Those Health Care Workers on the front lines. But one more group has now been added to this list. Tonight, cnn is learning that highranking white house staffers will also be among the First Americans to get vaccinated against the virus. Lets get right to the white house and cnns boris sanchez. What more can you tell us about this . Reporter this could happen as early as the next few days. White house officials confirming that they have been told that officials who were closely with the president will be among the First Americans to receive doses of the pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. The goal here is to prevent more government officials from becoming infected with coronavirus. Something that has happened frequently in the past few months dating back to the spring and perhaps culminating in that superspreader rose garden event for Supreme CourtJustice Amy Coney barrett where its believed that the president himself caught coronavirus. Important to put this in context. The idea that this administration, a president who has downplayed the severity of this virus, where superiors have told their staffers to not wear masks because the president doesnt like the optics of it, and an administration that continues holding holidaythemed parties with hundreds of people in close quarters, no social distancing, very few if any masks. These officials that are going to be among the very First Americans receiving the Covid Vaccine at a time when there are millions of highrisk americans that would badly need it. And its a scarce vaccine. There are only a very select number of health officials, Health Experts that are receiving this vaccine at this moment. Theres still one question thats out there, that the white house has not given us any indication toward, and that is whether President Trump and Vice President pence would actually get their doses of the vaccine administered on camera so that the American Public can see that theyre being transparent about this, but trying to inspire hope in so many who are skeptical right now about the vaccine. Thank you. Lets turn now to dr. Sanjay gupta. I want you to reflect on this and what we have seen over the past year for a moment. First case in the u. S. Was confirmed on january 21st. If i told you on that day we would have a vaccine less than 11 months later, what would you have said . I didnt think it was going to happen. I would say that seems very unlikely. But all along, i follow this so closely. On march 16th is when they started the trials. Already that seemed very fast. And then we started seeing these results come in and when the data monitoring safety board, this independent body, first released the results of the pfizer trial, it was a remarkable moment. People didnt know that this was going to work. Its a brandnew type of vaccine platform. Its remarkable because of its speed. Youre seeing medical innovation happen before our eyes. Its going to change medicine beyond this panic. So it is a remarkable day. Its weird because it comes at a time when were seeing so much so many new cases and so many new hospitalizations and people dying. It feels like the best of times, the worst of times, the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness, all of this. Its like whiplash, ana. Its incredible. It gives some people pause, even people who arent antivaxxers, who believe in vaccines. 61 of americans say theyll choose to get the Coronavirus Vaccine if its made available to them. Minority, 32 will not. They say thats not enough. Listen. So we need to have immunized about 75 or 80 of the u. S. Population before herd immunity can be established. We hope to reach that point between the month of may and the month of june. It is, however, critical that most of the American People decide and accept to take the vaccine. 61 isnt 75 or 80 . If we dont get that number, critical for herd immunity, could we see mass vaccinations but still a population that is vulnerable to the virus. I think it would drag out this pandemic. The thing about, you know, trying to mass vaccinate and create this immunity is you make it harder for the virus to find a home. The virus goes here, that person has been vaccinated. Eventually, what they call the it goes down. Many models suggest that it may be closer to 50 million people. If you have 60 of the country vaccinated and another 20 had a natural infection and as a result were immune, in an ironic sort of way, it may help you get to this herd immunity. Thats not the way you dont want to do it. You dont want to let the infection run amuck because so many people can get sick. Youre going to have a lot of immunity from the people who got infected. Hopefully the percentage of people who are willing to get vaccinated goes up as they see other people getting the vaccine and seeing that theyre doing okay and recognizing how effective it really is. Were seeing record numbers of cases, deaths, hospitalizations, the cdc director said this week for the next 60 to 90 days, were going to have more deaths per day, than we had on 9 11. We heard bill gates this morning saying things are going to get worse in the u. S. In the months ahead before things start to get better even before the vaccine getting implemented. For those who view this vaccine and today as the silver bullet, whats your message to them . The message is, a couple months ago i didnt know where in this entire pandemic we were, i didnt know if we were in the second or third inning. Now were getting closer to the end of this. There really is an end in sight. I dont think we could have realistically or convincingly said that just a couple months ago. Hang on for a couple more innings, get through this. Keep yourself and your loved ones safe. Because you see that end in sight. Double down on your efforts or do you say, look, ill take my chances now. You would hate to be in this position where youre so close to the end and yet people around you, yourself included, get sick, require hospitalization and maybe