This second potential vaccine. The key findings coming in tonight. And how effective is it at stopping asymptomatic spread of the virus . 6 million doses on standby. Could we have those two vaccines approved and under way by christmas . The major snowstorm targeting the snoonortheast tomorrow. Were tracking the noreaster. Nor city could see up to a foot of snow. Significant snow and rain from philadelphia right up through new england. Ginger zee with the latest track and timing tonight. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell congratulating president elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris on the senate floor. What mcconnell said about history made. The president elect joe biden in georgia today. The control of the senate to be determined by those two senate races. And tonight here, Robin Roberts, oneonone with Vice President elect Kamala Harris. Newly released video moments after the deadly shooting of amaud arbery. Two men, a father and son, chasing him through a neighborhood. And what they told police at the scene. Theres news tonight about that College Basketball star who collapsed on the court. He had recovered from covid and what weve now learned. The big change for new years eve here in new york city. And our made in America Christmas. We asked for your one thing and you came through. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on this tuesday night. We do have a lot to get to. With the Pfizer Vaccine now reaches hundreds of new locations today and vaccinations under way now for a second day, we are getting news tonight about a potential second vaccine, moderna. Tonight, what the fda is now reporting. These are encouraging results and well take you through them. Could we have emergency approval for a second vaccine by the end of the week . And two vaccines under way by christmas . The news comes as we witness the emergency unfolding in icus across this country tonight. A record new for hospitalizations, more than 110,000 americans in the hospital right now battling this virus. Deaths now soaring above 300,000. Were losing an average of 2,400 americans every day now to this virus. 50 americans lost every 30 minutes or so. Hospital icus, of course, are the epicenter of this battle. Thousands of the nations hospitals running critically low on beds. Tonight, california, for one, activating whats being called a Mass Fatality Program. A morgue truck behind this hospital in whittier. They have put 60 more of these trucks on standby. And some icu nurses have now been told they are in, quote, disaster mode. We will carefully guide you through this new report tonight from the fda on the second potential vaccine and of course the emergency theyre now seeing in hospitals across this country. We begin here with abcs chief National Correspondent matt gutman leading us off. Reporter tonight, that ominous sign, 60 morgue trucks ordered on standby in california. The state activating its Mass Fatality Program. 5,000 body bags ordered. In the last 24 hours, at least 142 deaths. Were going through perhaps the most intense and urgent moment since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter hospitals across the state now being overrun. L. A. County, a population of 10 million, now has fewer than 100 icu beds available. The number of americans in the hospital right now fighting covid surpassing 110,000, a record for nine straight days. At providence st. Joseph Medical Center in burbank, covid nurses huddling before a shift. I want you guys to all shift your mindsets to disaster mode. Reporter a call being repeated across the country, with nearly onethird of all hospitals saying their icus are 80 full. Icu nurse joselyn shmaeff has volunteered to work the covid unit every shift the past nine months. I can tell you the last three days here on this unit has been rough. Weve emergently intubated two or three patients up here. Weve im talking about, you know, comfort measures. Reporter yet in nearby newport beach, theyre protesting lockdowns, this despite a surge from thanksgiving, a record 231,000 cases a day across the country. In new york, the mayor saying a full shutdown may come after christmas. I dont say this with anything but sorrow, but i do think it is needed. Reporter tonight, deaths are spiraling. The u. S. Averaging more than 2,400 per day. The sevenday average increasing by nearly 70 . The heim family is welcoming their father john back from the hospital, but its a moment tinged with tragedy. Joyce, his wife of 58 years, also had covid and she died. I dont want anybody else to go through what weve gone through. Its awful. Reporter john now admits he didnt take the virus as seriously as he should have. I think that there have been a point where i didnt think it was as serious as it is. Obviously, i have a different opinion now. Weve heard that from so many patients. Were glad hes Getting Better tonight. Lets get to matt, live in burbank, california. As part of that Mass Fatality Program announced today, the governor in california is asking for he. Tonight from the department of defense . Reporter hes asking for 200 medical personnel from the department of defense, david. That, as that Mass Fatality Program that we talked about, this is the first time its being activated statewide. It was designed with plane crashes or earthquakes or terrorist attacks in mind, not a virus. And as for what its like in those hospitals, one ceo telling me today, 80 of the patients in that hospital are covid positive. That is unheard of. He said its like drinking from a fire hose. David . All right, matt gutman leading us off, thank you. As i mentioned at the top