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One estimate indicates another 60,000 americans could lose their lives by new years day. I want to start with nbcs Vaughn Hillyard at University Hospital in philadelphia. Tell us whats happening there. Are they worried this big snowstorm about to hit will mess with the plan . Its like 2020 cannot give us anymore road blocks . Reporter exactly. First day of vaccinations here in philadelphia, the snowstorm is slated to come in here over the next couple hours. Across pennsylvania could be up to two feet of snow that comes down. The governor as well as the director of the States Emergency Management Agency said that the National Guard is ready to be deployed to ensure that these vaccinations can get to their destinations. We are here at Jefferson Health here in the center city of philadelphia, and jeff is presently about to give a vaccine here to nurse rose. This is the first morning here in philadelphia, in which vaccines have been disseminated. I want to let you hear from nurse jennifer
Has the latest. Perhaps a stimulus deal providing relief to so many immersions. Republican leaders and Democratic Leaders emerged talking very optimistically about getting a deal. Kevin mccarthy said they were very close. Mitch mcconnell said im optimistic. Chuck schumer said we are getting closer and exchanging papers and proposals that get to a final agreement. We dont have all the details yet because they didnt want to share the details as they were getting to the final stages of the negotiation. This appears to be along the lines of what weve been hearing about for some time. Money for small businesses, perhaps up to 300 billed 300 billion on the table. Money for Vaccine Distribution, money for schools, education providers and helping with expiring business tax provisions could be on the table. Again, we will see the details. We do not have those yet. When the leadership gets the deal, theyll get buy in and theyll have to attach it to a month long spending bill to keep the governme
Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says there has been significant progress. The exact details of the bill are unclear, but we will ask some lawmakers about it this morning. And we will also break down what we do know ahead. Overnight, President Trump turned on senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell for finally congratulating president elect joe biden. You know whats interesting . Vladimir putin acknowledged that biden won, but the president hasnt said anything about that yet. Cnn has also learned that mcconnell is urging Senate Republicans to not to stage any stunts when congress meets to count the electoral votes next month. Later today, president elect biden will formally announce Pete Buttigieg as his nominee to be transportation secretary. That will be interesting. And this morning, were also getting new details about who else biden is selecting. Meantime, more than 3,000 new deaths reported from coronavirus overnight. Hospitalizations again reached record numbers. Obviously,
Just yesterday. Finish meanwhile, congress holding that rare saturday session, but it is the holidays, to continue negotiations on a 900 billion coronavirus package. Both sides saying time is of the essence. American families who simply cannot wait any longer for congress to conclude these discussions. Every day that we delay may very well cost more Small Businesses their survival, cost more American Workers their jobs and, yes, cost more americans their very lives. They need us to act. We need to conclude our talks, draft legislation and land this plane. And republicans need to make a decision. Were quickly approaching an all or nothing situation. Everybody needs to make a decision about whether were going to pass this muchneeded relief or not. And about 11th hour demands and whether they are Worth Holding up the entire bill. Molly congress is busy, and that means Congressional Correspondent chad pergram is, of course, busy as well, live on capitol hill trying to keep an eye on all of