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Delivery effort kicking off today will be divided between u.p.s. and fedex, each handling half of the u.s. tonight, u.p.s. is moving half of pfizers initial 2.9 million doses. the approximately 75 specially designed cold boxes of vaccine, each with g.p.s. and temperature tracking, started the day at pfizers michigan plant, rolling out with an escort of u.s. marshals. upon landing in kentucky they were unloaded for sorting and will fly out tonight bound for more than 30 cities by morning, allowin...

Repairman out there what should we be on most high alert for? >> we dont know if the production will continue. there could be supply and trust problems. it is a question not just of is the vaccine available, but will people take it? change happens at the speed of trust. in terms of distribution the vaccine will come before the committee this week and this is not quite as difficult. they are likely to be approved in the new year. as you said it is just the first step on a very long and probably b...

Theyre burned out. its been a really, really long year for them. the good news, the vaccine is on its way to being distributed. how quickly do you think this is going to be able to get rolled out and how soon can we perhaps feel the effects of this? >> yeah. thats a great and very important question that a lot of us who are texting and asking us over the weekend. so every state of course has their own plan, but all the states have been ready. we have been practicing in our hospitals. we have bee...

Parts of the country. in effect, germany is all but cancelling christmas and celebrations will be restricted to very small family gatherings. there is now a ban on alcohol consumption outside so that is the mulled wine stalls and new years eve parties will be cancelled, a ban on the sale of fireworks with which german traditionally celebrate every year, and numbers again very much restricted, so it is the lockdown that angela merkel wanted all along and i think that most scientists would say it ...

Sophie. the first shipments of coronavirus vaccine have left pfizers factory in michigan as the us prepares to start its mass immunisation program. heres a batch arriving in louisville, kentucky. the aim is to vaccinate 200—million people by the end of march. the roll—out will be challenging because the vaccine has to be stored at extemely low temperatures. the ups workers who unloaded the vaccine say theyre proud to be part of the effort to control the pandemic. they just came up theyjust c...

This is bbc news. im ben bland with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. britain and the european union decide not to pull the plug on the brexit negotiations, after a phone call between the two leaders. despite deadlines being missed over and over we both think it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile. there is a deal to be done if our partners want to do it, but we remain very farapart partners want to do it, but we remain very far apart on these...

Out rapidly. we have a 10,000 foot runway. we handle wide body domestic flights every day of the week. for an airport like the ford, its business as usual for us, another day in the office. >> reporter: i know youve been planning for this for about a month. its not just technical and a difficult process. its been emotional as well? >> absolutely. our industry has been impacted so much by co-vid. many of our colleagues, our friends, loved ones have lost their jobs, theyre laid off, changed jobs. ...

In the senate is your word, is for people to know what you say you mean and what you say youll do. >> joe was very clear that if he were to do this, what was most important to him was to feel he had my ear, and wed have the kind of relationship where he could give me unvarnished advice. and i assured him that that was something that i could deliver on, because that in fact was what i needed. >> when he first asked me would i consider being vetted, i said "no, i dont want to be vetted. i dont wan...

Conditions. were talking negative 94 degrees fahrenheit, and timing. fedex has said its using blue tooth and gps to make sure that it has eyes on these packages of vaccines everywhere they go, every step of the way. to make sure they get there as quickly as possible. and then theres the transit. thats because airports across the country have been told by the faa to prepare for vaccine flights. one airport that has been told to potentially expect the vaccines is ford airport in grand rapids. i ha...

In extremely cold conditions. were talking negative 94 degrees fahrenheit. and timing, fedex has said choosing bluetooth and gps to make sure it has eyes on these packages of vaccines everywhere they go, every step of the way, to make sure they get there as quickly as possible. and then theres the transit and thats because airports across the country have been told by the faa to prepare for these vaccine flights even if theyre not expecting them. one airport that has been told to potentially exp...