Officially being sent to more than 600 locations around the country in all 50 states. The governors of each state then deciding which categories of people that get it first. The first step in a rollout that dr. Fauci told hallie today that it will have the rest of the population getting the vaccine by march or april. At the same time, covid19 is surging with more than 4 million confirmed cases in the last few weeks and thousands of new deaths every day. The toll is expected to reach a devastating milestone today. 300,000 americans will have died of covidrelated illness. Our team is in place with the latest on the pfizer rollout. Gabe gutierrez is in columbus, ohio, sam brock is in new orleans, Morgan Chesky is in louisville and monica alba is at the white house. Gabe, first to you in ohio, weve seen throughout the morning frontline care workers getting the vaccine. But then in phase two, it becomes more complicated. Tell us whats going on where you are. There is a historic moment. Just a few minutes ago, the last of the first doses were administered here at the Ohio State University wexner medical center. Thats one of the vials that actually was administered, again, just a few minutes ago. Last hour, we brought you as this was happening live in this hospital is getting 975 doses. It actually got it this morning. A u. P. S. Truck came here. It was greeted by hospital sav, by the governor of ohio. And also by these fln workers. One of them who just received that vaccine is right here. Shes a nurse in an icu. Youve been dealing with Covid Patients for the last several months. How did it feel to get that vaccine just a few moments ago. A big relooefr. A lot of us have been on edge for nine plus months now and its significant. Like burden lifted off your shoulders to feel like you finally have something in your arsenal against this. And did it happen . How did it feel . Did it feel just like a flu vaccine . It was almost as if you blinked then you missed it. I hurts less than the flu vaccine. I didnt even feel it go in. It didnt even sting. Andrew ya, thank you very much. I can tell you so Many Health Care workers have been working so hard for months and they are exhausted. Its incredible to see them here getting this first vaccine. Here at this hospital and other hospitals throughout the country, more than 600 sites are expected to get this first round of vaccines by wednesday. They expect to administer more of this vaccine tomorrow. Its emotional just watching that and listening to her. They have the stress of what theyre dealing with every day plus the fear that theyre bringing it into their own households, possibly infecting their own children, parents, spouses. Thank you so much for bringing that to us. Meanwhile, pfizer needs to get these doses to areas in subzero temperatures. Tell us what youre seeing there. Were here at the u. P. S. Whirl port. We were here yesterday when that 757 touched down, unloading the first shipments of the vaccine, some of which are staying here in louisville. You mentioned that incredibly low temperature that these vaccines have to be kept at. I am holding one of the key tools u. P. S. Is deploying. This is a bluetooth sensor delaysed placed inside each and every vaccine box. It can track realtime location for each shipment and this monitors the temperature to make sure that those vials are kept at negative 94. Should that temperature start to rise even by a few degrees, u. P. S. Officials tell me they were deploy a member to that specific box that they can track down, open it and pack more dry ice inside it. Each one of these box has about 50 pounds in it. This is what theyre using to make sure there is no issue from the start point to the endpoint to make sure that this vaccine is Still Available when it arrives at the hospital. And we got a chance to witness that financrsthand within the p hour at louisville hospital where they had several doctors and nurses walk up on to a stage where they applauded. Important to know that after being taken from the port in a u. P. S. Truck to the hospital, theyre unloaded very carefully. Then these vaccines are taken into a lab where they can start to thaw to be placed into a syringe and administered to those Health Care Workers that have been fighting so hard since this pan dem you can began. Having witnessed that 757 touch down here idea with that very first shipment and then today see picture after picture, video after video of those vaccines being administered all over the entire country, it does give us a sense of how quickly this process is moving and how quickly it will continue to go forward. A second wave will be administered tonight and another one tomorrow. And they have to make sure people between 17 and 21 days, i think is the parameter, whatever that precise number is, they have to make sure they get the second dose within did time limit and have that available. Its a very complicated process. Thanks so much, morgan. Monica at the white house, a little confusion. Not surprisingly. Top federal officials were supposedly in line to get early doses of the vaccine. According to the continuation of Government Act to make sure that they are protected. Late last night, President Trump threw a wrench into those plans. Exactly. Senior officials across all branches of government were expected to be included in essentially the first wave of Vaccine Distribution in the coming weeks, but that was met with some severe backlashnafter you zoom out and realize the irony of some of the white house aides in particular and staffers who have continued to essentially flout cdc guidelines, theyre gathering at holiday indoor parties, so the idea that they would be among the First Americans to get this vaccine when others would be waiting for access was something that optically bothered