similar to steve bannon. today, general keith kellogg, who was mike pence s nat withe fornarise cudvty a, iser deposition. he was reportedly with former president trump on january 6. norah. o donnell: so many new details emerging. kris van cleave, thank you. well, now, to the latest in the battle against coronavirus where doctors may soon have a new weapon. there s a new antiviral pill from pfizer that could be the breakthrough drug we have all within waiting for and it can t come soon enough as the u.s. nears a grim new milestone: 800,000 covid deaths. cbs elise preston has the latest. reporter: tonight, a somber moment as members of congress stopped to remember the nearly 800,000 american lives lost to covid. we have 1100 deaths every day still. and we can t be cavalier about the fact that we re losing so many lives from this right now. reporter: new c.d.c. data shows the omicron increasing in the u.s., making up nearly 3% of
usual argument for high prices is we re inventing a new breakthrough drug. this has been around for 100 years. they make improvements and add patent after patent on the ingredients and delivery system. nobody can compete and they charge what they want. the original developers of the insulin. 1920. that they wouldn t patent it. they sold it for a dollar. they thought it was outrageous. they update the patent to keep the ip. this is not some like it s not some mind blowing new development. it s a 100 year-old drug. here s the cost to manufacture. $6.16. the cost to purchase. $332. they are printing money off the backs of people who literally have no option in order to survive. yeah. and they have no option in order