even sadly die. You know, ana, i dont know the answer to this anymore. I would have thought that with almost 300,000 people dying, that the message would be loud and clear, that you could do so much in terms of saving lives with such simple measures. Im remind over and over again that as amazing as the science is and it really is science cant rescue us from ourselves. It cant rescue us if we dont lean into the basic Public Health behaviors. I hope its a message that gets through. I think there are a lot of people doing a great job, but we need that mask adherence to go up. It can make a huge difference. As you point out. So many people wont wear a mask. A lot of americans are skeptical of vaccines. This is a vaccine that was developed in a matter of months. How do you persuade them, that this vaccine is safe . Well, you know, i think part of it is not just the what, but the how, really explaining how this vaccine was made. That the science around this started a long time ago. It wasnt just since this pandemic that the basic platform started 15, 16 years ago. But also that its gone through the same safety trials and efficacy trials that we see for other vaccines. I do think, you know, when i go back and look at in our reporting and look at previous pandemic like h1n1, what ultimately convinced people to trust a possible vaccine at that time. What they found, it was their own doctors, their own Healthcare Providers actually talking to them about it. I do think that one of the first groups that really has to totally believe in this is the Healthcare Providers themselves which most do. But then for them to actually act as ambassadors because that is who American People trust more than anyone else is their own Healthcare Providers. I also think we need to be seeing, you know, people who are essential workers, people who are the most vulnerable to this illness getting vaccinated and doing well. We should show those stories and i think it will be important as more and more of those stories are seen, the people who are hesitant right now at home feel for convinced to go ahead and do it. As we discuss this education component, i want you to hear what dr. Francis collins had to say today when he was asked about what it will take to overcome peoples hesitancy on this vaccine. For somebody like me to say you should be signing up for this vaccine, a white guy who works for the government, sure, that isnt necessarily going to be the voice that people need to hear if theyre skeptical. I think you addressed who those most effective voices may be. Is there ever going to be a point, do you think, where states should consider making vaccinations mandatory . You know, i dont think so. It may be a situation where people opt out have to opt out so its presumed that people will take the vaccine, like schools, for example. But i do think that the Educational Programs and the increasing sort of evidence behind this vaccine will help. Its interesting to hear dr. Collins say that. And i do think that in addition to people like him, having black Health Care Workers who have looked at the evidence or taken care of patients, have been on the front lines also getting the vaccine will help. I looked at the data. Why do i believe in this . I looked at the data. This isnt a reflexive yes, just give me the vaccine. A lot of people have. People who have been able to examine the data, also taking care of patients, if theyre rolling up their sleeves and other people see that, i think it will make a difference. I told you yesterday, ana, that i would recommend this for my own parents. Ultimately, would you do this to your own family . Its a question i often get. And the answer is yes. And that speaks to your confidence in this and so many people think of you as their trusted source, as we discussed yesterday. Im glad that you added that at the end. I was going to add it so people knew where you stood. Thank you. Theres a massive effort under way to get millions of doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine to hospitals around the country. Were going to talk to the person who is leading the effort at the ups to distribute the vaccine to hundreds of sites. Thats next. Tinsel. harold and real snow all the way from switzerland. betsy hmmhm. 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That Pfizer Vaccine which was manufactured about 45 minutes down the road from here, set out in those ups and fedex trucks to respective airports. They loaded it up onto that cargo plane and flew to memphis, their headquarters where theyre divvying up those vaccines to send out to the rest of the country. Ups is handling the eastern side of the country, and fedex and handling the western side of the country. Its about the chain of control. Theyre using technology to make sure that they have not just every minute an update, but every two seconds fedex says its receiving transmissions about the location of these vaccine packages. Its also receiving realtime information on the temperatures. This has got to be negative 100 degrees farenheit. All of that dry ice packed around those vaccines making this of course precious cargo in more ways than one. We talked to people who were very emotional, airport workers, a couple that showed up because they wanted to see this happen. They called it history. Now, both of these companies are going to be using air and Ground Transport to get the vaccines out to all 50 states for the next day or two, and were expecting another shipment to go out, a larger shipment, even, ana, on monday. Thank you. And you just heard diane say fedex will handle Vaccine Distribution in the western part of the country. Ups will focus on the eastern areas. With us now is the president of ups health care, wes wheeler. Welcome to the show. Thanks for taking the time. This is happening. The trucks are moving. The planes are flying. This is an enormous operation under way tonight. How has it been going so far today . Its going great. Actually, i think all of