We think literally within about the next 24 to 48 hours americans should start receiving shots in arms. Lawmakers are on the move, too, heading back to washington with covid relief now in the hands of the senate. Democrats left with no room for error, the part of the bill they are now abandoning. Thats all part of whats ahead on this hour, Monday Morning here in washington, im Hallie Jackson with nbcs Ellison Barber in kentucky along with former fda commissioner dr. Margaret hanberg. Ellison, talk about whats happening behind you where you are, what we can expect next as these first j j doses get ready to get loaded up on the trucks that are behind you. Reporter so its quiet right now because we havent seen any trucks leave just yet, but inside there has been a flurry of activity all morning. We heard and watched video as workers cheered the first boxes of the Johnson Johnson vaccine making their way to the loading dock. You see this truck right here, this u. P. S. Truck, number 115, t
Starting to level off. Some say that the viruses running a seasonal course but whatever the case, building out the progress states like north dakota, iowa and ventana are dropping their mass mandates. Rather than applauding the progress, the Biden Administration is sounding the Alarm Arguing t the pandemic is far from over pointing to new variants like the South African One that just popped up for the first time tonight in massachusetts. We are nowhere out of the woods. As you know, to relax the mitigation strategies with increasingly transmissible variants, we could be in a much more difficult spot. What i would say is now is the time to not let up our guard. Now is the time to double down. Shannon the president might warning we might not be able to return to normal until maybe christmas. Progressives are pushing hard for nearly a 2 trillion package that covid relief bill, one Nonpartisan Group says more than a trillion dollars from prior stimulus packages still hasnt been spent. The
They just interrupt transmission are working at least for now. Will this complicate the huge covid19 relief effort being pushed by President Biden . About that 12 , at least one vaccine dose, new cases starting to level off, some say it is running a seasonal course but whatever the case building up the apparent progress, states like north dakota, iowa and montana are dropping their mask mandates, rather than applauding the progress the Biden Administration is selling the alarm arguing the pandemic is far from over pointing to new variants like the South African One that just cropped up for the first time tonight in massachusetts. And we are nowhere Out Of The Woods and is you know, the judges relating Mitigation Strategies with transmissible variance which we could be in a more difficult spot. What i would say is now is the time to not let off our god, now is the time to double down. The President Warning we might not be able to return to normal until maybe christmas which progressives
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To us about it. Thank you for being with us to kind of give shape to this story, and well be watching it. All right . Thank you for having me. Taking the opportunity was your choice, and thank you. Thank you for watching. The big show, cnn tonight, with d lemon, starts right now. D, i have never seen anything like that before. Well, this is this is the laymans part of it because i just sort of look at, okay, this is what the 401 k is doing and the investment people are doing. But, this is the laymans part of it and i think most which is relatable to our audience. So the establishment has these are the rules we have created and its been this way for a long time. Then, all of a sudden, the little guy, the regular guy, says hey, times have changed. We found there is a loophole or what have you. You cannot get mad at us. So i think it is a reflection of what is happening in our larger culture, and the larger society, right now. As it comes to womens rights, and me too, and and issues of ra