Now as the fda begins approval of the first Covid Vaccine, and we take you inside the giant worldwide operation to distribute it. How one carrier plans to move billions of vaccines at temperatures well below zero. Swedens surge and the new restrictions now in place did their Herd Immunity Experiment fail the scare in the air. The windshield of this American Airlines plane cracked all over with passengers on board. And music with heart. Gloria estefans new mission and the heroic nurses who are stealing the show. Stand by me this is Nbc Nightly News with jose diazbalart good evening. As we hit more than 12 million covid cases today, the country finds itself in a perfect storm, a surging virus mixed with Colder Weather plus the strong pull of family and tradition. Were all making hard decisions about the upcoming Holiday Airports are crowded as many choose to travel to see family but hospitals are crowded, too, many at a breaking point it took nearly 100 days for the u. S. To reach its fi
Formalized a deal that cements their control of the United States senate. President biden and his colleagues have made it clear that on covid relief, they have zero interest in waiting on republicans. Yesterday democrats pushed forward with a motion to pass bidens 1. 9 trillion covid package with or without republican support. Mitch mcconnell called the move totally partisan. Which is rich coming from a guy who used the exact same tool to pass a 1. 5 trillion tax cut for the rich. Youll notice that republicans love to wave the word unity like a bloody shirt when they criticize democrats. You know whats better than fake unity, action, action that helps people. Thats the job of governing. In many ways, were now down to just one governing party. This morning speak nancy pelosi and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer led a congressional tribute to Brian Sicknick who died during the insurrection last month. Each day when members enter the capitol hill, this temple of democracy, we will rem
florida the freest state in these united states. [ applause ] florida has stood as freedoms van guard. florida is a free state. florida has stood strong as the rock of freedom. freedom works. our rock of freedom and be thankful that god has blessed us to live and serve in america s liberty out post the free state of florida. ron desantis sure loves to talk about freedom. especially the kind that risks the health of people in his own state who essentially have been part of a giant natural herd immunity experiment for the past two years whether they want to be or not. he used his state of the state address to brag how he hadn t implemented life saving covid restrictions ignoring florida s skyrocketing covid-19 cases and historic death count as if more covid was always the goal and only getting worse. the new report states that 80%
usual, and now he is going to be on the covid pandemic and looking at other successful campaigns to try to roll those back for what? for political points. and i m tired of it. you know what frightens me for my former state it is feels like republicans are using the state as a giant sort of herd immunity experiment. they want to do sort of make it a free fire zone for any kind of illness, for any kind of viruses and saying come and get us. and it worries me because i fear that part of it has to do with, you know, your governor being invested, you know. he s got some donors, they got some investments in what they think are cures and even in treatments. it scares me. but now you have on top of that somebody with all his harvard degrees who is coming in here, getting half a million dollars between the teaching gig he is going to get and being surgeon general to also push that herd immunity experiment. he is not a clinician. let s just be clear. he is not doing what you do.
state senator manny diaz says it may be time to review mandates for other vaccines in schools, including measles, mumps, and rubella. but add in oh, there is a difference between the covid vaccine and those in his words that are proven to work. in other words, he is inviting measles outbreaks on top of a pandemic. i guess while also spreading misinformation on the covid vaccine. yes, we re doomed. this comes as the killer administration of ron desantis continues to try to turn florida s children into guinea pigs for a statewide herd immunity experiment, perhaps to benefit his top donor who is heavily invested in a monoclonal antibody care called regeneron, maybe. the palm beach county board followed to follow the state surgeon s rule for anti-vaccine exposure. this feels like the sum of all fears, revisiting whether or not there should be mandatory measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines in florida. your thoughts, dr. ashby.