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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 ex...

Medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen. So what data do they look at and what markers does a vaccine need to meet to get approval . Jim, what they look at simply is, does this vaccine work and is it safe. And weve talked about that data before on this show and really the fda is going to be looking at that data. So in simple, boiled down terms, lets talk about what that data looks like. That data so far looks like the vaccine is 95 effective, based on a Clinical Trial of more than 40,000 people. ...

Confirmed cases. Yes, this is a worldwide pandemic, but the degree to which this has devastated the United States is hard to fathom. It is unmatchable. For perspective, here, compare canada and the u. S. On the same continent of north america. More people died from covid in the u. S. Just in the last week than have died in canada through this entire pandemic. In fact, more people died just yesterday here in the u. S. Than in japan and south korea combined. And thats their total death toll combin...

Adds another 72,000 people who will be killed by january 1st. Thats around the corner. The u. S. Also set a new record for people hospitalized with coronavirus. Another 2,000person increase in one day. That means that almost 107,000 people are waking up in the hospital this morning. An fda panel meets in the next hour to decide on emergency use authorization of the pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. If it gets the go ahead, the first doses could be administered within days. That new cdc average, they a...

221,000 new cases yesterday. 209,000 is the average, and new daily death record as well, 3,124 covid19 deaths recorded wednesday. The cdc forecast says the american death toll will top 360,000 just into the new year. Economic fallout is getting more painful today. 853,000 unemployment claims last week. Pandemic assistance runs out after christmas for millions. You hear lots of talk, little evidence yet of compromise. The president s schedule reminds us he cares more about his power than your hea...

I mean justices alito and thomas were making a point about the Supreme Court hearing disputes among states not the merit of this case. I think wed have been better served if the full court had said more. Such as when judge stefanos bibos of the Third Circuit appointed by donald trump recently overturned trump efforts to overturn election results. And he wrote voters not lawyers choose the president , ballots not briefs decide elections. Challenges of unfairness are serious, but calling an electi...

We all know philadelphia is the birthplace of the country thats where the declaration of independence was written, thats where the constitution was written. It is a very were important Battle Ground state. And the democrats wanted to make sure that in 2020, he came out for biden. Because in 2016 it came out for trump. What am i talking about . You hear this phrase systemic fraud no evidence of systemic fraud you see interviewing officials of various State Government saying theres no fraud whatso...

Than on 9 11. Dark times are already here for Health Care Facilities across this country. Icu beds are running out. At least 200 hospitals, 200 across this country, are now completely full. Lets begin with cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. Doctor, history made yesterday. In historical terms extremely fast progress in terms of getting to early approval for a vaccine. Just in general terms, describe for folks the importance of that moment. Yeah, i mean, it is historic. I mean, you ...

Use. So what happens is that the fda will officially grant emergency use authorization, then the very next day the cdc basically will decide whether or not to go for it and then by the next day people could start getting the shots in their arms. A lot of data, a lot of information presented over the last 24 hours and i know you were watching it very carefully with a keen eye. What open questions and, again, this wont keep you from approving this and getting it in peoples arms on monday or tuesda...

Confirmation would face some early challenges on capitol hill as some lawmakers are raising concerns that austin has not been retired from active duty long enough to honor the tradition and the law mandating civilian control of the military. Indeed, his confirmation would require a waiver from that law. President elect biden is also gearing up for a handful of other major announcements in the coming days, including two more cabinet members, tom vilsack, and marcia fudge as housing and urban secr...