And well be watching the last word like we do every night at 10 00 p. M. Eastern right here on msnbc. That does it for us this morning. Stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. Hi there. Im stephanie ruhle. Live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city, it is monday, december 21st. Lets get smarter. Today, congress will finally do something it should have done months ago. Vote on a relief bill to provide badly needed help to millions of struggling americans. It includes things like a 600 direct cash payment, extra Unemployment Insurance and help for Small Businesses. The big question, why did it take so long . Also this morning, the first shipments of Modernas Covid vaccines are on their way. Millions of doses headed to Distribution Sites at this very moment. More than half a Million Health care workers have already taken the vaccine with many more getting them this morning. Nursing homes and longterm care facilities is also set to kick off today. Weve known for a while thos
Be included. A 600 stimulus check for most americans and 300 per week of enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits among other relief measures. But to make matters even perilous for the incoming administration, they will he also be inheriting a government that has just been breached by a massive russian hack. Meanwhile President Trump is casting doubt on russias role in the attack, even though u. S. Officials, lawmakers, experts and even the secretary of state and the attorney general have all said russia is culprit. And the president is using the hack to instill further doubt about the legitimacy of bidens victory. For the latest, imjoinm joined Garrett Haake and Josh Lederman. Garrett, when will we see the actual text of the covid relief bill . Weve been told that the text of the bill was imminent since about 10 00 this morning. There are reports that it is being held up by printer problem, digital unloading problems, it is giving me nightmares of term papers finished too late. But this
Seeing a rise without a mask himself and most folks in the crowd not Wearing Masks either. Remember, just days ago, he said the virus is dying out. Right. Its not dying out, clearly. And in texas, governor greg abott, a key ally of the president is urging people to stay home. The northern part of the state is seeing more young people fill hospital beds who seem less sick, but are still contracting this. Lets begin in texas and our correspondent Lucy Cavanaugh is live in dallas. Good morning, lucy. Reporter good morning, poppy. Texas is just one of 26 states seeing a surge in these coronavirus cases this as President Donald Trump said this epidemic, this pandemic has america to its knees and dr. Anthony fauci describing this as a disturbing rise and disturbing surge in cases warning about this concern about this plan to economically reopen states that have been championed by the president. He is also saying that its going to be critical how we operate over the next few weeks in terms of