President Trump enough to declare he wanted to make an adjustment to that and he issued that tweet overnight in a rare reversal saying that while he wants white house aides to have vaccines initially, he said they will get them later. The Trump Administration really only has about five weeks left. And if we are to believe the health and Human Services secretary, the general population should have access by late february early march. Trump white house officials will be gone by then because the Incoming Biden Administration will be sworn in, of course. So questions as to how much this will be delayed, but the president raised the notion that he will not be getting a vaccine immediately either or at this time. And thats partially because hes already had coronavirus and its not clear yet where the science lands on somebody who has recovered and they still have antibodies, somebody who hasnt had it, Vice President mike pence im told is considering whether to do it publicly to boost access to the vaccine and he may be doing that in the next couple of weeks. Sam brock, hospitals are receiving the vaccine. How are the doctors and the staff preparing for the next phase in the fight against covid once the front line workers are taken care of . Right now theyre trying to set a good example. This is oxner health behind me, the Largest Health care provider in new orleans and in the state of louisiana. I talked to the head of the pediatric icu here just a few minutes ago. She has a 13yearold and a 16yearold. She tells me when she treats children, she sees her own children. She has watched a 15monthold die, watched a 15yearold die, and she sees her own family in that process. When she comes home at night, she takes a shower immediately. These are the sacrifices that Health Care Workers have had to he make for so long. They are now the ones on the tip of the spear here getting the very first vaccinations. Where i am right now, those vaccines came rolling in just before 8 00 this morning local. By 9 30, there were needles in arms. We actually got to see this in realtime on a Facebook Live stream. The president of oxner health was out there sort of narrating this play by play as we watched those very first Health Care Workers get their shots. They were exuberant. They were so happy to set this example for their communities. One of those doctors is a cuban american. He lives with his mom and basically said that this is something he wants to show the cuban american community, hispanic community, that if there is some distrust, certainly overindexing in terms of overindexing, it is safe. I am part of the solution. You, too, can be part of the solution. We spoke with an expert in emergency medicine about the precedent of what were watching unfold. There were about 40,000 doses expected for this week in louisiana. 40,000 the following week, as well. Here is how he puts it in the arc of history. Weve been looking forward to this for many months. This is something that we didnt think maybe what happened in 2020. So the fact that were finally here receiving these vaccines this week and well start to, you know, give these vaccines to our Health Care Workers, i think, is extremely important. Were excited about it. Were ready to start protecting our workforce. And hopefully this will be the beginning of the end of this pandemic. Certainly amen to that. And also, i spoke with the governor of the state, john bell edwards, andrea. He told me they are expecting potentially Moderna Vaccines next week, as well. Thats the vaccine that will be going to those longer term care facilities, and it doesnt have the extreme temperature requirements that pfizer does. Sam brock, monica, gabe, thank you also very much. Dr. Amesh hidaja from the Bloomberg School of Public Health and center for health security, thanks for being with us. This is just the first step. Theres concern across the country as states are taking different approaches on who gets immunized. Thats our federal system. But are there medical ethical issues here that need to be addressed . There are so many vulnerable populations, particularly minority communities, black and hispanic communities where many of the front line workers, but others are arguing for firefighters, teachers, to get kids back in schools, meat packing industry has been disproportionately affected. And then youve got the whole category of serious. Should it be all seniors, seniors with comorbidities . How do people, especially governors who are politically compromised potentially and people, you know, could be lobbying them. How do you make sure that the right that the scarce commodity right now gets to the right people . Its going to be very difficult. The easy part is Health Care Workers and nursing home residents because we know that makes a lot of sense to vaccinate those groups first. But when you start thinking about how each state defines essential workers, it becomes more difficult. What we have to keep in mind is the overall goal of this vaccine is to decrease the harm this virus is causing. Were worried about the disruptions to our lives plus hospitals going into crisis. I do think law enforcement, firefighters, first responders, teachers, those people who work in meat packing plants and maybe in some essential government workers, those are probably going to be considered essential in most states. But theres always going to be some debate and i think its going to be very difficult. Hopefully the cdc, the acibp, as well as some of the organizations are going to be clear about who should get the vaccine first. But i do think its going to be and i know because of continuity of government there was the thought that essential government workers, senior white house staff included, but there were a lot of people who immediately reacted because the white