Grateful to have your company as always, and i want to start with this news about the coronavirus pandemic. I mean, yesterday the u. S. Recorded, think about this number, more than 184,000 cases. That is the most ever recorded in a single day. And there are more people in hospitals. Yesterday more than 68,000 people were being treated for the virus. President trump says his administration will not enforce a lockdown to slow the spread. And as of this morning, were fewer than ten weeks out from inauguration day. The formal transition to a biden administration, as you know, has not started. Yeah, the president still has not admitted that he lost. A former white house chief of staff, jonquelly, he is criticizing the Trump Administration. He calls the delay a National Security health crisis. Jason carroll is following the biden transition in delaware. Sarah westwood is at the white house for us. Good morning, everybody. Sarah, i want to start with you. President trump addressed this pandem
Really. Welcome to saturday morning. We are so grateful to have you with us. It is november 14th. You are in the cnn newsroom. And we are following all the headlines this morning. Jason carol is with the biden transition team, and Paulo Sandoval has more on the pandemic. The u. S. Recorded more than 180,000 new coronavirus yesterday. Its the fourth consecutive day of record breaking numbers. Hospitalizations, those are up as well across the country. Some Health Experts are saying some hospitals may have to start rationing care soon. This comes as several governors have just issued strict new measures to get the virus under control. Cnn correspondent Paulo Sandoval in new york. Restrictions there already in place for some businesses. And we understand the mayor says that come monday they might have to close schools. Reporter victor and cristi, it really does take us back to the beginning of the pandemic when many regions were starting to shutdown, and now were going back where theyre ta
Potentially gamechanging moment in this fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Right now as we speak, the Cdc Advisory Committee, one committee at the cdc, is holding a meeting on whether to recommend the use of pfizers covid19 vaccine. A final vote is expected within the next few hours. And final announcement could come from the cdc shortly after that. Now all of this comes just a day after the fda gave the green light for an emergency use authorization of that same Pfizer Vaccine and now one operation warp speed official said the vaccine will be delivered to 145 sites all across the states on monday. And another 425 sites on tuesday. It could not come at a more dire time. The United States seeing its worst day of the pandemic thus far. On friday, the highest number of deaths, over 3,300. Hospitalizations and new cases also higher than any day prior. The u. S. Now approaching another horrific milestone closing in on 300,000 americans killed by the disease. And as we wait for the vacc
But last night the fda authorized pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The first doses are expected to arrive in hospitals across the country by monday. Ill talk with a former fda commissioner about how it will all work and what challenges we will face next. Plus congresswoman Maxine Waters tells us where things stand with a Coronavirus Relief bill. Will congress break for the holidays without offering a lifeline to millions of americans . We begin tonight with a sign of hope. As we near 300,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States. And for context, only 291,000 people died in world war ii. Help is on the way. An estimated 2. 9 million doses of pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine will be distributed across the United States this week. Vials of the vaccine will be packed into subzero containers and loaded onto trucks at pfizers manufacturing facility and ported to michigan starting tomorrow morning. And thats where we find nbc news ellison barber. Good to see to you, ellison. How a
The United States surpassed 16 million coronavirus cases this afternoon while breaking daily records for cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Right now 1 3 of hospitals across the u. S. Say that at least 80 of their icu beds are occupied. But last night the fda authorized pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The first doses are expected to arrive in hospitals across the country by monday. Ill talk with a former fda commissioner about how it will all work and what challenges we will face next. Plus congresswoman Maxine Waters tells us where things stand with a Coronavirus Relief bill. Will congress break for the holidays without offering a lifeline to millions of americans . We begin tonight with a sign of hope. As we near 300,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States. And for context, only 291,000 people died in world war ii. Help is on the way. An estimated 2. 9 million doses of pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine will be distributed across the United States this week. Vials of the