking out, but theyre not joining this either. We should note that every time republicans in a number of forums have brought up the fraud allegations in court, they have lost the cases. And, in fact, have not alleged even that fraud in court, where there are sanctions for making false allegations. But john harwood, this is more a p. R. Campaign than a legal one, is it not . And one even if the Supreme Court knocks it down today, do you expect it to end or is this something the president carries all the way to 2024 . Reporter i expect the president to continue ranting about the election defeat that he cant accept for some time to come. I think its way too early to expect that the president is may run for reelection in 2024 setting aside his age, the fact that his health is not particularly great. This is a president who is now facing a criminal investigation in new york. We just had reporting this morning from the New York Times that said that cy vance and his prosecutors, the manhattan district attorney, have been questioning his bankers and Insurance Brokers about potential fraud. So, you know, this president has got a lot of things to worry about after he leaves office on january 20th, than running for reelection. But thats not going to stop him because he finds it difficult emotionally and psychologically to accept that he was defeated, hes going to rant about it. And to the extent that he continues to have a grip on the base of the Republican Party and, therefore, makes these republican members afraid of him and afraid that he can turn that base against them, theyre going to go along with it. Its a pretty sad spectacle. Manu, does this foreshadow efforts in gop controlled state legislatures to restrict or ban mailin voting for the next election . Reporter i think its going to not just do that but on the congressional level youll see republicans try to take aim at mailin voting. They probably arent going to succeed in getting something through congress, certainly not with a democratic house. But theyll raise questions about it. But watch if the Senate Republicans retain control of the majority, them to try to raise questions, investigate mailin voting and do what they can to pass something on the federal level, perhaps pressure the states to act instead. Jim . Thank you all very much. Still ahead, Health Care Workers are preparing for a new chapter of this pandemic. Were going to take you inside a hospital thats being transformed right now into a vaccination site. To stir that fire, university of phoenix is awarding up to one Million Dollars in scholarships through this month. See what scholarship you qualify for at phoenix. Edu. See what scholarship you qualify for did you know prilosec otc can stop frequent heartburn before it begins . Prilosec otc uses a unique delayedrelease formula that works to turn down acid production, blocking heartburn at the source. With just one pill a day, you get 24hour heartburn protection. Take the prilosec otc twoweek challenge. And see the difference for yourself. 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And delaware has a stay at home advisory with a 10 00 p. M. Curfew for bars and restaurants. Adrien Adrienne Broaddus is at rush in chicago. Are they ready . Reporter they are preparing. Theyve already transformed this hall way behind me. This is the vaccine preparation area. In the corner theres a fridge set at 3 degrees celsius. It will store the vaccine that is already ready to be administered to Health Care Workers here at rush. And on the side of the hallway facing the windows, they have vaccine stations set up, ten of them. Later this morning, rush is going to do a test run with its staff. They have to practice the system they have in place and see if any unforeseen issues pop up. That way, they wont be presented with challenges when the shipment of the vaccine actually arrives. I spoke with a respiratory therapist earlier today he said when he saw the stations it felt like the beginning to the end of a painful chapter. Listen in. When the pandemic first started we werent sure how many people were going to come off the vent laters when they did, it was extremely rewarding. We were there at the time they pulled the breathing tubes out and so many patients were thankful they made it through this scarry time. Thats very rewarding for us. And, you know, thats been a really bright spot in a pretty dark time. Indeed, were all so grateful for those front line workers who have been treating covid19 patients here at rush, poppy and jim, they will receive about 2,000 doses of the vaccine. Overall the hospital has about 10,000 employees. Back to you. Wow. Thank you very much. Big numbers. Coming up for us, she went to college for a chance at a better life. And now, her children are living off food stamps because of this pandemic. A lot of it was determination on my part to climb this mountain. And we got shoved off the mountain. Its been a tough year. And now with q4 wrapping up, the north pole has to be feeling the heat. 