Still struggling to finalize a covid19 relief bill while staring down a potential Government Shutdown at midnight tonight. The house just passed a stopgap bill aimed at keeping the government open two more days, but its faith in the u. S. Senate is unclear. Lets check in with cnns randi kaye. Shes in washington. All eyes are pushing the bill. Reporter will they or wont they green light that moderna vaccine. If they do green light it, millions of more americans could be vaccinated, and with the situation going from bad to worse, the time is now. The United States seeing its darkest days since the pandemic began. But more help is likely on the way. The fda could recommend emergency use authorization of modernas Coronavirus Vaccine at any time now. The cdc is expected to discuss distribution plans for modernas vaccine over the weekend. We likely will see shots in the arm by the early part of next week. I would hope monday or tuesday. Reporter those shots in the arm cant come soon enough. Deaths reported thursday, 30,270. Theyre predicting 500,000 deaths by april. All eyes are on california which is in a gruesome predicament. L. A. Countys Health Department says on average two people are dying from covid19 every hour. And there are zero icu beds left in southern california. The director of the l. A. County Health Department says their hospitals are under siege. The vaccines are in high demand. Today Vice President mike pence and Surgeon General dr. Jerome adams got their first dose for all the public to see. The Surgeon General is doing his part to encourage people of color to get vaccinated. As the u. S. Surgeon general and a black man, i am equally aware of the symbolic significance of my vaccination today. Reporter the vaccine rollout also getting some help from pharmacy chains walgreens and cvs. Theyre expected to help vaccinate millions of residents in Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities. But what about pfizers Vaccine Distribution . Health officials across the country are confused after multiple states were told by the federal government to expect fewer doses of pfizers covid19 vaccine than initially promised. Its not clear to us why the shipment amounts have been adjusted. Were certainly frustrated that we wont be receiving the amount that we expected in the first wave. Reporter a reason for the delay wasnt given, though pfizer released a statement thursday saying they have millions of doses in their warehouses but no shipping instructions. And we are just getting word, wolf, of a developing situation in alaska. A third case of an anaphylactic reaction after the vaccine was given to a woman in fairbanks. She was taken to a hospital. She was released six hours later. These are typical symptoms of an analy analyphilactic reaction. The woman said she still would have taken this vaccine. Thank you very much. Lets go to the white house where the outgoing president remains out of sight while staying fixated about the election. Jim costa is joining us. Jim, what do you think about the president s maneuvering behind the scenes . President trump is back to playing games with this election and the coronavirus pandemic. The president is sending more signals that he supports a gop decision to keep mr. Trump in power by sabotaging the results next month. Republicans are scratching their heads on this one, calling this an exercise in futility, and the virus president was tweeting out antiscience information yesterday just as mike pence was receiving his own covid19 vaccine. The white house, though, hasnt released any information about when President Trump will be vaccinated himself. President trump is throwing his weight behind Senate Republicans willing to defy the will of the voters. President trump is throwing his support to gop tommy tuberville. The plot, which is doomed to fail, as democrats control the house, could become another embarrassing spectacle. Still, the president is urging other senators to dive right in, tweeting, senators have to get tougher. We won the election. Fight for it. Dont let them take it away, but even the white house said its an exercise in futility for trump. Its time for us to accept that defeat, and also accept the many victories we had that night. Wade great night chept fexcept top of the ticket. We need to accept that and move on. But security advise Michael Flynn said mr. Trump should consider declaring marshal law and a new election. Though flynn said he wasnt calling on that to happen. Within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each one of those states. Its not unprecedented. People are talking about martial law martial law has been instituted 64 times. The president is also playing games with the pandemic. Just as president mike pence was receiving his vaccine. I didnt p feel a thing. Well done. And we appreciate your service to our country. The president has been questioning Wearing Masks the white house isnt saying much about when President Trump will be vaccinated. Earlier in the year, the president said he was willing to do his part. If theres a vaccine, would you take it . I absolutely would, jim. Id be first in line or i would be last in line, or i wouldnt take it at all, which is best in the country. T. What if this attack was on the gas Pipeline System or on the electrical air Traffic Control system. This just undermine ps how critically important that sidebar is and how were not there yet in terms of preparation. He is working really hard on the issue. The administration, we do that, but the work is being done. Hes coming in front of cameras. The president is on the verge of reducing the pressure. Theyre hope. Congress can make some kind of deal happen by this weekend, but wolf, this is another situation where the president s leadership appears to be missing in action on that front as well, with so many millions of americans in agony across the country, waiting for some kind of help in washington to get through this pandemic. Wolf . Jim, thank you. Jim acos kocosta over at the wh house. Author of the new book my vanishing country. Gloria, in every crisis facing the country right now, where is the president of the United States . I looked at his tweets from today. Hes still tweeting about the election, hes attacking the republican governor of georgia, the republican secretary of state of georgia. Where is he . Hes awol. Hes fighting a fight that he doesnt really seem to want to have. Its kind of remarkable to me that this is a president who actually could have taken credit for the vaccine, and should get some credit for it. Instead mike pence cwas out thee today. Even if the president s doctor said you shouldnt take it yet because you had covid or whatever, he could have been there with mike pence. Now, maybe if pence is taking it, the president may decide to because pence may get some cover for doing that. We dont know where he is on the russian hack, hes not talking to the rthem about the attack. He has this obsession that he lost, and its clear he cant accept that he lost the job. Did you expect this behavior from the president as a lake duck president . Yes. I think we all did. Yes, we expected this from the president of the United States. No one watching the last four years thought that this president would do anything other than exactly what hes doing after he lost this election. For the same reason gloria brought up hes not on tv because hes afraid of a pick. Hes