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Wearing their mask and be careful with the social gatherings. 74% of the outbreaks we have right now are social gatherings, dinners, parties, people getting together, not social distancing, not wearing masks. were almost there. we still have to do our part and be vigilant the next few months. todd: a follow-up on a time line, that only the most vulnerable should ge get it offe past. president trump said i am not scheduled to take the vaccine but look forward to doing so at an appropriate time. m...

The first shipment of the covid-19 vaccine. the faa giving these flights priority for takeoff and landing. >> u.p.s. 3477. gonna maintain 3,000. >> reporter: just three hours later, back from michigan. one loop completed. the pilot for todays first flight, u.p.s. vice president captain houston mills. >> we know that this pandemic has just been fatiguing for everyone and it has such a traumatic impact on so many families. so knowing that this vaccine really is going to make a difference, knowing ...

Then these vaccines are taken into a lab where they can start to thaw to be placed into a syringe and administered to those health care workers that have been fighting so hard since this pan dem you can began. having witnessed that 757 touch down here idea with that very first shipment and then today see picture after picture, video after video of those vaccines being administered all over the entire country, it does give us a sense of how quickly this process is moving and how quickly it will c...

Life-saving coronavirus vaccine. the plane taxiing to a special hangar, ready for its precious cargo, 5,000 doses. >> everything is on time, no disruptions. were very, very excited. >> reporter: ups president wes wheeler watching over the historic moment. each box packed with 50 pounds of dry ice. >> we will offload the aircraft here in loosevilluisville, put the sort facility. it will be taking off this afternoon on destinations around the country. >> reporter: one of those helping high school ...

Always remember him for the boom heard round the world, october uman1947. >> the first human to crack the so sound barrier. ( sonic boom ) >> there he goes! >> reporter: 65 years later, to the minute, yeager rode along to recreate the flight that landed him in the history books. >> see, up until that time, we had never been able to get above the speed of sound and open up space to us. >> reporter: in 1953, he broke mach 2, flying twice the speed of sound. >> its not a matter of thinking its poss...

Hisamitsu. before we talk about tax-s-audreys expecting... new? -twins! ♪ wed be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. s odonnell: chuck yeager holds a special place in aviation history. ting the wright brothers and charles lindbergh, yeager accomplished something many considered impossible. cbs jericka duncan has a look back at a test pilot with the right stuff. >> captain charles yeager climbs down into the cockpit of the rocket craf...

Sound barrier. >> reaching a speed of 700 miles an hour. and taking america into a new age of science. >> this flight marks the first milestone in the supersonic chapter in the history of aviation. >> yeager would serve in vietnam and later as the head of arrow space safety for the air force. and he would break the sound barrier several more times, including at 89 years old. >> it took an 18-year-old kid out of west virginia and made me what i was. >> we all celebrate a great tonight. ill see yo...

Rocket with wings basically over and past the sound barrier. tom shepherd played him in the book. general jaeger was as close to fearless as just about any american weve ever produced. chuck jaeger who pushed the edge of the envelope and lived to tell about it over a good long life among us back here on solid ground gone tonight at the age of 97. we go now to our first break. and coming up as coronavirus continues to grow the system that got the sickest patients to the hospital, they say they ...

Now the jetliner is set to return to the skies after major upgrades and new training for pilots. will that be enough to convince you that boeing 737s are safe? nbc aviation correspondent tom costello has more. >> reporter: no plane has ever been grounded for so long. for 20 months the 737 max has sat on air fields around the world. but on wednesday this max took to the skies. an american airlines demonstration flight from dallas to tulsa. the airline eager to reassure passengers the plane is saf...

Six-hour software fix to the automated mcas system blamed for contributing to both crashes. the faa also requiring some wiring changes and new requirements for pilots who fly the max. by the end of march all 2,700 american airlines 737 pilots will be cross-trained on the max and need to go through similar training. >> so its a really safe environment for pilots to get to practice and be trained on those types of events. so if they do occur in the real world they know exactly how to react to it. ...