our flights now are wheels up out of louisville, kentucky. Thats our world port facility here in louisville. Thats where i am. Im in the Operation Center for the flight operations. Our command center is not more than a few hundred yards from here where we have full time people watching every single shipment. Were tracking every package minute by minute. We have our own technology watching each package on our own. Every time that package arrives at one of our sites in the country, we can see it within ten feet. Have there been any hiccups . None at all. In fact, we have a couple of very important shipments going outside of the continental u. S. That left today also and theyre on their way out to some of the islands. I want to show you and our viewers, the first ups flight carrying the vaccine to arrive in louisville, kentucky, today. And people in u. S. Cities are celebrating, saying the vaccine is here people have been emotional watching your planes take off. We caught up with folks in michigan who drove down to the airport just to be part of this moment. Listen. Oh, my gosh this is like man on the moon time. Where were you when. Were excited. We jumped in the car and said were going to get down there right now. Its call coming from west michigan this is like man on the moon time, she said. What does this day feel like to you . Youre part of making this historic moment possible. Thank you, its the thousands of upsers behind me. We have daily calls with operation warp speed. I was on a call with general pernas team. Were working as a team, all of us. And we really feel like this is a big, big day for the country, a big day for the world. Were shipping now outside of the u. S. Also into canada and other countries. So were very, very proud to be part of this. Were actually honored to be part of this and its a big emotional day for us. But were still working, were still on the job. Im glad to hear that there havent been any hiccups. But what are the Biggest Challenges that youre finding . The challenges are to make sure that the temperature is being maintained. We testify today a congressional subcommittee this week about this. The minus 100 degree requirement with dry ice, making sure that the temperature is maintained, make sure that the dry ice that follows the shipment after the vaccine arrives is something thats important also. Making sure we coordinate the kits that are going out ahead of the vaccine. So the Administration Sites have everything they need to do the dosing as soon as tomorrow morning. Theyre all arriving tomorrow morning. I know youve invested in special technology to make sure that the vaccines can stay at that extremely cold temperature and account for other sensitivities. Can you walk us through what happens from the moment that the vaccine shipments arrive to putting them on planes and trucks to go to the delivery sites to the handoff, when they arrive at their destination. We had a special aircraft positioned near kalamazoo. You saw the trucks earlier. They flew down here. We had our number one pilot in our whole fleet, captain houston mills, came in at 12 00 noon and we off loaded into our sort facility. It went into the facility here. This is our largest air hub in the world and its been dispatched into all of the outbound flights. The flights have all taken off as of now. And all ground operations have left this facility as now. And by 8 00 tomorrow morning, well start to off load and well see shipments of vaccines starting to arrive as soon as 8 10, 8 15 in the morning. Thank you for being with us. Best of luck as this journey continues. Were following more breaking news. Russian government hackers have targeted u. S. Government agencies. What could they be after and what could this reported escalation mean. Details now. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Tonight. Ill be eating a falafel wrap with sweet potato fries. doorbell rings thanks splitsies . Oooh. You meant the food, didnt you . Its velveeta versus the other guys. 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The Washington Post is reporting that Russian Hackers targeted government agencies. Samantha vinograd is a Cnn National Security analyst and a former Senior Adviser to the National Security advisor under president obama. Sam, what are your own sources telling you about this attack . What weve learned so far is that the alleged perpetrator of this attack is a familiar face to anyone thats been following the cyberspace over the last few years. The cozy bear group has deep ties to russian intelligence and has been implicated in similar attacks in the past to a certain extent. This feels like groundhog day. We talked about cozy bear attacking u. S. Government agencies during the obama administration. They attacked state department, white house and joint chiefs of staff. This summer we learned that the cozy bear group was implicated in hacking covid19 related r d. They were alleged to have attacked a leading Cybersecurity Firm a few weeks ago and they have breached critical u. S. Government systems. Of course, were just 38 days from the inauguration, the transition of power to reflect joe biden. Does this make our country more vulnerable to an attack . Well, it certainly sends a message to the world that russian intelligence is still able to attack critical u. S. Government infrastructure. Right now federal authorities are trying to defend their systems to patch up any Security System vulnerabilities and also to identify the scale and scope of the attack. We dont know when it started, if and when it stopped. The full scope of the attack, whether other u. S. Government entity were implicated and what russian intelligence was trying to get from this operation, whether they got information, intelligence about u. S. Activities or whether they were able to disrupt operations. At a minimum, this is a pr win for putin. The narrative that russia is omnipitant got some steam tonight. 