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Capitol hills failure to compromise on a stimulus deal has millions of americans right now on the verge of a crisis. This congress has a distinct possibility of ending where it began in a government shutdown, this time during a pandemic. The senate has until midnight to pass just a oneweek stop gap bill but as lawmakers fail to act, the pain for Everyday Americans bleeding into the holidays. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell addressed that on the senate floor just in the last hour. Struggling families, exhausted Health Workers and anxious Small Business owners are waiting. Waiting for the senate to do what ive tried to accomplish over and over for months. Pass a significant, targeted covid relief bill built on all the areas where bipartisan consensus already exists. Senate majority leader has a lot of power to do that. Vanessa spoke to one woman about her struggle to keep her family just afloat. Heres her story. I would describe this as the last nice memory that i had. Reporter angela stands in front of her tree at home in potstown, pennsylvania reminiscing with her aunt and longing for last christmas. This was when i received the new job. I was going to be able to buy a home for my family. Reporter the new job was as a paralegal after she put yourself through school in her 40s, wracking up 63,000 in student loans. With a new salary of 55,000, she was finally able to provide for her children. That is more money than ive ever seen in my life. I promised them we would get a house. I promised them that they would be normal children and then the pandemic hit. I cant keep those promises anymore. It looks like everybody is dancing. Reporter just four months after landing the job, she was furloughed in march and her weekly unemployment of 300 does little to cover the bills for her and her children children living at home. I have to take the bills and pick the ones and hope they table the amount that i have. Reporter her unemployment is slated to run out in january along with 12 million other americans and dozens of programs designed to protect them will too. Student loan payments have been halted when that expires thats a new bill that hits people quickly. You have local eviction bans that will expire and the expansion of Unemployment Insurance as thats going away were seeing more people not put back to work. Reporter for years they were on several government assistance programs including disability and food stamps. Last year she finally got off them. A lot of it was determination on my part to climb this mountain. And we got shoved off the mountain. Reporter which sent them right back on food stamps. How much money do you get on that card . We get 400 a month. Reporter does that cover it . It has to. Reporter congress is negotiating a stimulus bill that could drastically shape the next few months for families like the carp c carnys but significant long term relief may not come until joe biden is inaugurated in january. Its just too late. Reporter christmas will look different for Many American families. What do you think of our lights this year . Reporter this year shes prioritizing paying the electric bill just to keep the lights and Christmas Spirit alive. The bills wont be paid for december because santa is coming to town. Santa will be here. Reporter angelas story represents so Many Americans and their families and what theyre going through right now having to choose between paying the bills and buying christmas presents for their children. Weve heard from so Many Americans that this was the year they were finally getting out of debt and now theyre finding themselves right back in debt again. Angela wanted to buy that home but now her credit is absolutely destroyed. She wont be able to buy a home any time soon. This next week she said shes going to be getting ready for christmas with her family but shes also getting ready to go to court because her creditors are calling, asking for their bills, she says she doesnt know where shes going to get the money to pay them. Such important reporting. Thank you very much. Well, the Restaurant Industry as you know is just fighting to hang on, trying to survive as lawmakers fight with each other over stimulus on capitol hill. The independent Restaurant Coalition estimates 85 of americas restaurants risk closing permanently without relief. 110,000 of them are closed permanently. Now some of americas most famous chefs are calling on House Speaker nancy pelosi to help get it done. They write in an open letter to her, this week, quote, right now over 60,000 San Franciscons working in our dining rooms risk losing their jobs. The longer those restaurants are closed, the longer those families go without paychecks. Two of them are joining us now. Theyve been friends for a decade and theyve come together for a good cause. Thank you both for being with us. Thank you for having up. Yes. This is the holiday season, it is when restaurants across america make the bulk of their money and theyre not going to this year. You are pleading with congress to pass the restaurant act. Its 120 billion, i get that its a big price tag, but make the case. What would the result be in your mind . So, honestly, as 120 billion does sound like a big number, it is actually the most efficiency spent money that congress can spend. Youre talking about 120 billion to save 500,000 independently owned restaurants across america. Ppp as a program has shown not to be a one that independent restaurants can utilize for simple reasons. Were not able to bring our staff back safely in the space and serve people the way ppp is constructed to. When you talk about 120 billion whats that going to do . Its going to bring back 2. 