Considering pardoning his children, his soninlaw, Jared Kushner, as well as Rudy Giuliani. Meanwhile, the cdc, today, revising its quarantine guidelines. And advising americans to postpone their holiday travel, once again. And the White House Coronavirus task force sent this blunt message to the states. It said, we are in a very dangerous place. Still, the vaccine news, today, does offer hope. The start of the end of the pandemic, is how one official puts it. That is the bestcase scenario. But, listen to british officials who are leading the way. They are, still, cautious. Im very proud that the uk is the first place in the world to have a clinicallyauthorized vaccine. Ready to go. Its very, very good news. But it is, by no means, the end of the story. It is not the end of our National Struggle against against coronavirus. British government approval for a Covid Vaccine means people can expect shots to be available, as soon as next week. And when they are, the government will leave cit
Hes exactly right. Also the president s own personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, obviously the former mayor of new york city is in the hospital this morning with covid, after spending weeks on the road flying from coast to coast, fighting the Election Results, on the president s behalf. He is the latest in a string of positive covid tests in the president s inner circle. Also this morning, president elect joe biden announces the team that will take on this pandemic. His number one challenge. Well get to that team in a moment. Lets begin in california, with our Stephanie Elam in los angeles. I know a lot of folks there are not happy about basically everything being closed, even playgrounds for their kids. That is how bad this is. Reporter no one wants this. No ones thrilled about this, right, poppy, no one wants to hear about the fact that we have all of these cases. Im actually at the point where maybe im thinking we should stop calling them cases and saying people. Maybe if people hear t
First doses of the vaccine. Its safe and effective. Data reviews showed that everyone had strong protection from the virus. An exciting day. That has been a tough year. We begin with john roberts live on the north lawn to give us a preview of what we expect to hear in the next hour. The summit should begin soon. We will see in the president talks just about the vaccine or wanders into the election of 2020. One thing the president will do is sign an executive order which ensures that the government prioritizes getting the vaccine to americans before any vaccine is made in the United States is shipped overseas to countries. Heres the chief vaccine negotiator talking about this. The president put america first. Today he will sign an executive order ensuring that americans are first in line for any of the vaccines that we manufactured and we have procured. The president is signing that executive order as the white house is pushing back against claims it passed on an offer from pfizer in th
Americans that brighter days are indeed ahead. Our democracy pushed, tested, threatened, proved to be resilient, true and strong. And now its time to turn the page as weve done throughout our history to unite, to heal. Of course, we know that one big step on the path to healing this nation is getting the Covid Vaccine out to the public. Its now in full swing. New jersey is just one of several states that will be getting their doses and delivering their first shots today. By tomorrow, all 636 Distribution Sites should have their first shipments of the vaccine. Of course, all of this is happening as the virus continues to spread at an absolutely stunning and devastating rate. As of this morning, more than 5 of our population, 1 in 20, has contracted the coronavirus. More than 301,000 americans have lost their lives. I mentioned a moment ago the first shots happened in the last hour in new jersey and my colleague Antonia Hylton is in newark. Its a huge morning there. Tell us about it. Yea
Dominant strain. I would not be surprised if it is already here. The new variant spreads more quickly, more contagious, but not more dangerous. Quick spread is what were seeing. The United States passed the 18 million case mark yesterday and took just four days to get from 17 million to 18 million cases. Thats the quickest jump yet. Theres some relief on the way. Vaccines are getting where they need to be. Health and Human Services secretary today joining more than 600,000 others that received their shots. Economic help is coming after Congress Passed a new relief bill. Hear some of whats in the 900 billion package. Theres a 600 direct payment some people will receive. Theres also increase in Unemployment Benefits for 11 weeks, an extension of eviction protections until end of january, and 15 increase in the snap program for six months. Dr. Anthony fauci also had his chance to get the vaccine today at the same event where we saw the hhs secretary, alex azar, director of National Instit