Results. There are, once again, no Public Events on his schedule today, but we know he met with allies in congress behind closed doors at the white house about last gasp efforts to challenge and overturn the results. He is accusing Mitch Mcconnell of disloyalty for refusing to go along with those efforts. His attorney generals last day is tomorrow after bill barr repeated that he will not be seizing Voting Machines nor will he bow to trumps demands to investigate a special counsel to investigate the election. The Washington Post notes that President Trump has turned to a rag tag group of conspiracy theorists, mediahunger lawyers, and other misfits in an attempt to overturn the election. The president s efforts will fail, but the crises facing this country that hes leaving for the Incoming Administration are of course very real. For more im joined by Geoff Bennett at the white house, nbc news correspondent heidi przybyla, who broke a story that biden may invoke the defense production ac
Before. New cases are hitting record highs. The deadliest week yet of this pandemic is ending with news that theres more help on the way, which is the light. Yes. There are now two coronavirus vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States. The fda says modernas vaccine could start rolling out pretty soon. Vaccinations could start as soon as monday pending a cdc panel vote today and a signoff by the director. Thats expected. Jaclyn howard is with us now. Its always good to have you here. A week ago you were walking us through pfizers vaccine. Now were looking at modernas. How does it stack up . Reporter theyre very similar vaccines, christi. Theyre both mrna vaccines, which means their main component is messenger rna. Thats Genetic Information about the coronavirus and it helps stimulate your immune system to identify and prepare for it in case they encounter it. Pfizer is at 95 efficacy, moderna 94. 2 . The process they both went through was the same for the fda authorizat
Pounds at the scene are human remain. We have Live Team Coverage Jackie Heinrich in wilmington, delaware with president elect biden reaction. Mark meredith with President Trumps response web and david stunt at the Justice Department with details on the investigation. But first Charles Watson, live in nashville. Charles. Reporter jon, fbi confirming that it is looking into a number of possible suspects in connection with to the rv explosion here in downtown nashville. Short while ago, fbi special agent in charge doug confirm reports of Police Activity at a home in tennessee. That is is reportedly tied to a person of interest. Right now, federal Authorities Say they are not prepared to name any individual it is theyre looking at as possible suspects. We have over 500 investigative leads followupping up on every one of those so at this point were not prepared to any identify any sie individual. Reporter as for the site of that rv explosion in downtown nashville, Authorities Say it is a co
Angles right know. Peter doocy reporting from the campaign trail is in georgia. Our Political Panel standing by to weighin. First, rich edson. Reporting live from west palm beach, florida near the president s maralargo resort with the latest, rich. Good afternoon, eric. The president just wrapping up his day here. What youve got is a push from the white house and the president to nearly triple or more than triple the size of those 600 checks. The irs is sending them out according to the Treasury Department and the president tweeting this morning, 2,000 asap. The president also accused Senate Republicans of having a death wish for blocking those increased payments. The fastest way to the 2,000 checks would be for the senate, if it had the votes, to approve the bill that passed the house earlier this week. Thats what democrats are pushing. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has initiated a process for a vote on those 2,000 checks, but hes adding President Trumps other demands too tha
And a Record Number of people, nearly 125,000 are hospitalized this morning with coronavirus. The situation becoming so severe in los angeles that several hospitals have had to turn patients away because of a shortage of oxygen. Just alarming in america in 2020. One of the latest victims of the outbreak, republican congressman luke letlo of louisiana, he was set to be sworn in this weekend, he died just two weeks after his diagno diagnosis. Also this morning, the uk has just approved the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine with the first doses to be given on monday. This could be a game changer in the effort to vaccinate many countries, since this vaccine is much cheaper, also easier to store and transport than the two approved here in the u. S. Already. Were going to get a live report from london on the latest in just a moment. But lets begin with cnns athena jones. That on the news of the uk variant, which is more easily transmissible, now present here in the u. S. And signs that its already