This is cnn breaking news. Hello. Thank you for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. A subcommittee is meeting to discuss the Moderna Vaccine right now and then it will be cdc director Robert Redfield who gives the final green light. If all goes according to plan, moderna doses will be administered as soon as monday. That makes the u. S. The first country using two weapons against the pandemic. That achievement cannot be overstated. But neither can the countrys current state of crisis. A key model now projects the death toll to hit 562,000 by april. The nation is also reporting record cases, deaths and hospitalizations. And thats partly why congress is working this weekend. Lawmakers are trying to finish an 11th hour covid relief deal after months of deadlock. Its proving elusive. New sticking points keep popping up. The leadership on both sides optimistic that they can get it done. But theres no votes scheduled today. And that means this window is going to be very tight come tomorrow.