And restaurants. And 15 billion in sba grants for theater operators and small venue owners through the save our stages act. These venues are so important to my state and many states across the country. Theyre the lifeblood of our communities. They were first to close and will be the last to open. The bill gives them a fighting chance. And of course, todays agreement will give a major boost to our battle against the disease itself. There will be more than 30 billion to support the procurement and distribution of the coronavirus vaccine, ensuring its free and rapidly distributed to everyone. Todays agreement includes this and all more, support for child care, food assistance, agricultural relief, the postal service, and funding to help families gain access to broadband. So, the American People have a great deal to celebrate in this legislation. But of course, the agreement weve reached is far from perfect. It leaves out state and local assistance, direct state and local assistance. Despi
Infrastructure security agency, who was fired by trump, by the way, said a key to fighting a tax like this lies in a bill the president is threatening to veto. There is a provision in the National Defense authorization act, thats the annual defense bill thats sitting on the president s desk waiting for his signature, that would give cisa, my old agency, the authority to go out and really aggressively hunt and look for these adversaries, and thats what were going to have to do to get certain ifty to the other side this. The president is showing no signs of slowing down his efforts of overturning the election results, as the president encourages his supporters to hold, quote, wild protests. They have mitt romney pleading with the president today to change gears. Its really sad in a lot of respects, and embarrassing, because the president could right now be writing the last chapter of this administration with a victory lap with regards to the vaccine. Instead hes leaving washington with a
Benefits, money for individuals and Small Businesses. Its a dire time. Another 25 covid closing in on 320,000 americans killed. Nearly one out of every 1,000 americans gone. Thats more american lives lost than in any war fought by u. S. Troops. And it happened in just ten short months. We begin with the rollout of the moderna vaccine. Nearly 6 million doses being delivered. Cnns pete muntean is at a distribution facilities in memphis, tennessee. What do we node about which states, which localities will be receiving the first deliveries . Its a bit of a race against the clock. The moderna vaccine, that first shipment came through this facility after it left a mckesson facility, the company in charge of distribution, actually over the state line in mississippi. That first shipment, a lot of laborintensive work, working conditions to get this additional shipment off the door. Now its on the way to 3,000 individual locations across the country. Those are places like hospitals, pharmacy, cv
To be just hours away from legislation that will finally do that. When we get this done, congress will not deserve any special praise. Not with this relief having waited until late december. Meantime at the white house after countless legal failures, the president is reportedly taking extreme and, in fact, unprecedented measures to try to overturn the Election Results. Nbc news now confirming that they want to investigate allegations of fraud. But first at this hour a massive vaccine rollout is underway. Millions of doses of Modernas Covid vaccine are on the way to thousands of locations nationwide. Officials expect those shots will start being administered tomorrow. Lets start on capitol hill. Nbcs Leigh Ann Caldwell is joining me now. Okay. Its the 900 billion question. What is the latest senator mcconnell has said that were just hours away from a deal . Do you think that time lines realistic . It does seem to be realistic, alex. The reason is, is because what is happening now is tha
Viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. You are watching cnn newsroom and im rosemary church. A covid19 variant spreading fast in parts of england. And in the u. S. , the Moderna Vaccine is shipping out. It is the second vaccine riding to the rescue after being authorized for emergency use. Plus, democrats and republicans finally strike a deal on Coronavirus Relief, which means 900 billion takes one big step closer to helping shore up the u. S. Economy. Good to have you with us, and we begin with several fast moving twodevelopments in the ft against covid19, a growing number of countries are banning travel with the United Kingdom, based on the revelation of a new covid strain. In the past few hours, the Czech Republic and canada have closed their doors to the united kingdo his wife are set to receive their covid19 vaccines on live television. Well, cnn is covering all the new d and why they still didnt have adequate data. Even towards the end of the week,