Government shuts done and millions of americans lose badly needed benefits the day after christmas. And overseas, word that a growing number of European Countries are halting flights from the uk after a variant of coronavirus was discovered. One that spreads faster than others. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, breaking right now, new details about who is next in line to get the coronavirus vaccine. Lets get right to cnns natasha chen. What is the cdc saying now . Well, a little over an hour ago, the Advisory Committee voted 131 to approve the next two groups who should be prioritized for this vaccine. What weve already been seeing is people who are Front Line Health Care workers, people in longterm care facilities, theyve already been getting the vaccine this past week. What they voted on today were the next two groups, 1b and 1c. Whos in 1b . Front line essential workers, people like first responders, teachers, Grocery Store workers as well as people aged 75 and older.
Virus, its with the vaccine rollout. Officials are grappling with how to get more people vaccinated as quickly as possible. We are following all of those headlines and new information and also this, republicans setting the stage for a chaotic last stand on capitol hill just a few days from now. We are learning 140 House Republicans are set to join the president s fight to overturn the Election Results. More on that in a moment. First lets begin in atlanta and cnns nick valencia is at a convention center, again, being converted in a Field Hospital. Nick, that temporary hospital is really just a reflection of what were seeing across the country. Reporter yeah, thats a grit characterization, really were seeing those surges happen not just here in georgia, places like california but all across the country. Happy new year, 2020 behind us now, but were still dealing with tthe pandemic ravaging the United States. Just in the last three days of 2020 over 10,000 americans perished as a result o
The Trump Administrations slower an expected pace of vaccine distributions. We heard from Anthony Fauci on new day accepting that vaccinations are behind schedule, he also warned that the worse could be yet to come as people congregate for the holidays. Thats what were concerned about. That in addition to the surge were going to have an increased super im supposed respond that surge which could make january each worse than december. I hope not. I hope that doesnt happen. Saurj on top of a surge. December a already the deadliest month of the pandemic so far here in the u. S. Okay. But we begin with the big developments in washington. Joining us now cnn White House Correspondent john harwood as well as National Politics reporter for yahoo news brittany shepherd. Great to see both of you. John, lets talk about whats happening at the white house or maralago. So last night democrats and republicans, some republicans in the house, gave President Trump what he was demanding which was the bump
Nationwide, according to the covid tracking project, and there were more fatalities reported in a single day than ever before, over 3,700 people. Now, of those deaths, that included newly elected republican congressman luke letlo. He was just 41 years young and died just days before being sworn in to represent louisianas fifth congressional district. I want to begin, though, this hour in colorado, where i just mentioned that first known case of this new covid strain has been confirmed. Cnns Stephanie Elam is there for us live this afternoon. Stephanie, whos infected . What do we know . Reporter right. Well, first of all, brooke, let me tell you where we are, here in simla, colorado, 100 miles away from Denver International airport, so we are far away from a big city. This is a rural county where we are, so thats why its interesting that we now know we have one confirmed case of this variant and one suspected case, both tracing back here to this Skilled Nursing facility. We do know that
Now the ball will drop to almost completely empty streets. Tonight its by invitation only and only a few hundred people will gather including frontline workers. Its a critical time as officials warn people against celebrating in high risk groups. The country again breaking records for covid19 deaths and hospitalizations. The cdc projecting another 80,000 americans could die in the next three weeks alone, but as those numbers spike vaccinations lag. The White House Task force admitting that the nations vaccine rollout is moving way slower than promised. Lets begin with cnns Paul Vercammen in los angeles with more. Paul, i know officials there are bracing for that postholiday surge as well. Reporter theyre petrified by the prospects right now, bianna. Lets look at this in the context of these national numbers. They are horrific. More than 300,000 deaths you see that in the u. S. Also the cdc is forecasting that we could get up to i want to correct that, that was 3,000 deads. 324,000 debt