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More than 4,000 hospitalizations, including 101 people in the hospital here at ucla for covid19. Theyre awaiting the arrival of the Pfizer Vaccines. They say the next day or two, they begin to put shots into nurses, doctors arms here. This will be on wednesday. Top priority, er workers as well as those in the icu. The workers here, the Health Workers who have close contact with covid19 patients. And one person who is not going to get the vaccine here is dr. Cherry. Hes the chief medical officer. Thats because he is part of the astrazeneca trial. He had his second shot just the other day and he talked about why this means so much to him. I thought it was really important for me to contribute to the effort in a different way. And i was happy to have actually been eligible for the trial. I did receive two doses of some sort of injection. I dont know if im in the Placebo Group or the vaccine group. But i think its really important that if individuals like myself can participate in a Clinical Trial like this, hopefully it will make people less hesitant about taking a vaccine for themselves as well. Reporter dr. Cherry added that here in southern california, there had been rumors going around that the vaccines were not working, that they were problematic and he really wanted to dispel this notion in the black, latino and other communities. Expect some shots to go into arms here at ucla starting on wednesday. Back to you, ana. Thank you. We have more on the vaccine rollout. But were following develops from washington, where a group of lawmakers are deciding to split up their proposals for muchneeded covid relief. Congresswoman ilhan omar joins us live next to discuss. Wow, i wish i could get a deal on a smartphone, but im not a new customer. Well, actually now, new and existing customers can get our best smartphone deal. Its historic. That is historic. Which means. 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Is this a breakthrough and what can you tell us about it . Great to be here with you, ana. There is, as you know, clear desperation that is being felt by so Many Americans across the country as they are looking at eviction moratoriums being lifted at the end of the month. Many people are worried about putting food on the table. So many people have been without a solid paycheck for far too long. As weve put together a continuing resolution to avoid Government Shutdown of one week, last week, we now are trying to think about what it means for us to come up with proposals to make sure that americans who are suffering get the relief that they need. And many of my colleagues, you know, are working diligently to try to make sure that there is a direct payment for people, that there is an employment expansion and were going to continue to fight Mitch Mcconnell as he tries to protect corporations from accountability as he tries to get them a liability shield. Heres what weve learned, at least at this hour, about this idea to split it into two different bills. One bill would be a 748 billion proposal. This would include money for Small Business loans, jobless benefits, as well as Vaccine Distribution funds, among other matters. This other bill would deal with some of these thorny issues where theres not been any really wiggle room from the different sides, from the two parties. This package would include the 160 billion for state and local that i know is so important to you and other democrats and this other bill would also deal with the Liability Protections that have been a Sticking Point for democrats that republicans are pushing. Can you agree to do this in two different bills . Were willing to agree to a lot of things because we understand that there is, again, like i said, a clear desperation that is being felt by so Many Americans. You know, we, as congress, have not passed a budget in 20 years and weve continued to do a continuing resolution to make sure that government is functioning on behalf of the American People. And these deals that were coming up and negotiating every single day is in that same spirit of trying to deliver needed support for so many people who are struggling in whatever mechanism that comes in. So you would agree to putting aside the state and local, but does either package include the direct paychecks to american which i know is important for you. If not, would you vote against it . It is the fine details that matter, right . Trying to make sure that people can directly get the assistance that they need. I have sent a letter to leadership that was cosigned by 60 of my colleagues saying that we will not support a package that did not provide direct relief to people. We know that so many businesses were able to get relief. We know that a lot of people have had the ability to get their unemployment extended and so many people appreciated the direct payment that they got with the c. A. R. E. S. Act. And now, thats what they need. And were not willing, at least im not, in supporting any sort of legislation that is not giving that direct relief to people so that they are able to feed their children and make sure that they continue to be housed. These republicans agreed to extend these additional unemployment payments per week. Is that doable if it doesnt include a direct deposit type payment, 1,200 check or something . Its unfortunate that whenever it is down to, you know, lastminute negotiations, the people that are being compromised at that negotiating table are the ones that are hardest hit. Americans need that direct cash payment to make sure that theyre able to feed their children and as someone who knows what it ive lived paycheck to paycheck, i know that as a mother of four children, i would be worried as heck right now if people were negotiating my livelihood out of muchneeded stimulus package. I think theres an urgency, though, for americans. Weve talked to so many families who are barely getting by, who are having to choose between keeping the lights on and paying for christmas presents for