For the third day in a row, a Record Number of covid19 cases recorded in the u. S. , hospitals, struggling to keep up with the onslaught of cases, with one state forced to activate a Mass Fatality Program and tensions flare between the Trump Administration and joe bidens team after the ppg decid, penta decided to cancel all transition meetings until after the new year. It is a busy day ahead, a busy week, we have a team of correspondents and analysts standing by following the latest for us right there. But first a look at what happens happening next. Tomorrow, a cdc Advisory Panel will likely decide which group gets the next round of vaccine doses after Health Care Workers and nursing home residents. Also tomorrow, moderna kicks off its vaccine distribution, nearly six million doses expected to be shipped out to more than 3,000 sites across the country. And on monday, president elect joe biden and incoming first lady dr. Joe biden is set to receive a covid19 shot in public. Moderna emp
Paralyzed. Some white house aids have quit and others are thinking about quitting. The Vice President who was targeted by the president s mob is also remaining quiet. The cabinet is invisible. A second impeachment of the president looks inevitable unless trump resigns. Meantime, some of the attackers from wednesday are being arrested and charged. Man hunts are underway for some of the others. Extremists are threatening more violence in the coming days. State capitols are on high alert and there is now a giant wall encircling the capitol in d. C. Thats our capitol. So trump did get a wall built. Trumps cheering section in the right wing media is desperately trying to downplay wednesdays crimes. They would rather complain about twitter and why they are losing followers. Thats whats going on. Americas two parallel universes of reality still very much in effect. So how did we get here . And will the people on platforms who fanned the flames of fury be held accountable . Online radicalizati
Trying to change the Election Results in georgia. The president also called the secretary of states top investigator who was investigating allegations of voter fraud in that state. He told him that he would be a National Hero if indeed he did so. Weekly tallies of covid19 have never been higher. Already more than 2 million new covid cases have been confirmed this month. What im concerned about is that there is still a population of folks that are super anxious about this vaccine and most likely thats the population that needs it the most. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. I hope the sun is rising wherever you are. We are waking up to some new friction, growing friction, it seems, between the president and his Vice President. Yeah, a source close to Vice President mike pence tells cnn that invoking the 25th amendment to remove trump from office is still on the table. Now, another source says the two have not even spoken since the attack. Also hang
Hours to proceed with the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. If that does not happen, they will move forward with the formal vote to impeach this president. Also breaking this afternoon, the d. C. Attorney general says his office is looking at potentially charging President Trump and others for inciting violence in speeches before that riot. We are also learning today that both white House Counsel Pat Cipollone and former attorney general bill barr have warned the president not to pardon himself. This is what were getting here at cnn from multiple sources there. Barr sent the warning before he resigned last month, and now in the days leading up to joe bidens inauguration, authorities are bracing for the possibility of even more violence as there are further threats proliferating online. While all of this is happening, where is the president . Lets begin this hour on capitol hill with manu raju there. Manu, whats next . Yeah. We expect an Impeachment Vote that will happ
His honor. And now three days after his death and after mounting criticism, the white house finally lowered its flag to half staff. The New York Times is reporting that President Trump hasnt even called officer sicknicks family. Vice president pence did. We also know president elect joe biden spoke with the brother of officer sicknick. Jeremy, to you first, the flag at the white house is now lowered to half staff. What is the white house saying about that . Thats right, anna. The flag was lowered to half staff today around 2 00 p. M. It came two days after House Speaker nancy pelosi ordered the flags at the capitol to be lowered at the half staff. In a white house in a statement on this, it does not explain why it took the white house so long to take this step. But here is a statement from the president on lowering the flag at the white house. As a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of United States Capitol Police officers brian d. Sicknick and howard liebengood, i hereby or