house has been notably resistant to wearing mask and it has been a superspreader occasion in the rose garden, the Election Night parties that led to a lot of people becoming infected. I agree that i dont think the white house should be putting in front of nursing home providers. They should stay in line just like everybody else. There is an argument for some of them, but this white house has been a fountain of misinformation and the reason that were all relying on a vaccine to get us out of this is because Decisive Action was not taken by this white house in january, february and march when things could have a lot different. So i do think that it makes a lot of sense to put the white house behind Health Care Workers and nursing home residents. This mortgages r morning, dr. Fauci talked about when americans will be able to go to your local pharmacy and get the vaccine. Here was his answer. I had been saying by my calculation sometime by the end of march, the beginning of april, that the normal healthy man and woman in the street who has no underlying conditions would likely get it. At the end of the day, the real bottom line is, when do you get the majority, the overwhelming majority of the population vaccinated so you can get that umbrella of herd immunity . And i believe if we are efficient about it and we convince people to get vaccinated, we can accomplish that by the end of the Second Quarter of 2021. So that is probably the most reasonable projection weve heard. Hes saying the end of the Second Quarter. Does that make sense to you . It does. I do think were looking well into 2021 by the time that happens. Things will started to change. We wont hear about hospitals in crisis any more. The threat perception and the Risk Perception are going to change once we defang this virus by getting our high risk populations vaccinated. When Health Care Workers and other workers feel safe to go about their lives, we will get to some sense of normal. But its going to be what is probably going to be mid 2021 as dr. Faupy stated. That, of course, assumes they can work out these supply chain issues and is moderna gets approved and eventually Johnson Johnson and astrazeneca, as well. Thank you very, very much. And here is a live look inside state capitals in pennsylvania, georgia, arizona and delaware where the other big story today, electors are formally casting their ballots for joe biden to be the next president of the united states. Today, electors from all 50 states are voting, a process that is normally just a formality. Its now a key moment after President Trump and his allies have spent weeks trying to overturn the Election Results with baseless legal challenges. A final blow was the supreme court, including three of mr. Trumps nominees, refusing to even hear that controversial texas challenge late friday night. The president refuses to move on and pro trump demonstrators took to the streets in washington, d. C. Saturday spurring violent clashes. Several people were stand, four people stand critically. Associations affiliated with the broud boys tore down black lives matters signs, destroying the signs and lighting some on fire. President elect joe biden planning to address the country tonight in a victory speech on the strength and resilience of our democracy and tomorrow joe biden will head to georgia for the first day of Senate Runoff elections. Blain alexander in marietta, georgia, i understand that Stacey Abrams was one of the electors voting today. I think we just had a shot of her. Absolutely. You see here there. Stacey abrams is among the biggest names of those. All of that is going on, of course, the 16 electoral votes cast to specifically make joe biden and Kamala Harris the president elect and Vice President elect. What you see behind me, this is the first day of early voting here in georgia. Theres a lot going on in the peach state right here behind me. Look at this. This is the line. The line has looked like this since almost before 7 00 this morning when polls opened. For the past few weeks ago, weve been talking about the question of voter enthusiasm, will people turn out, specifically when it comes to the Republican Party and the mini messages weve heard from President Trump over the last few weeks. So ive spent the better part of the morning talking to voters, many of whom have waited about an hour, an hour and a half, some as long as two hours to cast their ballot in the elections. I spoke with one who is a republican. He is supports senators loeffler and purdue. He typically votes absentee ballot, but he says he no longer trust thats process and some of that has to do with what hes heard from President Trump and other republicans. Were also hearing from a number of democrats, one of whom told me that this is essentially an extension of the president ial election and they think its just that important. Andrea, that really has been the case that democrats have been trying to make to drive turnout here, as well. Its also a big reason why were expecting to see the president elect campaigning here before tomorrow. Obviously, georgia is the center of the political universe until january 5th and maybe afterwards, as well. Pennsylvania has been the center of the president s lawsuits claiming Election Fraud from the very beginning. Laura, what are you seeing there at the state capital, which i guess is closed to the public because of covid . It is, andrea. Its been closed for sevenl weeks because of the coronavirus spikes here in pennsylvania. Within minutes, were expecting to see those 20 electors vote for president elect joe biden. What is interesting is pennsylvania is not a state that electors are required to vote in line with what the popular voed vote was. Pennsylvania did go for joe biden. But we are speccing them to see in line because