Another big shot of hope this morning. This time with the vaccine candidate from moderna. Within the last hour, the fda signaling it will probably approve emergency use of that vaccine and theres some really interesting new data we havent seen yet. Well tell you about it next. Were live at a hospital in new jersey where theyre about to launch day one of the vaccination push. And a new york nurse that was first to get the vaccine, talking about what it was like and her advice as this possiblization looks to turn the tide of the pandemic. We have a lot to get to this morning with our team. Tom, we have these new findings from the fda on the Moderna Vaccine. It shows the data seems to show that it doesnt just stop you from getting symptoms. It might also stop the infection itself. That is something that experts hadnt been sure about, and it could be significant in stopping the spread of the virus . Yeah. And we should make it clear. Were talking about the second vaccine. This is good news
Were dploing multiple breaking news stories tonight. President trump suddenly signals he may not sign a 900 billion covid relief bill. He is demanding koeng make changes. What does it mean for the millions of americans waitinging for their stimulus checks . White house aides are annoyed about the bill. This minutes after the president announced controversial pardons. The president is growing more erratic by the day as more and more people worry about what could happenen in his final days in office. I want to start with cnn White House Correspondent john harwood. In the space of just about an hour tonight, we all good whiplash. Trump issued president ial pardons, and suggested he may not sign the covid relief bill and he threatened the number two in the senate. What is behind all this hysteria and movement . Overall what is behind it, the president is choking psychologically on his defeat. He is 29 days away from being a provide citizen so he is thrashing about trying to figure out some
Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its monday, december 21st, 6 00 here in new york. Alisyn is off. Erica hill with me this morning. We have a ton of news. We really do. Breaking overnight, an emergency meeting just beginning in the United Kingdom, where a new variant of coronavirus looks to be spreading like wildfire. Health Officials Say it could be up to 70 more transmissible than the current variant. Prime minister Boris Johnson just imposed major new restrictions. London in close to a lockdown right now. Overnight, look at this map, a growing number of countries, including canada, banned travel from the uk. As of this morning, the United States is not on this list. Why . Also as of this morning, there are new efforts to determine whether the vaccines in existence right now work against this new variant. More vaccine news this morning. The first doses of modernas vaccine expected to be administered today and president elect joe bi
Meanwhile, Speaker Pelosi is still refusing to answer questions about why she held up the deal for months. Even refusing to speak with a cnn reporter about her latest political stunt. Instead, she continues to dodge, distract, and deflect from important issues to large baseless smears against President Trump like claiming he is personally to blame for most of the coronavirus deaths. Take a look. The denial, the delay, thel distortion, the calling as a hoax has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, not all of them attributed to President Trump, but most of them. Jason so why did democrats goke so long when the same deal could have gotten done over the summer . It is because pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Congressional Democrats put heavy politics above the health, welfare and safety of the american public. Tit is because there was an election and they used coronavirus as a political weapon to bludgeon President Trump. Here is Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell laying it
Realize our defense is inadequate. Leanne called wadwell. Lets get to the very latest there on capitol hill. When do you think we can expect to see an agreement . Reporter well, this has been weeks, really, months in the making. But a deal does seem imminent at this point. The reason is because there was a major breakthrough overnight on the final major Sticking Point that had to do with a Federal Reserve lending program. Its actually an issue that did not have a lot of direct impact on americans. But it was a policy agreement between the republicans and democrats and democrats didnt want to tie the hands of the next administration, the biden administration. They were able to pair down that language and pave the way for a deal moving forward. On the sunday shows this morning, lawmakeres were saying that a deal is close, echoing what were hearing from house aides. Lets listen to mitt romney on meet the press this morning. I believe theres going to be a deal. The big one was resolved las