1 million American Workers back to jobs that will be secured because of that money. Were going to be able to pay landlords those people will be made whole. Well keep the supply chains going. Those people will be made whole. Well add about 270 billion back into the economy. Just in q2 of 2020, the economy lost 220 billion in gdp because restaurants were shut. If we dont get the act passed right away, almost a third of restaurants could shut before new year. You know, chef, i had the best pizza of my life at your restaurant a few years ago. And chef kren you know how much ive been dreaming to travel to go to yours. One day that will happen. Until then what happens if congress doesnt act on this . What happens to all the people that work for you guys . Well, i think we need to put in context what is the restaurant in america, the power of the restaurant in america. So the restaurant, first of all, americas second largest private sector. About 11 million people. And about 5 million more people, farmers, bakers, suppliers that are part of this sector. So this is give you kind of a context of that we not a small part of the american economy. We are one of the biggest part of american economy. You know, if it doesnt happen that needs to happen. Every day i see restaurant closing. And its not just restaurant. Its also Small Businesses. And americas gonna be in big trouble. You go every day, you like to go every day to a restaurant and we are part of the fabric, and its going to be worse than we think its worse. And i think david and i we were talking yesterday, you really dont understand why there is not such an urgency to the politician to pass something that is so important to this country, obviously. Were not asking a lot. Were just asking to be taken care of, you know. You make a good point. And i think, you know, do they understand what it is like to be a waiter or a waitress at a restaurant . A job that ive had, that you guys have had and what its like. Some of them, yes, but many no. And how do you sustain yourself on that and then it gets pulled out from under you. Both of you turned your kitchens into places of help for months over the pandemic, making hundreds of thousands of meals taking them to people in need, feeding your employees who were laid off. Do you feel as though congress has turned its back on you guys even after doing that . In a short answer, certainly we do. I think that restaurants are called upon to be, you know, the second responders. The First Responders are the brave folks in uniform that get there and secure the scene. The second responders are the ones that come and feed them. You look at the brave efforts like my friends dom, jose, people like that out there feeding people in need. Were being called upon to support our community and at the end of the day what were looking for. Were not looking for a handout, were looking for a lifeline. Were looking for something that will help us get back to where we were, we were shutdown through no fault of our own. You are americas only female three mitch lin star chef you have battled and survived Breast Cancer now you are battling this. Whats the most important thing that youve learned this year . I think the most important thing i learned this year is people came together, the Community Came together and i compassion and love and care, and i think i want the politician to feel the same way. Because this is the deal. You know, i mean, david and i spend a lot of free time doing a lot of fundraiser in the past for those people because they wanted to raise money but guess what, were not were going to remember that doesnt happen. There you go. We have a lot of power here and i hope they can hear us right now, because weve been very patient. Weve been very giving and but enough is enough. We appreciate you the being a voice on this. 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So let me show you a few of the people who will be formally introduced today at an event here in wilmington with the president elect and Vice President elect. Dennis mcdonna has been tapped to lead the Veterans Affairs department. Former Iowa Governor tomville tom vilsack to lead the agriculture administration. And marcia fudge to lead the urban development. And then susan rice, this is a nonsenate confirmation position they put her into. She was in the mix for his running mate and also secretary of state. She is a veteran of the obama administration. Theyre going to bring her in to lead domestic policy. And biden is hoping, were told, to have this all wrapped up, have his nominees announced by christmas. We know his time lines can slide sometimes but the goal is to have them announced by christmas. Of course, attorney general is a big one were waiting on. And lots of work to do on the pandemic. Jessica dean, thank you so much. Thank you all for joining us today and all week. 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