Shepherds such a big deal they even have their own twitter account. Naturally. Hello, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. Whatever political currency President Trump still has, it is dwindling by the day. The focus is shifting to the president elect. Heres an example. Last night, pfizer called the biden team to tell them about their covid vaccine. The Pharmaceutical Company knows where the power now lies. Donald trump hasnt yet conceded. Top republicans have yet to congratulate the president elect, butjoe biden is accelerating the transition. Today, the president elect unveiled his new Covid Task Force, filled with scientists and Public Health experts, and referenced that bit of good news with a word of warning. For the foreseeable future, a mask remains the most potent weapon against the virus. Todays news does not change that urgent reality. It doesnt matter who you voted for or where you stood before election day. It doesnt matter your party, your point of vie
This is happening in small incremental levels, really person to person, not an overriding thing. But we did hear mr. Biden say today why he needs the gsa to recognize his Transition Team. He said lives are at stake because of covid. President elect joe biden praising medical workers tonight on the front lines of the coronavirus fight. Its not enough to praise you. We have to protect you and we have to pay you. Reporter hes shining a light on their heroism and calling out President Trumps obstructionism as his Administration Still refuses to cooperate with bidens Transition Team, especially on fighting covid. Weve been unable to get access to the kinds of things we need to know about the depth of the stockpiles. We know theres not much at all. And theres a whole lot of things that we just dont have available to us, which unless its made available soon were going to be behind by weeks or months. Reporter yet staffers inside the department of health and Human Services were instructed not
But last night the fda authorized pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The first doses are expected to arrive in hospitals across the country by monday. Ill talk with a former fda commissioner about how it will all work and what challenges we will face next. Plus congresswoman Maxine Waters tells us where things stand with a Coronavirus Relief bill. Will congress break for the holidays without offering a lifeline to millions of americans . We begin tonight with a sign of hope. As we near 300,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States. And for context, only 291,000 people died in world war ii. Help is on the way. An estimated 2. 9 million doses of pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine will be distributed across the United States this week. Vials of the vaccine will be packed into subzero containers and loaded onto trucks at pfizers manufacturing facility and ported to michigan starting tomorrow morning. And thats where we find nbc news ellison barber. Good to see to you, ellison. How a
The United States surpassed 16 million coronavirus cases this afternoon while breaking daily records for cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Right now 1 3 of hospitals across the u. S. Say that at least 80 of their icu beds are occupied. But last night the fda authorized pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The first doses are expected to arrive in hospitals across the country by monday. Ill talk with a former fda commissioner about how it will all work and what challenges we will face next. Plus congresswoman Maxine Waters tells us where things stand with a Coronavirus Relief bill. Will congress break for the holidays without offering a lifeline to millions of americans . We begin tonight with a sign of hope. As we near 300,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States. And for context, only 291,000 people died in world war ii. Help is on the way. An estimated 2. 9 million doses of pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine will be distributed across the United States this week. Vials of the
Meanwhile, as the Pfizer Vaccine continues to go out, sanjay gupta, practicing surgeon, got it this morning as did Vice President mike pence. Some members of the house are starting to join them. Even as those first shots are given, theyre too little too late to help thousands dying each day, thousands still in icus, each of them not just a number, a person with a story with a family with a history. As the virus spreads and more and more people need help, congress is facing a looming shutdown. Relief talks are dragging on, possibly into the weekend, with no clear end in sight. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is staying optimistic. Even more optimistic now than i was last night that a bipartisan, bicamera framework for major rescue package is very close at hand. And if the Health Emergency and financial catastrophe arent enough to worry about in one day, a Huge National Security Threat is revealing itself. A wide reaching, ongoing cyber hack threatening Government Agencies and pri