Medical workers are getting this first dose of the vaccine as we speak protecting themselves against what will still be a long, deadly, and for them exhausting winter. Theyre sending a message to the rest of us that this vaccine is safe and it will save lives. A new online poll from abc news shows that more than 80 of americans are willing to take the vaccine. Although a large percentage say they dont want to be among the first to do so. Frankly most of them will not have to worry about that. Right now there is only enough doses to inoculate a something number of the most vulnerable americans. But the time line is getting more optimistic. Dr. Anthony fauci said the General Public could start getting shots in just three months. I have been saying my my calculation that by the end of mark, the beginning of april, that a normal healthy man and woman in the street with no under lying conditions would likely get it. There is still so much work to be done until that happens. The task of prod
we hope you are doing well. from all of our colleagues across the network of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, icu at the end of tomorrow. of today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the co
good evening, my friend. we have a big news making interview tonight. we will get right into it. today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the country, as ukraine has been forced to ration muniti
to celebrate july 4th in several key battleground states. we ll show you how the presidential contenders marked the holiday. plus a federal judge orders the biden administration to stop talking with social media companies. what it means for the effort to tamp down misinformation about covid and so much more. and later which of these things is not like the other? looks like the gop needs to brush up on its social studies. how its twitter page mixed up the american flag. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 5th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we certainly hope you had a happy and safe july 4th. the white house celebrated america s independence yesterday with a barbecue, a concert, and of course plenty of fireworks. we re turning from a weekend at camp david, president joe biden addressed military members in the crowd who he called the protectors of democracy. you are the backbone, the reality of why we are
july champion of the world, joey chestnut! how is that for an introduction of the all-time greatest joey jaws chestnut getting it done again on coney island winning the nathan s hot dog eating contest by putting down, ready for this, 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes. he s gross and he s a champion, jonathan lemire. john, there was a rain delay yesterday. you always wonder how s the rain delay going to affect the pitcher. yep. how does the rain delay affect a team? boy, he seemed to ride it out. keep that game face on and just again achieve disgusting, disgusting heights again yesterday with 62 hot dogs in ten minutes. his 16th nathan s hot dog eating contest. he s the greatest. he s the goat. i refuse to watch the footage of joey chestnut eating these hot dog. my eyes are closed. that right there, that introduction, that joey chestnut just received, he would like the same introduction. that s mike barnicle. congrats to joey chestnut. my god, let s stop watching this now.