December 14th is the day already marked in the history books. Its the tragic anniversary of the massacre as andy hook elementary school. December 14th happens to be the anniversary of the death of george washington, who died on this day in 1799. But when the history of these times is written, december 14th, 2020, will warrant a double entry. Today, december 14th, 2020, the day that we passed the solemn milestone of 300,000 Coronavirus Deaths right here in the United States. Also marks the first day of the Vaccine Rollout in this country for the deadly coronavirus pandemic. These images of Front Line Health Care workers and residents of Nursing Homes are filling our televisions today and providing a realtime solve to our pandemicweary nation. Fridays latenight approval of the pfizer vaccine, which is expected to pave the way for approvals of similar vaccines in the coming weeks and months. Today, december 14th, 2020, also marks the day that is typically noted by broadcasts like this one
zelenskyy meet in front of the cameras at the g7 summit as the u.s. announces hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid. voters are going to polls in the parliamentary election in greece, but a clear winner may not emerge. president biden hopes to talk with house speaker kevin mccarthy this morning as the clock ticks down to extend the debt limit. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. g7 leaders meeting in hiroshima, japan, are wrapping up one of their most consequential summits in recent memory. the war in ukraine dominated much of this year s agenda, and ukraine s president was there to make his case in person. for the first time since the war began, an agreement was finally reached among the u.s. and its allies to begin supplying ukraine with advanced fighter jets. u.s. president joe biden soon returns to washington to deal with the debt ceiling crisis in congress, but he and ukraine s president did meet within the past couple of hours, t
suicide than are being killed in battle. e phone and they call the va in their area, they need help. we ll come in in six weeks, come in, whatever. well, we ended that. we ended that. now they want to go back to the levels where we cut those folks that now provide that kind of help. this amounts to a $22 billion cut in veterans healthcare. now, they dispute this. they nowhere in their actual proposal are their exclusive protections for veterans. but they say i m it s unusual language we use with presidents these days. they say i m lying when i say that. well, the truth is, why do so many veterans groups, why have they spoken out in opposition to the republican proposal. they re not all democrats. they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing. anytime you single out the impact of their overall cuts, they tell you, no, no, it s not true. but they re wrong. they want to protect thing, they would have written it down and say, we re protecting
minutes from taking the stage in new york where he ll try to leverage the power of his bully pulpit to shove republicans off the fence in the debt ceiling fight. will that help move friday s talks any closer to a deal? and the jaw dropping admission just a day before title 42 is set to expire. in the records of one dhs official, the system is breaking, and they haven t even hit the starting line yet as thousands of migrants cross the southern border, the white house is planning to let some of them in with no court date and no way to track them. so much going on today, but we start in long island, new york, where a freshman republican congressman george santos is expected to be arraigned in court on federal charges just four months into a congressional career that was built on lies about his background and wealth, and according to the government, krm criminal schemes. today the justice department hit him with 13 counts. among them charges of wire fraud, money laundering, t
13 federal charges against a sitting member of congress. george santos accused of wire fraud, money laundering, stealing public funds. so will republicans call on him to resign with every vote in the house critical? santos due to be arraigned at any moment. public pressure campaign. president biden hitting the road and hitting republicans over a fierce budget standoff. in minutes he s making the case for raising the debt ceiling once again without conditions, with potential economic consequences just weeks away. and heroes in action. newly released audio reveals the terrifying moments as officers search for the texas mall shooter. one officer telling the dispatcher i need everybody i got. chilling words as they ask for backup. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. just minutes from now, new york congressman george santos is expected to appear in federal court. he was taken into custody this morning.