Covid infections. More than 187,000. As the new surge grinds on, we are closer to a vaccine that could end the outbreak. Pfizer announced it asked for emergency use approval of the vaccine candidate which the company says is 95 effective in large scale trials. We hope that they will review the data and give us the green light so we can start distributing the vaccine. Reporter moderna is expected to send data to the fda later this month. Astrazenica says it is showing strong immune responses in older adults. No corners were cut in the rush to production. The process of the speed did not compromise at all safety, nor did it compromise scientific integrity. Reporter states are puttinger restrictions in place as they try to slow the spread cdc recommends against traveling. The best way to stay safe is to stay at home. Covid19 sites are struggling to keep up with demand. We have seen long lines. In los angeles lines around the building. Five people are recovering from minor injuries after a
The team player and knowing ive got his back and hes got mine. Thats what i reflect. Thats what i what motivates me. President obama will award the medal of honor to Clint Romesha on monday at the white house. He will also be honored at the pentagon on tuesday, after which he will come back here to minot, north dakota, and continue with his new job. Meanwhile, the war in afghanistan continues. More than 60,000 American Service members are right now in that country fighting that war. Im jake tapper for cnn in minot, north dakota. New developments in the allout man hunt for a suspected cop killer. Right now police keting a california indian reservation. And bracing for a snow making monster. A blizzard taking aim right now at the entire northeast. Major cities like boston, right here in new york, smash dab in its path. Thousands of flights have already been canceled. Good morning. Welcome to early start this morning. Im Christine Romans. John berman is off today. Thanks for joining us, e
And well speak with jim clemente, dr. Michael welner, james usera, a former classmate of Christopher Dorner. Ronwiden, and david frei of the westminster kennel club. We want to welcome our International Viewers as starting point starts right now. Hey, everybody. Welcome. Our starting point, everyone bracing for the monster blizzard. Could turn out to be a storm for the ages with forecasters using words like epic to describe the storm. Live pictures of new york. A foot of snow could be on the ground by this time tomorrow. Right now, 23 Million People in the northeast under a blizzard warning. Air travel hit or miss. 3,000 flights scheduled for today and tomorrow have already been canceled. In boston, concerns that the storm could be worse than the blizzard of 1978. You will remember a hundred People Killed in that blizzard. Thousands of homes destroyed. Forecasters calling for 34 inches of snow there. Meteorologist Jennifer Delgado with us from the cnn Weather Center. Alison kosik in ne
Our bottom line here at the top of the hour, it is a cold, dry day start. Sharon is watching if roads, marty is over at first warning weather. Not dry for too much longer. First warning doppler, this is the im going to the next time im going to switch the next time i give you an update. Theres moisture close to the region. Its going to come in as a bit of very light mixed precip during the midday, turning to all rain. 29 right now is 7 warmer than this time yesterday. By the afternoon rain, 36 maybe 37 as you high. Don, take it away. Thank you. Heres the rush from Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. So far nothing to get in your way if youre headed out for your morning commute. Everything is looking good as far as speeds go. In the 50s and low 60s. 55 is your average on the beltway. So far we dont have any accidents at the moment. Theres a live look outside at the topside of the beltway. Traffic still pretty light in that area. On the west side slightly busier at Baltimore National p