tonight, the second full day of vaccinations under way tonight. And this evening, the new report now from the fda on a second potential vaccine. What they found and could we see emergency approval now by weeks end . The fda will hold a public hearing on thursday. And take a look at this graph tonight. It shows how effective the vaccine is. Shows the cases of infection among participants in the trial. The blue line, that rising number of cases, those are among people that got the placebo. The red line, the very low number of cases among those who got the vaccine. Nearly flat. Abcs Stephanie Ramos on what weve learned about this second vaccine. Reporter just a day after those historic first shots, supplies arriving at another 425 locations and vaccinations ramping up. It comes amid major news that a second vaccine my moderna could be author sized this week. The government ready to ship out millions of doses once it gets a green light. We know that were going to ship just a little bit short of 6 million doses out to the American People and were shipping it to 3,285 locations. Reporter early fda analysis showing modernas vaccine is nearly 95 effective and appearing to prevent severe disease. Preliminary evidence also suggests the vaccine reduced asymptomatic infection by twothirds after the first shot. Temporary side effects include fever, headache and fatigue. Neil browning was one of the first to get two doses of the Moderna Vaccine in a trial back in march. Ive been enrolled now for almost nine months. Ive had no symptoms other than the sore arm after each morning. Reporter for now, the Pfizer Vaccine rollout in full swing. Hackensack hospital in new jersey has treated more people with covid than any other hospital in the state and the patients keep coming. They look at you and you cant hug anybody, you look them dead in the eye and my eyes always red, because its stressful, so, were all tired. Reporter nurse Patricia Gardner on the front lines for nearly a year. Now hopeful, getting the vaccine. In the next wave, first responders, teachers and food workers, followed by people over the age of 65 and those with preexisting conditions. We met dr. Matt bai during new yorks darkest days back in april. This is our e. D. You can see all the rooms are filled. Reporter he had to leave his wife and 17monthold daughter to work on the front lines. Its going to be several weeks probably before i see them in person again. Reporter today, dr. Bai getting vaccinated, too. And addition to the news tonight on this potential second vaccine, steph, that could get approval in just days tonight, the fda authorizing a new athome covid test . Reporter exactly, david. This is the first athome test, its a nasal swab, that doesnt require a prescription and can give results within 15 minutes without having to send a sample to a lab. Children as young as 2 years old will be able to take this test. David . All right, Stephanie Ramos with us tonight, as well. Thank you, steph. A major storm could slow this down. We are tracking that major noreaster tonight, potentially the biggest snowstorm in years for parts of the northeast. Major winter storm will be bringing blinding snow in nebraska. This tractor trailer, the accidents mounting. And tonight, alerts from georgia now up through new york and new england. Lets get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee with the newest track tonight. Hi, ginger. Reporter david, shipments of the vaccine will not be able to avoid and will likely to have reroute or slow down because there are 16 states on alert tonight with this storm. The Winter Weather advisories from georgia up to the winter storm watches in maine. The pink, the winter storm warning, the Higher Elevations of west virginia,ing new jers n new york, connecticut and massachusetts. Washington, d. C. May start as snow, then youre going to mix and two to rain. Thats going to cut your totals to near nothing. Philadelphia, heavy snow as of dinner time, but that rain snow line gets so close, that could cut you down, too. New york city to the north is where we end up with the heaviest snow, especially in northeastern pennsylvania, over to central massachusetts, into connecticut. And no matter where you are and how much snow youre getting, youre going to see wind gusts 30 to 50 miles per hour. It looks like even places around where im standing going to be very hairy by tomorrow night. David . A wednesday through thursday event and ginger, thank you so much. Were going to turn now to another major headline tonight. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell congratulating president elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris on the senate floor. Tonight, what mcconnell said about history made. And then president elect joe biden campaigning in georgia today, where the control of the senate will be determined by those two senate races. Early voting under way. Heres mary bruce. Reporter 42 days after the election, republican leader Mitch Mcconnell today finally acknowledged reality. The Electoral College has spoken. Today, i want to congratulate president elect, joe biden. I also want to congratulate the vicepresident elect, our colleague from california, senator harris. Beyond our differences, americans can take pride that our nation has a female Vice President elect for the very first time. Reporter if that wasnt clear enough, he sent this message to his republican colleagues. The decision by the Electoral College yesterday was determine thattive. Reporter the president elect later revealing he and mcconnell spoke for the First Time Since the election. I had a good conversation with Mitch