Azar says he is hopeful they can distribute the vaccine next week. And while they decided not to prejudge the decision he staid is the agencys intention to get a safe vaccine approved as quickly as possible. Well have to see what the scientific and medical suggestion is today, but our plan is to take their recommendations into account and make a decision shortly there after. It depends on the complexity of the issue but we intend to act quickly. Even rapid action from the fda is simply not fast enough. Over 3,000 americans died from covid19 yesterday. That is the highest oneday death toll yet. It is more lives lost than 9 11 in a single day. What is worse we could reach a total death toll of 300,000 in just a matter of days. Former cdc director put that into perspective. That is sobering. Joining me now is morgan radford. Codirector of the center for vaccine development. The National School of troll kal medicine dr. Peter hotez, and peter baker, so dr. Peter hotez, let us start with you and this fda meeting. What exactly is going on right now, if any, they say this vaccine is okay how quickly will the fda move . Thanks, katy. Its not like a binary up and down. There are special populations, pregnant, compromising, kids, what about the future Clinical Trials, do we vaccination the placebos . What do we do about future trials. We heard about the allergies yesterday in the two allergies. Unless were moving forward with the emergency use authorization. Im pretty confident about that. There could be a delay if they want to see more information. Its more going to be about all of the other pieces that we have to look for in the coming weeks and months. Doctor, youre talking about pregnant women and other groups that have not been tested with this vaccine. Is there any reason to believe that the academy would say yes, they should get this vaccine even if children or pregnant women were not involved in those Clinical Trials . I think theyre going to certainly say that well have to do further clinical studies. The pregnant woman issue is tougher. We have seen high morbidity among pregnant women this year. Every time we delay were placing them at risk and their families. That may be a more complicated decision about how theyre coming down. That seems like a tough one, convincing a pregnant woman to get a vaccine when she already in a precarious state, or mentally in a precarious state, growing a fetus and trying to convince her that it is safe. Exactly, i think the kwle be how will we move forward in terms of Clinical Trials, going to that next step, there may already be information in the 44,000 person study. It is hikely that the participants were pregnant or got pregnant in the study. So there is a lot of information to pour through. Thats why it took the fda a couple weeks to go through all of the primary data to pick up on that nuance. It is about warnings and contraindicatio contraindications. The uk gave a severe response to the two Health Service providers with a reaction. I dont think we can do that in the u. S. We have 50 million americans with a earn gis and 3. 67 million carry an epi pen. I think that could be a show stopper for a number of reasons. Hopefully well get more information by the end of the day. It is a very intensive discussion. I was talking to the doctor earlier today and he said usually they would truck in two semis full of documentation, but now it is a hard drive, but that is what you have to go through to approve a vaccine. What are you hearing, morgan. Were in front of the fda and as you said sorry, excuse me. This is all about transparency. That is what you can see. Theyre trying to build trust in the vaccine. Those making up that panel are getting into the knitty fritgri talking about the trial. Only 61 said they would be willing to get this vaccine, but you really need 75 or 85 to get the vaccine. The big question is when will i, you, and the viewers be able to get hands on their vaccine. As soon as the fda authorizations it, millions of doses, 2. 9 million will be sent to all corners of the country. Priority given to the elderly and to those Front Line Health Care workers. But remember this is also a question of the pfizer vaccine, but there are others that are already in line, katy. We could hear about moderna in a week. Answering those questions and getting this vaccine out to the public is their First Priority today, katy. That is so interesting, a good reminder of others out there. As morgan just said were going to have to build trust for everybody to get this vaccine. At the very least enough people to create herd immunity. In the meantime, peter baker, there is a surge in cases, a crisis across the country, people are dieing because people are not taking the recommendations by Health Officials seriously. Theyre not Wearing Masks enough, not social distancing enough, and theyre not getting that message from the very top. Millions who only trust donald trump are not getting the message that this virus is very serious, very contagious, and very deadly. Talk to me about the mess ages between what donald trump is doing and what president elect donald trump is going to do. President trump and president elect biden seem to be on the same page when it comes to the vaccine in the sense of what youre talking about. So much of this virus has been politicized and made into a test of u. S. Versus then. If we have president elect biden and President Trump saying this vaccine is something you can trust, if you have president bush, clinton, obama, all taking it on camera like they said, that gives the potential of at least mitigating some of the Political Division that has infected this country along with the virus. As you say it is still a long way off. A lot of people will get sick between now and then. We have seen about 350,000 people die since election day. They are likely to die before inauguration day. That is like albany, new york. Were hearing this message. You have a president that is hosting Christmas Parties with hundreds of people, scores and scores of people together in a room where theyre unlike against the Public Health guidelines, and the president elect is saying keep your mask, stay socially distance. Well get to the vaccine. In the meantime you have to take precautions to keep the virus from spreading. One of the biggest Public Health hurdles is getting on the same page. And not having leadership on the same page when it comes to Something Like this is very dangerous. Were reaping the consequences of that right now getting close to 300 million lives lost. They say in congress they could not get on the same page when it came to lielt for companies, or not being liable, and also state and local funding. These are, of course, the two big issues for the two big parties, right . They made the liability shield. They made funding for states that are strapped. One of their number one priorities that they dont like. And they allowed this difference to hold up this relief package. That is eight months. It is remarkable that were in the middle of a crisis. A lot of people are out of work. A lot of people are hungry and hurting. And the congress and the United States, the president and of