their children or a man who says he doesnt have rent available to pay for the next month. Hell be homeless. Something has got to be better than nothing. I want to ask you about a few other questions, if you will. We also learned that the white house and staffers at the white house will be among the First Americans to receive the Covid Vaccine. What do you think of that . Again, when we think about what gets to be prioritized is far away from what needs to be prioritized. Our frontline workers who have made the sacrifice to continue to make the country run should be the priority, people who have been disproportionately impacted should be the priority. The white house and their staff being prioritized in a time where so many people are being devastated by the coronavirus really is unfortunate, disappointing, and disturbing. Lets talk about the incoming biden administration. President elect biden has vowed to have the most diverse cabinet in history. In your mind, is he delivering . As president elect biden says, keep the faith. We continue to keep the faith. I have been pleasantly surprised at the base of his transition team, that they are engaging with folks in developing a plan to curb the spread of the virus, to come up with an economy that can truly work for all americans. Their 100day plan really is one that is exciting to us and we are currently circulating a petition asking them to be bolder as they begin to think about what they will produce on behalf of the American People for those first 100 days. Senator Bernie Sanders has said he doesnt think the Progressive Movement has a big enough seat at the table with the biden team. Do you agree with him . I do. And this is, you know, what we have been saying and asking for. We worked diligently in trying to make sure that the people understood that it was important for us to get rid of trump. But to have someone who was going to be partner with us in governing for progress in our country and we continue to be hopeful in having that partnership as we govern on behalf of our country. Are you unhappy with his picks . They have been diligent in putting together a really well thought out transition team. We continue to see what comes out of the next couple of weeks as they solidify that list. 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Somebody shot my baby. When they say wrong place, wrong time. What does it mean to you to have these parents here who are trying to support you . We have to support each other. People dont understand until it happens to them. Nobody is exempt from it. Joining us now is the host of this is life, lisa ling. We have had conversations about gun violence so many times. Its hard to know where to begin. Yet, another one. Maybe you could start by telling us about the people you met, these members of the club no one wants to join. Yeah. Thanks for having me on. I think we all can recognize that gun violence, its so pervasive in this country. Its a uniquely american phenomenon. Whether its in inner cities or Mass Shootings. Sadly, the number of survivors and family members of gun violence is growing as well. Over the years, many of them are starting to find each other and reach out to each other to offer support and comfort one another. In fact, we profile a couple in our show who lost their daughter to the mass shooting in colorado in 2012 and then sandy hook happened shortly thereafter, and they quit their jobs, they sold their home and they set out to go to Mass Shootings to go and comfort people who had gone through it and also give them a sense of what they were in store for. As you know, this issue is so contentious that there are people who are fiercely gun advocates who will start to spew conspiracy theories, even threaten some of these victims and family members who are just dealing with such grief themselves. What does that do . How important is it for these survivors to have one another to lean on to help get through the unthinkable . Well, i think its important for people to have support when they undergo any kind of trauma or experience any kind of trauma. In the case of family members and survivors of gun violence, you saw that clip of those mothers. Every single one of them had lost a child to gun violence. Because rarely are able to get justice in the inner cities the women you saw, the killers of their children have never been found. Some were killed years ago. Theyre not only supporting each other, they are standing up for each other and going out and trying to find justice themselves. I was thinking about sandy p of this show. We talked to each other. They are incredible. You say, this is a uniquely american club. A uniquely american situation. I will ask the same question we ask every time Something Like this happens. What did you learn about why this keeps happening here . Look, you know, this piece tonight isnt entirely antigun. There are people in this episode who arent even against guns. I think that we can all acknowledge that its just too easy to get firearms in this country. Its too easy for people who want to do harm to get firearms. There are people in this episode, like sandy and loni, for example, who are pushing really hard for more federal uniformity when it comes to background checks and waiting periods. They would like to see the same laws as driving and purchasing vehicles. Ling, as always, thanks so much. It airs tonight at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, only on cnn. That does it for me tonight. Thank you so much for spending part of your weekend with me. Up next, we have a real treat for you. Its the 14th annual cnn heroes, an all star tribute. It starts right now. Hey, everyone. Its jim. I love cnn heroes. I even got this cnn hero mask. Its just a bib. Im giving that to anderson later on. Anyway, i have missed you. I have. Its been a long well, i had no idea it was going to be this long. Did you . I didnt. I used to say, i want to spend more time with my family. Not this much time. Anyway, t n