afraid of that needle going into his arm, because if he flinches, that may be a sign of weakness. Im even more concerned about the grift that has been happening since november 3rd through january 20th. I think to be kind to this white house, the lines have been blurred and they lived in a gray area when it comes to et it. Run on the department of treasury, wherever they can make a buck, they will. That is my concern. Weve even had reports on cnn saying, dont leave on january 20th. Im more concerned about ivanka a trump, im more concerned about eric and donald government and the american people, especially those people who really need it. Hes raising 2 million for campaigns and probably will raise another million. The clock is ticking before inauguration day, but the president is only ramping up. What do you expect in the next 32 days . How do you expect this all to unfold . I think there is going to be a lot of sound and if you arey and i think there are 2600 members, appointees and all, who delivered the case that went to the supreme court. I think theyre going to try and show how loyal they are to donald trump by challenging the election. There may be a couple of people who said they would do that, too, and the president has tweeted his applause to them. Its going to amount to nothing, though, wolf, absolutely nothing. These people will pay homage to donald trump, they think they need his voters, he did have 70 million voters, they dont want to get on his bad side and theyre going to stick with him. But in the end joe biden is going to put his hand on the bible on january 10th and tlump will be back in maralago. It will mr. Vicari, were told that trump is considering granting new pardons. What message would this send . Dont we know about this administration for a long time . How will the news media cover these pardons. It should rise to the level of outrage, if he begins to pardon eric and donald trump jr. , if he tries to pardon himself many. You cant part. You have to pardon someone for a crime thats already been committed. They have to readily admit that t the. It rises to the president we havent seen since nixon. My father was born in 1984, and my father said the difference between nixon and trump is that tricks on had trane. President trump doesnt. You have the tubervilles in alabama who it wont be the brightest president in america, but theyre off the stage and standing up for anything they possibly can. Thats a problem. Until republicans, evangelicals and the like, we continue to tread leakly on th lightly on these efforts. Covid19 relief talks are dragging on. And well assess the damage from an ongoing. Nernz are liking the russian atta government. I lost almost 12 pounds oh announcer for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. It lowers the risk. Oh and i only have to take it once a week. 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Get fast relief here with primatene mist. Available over the counter for mild ashtma. Primatene mist. Breathe easy again. We start with breaking news of the Government Shutdown at midnight tonight as Congress Struggles to make a deal on economic relief. That deal is desperately needed. The house just passed a stopgap bill to keep the government open two more days as negotiations continue. It now goes to the senate where its fate is unclear as we speak. Were joined now by a democrat of hawaii, a key in the armed committee. How important is it that the government desperately needs a deal on the covid relief package . The house just passed the twoday cr to keep the government running, and as of right now, im told that no senator will object to that cr, so that is good news because earlier there might have been an objection raised. But as of right this moment, there will not be an objection, so we can continue to negotiate on this emergency relief bill which is so, so needed by all of our people. Thats encouraging to know the government is not going to shut down. Right now the government needs to work and get the job done. As you know, congress has had months and months to reach an agreement. There are millions of americans who are now in poverty who werent in poverty. There are long lines just to get food. Its hard to believe whats going on in the United States right now. Why did it take so long to get to this point . Very simply, but tragically, its Mitch Mcconnell who has sat on the heroes act that was passed by the house on 3 trillion for emergency for this kind of relief for our people. He sat on it for six months and he didnt even negotiate on it at all, and its only in the last several weeks that members of the republican and Democratic Party senators got together, and that is why we now have a bipartisan bill as a basis. But up to that point, he refused. In fact, he said, well, let the states and counties declare bankruptcy. Thats one of the first things he said when we were confronted with the house bill. He said, well, im not going to do anything. Then he came up with a 500 billion deal that had actually no input from the democrats. I dont believe were at the point excuse me for interrupting, but what needs to happen right now . It doesnt like there will be any aid to state and local governments. The republicans are giving up on their proposal for immunity for corporations who are struggling right now, a lot of businesses are struggling right now. What needs to happen right now in order to get a deal . When we set aside the two major rulbones of contention, a you mentioned, the help for state and local governments and liability, then what was added was direct payments to people, so that is a huge help, 600 of direct payments similar to the 1200 that have been in a previous bill. Well, i think that is one of the major new things thats being added to, in my view, take the place of the fact that there is no assistance for the state and local governments. Already over 1 million state and federal workers across our country have been furloughed because state and local governments are in such deep financial trouble as a result of this pandemic. But we need to move ahead, and the bill will have, i hope, these direct payments. It will have additional Unemployment Insurance benefits, it will have Additional Support for small businesses, education, rent relief, et cetera. So i am very hopeful that within the next day or two, welcome to an agreement minus the two major bones of contention. We will deal with those at a later time. I know you guys are close. Lets hope you get a deal. At least something is better tha than, obviously, nothing. The Biden Administration will have a lot to do with economic reform. We didnt get to the cyberattack, but the president s silence on this is deafening. Im glad joe biden is saying well get to the bottom of this cyberattack and there will be consequences for whoever the player is or the actor, and it looks like russia. Its certainly a crisis in the area as well, that cyberattack. Senator hirona, always good to hear from you. Thank you. As we await the approval of modernas vaccine, i talked to dr. Sanjay gupta earlier and recall ill tell you why he thinks the shots are safe. Mokin. Total smokeshow. And they never did find his finger. They had to close the pool for like an hour. I brought a date. Names sam. Dig in. Love is like boston lager. Rich, complex and its over too soon. Right, chrissy . Oh my god. 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