Can feel, quote, confident after cdc documents revealed it is directing states to prepare to distribute a Coronavirus Vaccine as late as october. And he said it was unlikely but not impossible. These are all guestimates. I mean, if you look at the projection of the enrollment and things youll need to get a decision about whether the vaccine is safe and effective. Most of us project by november, december, by the end of the year. Could this be earlier . Sure. So, if someone comes out and says im going to shoot for the possibility that ill get it by october, you cant argue strongly against that. Unlikely, not impossible. I think most of the people feel november december. Now, before President Trump pushes fran accelerated timeline on a vaccine, more than 40 years ago another republican president had a similar situation. In 1976, an election year, president gerald ford, launched a campaign to mass vaxz made the the public against a strain of the swine were talking about what happened in 19
The republicans in congress, who have always been in denial on this that will be another aspect of the Joe Biden Kamala Harris Administration come january. House speaker nancy pelosi, thank you, madam speaker, very much, for being on this morning. That does it for us this morning. Stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now hi there, im Stephanie Ruhle live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. It is wednesday, september 16th, and there is a ton of breaking news happening right now, this morning. Historic fires are raging. Floodwaters are rising and thousands of american lives and livelihoods are in danger. As we speak, Hurricane Sally is on shore near the alabama florida line after getting stronger overnight its winds now 100 miles an hour but with slowmoving storms like this one, it is not the wind, it is the water that is the greatest threat. Nearly three feet of rain could fall in some places. That is a recipe for historic and catastrophic flooding. Then there are the
Were also following breaking pandemic news. The u. S. Coronavirus death toll now topping 242,000 people and more than 10. 5 million americans have been infected. Yesterday alone, the country saw a record 144,000 new cases and hospitalizations also now have hit an alltime high of more than 65,000 americans are in the hospital right now because of the virus. Lets begin over at the white house right now. Chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is joining us. Jim, were finally seeing cracks in the wall for support that the republicans have built around the president. Thats right, wolf. Growing number of republicans are calling on the Trump Administration to start treating joe biden as the president elect and begin providing him with Intelligence Briefings so he can hit the ground running after the inauguration. One big obstacle is standing in the way and thats President Trump himself. Sources tell cnn the president does not want to give up the fight until hes exhausted his challenges at
Respects to rayshard is for the next two hours, katy certainly going to be an area tur. Weve got a lot were watching where a lot of this will be today on basically the two big taking place. Stories that have been well be keeping an eye on this dominating our life for the past as the decision comes down in the next few minutes. Few months. Yeah, and well be following all right, catie beck, thank some live events. You. Any moment now, press secretary well see you in a few. Kayleigh mceneny, any moment, as thanks. Thank you. And that does it for us today. Nicolle wallace and brian they consider renaming military williams will pick up that story and many others right after a very quick break. We thank you for being with us today and stay tuned. Five dollar bas five dollar footlong bases that were named after piled high with veggies confederate generals. Next hour biden will give a theyre back. Any footlong is a 5 footlong speech on reopening the economy, when you buy two. Which we will bri
From some very prominent republican senators, even raising questions as to whether or not he would be confirmed at all. As of now, trump advisers saying the president elect has not backed off the fielding that that is the direction he wants to go. But as everybody always cautions, hes the one who will make that final decision and that final decision will be announced tomorrow morning. The bigger question right now, i think, is what wont be annou e announced this week. As you note, it was how the president elect was going to handle conflicts of interest, clear conflicts of interest that arise because of his very real and very Large Business empire. He was the one, the president elect, that touted this News Conference, this decisionmaking, this legal structure to separate himself from his business. Now, there have been a lot of questions, not just externally but also internally, how the president elect actually planned on doing this. The reality is this, transition Officials Say the pres