The first vaccine doses rolling out americans must continue to take this pandemic seriously. Tens of thousands of americans can either live or die, depending on what we do to protect them until the vaccine gets widespread. New emails reported by politico today show a Trump Administration official back in july pushing the widely discredited theory of herd immunity, the idea of purposefully in fact,ing people and wrote the then science adviser, quote, infants, kids, teens, young people, young adults and have zero to little risk so we use them to develop herd. We want them infected. And recovered. With antibodies. We want them infected. Experts say that would be a disastrous course, though it might explain the refusal of the white house to do more to stop the spread. Cnn sara murray reports for us now. More hospitals across the u. S. Are once again warning they are running out of space. Reporter as the pandemic refuses to relent across the country, optimistic is growing a second Coronavir
The United States reporting a record high number of covid19 deaths in a single day today, more than 3,500 americans. President trump holed up inside the white house, ignoring the worsening pandemic, sources say hes lashing out and throwing temper tantrums, calling for two special councils, to investigate joe bidens son hunter and his false claims of voter fraud. And trump allies have inundated the white house with requests for pardons as the administration comes to end. Bring in good evening to both of you. John harwood. President trump lashing out. Thats not new. But one trump advisers says hes throwing an effing temper tantrum. How deep does his denial go do you think . I think, don, at some level he understands he lost the election. But psychologically, he cannot acknowledge that by his upbringing, by the way his ego dominates his life, hes got to think hes on top of every situation. So he cant say to himself i lost, hes got to come up with this notion its rigged. Hes done that in t
More than 3,000 coronavirus deaths again. 3,000 deaths reported overnight. Record hospitalizations. Now, a second vaccine could be on the way. An Fda Committee meets tomorrow to consider emergency use authorization from modernas coronavirus vaccine. Joining me now is Admiral Brett Giroir assistant secretary of health at the department of health and human services. Admiral, thank you so much for being with us this morning. How confident are you that we will have a second authorized vaccine in the next few days, and what impact will that have . So thank you for having me on. The data from the Moderna Vaccine looks extremely good. I have, of course, reviewed all the packets that were made public and the public can look at them, and were looking at about a 95 efficacy on this vaccine. 100 at preventing severe illness. It works across the age spectrum from the 18 to 35yearold all the way into the elderly, and, again, the side effects are very mild. Its just your immune system working like a
Invited 900 people and less than 70 of them rsvped that theyd attend should have been a sign that people are thinking for themselves on this. I think that mike pompeo thinks that holding defiant covid doesnt exist events somehow helps him line himself up to run for president in 2024 but i think he might be wrong about that. Yeah. I think it might be the opposite. Rachel, have a great evening. Good to see you as always. Thank you. Thanks, ali. Thank you. Well, Donald Trumps time in office is coming to an end. Joe bidens going to be president in 35 years 35 days. Feels like 35 years. 35 days. And hes pledged to undo as much as he can of the outgoing president s dangerous policies. But theres one thing joe biden will not be able to undo, and that is Donald Trumps toxic lies. Lies that have lasting consequences. Lies that have put americans lives at risk. It will be impossible to undo the harmful effect of those lies because so many republicans beyond trump are continuing to push them. The
Despite these really horrific numbers, there are still political leaders downplaying the severity or even the existence of the pandemic. To that, one of the top federal officials overseeing the Pandemic Response had this to say this morning to cnns john berman. We have hundreds of thousands of dead americans. Well have millions of people around the world. This is not phony, this is not fake. It is serious. It is serious. And today were going to focus in on not only hospitals getting hammered right now and also the hope these vaccines are bringing, but also on the wider ripple effects of the pandemic. Restaurants forced to close their doors, schools trying the best to the best they can to keep their doors open as we enter this dark winter. Lets turn first to capitol hill. The top leaders in congress are offering up clear signs that they are confident a covid relief bill is coming but, yes, you have heard this before. No, they dont have a lot of time left. Cnns manu raju is tracking this