Timely manner. More americans will die all because the president lost this election. Next hour we expect an update in the Coronavirus Task force. We dont know if the president will show up. After 1800 americans died just yesterday, wouldnt it be nice if he did . No, check that. It wouldnt be nice. It would be his job. Could the president himself assure us the next steps for vaccine dissemination. Could the president himself express sympathy for the quarter of a Million People who have died from this virus. Could the president himself encourage families to keep family gatherings small this week. I wish i could tell you. We dont know what the president is doing with his time, with your taxpayer funded time. We do know this. It is despicable. Hes still launching desperate attempts to claim he won this election. Lawsuits and accusations that are so sad and hollow that he doesnt even show up to his own press conference today. If he doesnt do that, who does he send . Who else . Rudy giuliani
Still be playing games after declaring that he will, quote, never concede, and continuing his rampage against bidens victory on twitter. The president , if you tuned in and you blinked, you might have missed it, because he abruptly called the White House Press corps to the Briefing Room late this morning, and in this bizarre not even 60second pat on the back to his team, he touted gains in the stock market today and said this. And i just want to congratulate all the people within the administration that worked so hard, and most importantly, i want to congratulate the people of our country because there are no people like you. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. We should note a number of experts are citing the formal start of the biden transition and a new hope for Coronavirus Vaccine as the cause for the dow topping 30,000 for the first time ever. More on the president s bizarre behavior today in just a moment, but i want to start in wilmington, delaware where the president ele
It the most. The u. S. Is shattering its positivecase records, averaging more than 200,000 new cases, each and every day. Nearly 105,000 americans are in the hospital, today. Another discouraging record. And just yesterday, 2,546 people died from covid. These numbers make tomorrows fda meeting to consider giving emergencyuse authorization for the Pfizer Vaccine even more pivotal. Health and Human Services secretary, alex azar, is predicting a rapid rollout, once the doses are green lit. If everything is on track, it could be a matter of days. Fda approves the vaccine. We would then authorize shipment within 24 hours. 20 Million People should get vaccinated, in just the next several weeks. And then, well just keep rolling out vaccines through january, february, march, as they come off the production lines. Canada has just granted emergencyuse authorization for pfizers covid19 vaccine there. It is now the second nation, behind the uk, to do so. Cnns Alexander Field is live for us in rhod
Authorizing a new athome coronavirus test that could help track the disease, so lets start there. Cnns sara murray has more on this giant undertaking to get vaccines to the people who need them most. Star a, h sa sara, how is distribution going . Reporter on the largest Coronavirus Vaccine distribution so far, Health Care Workers are eagerly lining up at 425 new sites nationwide. Feeling really hopeful that this is the beginning of the end, a light at the end of the tunnel. I didnt feel it. Theres no pain. I feel great. Im excited. Im happy that, you know, that in another two months, month and a half, i wont have to be afraid to go into a room anymore. Reporter as distribution ramps up for the pfizerbiontec hvac seen today were expecting almost 41,000 doses to be available at 42 hospitals across new york city, so this is going to move very fast. Reporter the food and Drug Administration is offering positive reaction of a second vaccine, moderna. According to fda scientists, the Moderna
Distribution to general population could be closer than we thought. Later in march, we could be seeing more general population injections, if one of other manufacturers entering into the play, this only accelerates the timeline. In the Second Quarter of next year, enough vaccine to vac nate every american who wants to be vaccinate vaccinated. Comforting words. U. S. Health officials trying to calm panic amid report out of the uk about a new variant that could be more transmissible. We also, just a heads up, we expect president elect joe biden to receive his first dose of the vaccine today. As soon as we see that happen, well take it live for you. Also today, congress is on the verge of passing a threat 900 covid relief package. More on that in a moment, but first to miguel marquez, who is live in houston. Hes at a hospital that will be given the first shots of the moderna vaccine. Migu miguel, tell me more. Reporter it comes as huge reliefs. Its room like this where the pandemic will s