New details on a possible Coronavirus Vaccine. Edward. Reporter connell that is what is propelling the markets today. We have positive news out of two vaccine makers. The first one pfizer. The ceo of pfizer says they will have enough Critical Data in october to be able to submit for approval should everything go as expected. He has said this before but this is a little different because it comes as astrazeneca saw a minor setback of trials in their vaccine. The pfizer ceo says he sees americans start being vaccinated before the end of 2020. The u. S. Government secured 100 million doses from pfizer this year with an option to get 500 million more next year. As of today, more than 29,000 people are in a phase three trial for pfizer. The fda hopes to have 30,000 volunteers and pfizer says it will be there next week on the way to 44,000 people. Of those, 24 in the study are minorities. That is something that the fda wants to see. They want to make sure this works among a Diverse Group of
my town again. and i don t feel safe right now. did you shorten my life now? i want to retire and enjoy it. how are with we going to enjoy it? you burned me. not too much to ask right? yes, quite a night on cnn. that was a night filled with mixed emotions. she will be back with us tomorrow. angry ohio residents grilling officials about the toxic train disaster but were the answers good enough. we ll show you the key moments from the cnn town hall. secretary pete buttigieg is set to visit the crash scene just a few hours from now. a lot of people ask how are we doing? i will be honest with you, not good. but we are doing the best we can. as it hits us. that is position no one would want to be in especially as a tv journalist. the reason he is feeling that way tv journalists there doing their jobs. even when they had to report the unthinkable, the attack on one of their very own colleagues. and a storm shifting to the east. 60 million people. reporter: we begin wi
Girl. Girl, girl, boy, boy and boy. A couple celebrates the births of sextuplets. The mysterious object that just zoomed by earth. Why some believe its an alien spaceship. And in force. Fans rushing to theaters overnight. The new star wars officially opened today, friday, december 15th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So nice to have you with us on a friday morning. What a beautiful shot of rockefeller plaza. More importantly, are you busting for star wars . Those are my people. Lets see you at the theater tonight, guys. We start with politics and the new hurdles that suddenly have the republican tax bill back on morning. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the very latest. Kristen, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. The high stakes fight for tax reform will enter a new phase today with republicans set to unveil their final version of the bill in just a
Girl. Girl girl boy, boy and boy. A couple celebrates the births of sextuplets. The mysterious object that just zoomed by earth. Why some believe its an alien spaceship. And in force. Fans rushing to theaters overnight. The new star wars officially opened today, friday december 15th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. So nice to have you with us on a friday morning. What a beautiful shot of rockefeller plaza. More importantly, are you busting for star wars . Those are my people. Lets see you at the theater tonight, guys. We start with politics and the new hurdles that suddenly have the republican tax bill back on shaky ground this morning. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the very latest. Kristen, good morning. Reporter savannah good morning to you. The high stakes fight for tax reform will enter a new phase today with republicans set to unveil their final version of the b
Weather risks what were most at threat for. I have got more data coming in and i will be back. All right. Thanks. Now to an unsolved case prompting new action tonight a local reporter was used as a human shield during a shooting in southeast dc. Her killers are still out there. And its how they got away that led to calls from leaders in the city today. She was shot and killed in may. Police tell tus gunman was riding in a group of 14 dirt bikers and was trying to shoot at someone in another group of riders. Now a councilman wants to crack down on anyone riding atv and dirt around the district. Good afternoon. City leaders. They say well fight what they consider a huge problem. Atvs, mopeds and dirt bikes are illegal in dc but riders get away with speeding through city streets sometimes in large groups. Dc police have clear orders not to chase them for Public Safety reasons and residents have pleaded with the city to do more to drive them away. I really suggest to these folks that if yo