Another vaccine now has emergency use authorization from the u. S. Food and drug administration. Its the second one in a week to get the green light. The decision came as the u. S. Saw a Record Number of new of course cases on friday, just shy of 250,000 people. Adding to the toll 13 record Straight Days of hospitalizations. We get the latest from cnns randi kaye. Reporter the United States seeing its darkest days since the pandemic began. More help is likely on the way. The cdc is expected to discuss distribution plans for modernas vaccine over the weekend. We likely will see shots in the arms by early next week, monday or tuesday. Reporter those thoughts in the arms kfr come soon enough, death reported 2,370. And the iuae is projecting 560,000 deaths by february. All eyes are on california in a gruesome predicament. L. A. Countys Health Department say on average two people an hour are dying. The director of the l. A. County Health Department says their hospitals are under siege. The
Congress is voting to avoid a government shut down that will take place an hour from now. They are passing a stop gap bill, a two day extension to keep federal agencies operating through sunday night, why just through sunday night, you ask . Well, here is where it gets confusing. Congressional leaders are trying to tie together a 900 billion pandemic relief deal with a massive 1. 4 trillion package to keep the government funded through next year. And so far, both sides, republicans and democrats have failed to come to an agreement on the covid relief deal that millions of americans are waiting for. And counting on. So, lawmakers are going to have to stay in washington over the week. Trying to hammer on out a final covid stimulus agreement that they have said for days they are on the cusp of reaching. Also, breaking tonight, the fda issuing an emergency use authorization for a second Coronavirus Vaccine. This one with, made by moderna, all that is needed now before modernas vaccine can
With bidens transition team. Christopher miller claiming both sides agree to a, quote, who will bay pause. Bidens team very clear that they never agreed to any such thing and they desperately want the crucial meetings to continue, especially given that this country is reeling from a massive attack, an attack suspected to be from putins russia. An attack that rivals one of the worst attacks ever carried out on american soil. I dont think we can overstate how dangerous this is for our country right now. Breathtaking is a word that certainly comes to mind for me and thats why i referred to this earlier today as our modern day cyber pearl harbor. Pearl harbor. That is a serious charge from the United States congressman. Now, the white house says that our commander in chief, President Trump, is up to speed on the attack. I will say, you know, hes up to speed and his team is working very hard on it. If he wants to speak directly as opposed to, you know, through his team of course thats the p
Had carried out another Nuclear Weapons test in violation of the united nations, and this one significantly stronger than their two previous tests. And its in this alarming context that republicans are seeking at this very moment to stymie the president s nominee for secretary of defense. The Senate Armed Services committee has been considering the nomination of chuck hagel for more than an hour, and all against a backdrop of republican opposition. With respect to chuck hagel and brennan, defense and cia just in the last week, their performance in front of the committees that have to confirm them has been pretty poor. I dont think we should allow brennan to go forward for the cia directorship, hagel to be confirmed to secretary of defense until the white house gives us an accounting. And so as the president prepares to address the nation focusing on flash points overseas and major challenges at home from gun violence to unemployment and immigration, attention also falls upon whether th
At least 21 officers returned fire. Nearly 400 rounds riddle the suv. Multiple shots fired we need a bearcat. We need medical aid. Right now we have one down outside the car. One down inside the car. Reporter Rizwan Farook gets out, but he doesnt get far, his body lying in a pool of blood just across the street. Malik, her 6monthold daughter at home with grandma, dies in the vehicle. As darkness falls, a robot enters the shooters home. Found inside thousands of rounds of ammunition, 12 pipe bomb, and what investigators call a bomb lab. With hundreds of tools that could be used to make explosives. And the question remains tonight with all of those bombaking materials, the pipe bombs, the tools found in the couples home, did they have bigger plans . Were there other targets . That we may never know. But the fbi digging through their garage, their home today to try to find any clues they can as to what could have possibly been the motivation behind this mass murder. Poppy harlow, cnn, San