manufactureerns to individual counties. a big part of the county s plan is messaging to the hardest hit communities. with the understanding that it s important for people to have trust in effective vaccine so it has the power that we need it to have to save lives. the county is considering cutting back on elective surgeries and other procedures as icu beds at several hospitals nearing capacity as we speak. coming up at 1:30 san francisco s public health director will give a coronavirus update. we will have the latest on cbsn bay area streaming through the app. the uk has approved the pfizer vaccine just as english leaned came out of a month long lockdown. mass vaccine starts early next week. regulators say those most at risk the dying will get it first. that means people in care homes and the health care worker who look after them. the united states federal government has ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine pending fda approval and the cdc issued its recommendati
her life without a complaint in the world. this is the cbs overnight news. good evening, the first doses of the covid vaccine are on the way. the first shots, just hours away. the packages started leighing pfizer s facility in michigan early sunday, the effort involves factory workers, dry ice, ultra cold freezers and plenty of needles. a lot can go wrong. and it s happening with the virus rage manage america. the u.s. death toll is nearing 300,000. total confirmed cases topping 16 million. that is a million new infections in the last four days. with the vaccine the pandemic is getting worse. this is a turning point. cbs s chris vancleave is in louisville, kentucky. more than a million doses of the coronavirus vaccine are now moving through 155 miles of conveyor belts inside the u.p.s. world port behind us, getting sorted and loaded on planes and soon, on its way to americans in need. tonight, delivering hope. the best weapon in the fight against the pandemic touc
it s wednesday january 8, 2020. here s today s eye opener your world in 20 seconds. i will say this, if iran does anything that they shouldn t be doing, they re going to be suffering the consequences and very strongly. iran fires ballistic missiles alt american forces. no known casualties at this time. president trump tweeting all is well at this time. we can say okay you hit me, i hit you, let s step back from the brink. the boeing 737 crashed outside the airport of iran s capital city. there were no survivors. mitch mcconnell said he secured enough votes to push through rules of the impeachment trial. the husband of missing connecticut mom jennifer dulos has been charged with murder. his girlfriend has also been charged. puerto rico s governor declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes killed at least one person. the sun s game, they had a puppy race. look at that. oh, man. and all that matters. facebook now banning what they c
respect a brand a little more for taking a stand and believing the way that you do. they thought it was a very brave and bold move. we showed the nike video to people here at union square. what did you think? very inspiring. very great message. reporter: but, there are others who don t agree with kaepernick or celebrate his message. to neil for the american flag, the star-spangled banner, and then, to play an american sport for an american league? what are we doing here? reporter: other people seem to agree, republican congressman lee selden tweeted pat tillman should have been the face of nike, the former nfl star from san jose turned down millions, enlisted in the army, after the september 11 attacks, and was killed serving in afghanistan. his nfl name was created with tillman s face in the nike ad. the congressman said tillman died for our flag and anthem while kaepernick protested it. reporter: we saw people out here taking pictures of the nike billboard,
plus heroic action by an illinois teacher who stopped a gunman shooting at fellow students. how her quick response saves lives. but we look at today s eye eppeep opener, your view in 90 seconds. all torn up. happening an on island that is essentially bankrupt. hurricane maria crippled puerto rico. the damage so widespread some are wondering how they will ever recover. we have to reconstruct and rebuild and reinvent and be resilient. in mexico, teams of rescue workers are continuing to search for survivors after a powerful earthquake. people here in mexico city are still taking in the horror of what exactly happened. iran fires back at president trump. hassan rouhani called president trump s speech baseless and offensive. robert mueller wants new documents from the white house about president trump s actions. if you are taking swings at the president of the united states, you better not swing and miss. a house explosion rocked a los angeles neighborho