Covid vaccine ahead of a meeting later this week to consider for it just like with pfizer emergency use authorization. The big take away here, the fda says indeed modernas vaccine is safe and effective. More on that in a minute. Its good news. I mean, there will be more than one option for you and me, for americans around the country. These vaccinations so critical right now as the u. S. , again, is shattering hospitalization records and tragically topping another milestone. Its sad to hear this, but its a fact. No you more than 300,000 americans have died from covid19 since the start of the pandemic and following mondays confirmation of his Electoral College win, president elect joe biden reached out to so many who have lost loved ones in this pandemic and using his strongest language yet for President Trump and his allies who are still speaking to overturn twhafs by all accounts a free and fair election. More on that in just a moment, but first lets go to cnn chief medical correspond
Member, that pay raise, maybe not. But if you lied to the Mueller Investigation or youre related to jared kushner, things have never been better. Overnight, President Trump pardoned his longtime allies, Paul Manafort and roger stone, who did not cooperate with the mueller probe. He also pardoned Jared Kushners father. Republican senator ben sasse summed it up in one sentence. He said, this is rotten to the core. And the president , meanwhile left washington without signing or vetoing the stimulus bill. So today House Republicans will try to pass legislation that will give americans the 2,000 stimulus checks that President Trump lauabruptly insisted on, thats likely to fail. All of this as Unemployment Benefits expire in two days. Look at what is expiring in the coming days. A pause on student loan payments, paid family leave, eviction protections all of that expiring next week. Oh, by the way, the government shou could shut down at midnight on monday. And lets not forget that the coron
Authorizing a new athome coronavirus test that could help track the disease, so lets start there. Cnns sara murray has more on this giant undertaking to get vaccines to the people who need them most. Star a, h sa sara, how is distribution going . Reporter on the largest Coronavirus Vaccine distribution so far, Health Care Workers are eagerly lining up at 425 new sites nationwide. Feeling really hopeful that this is the beginning of the end, a light at the end of the tunnel. I didnt feel it. Theres no pain. I feel great. Im excited. Im happy that, you know, that in another two months, month and a half, i wont have to be afraid to go into a room anymore. Reporter as distribution ramps up for the pfizerbiontec hvac seen today were expecting almost 41,000 doses to be available at 42 hospitals across new york city, so this is going to move very fast. Reporter the food and Drug Administration is offering positive reaction of a second vaccine, moderna. According to fda scientists, the Moderna
Its now Christmas Day in the u. S. And across much of the world, but this years holiday will be unlike any seen in recent history because of the Global Pandemic. Masks and social distancing are the new normal, and millions of people who have lost their jobs are now turning to food banks to feed their families. Theres also growing concern over a new variant of the virus that was first discovered in the u. K. And appears to spread more easily. Beginning monday, the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention will require a negative covid test for all passengers coming to the u. S. From the u. K. Nearly 1 4 of all the worlds covid cases are here in the United States. Record numbers of new infections and deaths in the u. S. Occur almost daily, and u. S. Hospitals now have more Covid Patients on this Christmas Day than ever before. More than 120,000 people, thats double what it was at the beginning of november. The white house has released a cheery christmas photo of President Trump an
The country is grieving from another day of over 3,000 deaths from coronavirus, an appropriate time for a message of national healing. Instead in the words of cnns kevin liptack, there are no silent nights in the trump era, one lump of coal after another creating unnecessary uncertainty and anxiety for millions of people as the president wakes up from his maralago resort. In the last 24 hours, not a word from the president about the pandemic, but trump did veto a defense bill that would pay american troops. He vetoed it because hes unhappy about the way twitter mishandles the misinformation and lies he frequently puts out. The president leaving millions of struggling americans in limbo this christmas with expanded Unemployment Benefits set to expire within days. Trump also threatening iran on his way out the door. Well have more on that in just a moment, but overall, the president stirring chaos, and seemingly unable to cope with the idea that he is about to lose his power. And yesterd