Closer to an eventual vaccine, pfizer has applied for emergency approval from the fda if it does get the green light, Health Officials say doses could be shipped out within 24 hours with essential workers first in line to receive the vaccine. The u. S. Reported within 177,000 new covid infections from john hopkins university. More than 12. 1 million americans have so far been infected with the virus and sadly the death toll continues to climb upwards, 256,000 of the fellow americans have died, estimates say the number could double in about three months. Life team fox news coverage, live at Los Angeles International airport and holiday travel. Lets begin Charles Watson in atlanta at the headquarters for the cdc. Reporter good evening, an average of 200,000 new infections a day as the u. S. Adds one point to million more cases in the last week alone but help can be on the way soon as pfizer awaits an emergency approval from the fda for the covid19 vaccine. Officials are preparing for an
All three of trumps picks, have quote closed the book on the nonsense. As we do say good morning, everybody. It is saturday, december 12, im kendis gibson. Im lindsey riser. Good morning, happy to have you with us. We have a team of reporters following every step of these breaking zoirs but first, it is the moment americans have been waiting for since the beginning of the pandemic, the fda has finally approved the pfizer vaccine. The much anticipated signoff came late last night as nearly 3,000 americans died. Ending a devastating week of recordsetting daily death counts. This, as some explosive reporting revealed that the Trump Administration was pressuring the fda to approve the pfizer vaccine, according to the washington post, white house chief of staff mark meadows told fda head steven hahn to be prepared to submit his resignation if the agency did not clear the vaccine by the end of the day. Hahn later denied that account saying the conversation was misrepresented. Meanwhile, stat
Thursday. There hes wearing a mask outside. Mark meredith lye at the white house with more live at the white house. Rudy giuliani is a formidable presence. I first started covering anymore 1982 when he was the mobbusting u. S. Attorney here in new york. He cut crime as new york city mayor two terms, changed the culture of this city, divided new york through 9 11, and he has put his heart and soul into everything he does, into his current mission, andeven on with Maria Bartiromo e this morning despite this diagnosis of coronavirus. What is the right newt the white house . Reporter eric, good afternoon. Im sure the president also sending his egg wishes to Rudy Giuliani, somebody who is known nationwide as a hero of 9 11 and, of course, most lately as the president s strongest defender when it comes to the election and legal challenges. The president broke the news less than an hour ago on where else but twitter. This is what the president had to saw. Quote Rudy Giuliani, who has been wor
Important safety checks remain in place. This vaccine met the fdas rigorous standards for quality, safety and efficacy. Science and data guided the fdas decision. We worked quickly based on the urgency of this pandemic, not because of any other external pressure. This decision was based on the strongest scientific integrity and i am so proud of the work that our career scientists have done. Next hour, another key step towards signing off on vaccinations begins, a Cdc Advisory Committee will be meeting to discuss and eventually vote on recommending the vaccine. Cnns health reporter, jacqueline howard, is with us now. Jacqueline, youve been watching the News Conference that just wrapped up. Tell us what youve learned, any new developments about the vaccine. Reporter yeah, well, again, this press conference just ended, and what we heard from fda commissioner dr. Stephen hahn is that the next steps are moving quickly. He said that, you know, they are working with federal partners to get sh