possible moment when we could see the plug being pulled on the games if they happen? are we talking day 30? or the night before? reporter: that s a question i was asking people today, is there this drop-dead date. there doesn t seem to be. there s also the issue of what happens if japan does cancel. how do they do that? do they close the airports? do they inform the ioc? are there legal tussles that could come because of that decision? there s just so much that isn t clear. what we know is that the state of emergency in tokyo is due to expire on monday. it s widely expected that it s going to be extended. thank you very much for that. we should note that nbc universal, the patience company the parent company to msnbc, owns the media rights to the olympics. that does it for us.
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deliver the number of doses it promised here in the u.s. by the end of the year? reporter: yeah, that s right, david. pfizer had some early issues, but say they corrected that months ago and still on track to deliver those 20 million doses in the u.s. by the end of the year. of course, that s if the fda gives them that green light and that could happen within just a few weeks, david. all right, gio benitez live from chicago tonight. gio, thank you. meantime, we continue to follow any movement on capitol hill, as millions of americans struggle to make ends meet in this pandemic. they wait for help. and there is movement again tonight. the first phone call in a month between senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker nancy pelosi. so, let s get right to mary bruce, she s live in washington again tonight for us. and mary, what have you learned? reporter: well, david, it was their first conversation on covid relief since the election, and both sides are now sounding i
personnel they aren t going to make that information available publicly until they ve identified the families of the people involved there. they usually do a pretty darn good job at it, at notifying the family and getting everybody brought up to speed at a very early date. bill: marco rubio, just spoke to the air station. we re closely monitoring events. please pray for everyone impacted by this horrible situation. a situation we should point out that isn t clear at the moment as to why it happened or the extent of what happened. reports of several injured. we ll get an update from the air station when we continue our coverage here on this breaking news friday of america s newsroom.