No, its not over. Diaz why teenagers in georgia could determine who controls the u. S. Senate. Our voice will be heard. Diaz meet lyric jacks in the fight of her life without a complaint in the world. Look at, look at me look at her this is the cbs weekend news. From chicago heres adriana from chicago. Diaz. Diaz good evening, the first doses of the Covid Vaccine are on the way. The first shots just hours away, the packages started leaving pfizers facility in michigan early sunday. The effort involves factory workers, truck drivers, pilots, workers, truck drivers, dry ice, ultra cold freezers and raenty of needles. A lot could go wrong. And its happening with the virus raging in america. Tonight the u. S. Death toll is nearing 300,000. Total confirmed cases now topping 16 million. Thats a million new infections in just the last four days. Even with a vaccine, the pandemic is getting worse but this is a turning point. Cbs kris van cleave begins our coverage in louisville, kentucky. Kris, good evening. Reporter adriana, more than a million doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine are now naving through 155 miles of conveyer belts inside the u. P. S. Worldport behind us here, getting sorted and loaded and soon on its way to americans in need. Tonight, delivering hope, the best weapon in a fight against the pandemic touched down in louisville around noon onboard this u. P. S. Boeing 757. Captain houston mills flew the first batch of Pfizer Vaccine. Have you flown cargo this important . I have never had the honor of being part of something this big. Every package is a person, we always say. In this instance, its a life saving vaccine that can make a difference in someones life. Reporter the massive delivery effort kicking off today will be divided between u. P. S. And fedex, each handling half of the u. S. Tonight, u. P. S. Is moving half of pfizers initial 2. 9 million doses. The approximately 75 specially designed cold boxes of vaccine, each with g. P. S. And temperature tracking, started the day at pfizers michigan plant, rolling out with an escort of u. S. Marshals. Upon landing in kentucky they were unloaded for sorting and will fly out tonight bound for more than 30 cities by morning, allowing vaccinations to start as soon as monday. The vaccines will get First Priority on the aircraft, First Priority on the package car when it goes to the final destination. Reporter pfizer expects to ship 20 million doses this month. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar on face the nation defended the pace of the rollout. Why the decision not to be more aggressive out of the gate . Were being very aggressive. Were shipping all that we have, while were holding back a reserve for the second dose. Reporter starting tomorrow u. P. S. Plans to drive much of the vaccine shipments from michigan here to kentucky and then distribute it out by plane to cities across the country, erlivering it within 24 hours from when it left the pfizer plant, into peoples arms within an hour after that. Adriana . Diaz kris van cleave in louisville, kentucky, thank you. Pfizer developed this vaccine in record time. Today shipments began rolling out of the companys Production Facility near kalamazoo, michigan. Cbs Manuel Bojorquez is there. Good evening, manny. Reporter adriana, good evening. With the first doses already on the way, the next shipment of nearly two million doses is being prepared tonight at this pfizer facility, set to depart tomorrow. Pfizers vaccine rollout is a first for the u. S. , but the initial amount will cover only a fraction of the front line medical workers who are first in line to receive it. Mike mcdermott is the companys president of global supply. When can most americans get this shot . Yes, so today we shipped 500,000 doses. By the end of the week we will have up to 2. 9 million doses distributed in the u. S. But you are right, there is a here isp to be done in terms of a scaleup to be additional equipment that is being delivered and installed over the coming months here in kalamazoo, michigan, but also in our facilities in europe. Reporter the company aims to distribute 50 million doses globally by the end of the year. This shot of optimism comes amid the pandemics darkest days, with record hospitalizations across the country, and nearly 300,000 dead in the u. S. These people are dying alone. Where is this light at the end of the tunnel . I would like to see it. Reporter it makes carefully choreographing the handling of this vaccine that much more that much more fact that we literallyerally have eyes on every box through the technology, im highly ident that tat the vaccine can arrive safe and effective. Reporter that brings up the question of vaccine equity. There are harder to reach areas that may not have the ability to tore them. Stor pfizer is absolutely committed to equity in the distribution of this Covid Vaccine. And, again, weve designed a thermal shipper that really can reach deep into parts of the world. Reporter drug maker er modernas vaccineuld be could be approved later this month, but a vaccine may not be widely widelyle to the general public available to the general until next spring or early summer. Adriana . Diaz Manuel Bojorquez in michigan, thank you. Even with the vaccine on the way, new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy warned today that the weeks ahead will be hell. Late today we spoke with cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. Jon lapook about what is ahead. Dr. Lapook, we as a country are dr. Lapook, we as a country are on the brink on the brink of 300,000 lives lost. How quickly can this vaccine slow the spread and flatten the slow the spread and curve . Adriana, it depends on so many factors how quickly can we roll it out and administer it, the logistical issues, are there enough doses how to get to various people, i would like to pull the microscope back and say there is a lot of vaccine hesitancy. And the vaccine is not going to work if people dont take it. So, we need to explain to them, when they hear the term operation warp speed, it is scary it was done so quickly. Actually this Vaccine Technology was built on decades and decades of research. The