Press conference that they still can win, but that defies the facts. The facts are as follows. Joe biden is the president elect. The current president s stubborn denials are source of transition delay that totals 12 days. Team biden is warning that every one of those days of lost time will force them to play unnecessary catchup that could cost lives, since it is putting the Incoming Administration behind on what matters most now, a way out of the pandemic. The numbers today are just awful. 170,000 plus new cases on wednesday. Thats the second highest total of the entire crisis. The daily average of new cases is at a new high, 161,000 per day. More infections mean more people are sick and sadly more deaths. 1,848 americans lost their lives yesterday to the virus. Thats the worst day since early may. The president s Pandemic Management was already checkered, and his presence at briefings and in interviews were a constant source of disinformation. But now the president is absent, the man
Pfizers facility in portage, michigan. Millions of doses stored at incredibly low temperatures will soon make their way across the country at this surge that were seeing in new cases, in deaths, in hospitalizations in this pandemic. The u. S. Surpassed 16 million coronavirus confirmed cases yesterday. It took about four days to add the latest one million cases to the total count. The number of people fighting covid19 in the hospital right now, a record high for the seventh straight day. We have reporters ready to cover every angle of the story. Lets begin with cnns Diane Gallagher at Ford National airport in grand rapids. Weve been saying this is a highly complex Logistical Mission that is under way right now, diane. Reporter thats right. And those images that youre seeing of the beginning of the packing of those vaccines into those distribution trucks, those cargo trucks, to get on the road and then eventually for many, most of those vaccines, bring them to an airport like this one he
Undermine democracy. Rudy giuliani has lost every case so far. Continues every case. It should be over. Lets hope it is. Good morning to you. Saturday, december 12th. Im victor blackwell. Good morning, im amara walker in for christi paul. We have viewers with us from around the world. We thank you for being with us. Were hours away from another milestone moment in the covid pandemic. The fda has authorized pfizer and biontechs Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. Now this sets up a cdc Advisory Panel to vote today. An acceptance by the cdc would allow the vaccinations to start as early as monday. The timing could not be more critical. More than 3300 new deaths due to covid19 were reported in the u. S. On friday. More than 108,000 people in hospitals right now across the country and the u. S. Has added more than 231,000 new cases yesterday. All of these statistics are records. Lets bring in cnn Health Reporter Jaclyn Howard now to walk us through the vaccine news. Jaclyn, good morning
This meeting began in the oval office. The president asked about it, and it was pushed back on by everybody in the room. This is appalling. Theres no other way to describe it. Its unbelievable. Almost certainly completely without precedent. Good morning to you, it is sunday, december 20th, im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. And the first shipments of the Moderna Vaccine are set to roll out at any moment. We saw the live pictures there, theyll stay on the screen, coming to us from inside the facility where the vaccine is being packed and then will be loaded on to the trucks. Modernas covid19 vaccines are soon going to join pfizers in the significant boost to americas arsenal here. Today the cdc directors expected expect ed to sign off to the shots to those 60 and older, then the vaccines can start. Pete in olive city. Explain where you are in relation to what were seeing on the screen inside, and what were expecting to happen very soon. Reporter the ceremonial first box of the Modern
Middle income people and for jobs. It will also benefit lots of other things. I mean, were looking to if you look at the whole thing, everybodys going to benefit. But i think the greatest benefit is going to be for jobs and for the middle class, middle income. All right, cnns Boris Sanchez joining us from the white house. The president sounding really confident going into this week as he heads off to camp david. But, you know, hes not quite doing a victory lap just yet. Thats right, fred. Hes still kind of selling this bill as you just heard him do before he departs for camp david. Right now the white house is cautiously optimistic that barring any kind of procedural snafu this will be their first major legislative victory, the passing of the first major Tax Reform Bill in more than 30 years. Theyre confident, in part, because weve seen some republican senators that were previously in the no Column Switching over to yes, including florida senator marco rubio who drew a red line on thur