Mcconnell today. I called him to thank him for the congratulations. Reporter today, biden touching down in georgia. You voted as if your life depended on it. Well, guess what . Now youre going to have to do it again. Reporter biden urging georgia democrats to turn out for candidates jon ossoff and raphael warnock. Send men these two men and we will control the senate and well change the lives of people in georgia. Reporter biden is also plowing ahead with his transition. Today, picking onetime rival, former south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg and transportation secretary. A key role that would help rebuild the nations inf infrastructure. So, lets get to mary on the other news tonight. Theres movement this evening on capitol hill and negotiations over a covid relief bill . Reporter well, david, for the first time in months, right now, democratic and Republican Leaders are meeting in speaker pelosis office to try to finally hammer out a deal. Mitch mcconnell today said they will not be going home for the holiday until they can get this done. So, the pressure is on. Now, right now, both sides still remain at odds over the main sticking points, but they do say that they are making progress. David . All right, mary, thank you. And now to that first look tonight, that oneonone interview with Vice President elect Kamala Harris, just a short time ago, Robin Roberts sitting down with the Vice President elect, asking her about that message today from senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, what he acknowledged, who won this president ial race. And the history made. I think people are going to be very encouraged to hear what you said, that Mitch Mcconnell and joe biden have spoken. He has acknowledged that hes the president elect. Yeah. How important do you think that is . I think its critically important. I applaud Mitch Mcconnell for talking to joe biden today. You know, it would have been better if it were earlier, but it happened. And thats whats most important. And so, lets move forward. Lets move forward and where we can find common purpose and common ground, lets do that. Let that be our priority. That interview just a short time ago. Robins full interview with the Vice President elect Kamala Harris tomorrow morning right here on good morning america. In the meantime, we turn next tonight to newly released Police Body Cam video shows the moments just after the deadly of ahmaud arbery. Two member chasing him through that georgia neighborhood. And what they told police at the scene. Heres our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas now. Reporter tonight, newly released body camera footage revealing more insight into the death of ahmaud arbery. One of the suspects charged in arberys murder, greg mcmichael, speaking to authorities moments after his son travis fatality shot the unarmed 25yearold. Arberys body still in the street. They start wrestling and travis shoots him right in the damn chest. Republican William Roddie bryan, who captured cell phone video of greg and Travis Mcmichael chasing arbery, appearing to tell police about his alleged involvement in the incident. Are you a passerby or coming through . No, not necessarily. Reporter attorneys for bryan have insisted he was simply a witness with no direct involvement in tragic death. But in body camera video, bryan telling police he tried to block arbery with his vehicle. I mean if the guy would have stopped, you know, i mean, find out what was going on, this would have never happened, you know. Should we have been chasing him . I dont know. Reporter david, they have pleaded not guilty to the nine charges against them. They remain in jail pending trial. David . Pierre, thank you. When we come back here, the big change for new years eve here in new york city. In a moment. [phone rings] sore throat pain . Try new Vicks Vapocool drops in honey lemon chill for a fastacting rush of relief like youve never tasted in. Honey lemon ahh woo Vicks Vapocool drops now in honey lemon chill man 1 vo proof of less joint pain woman 1 oc this is my body of proof. And clearer skin. Man 2 vo proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis. Woman 2 vo . 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F. General were the first to receive the vaccine today with the Critical Care unit boss Antonio Gomez at the front of the line. The hospital will start vaccinating 100 people a day. Doctors want to emphasize they believe this vaccine is safe. I trust the fdas evaluation process. I trust the experts that we have here at this hospital that seen the data and looked at it and we all, you know, believe this is say safe vaccine. I wouldnt haved ed administere on myself if i didnt think it was safe. Health Officials Say it wont be available for the general public for months. Those receiving the vaccine need to keep Wearing Masks because experts are not sure if the vaccine will keep people from transmitting the virus. To abc news 7 News Reporter luz pena where the first vaccinations are about to get underway in contra costa county. Luz . Reporter kristen, a very historic day as you can see, those are the medical professionals right behind us about to get vaccinated. We have about ten medical professionals that will get vaccinated in the next hour. You see right here is the medical director of this hospital will be the first one to get vaccinated here in contra costa county. We know this county received 9,750 covid19 vaccines and right now were about to see the first one, the first person get vaccinated. I want you to stay with me to see the first person
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