Other things. Thats tonight, Stephen Colbert. Also a little later on this hour, i will tell you how you can come to an online event with me about bag man, about the new book if you are at all interested in that. I will have details on that a little later on. Im supposed to have told you about that like every night for the past four nights, and i have forgotten every single one of those four nights. But i am committed to tell you tonight. Thats why im putting this little reminder here so i at least feel extra guilty if i forget later on. All right. But we are following a number of developing stories tonight both in the world of legal and political news but also when it comes to the pandemic. And lets start there first and foremost. Just within the past hour, the covid tracking project has posted the latest numbers for our country for today, and today for the first time ever, the United States has had more than 3,000 americans die in one day from the coronavirus. In the last 24 hours, 3,
Brother. Ive never seen anything like this, before. And when you havent seen anything like it before, youve got to be, at best, cautiously optimistic. I know the law on it. I understand. This suit is a little different than the pennsylvania one. But the principles remain the same, and reading through the briefs, theres a lot of nonsense in there. But, thats the scary part. They know its nonsense, and yet, 100 members of the retrumplican party, sign on to this. States sign on. And what does that mean, in terms of wanting to do any kind of deal with the other side . They dont want it. They dont want it. But then, what does that mean for getting money to have the vaccine produced . They dont want it. They would rather division. They would rather have their way. This is the ultimate act of entitlement. That that you can tell other people, other states, how they should conduct their elections. We dont like what you did. We dont like what the will of your citizens are. What they what they de
Significant moments in the pandemic is now just hours away. An Fda Advisory Panel is set to meet tomorrow to discuss authorizing pfizers covid19 vaccine. U. S. Officials say nearly 3 million doses are ready to go once the green light is given. Supplies like needles and syringes should start being shipped out today. Also breaking, president elect bidens son hunter biden just revealed that he is now under federal investigation involving his taxes. Were going to tell you what were learning about that. Thats coming up. Lets start right now with more on the pandemic. Cnns nick watt is joining us. Nick, after months and months of suffering, authorization of a vaccine potentially may be imminent. Reporter wolf, tomorrow could be one of the most momentous days of this entire pandemic. This fda Vaccine Advisory Committee is going to meet for nine hours. A member of that committee tells us that after the nine hours they will take a vote and as early as thursday night or friday the fda commission
Vaccine day. Health workers and the elderly first in line today for vaccine injections in the uk. Ended up actually being a very emotional day, finally for the first time some hope in. Were going to have more coming up on that. Including some of the british News Coverage that aired in britain in prime time tonight, some of the first people who received the injections and how that was covered in the british press. You will want to see that, i promise that. Weve got that coming up in awe moment. Meanwhile, nbc news has obtained a new document from the White House Coronavirus task force that warns that even with the expected start of a Vaccination Program here too sometime soon, according to the White House Task force tonight, quote, the current vaccine implementation will not substantially reduce viral spread, hospitalizations or fatalities until the 100 million americans with comorbidities can be fully immunized, which will take until the late spring. Again, this thing wont have a dent
I am supposed to have told you about that and i have forgotten every one of those four nights. I am committed to tell you tonight. That is why i am putting the reminder here so i feel extra guilty if i forget later on. But we are following a number of developing stories tonight, both in the world of legal and in political news, but also when it comes to the pandemic. Lets start there first and for most. The covid tracking project posted the latest numbers for our country for today. Today for the First Time Ever the United States had more than 3,000 americans die in one day from the coronavirus. In the last 24 hours, 3,054 americans are known to have died from the disease, the largest number that we ever had. This puts the death toll just today on par with some of the greatest tragedies in our nations history. Events remembered for decades, generations, more than a century. The terrorist attacks of 9 11 killed 2,977 people. 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. That killed 3,000 peopl