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americans. this more than, there s reason for hope. more than 95 million vaccine doses have been administered. more vaccines are being delivered. despite this, the message from our nation s top health experts remains the same. we can t let our guard down. we are covering this historic day from every corn are of the united states, because there s no place the virus hasn t touched. we start this hour with nbc kerry sanders in fort lauderdale beach, florida. dr. gupta is in seattle. godi, i will start with you. one story line is how much more deadly and vicious this virus has been for minority communities, especially. what s california doing to fight that part of it? reporter: it s the minority communities that are often the essential workers. some of the disparities we have seen here in los angeles have really spurned authorities to try to make sure that those underserved communities and the essential workers are getting vaccinated first. what we have seen in the past i ....
once he does here is what will happen. there will immediate i will be an extension of unemployment benefits through september. billions for state and local governments, billions for schools, billions for vaccine distribution, and expansion of the child tax credit and those $1400 direct stimulus checks. but that right there is only part of the big news that has come out today. a year after the w.h.o. declared a global pandemic we got some of the best news yet. a new study shows the pfizer vaccine prevents near all asymptomatic infections. a huge step towards ending this pandemic and getting us back to normal. on top of that the pfizer vaccine shows it is 97% effective at stopping hospitalizations and deaths including against the uk variant which doctors say is more contagious. it is incredible news delivered at an incredible speed. tonight president bide listen deliver his first prime time address to the nation and he is expected to recognize the immense lost that we hav ....
The 270electoral vote threshold. As you can see since then, joe biden standing at 279 electoral votes right now across the country we are watching celebrations in the streets as word got out that the race had been called for joe biden, who will become the 46th president of the United States. The 45th president of the United States was appropriately playing golf when the call was made. As he and his team continue to spread false allegations of voter fraud, and vow to fight the will of the voters in court. Lets go to nbcs ali vitali, who is following the Biden Campaign from wilmington. Ali, we are going to hear from the president elect for the first time that we can call him that, later on today. Thats exactly right, ali. And i feel like as we called pennsylvania and, subsequently, called the president ial race for joe biden ....