His first classified briefing and his historic picks as he staffs up his administration the injury over the weekend hes recovering from and the two battlegrounds delivering a new blow today to President Trumps legal fight. Severe storms barrel through several states, tornadoes, strong winds, heavy rain al roker is here. Cyber monday expected to be the biggest ever how to score deals all week long. Plus, the shipping alert you need to know about. The man clinging to a capsized boat 86 miles off the coast. Tonight how he survived messages to santa in the pandemic. What kids are really asking for this year this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone the specter of a covid surge on top of a surge is almost too much to imagine. But its exactly what Public Health officials believe we may be in for as millions of americans return to their lives today, some likely bringing home from thanksgiving gatherings more than just family memories officials urging travelers to take
Good day, everyone, and welcome to msnbc headquarters in new york. There is a new timeline for the distribution of covid19 vaccines once they are approved for emergency use, and some americans could be getting them before christmas. Surgeon general drum adams said its authorization will submit its request on december 10, and some will answer within 24 hours of that request. The Surgeon General will reflect on what might have gone wrong with President Trumps handling of the pandemic. There are many Different Things we could have done differently. This virus has been challenging. I wish that, again, this hadnt been superimposed on top of an election. I wish we would have been able to come together as a nation and really talked about the science instead of the politics. Hmm. Well, this comes from new warnings today from dr. Anthony fauci on what to expect after the busy thanksgiving travel weekend. There almost certainly is going to be an uptick because of what has happened with the trave
Youre expecting here in the coming days and week. What we should be watching for this week. Hanks for having me, john. That makes two of us as far as trying to keep on top of everything. As far as the current state of play, these past three weeks we have seen three crucial positive readouts of data from leading programs. The first came from pfizer, the second came from moderna, and the third one this morning just came from astrazeneca and the team at oxford. These are three leading vaccine front runners, all three in late stage studies appear to be effective, the first to 95 effective in preventing covid19. Thatnity is expected to do late november, early december. That will set up an fda decision, all eyes turning to the agency to see how quickly they can approve it and for what subgroups of the population. Vaccineing on in the phase, but there is a lot going on and muchneeded positive news when you think about the surge that we have seen in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. The fda
As far as the current state of play, these past three weeks we have seen three crucial positive readouts of data from leading programs. The first came from pfizer, the second came from moderna, and the third one this morning just came from astrazeneca and the team at oxford. These are three leading vaccine front runners, all three in late stage studies appear to be effective, the first to 95 effective in preventing covid19. Thatnity is expected to do late november, early december. That will set up an fda decision, all eyes turning to the agency to see how quickly they can approve it and for what subgroups of the population. Vaccineing on in the phase, but there is a lot going on and muchneeded positive news when you think about the surge that we have seen in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. The fda approval, how quickly could they approve it, and what could keep them from being approved, and how is the fda ensuring confidence in the public in the safety of these vaccines . Guest i
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