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As covid winter grows darker by the day, president elect joe biden announced the key members of his team who will be responsible for getting us out of it, for getting the virus under control. You know, outside of a war or perhaps the economic crisis back 12 years ago, its hard to imagine a logistical challenge, a governing challenge in the midst of crisis being passed across from one administration to another at quite this level of difficulty. All while the Outgoing Administration is actively tr...

Cases. Those numbers will get worse and worse in the coming weeks, sadly. Dr. Anthony fauci warning that we still havent seen the full brunt of the thanksgiving surge adding, and im quoting him now, the middle of january could be a really dark time for us. But this week could also mark a turning point in the pandemic thats claimed a million and a half lives around the world. On thursday, the fda will hold a crucial meeting to review pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine. Immediate distribution of the vacc...

First 1 million cases. And theres no sign that the spread of this virus is slowing down. At this point, coronavirus has killed nearly 285,000 americans. This week marking the deadliest in the pandemic so far with an average of more than 2200 americans losing their lives each day. That is 2200 fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters every single day. Its hard to wrap your head around. But youve got to. But also this morning, there is a small sign of hope on the horizon. The entire...

To preorder enough doses. Good to have you with us. U. S. President elect joe biden has laid out an ambitious plan to tackle americas worsening covid crisis. With more than 15 million cases now reported across the country, biden says he will focus on vaccinating the public to try and bring the numbers down. He is promising 100 million doses in the first 100 days of his administration as well as a mask mandate and a strategy to safely return kids to school. Cnns arlitt saenz has the details. Repo...

Extraordinary challenge that well be facing. Any difference in the role youre playing right now . You know, i dont think its going to be substantially different. I have been involved and am involved right now as of this day, you know, with the Coronavirus Task force. Im not exactly sure what the precise structure that will be put up, but it certainly will be something similar in the sense of a daily monitoring and involvement of this ha extraordinary challenge were going through. The president e...

Several weeks and then we will just keep rolling out vaccines through january, february, march as they come off the production lines. And what month do you expect right now average americans, meaning the general public, to get vaccinated or to have it available to them . So thats going to be up to the nations governors as they prioritize within their states, but as we look at the quantities of vaccine that we expect to come off from a multitude of manufacturers, you should start seeing at points...

More than one vaccine is going to get authorized and there will be more on the market and that perhaps could be while they didnt take up that additional 100 million option agreement. All of this comes as the world finds itself at a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus. Patients in the United Kingdom receiving the very first shots of the Pfizer Vaccine this morning. And in one week the first doses in the United States are expected to be delivered. It cant come soon enough, of course...

With three crucial spending bills up in the air right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york welcome to the week. Today marks four weeks since joe biden was projected as the president elect, and today marks one month until voters in georgia set the tone for the u. S. Senate. Republican senators david perdue and Kelly Loeffler are facing democratic challengers jon ossoff and the reverend Raphael Warnock respectively. Georgia has not elected a democrat to the senate since 1996. Last mon...

The average daily death toll in the u. S. Is now 2, 2k204. Dr. Slaoui told me yesterday he expects a vaccine to be approved for americans this week, but he also warned that scientists are six to eight weeks behind schedule on getting 100 million doses ready because of some manufacturing issues. Either way, Health Officials are warning that the upcoming holidays will make this devastating pandemic even worse. As cnns Lucy Cavanaugh reports for us now, the winter of 2020 could be the darkest in th...

In a few short months in the summer and fall of 1973, he rewrote the rules for how a white house occupant can respond and fight back when his own Justice Department comes knocking. Damn the investigators. Damn the press. Damn the opposition. Damn the facts. Hang in there, baby. A legitimate investigation, it turns out, can be smeared and muddied up with a simple but aggressive counteroffense, one that privileges feelings over facts, base loyalty over evidence, obstruction over cooperation. Vice ...