the United States has nots been able to get together on something which is usually the easiest, giving away money. They are small important points. Many people may face a harder christmas than they were already going to face. Significantly harder. There was a number of provisions and things that were helping people that will be axed. Rent relief, none visions, there was a number of things. We have a graphic with all of them, were working on getting it up. Just everything that is about to exexpire, it is disappointing and shame all in theyre leaving millions of americans in the lurch as go into the new year. We always appreciate your expertise. President elect joe biden continues to staff up his incoming administrations. Ohio congresswoman marsha fudge to run hud, and a long time domestic policy council. Joining me now is mike memoli. If you look at the balancing act as they weigh these nominations it seems like the x factor when there is a tough call or a position to be filled. It is the relationship that biden has with a number of officials. You see this in susan right. We talked about her as a potential Vice President ial nominee. She worked very closely in the white house. You see dennis mcdonough. He is asked to take on a very difficult task ahead of the Veterans Affairs administration. A very difficult job, and tom vilsack. To return to the position as agriculture secretary. Vilsack was one of his biggest supporters in the campaign. He is the former governor there. The two new names that i want to highlight is marsha fudge. This is the voices in the populous wing. They recommended this choice to the pooiden team. So theyre happy to see that pick. We saw that from leann kaldwel. Certainly the relationships mean so much to biden and that is what were seeing again and again through these fixes. There is also a very real concern that the majority for democrats in the house are shrinking. There is also this, the run off in georgia, the democrats need to win that to retake the senate. I wonder what youre hearing from them when it comes to Something Like a covid relief bill especially after what we just heard from Mitch Mcconnells staff. I have that graphic. With all of the things expiring in the coming days b i want to put it on the screen. Unemployment companiation. Unemployment assistance, paid leave protection, renter eviction moratorium. Student loan determent. Unspent covid relief funds, use of ppe funds, suspended and sequester cuts. Ars and National Security loans. Something in there will touch a load of americans out there that are struggling right now. Does biden look at what is going on with congress and think they can do any better . I will say there is very real concern on the pieden team. From other economists they are saying the risks of not doing enough now outweighs the cost of doing too much. Theyre concerned that the situation that will inherit, the nick hole may be that much depositioner and harder to climb out of. It makes, certainly the stimlouse that a Biden White House might push next year bigger. They would rather tee some of that bitten off now not just as a political matter but a real economic impact. Were six weeks away, but it could be everything. One thing they have been consistently hammering is the need to get states funding. So the opposition there to what he called a through state bailout is particularly troubling. Mike, thank you so much. Still ahead, unemployment, unemployed, single, a mom, and trying to survive in a pandemic. We put a face on the need for Economic Relief that doesnt seem to be coming. And then a fire Data Scientist says it was part of a campaign to silence her. That scientist joins us. First is it the pbig one . Or another groundless attempt to steal the election. Groundless o steal the election but we didnt stop there. We made a cloud flexible enough to adapt to any size business. No matter what it does, or how it changes. And we kept going. So you only pay for what you use. Because at dell technologies, we stop. At nothing. Of the financial system. Le have been shut out [music playing throughout] because at dell technologies, we stop. At nothing. My grandfather founded Industrial Bank in 1934 so black people would have a bank that would work with them. 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A lot of pressure being put on officials by the president to basically steal the election. The president said at his georgia appearance that in the weeks since the election is about the busiest that he has been. He has been working the phones which we dont have general access to to know who he is talking to and what he is pressuring them about or trying to convince or persuade them about but he has been contacting different state Legislature Members and Party Officials around the country and so forth. This luncheon from the attorneys general from 17 dozen states was already on the schedule according to aides here. You can imagine that the most likely topic. They are talking about trying to keep trump in office. The election has done to joe biden based on that Electoral College vote, and monday they will be actually meeting. The president has been putting pressure on and calling for courage and wisdom as he put it. He also used the phrase that you cant turn the white house over to a illegitimate president. They are saying it without supporting evidence and without case law that he was wronged in the election beyond simply just losing to joe biden. Katy . There is no one wiser than our own pete williams. Here is how he describes the likelihood of him winning in the supreme court. One it would be unconstitutional to delay electoral votes in four states, two texas has no legal right to challenge how they conduct their elections. Three legal claims have been chewed over. It seeks to invalidate about 20 million votes. And it is prepared in haste. Pete williams does not think this will be successful. Tom other than the lawsuits which trump has not won so far, he is now looking to pressure republican lawmakers. You have reporting about calls he is making to congress. What can you tell us . Katy, the president is turning to legislatures. Theyre looking ahead to jan 6th. That is day they meet top count electoral votes and to certify the election. The white house has been communicating closely with a number of supporters in the white house. They reached out to some of their senate colleagues. So far there is no commitment to join in an effort to overturn the results however there is a discussion continuing between Republican House members that have been in close touch with the white house, the lael team, and they are reaching out to republican members of the senate. So far they have not committed to this. The Washington Post, only a couple dozen said that he lfsing to say joe biden was the winner. On and capitol hill looking forward to jan 6th. Still a question about how far theyre willing to take it this in the name of politicals. Thank you guys very much for being here. And realistically they only have a day for the bill. Agents with guns drawn raided the home of a florida Data Scientist that helped track covid cases. 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