But last night the fda authorized pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The first doses are expected to arrive in hospitals across the country by monday. Ill talk with a former fda commissioner about how it will all work and what challenges we will face next. Plus congresswoman Maxine Waters tells us where things stand with a Coronavirus Relief bill. Will congress break for the holidays without offering a lifeline to millions of americans . We begin tonight with a sign of hope. As we near 300,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States. And for context, only 291,000 people died in world war ii. Help is on the way. An estimated 2. 9 million doses of pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine will be distributed across the United States this week. Vials of the vaccine will be packed into subzero containers and loaded onto trucks at pfizers manufacturing facility and ported to michigan starting tomorrow morning. And thats where we find nbc news ellison barber. Good to see to you, ellison. How a
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