Tonight, several developing headlines as we come on the air. The numbers just in. 165,000 new cases of coronavirus in just 24 hours. And tonight, the news, cases are now on the rise in all 50 states. By one estimate, 74 americans diagnosed every minute. Tonight, the refrigerated trucks we have not seen since the spring. The hospitals in the Heartland Running out of beds. And news on that Pfizer Vaccine tonight. When could it be widely available and what dr. Fauci just said about when americans will likely get this. And how theyll have to transport it. I needs to be kept at 94 degrees below zero. Also tonight, the other breaking headline. 24 hours after President Trump fired his Defense Secretary in a tweet, tonight, three more top pentagon officials out. Martha raddatz standing by. Tonight, the President Elect joe biden is asked what would he say to the American People on what is now playing out. A president who will not concede. Bidens response and mary bruce is live. The Supreme Cour
94 degrees below zero as it s shipped out across this country. and when will americans likely get a vaccine? what dr. fauci said just before we came on the air. we begin here tonight with our chief national correspondent matt gutman. reporter: tonight, the country with those grim firsts, 165,000 daily covid cases and rising cases in all 50 states. and now the nation of the verge of more covid patients hospitalized than ever before. there are 154 bodies in there. and out here. and perhaps nowhere is the toll more apparent than el paso, texas. county judge ricardo samaniego leading us into his hometown s heartbreak. you think you have two friends who died that might be in one of these trucks? one for sure, i think, but i have no clue. reporter: the state shipping in ten trucks. and yet another mobile morgue truck pulling in. there are more of them on the way here. covid cases soaring here. every hospital in the area using those blue surge tents. because our testing is so
tonight, the president-elect joe biden is asked what would he say to the american people on what is now playing out. a president who will not concede. biden s response and mary bruce is live. the supreme court hearing arguments today. the fate of the affordable care act in the middle of the pandemic. coverage for millions of americans with pre-existing conditions and the key words from two conservative justices. terry moran at the court. your thanksgiving plans in the middle of this pandemic. the guidance from the cdc on travel and if you re having guests over for the holiday. and tonight, the vatican s explosive new report about disgraced former cardinal theodore mccarrick. what the report reveals about pope john paul ii and what the vatican says he knew. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we have several developing stories just before we come on the air tonight.
mandate at the heart of the aca requiring that all americans have health insurance should be struck down as unconstitutional and the whole law thrown out with it. but even some conservative justices weren t buying it, saying they could strike down just the mandate, leaving the rest of the law in place. justice brett kavanaugh it does seem fairly clear that the proper remedy would be to sever the mandate provision and leave the rest of the act in place, the provisions regarding pre-existing conditions and the rest. reporter: chief justice john roberts agreed, noting sharply that republicans in congress had the chance to repeal the whole act but didn t. i think, frankly, that they wanted the court to do that, but that s not our job. reporter: president-elect joe biden blasting the trump administration as cruel for putting health care for 21 million americans on the line as the coronavirus crests in a third deadly wave across the country. the consequence of the trump
of a vaccine that needs to be stored at minus 94 degrees. from these big freezers at pfizer into small containers packed with dry ice shipped around the country by fedex and u.p.s. we not only have the tracking location, but also we track the temperature, which is a way of ensuring that the vaccine that is actually finally given to the person being vaccinated is still good. yeah, a huge process ahead. let s get right to matt gutman, he s live in el paso tonight. and matt, just before we came on here, dr. anthony fauci was asked when he thinks most americans could actually get this vaccine. reporter: david, dr. fauci said that most americans will likely be able to get the vaccine probably by late april, but he admits that s a guesstimate. also worth donoting that the fd has approved an antibody treatment, it is designed for people 65 or older with underlying health conditions and who have mild or moderate symptoms.