first vaccine for sars, in the early 2000s took 20 months then went to 10 months for the next time of vaccine. Zika took three months, this is now two months. This is built on a lot of very solid research. What made it more quickly developed was the fact that we cut the red tape for developing the testing so that phase one, phase two, phase three happened all at the same time. You didnt have these pauses in between, plus people working around the clock in a way they hadnt done before. But look at the results of the trials, 44,000 people for pfizer, 30,000 for moderna. It seems to be 95 effective. So far, safe, were going to watch to see how safe it is over the time and months that happen. But so far, it really looks like a promising vaccine. We should understand it is a Technological Tour De force. Diaz dr. Jon lapook, thank you. Vaccinations have already been underway in britain for nearly a week. Cbs news senior Foreign CorrespondentElizabeth Palmer reports. Reporter this was the first shot, in the u. K. s battle to vaccinate as many people as are willing, starting with an initial 400,000 elderly people and front line medical staff. First up, 90 year old Margaret Keenan got an ovation. applause Public Health officials are hoping her example will convince at least 70 of britons to bare their arms. We asked london commuters this week if they are on side. Are you going to have the vaccine . Absolutely. Why wouldnt you . You must be mad not to. Reporter and for all the vaccine successes, there have been failures, too. A couple of teams, one in australia and one in europe, had to go back to the drawing board this week after their initial version produced disappointing results. But a global rollout of promising contenders is definitely underway. In asia a version made by chinese sinovac is out for delivery. This load part of a million dose shipment arriving in indonesia which saw the highest number of covid deaths ever this week. Russia, too, is sharing its sputnik vaccine. It arrived in serbia this week, and has been trialed in brazil, which still has one of the worst infection rates on earth. This is what the beginning of the end of the pandemic looks like, but its going to be a long, slow haul. Elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. Diaz to politics now, and another moment in history. Tomorrow the Electoral College will cast their votes to elect joe biden to the presidency officially, but President Trump is still insisting hes not done inghting to stay in power. Cbs chip reid is at the white house. Reporter President Trump spent this unseasonably warm warm december day what he so doing what he so often does often does on weekends golfing and tweeting. Most corrupt election in u. S. History, he wrote this morning, continuing his angry tirade against joe bidens victory. And against the dozens of courts that have dismissed the president s challenges. No judge, including the Supreme Court of the united states, has had the courage to allow it to be heard. Reporter Republican Chris Christie today disagreed. The reason the Supreme Court is not taking this is not because of a lack of courage. Its for the same reason every court has thrown this out. It is a lack of evidence. Reporter but the president still says hes not giving up. No, its not over. We keep going and were going to continue to go forward. Rward. Orter a new cbs news poll a new says 62 of the nations voters feel the election is over and settled, but 79 of the president s supporters believe the election should be contested, although 51 of trump voters say he should concede if the Electoral College votes tomorrow for biden as expected. Even if the president does concede, retiring republican senator Lamar Alexander said today he wouldnt bet against him in four years. I think he will be a force in our party and in our country for as long as he wants to be. Reporter the president was asked this weekend if he plans to attend joe bidens inauguration. He responded, i dont want to talk about that. As for mr. Biden, hes planning to take up residence here in less than six weeks. Diaz chip reid at the white house, thank you. In new york city today there was pandemonium after a man began firing a gun on the steps of a landmark manhattan cathedral. 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Reporter in chicagos Belmont Cragin neighborhood there is a streetlevel effort to save lives. Thank you. Gracias. Reporter it is happening at Grocery Stores and in neighborhoods. Covid infections here with its fastgrowing latino population among the highest in chicago. Good morning. Reporter one in five tests were positive last week, almost double the rate for the entire city. I did not know that around here it was one of the highest. I did not know. Reporter volunteers like Glenda Rivera know the danger. Our rates, our numbers are really sad. And its awareness, we have to have awareness. Reporter shes going door to door armed with hand sanitizer, mask and some basic covid19 information. And she doesnt even live in this neighborhood. Rh im not one that normally tears up. But i dont have its sad. Reporter its emotional for you. Yes, it is. Reporter since the start of the pandemic communities of color have been devastated by the virus. Some possible reasons, latinos more likely to work essential jobs than at home, live in close quarters where social distancing nearly impossible and for the undocumented some fear taking a test could lead to deportation. The outreach effort came from the mayors office, part of the citys Racial EquityRapid Response team. We do think that what we are doing is making a difference. Reporter but the legwork comes from Community Groups like the Northwest Side housing center. James rudyk is the executive director. We are really trying to break through that distrust with trusted messengers that are Community Residents are able to speak real, right, and speak freely and talk to folks about what is really going on. Sometimes we get lost in the numbers. We want to be prepared locally. Reporter Chicago Department of Public Health commissioner Allison Arwady says the pandemic continues to expose social inequities. 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