If you are unemployed or furloughed, 202 7488000. If you visited a food bank, 202 7488001 is the number. If you are behind on a housing payment, 202 7488002. All others this morning, 202 7488003. That is also the number you can send us a text this morning. Send a text, include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. On facebook, it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling in and this first section of the washington journal. In in this first section of the wafted in journal. This week is said to be a crucial one. Now,rn to eric watson congressional reporter for bloomberg. Good morning to you. What is the status of negotiations . Did anything change over the weekend . Guest good morning, john. Yes, over the weekend, this gang of eight senators, for democrats and four republicans four democrats and four republicans, had a series of meetings to develop a text on their bipartisan proposal. A week ago, an at least in outline. At least an outline. T
December 14th is the day already marked in the history books. Its the tragic anniversary of the massacre as andy hook elementary school. December 14th happens to be the anniversary of the death of george washington, who died on this day in 1799. But when the history of these times is written, december 14th, 2020, will warrant a double entry. Today, december 14th, 2020, the day that we passed the solemn milestone of 300,000 Coronavirus Deaths right here in the United States. Also marks the first day of the Vaccine Rollout in this country for the deadly coronavirus pandemic. These images of Front Line Health Care workers and residents of Nursing Homes are filling our televisions today and providing a realtime solve to our pandemicweary nation. Fridays latenight approval of the pfizer vaccine, which is expected to pave the way for approvals of similar vaccines in the coming weeks and months. Today, december 14th, 2020, also marks the day that is typically noted by broadcasts like this one
More humidity. You can see the visibility dangerously low around petaluma and your neighbors heading up towards santa rosa. That will be there throughout the morning commute. You can see in emeryville, its quieter as we look northbound there. How about lets look at these temperatures, there you go. 70 to 74, except for mid to upper 60s along the coast. We have rain on the way, even healthier than our last storm. Ill map that out coming up. Some major news about a potential covid19. Mo tederna revealing its vaccins nearly 95 effective. What is the health and Human Services secretary saying about this. He says this is something to celebrate. With todays announcement moderna says theyre on track to ask for fda authorization in the coming weeks. The Moderna Vaccine can be scored at normal refrigeration temperatures making it easier to store and transport than pfizers vaccine. This morning on gma, health and Human Services secretary alex aszar says there are ongoig talks about distribution.
In my mothers bedroom. Then on. Americas and the war. And why did you so much . Because we knew they were going to lose it. What did that mean for you in hungary . I did not cry then. Cold are you . I was 18. With that interview the late author john lucas in depth that was born 20 years ago. Since 2000, over 230 of the leading nonfiction and fiction authors of our time of appeared on in depth. Milton freedman, alice walker, Colton Whitehead bob woodward, neil degrasse, tyson george wells, just to name a few. So over the next three hours our goal is to review the last 20 years of indepth. But also to ask you a couple of questions, here they are. Who is your favorite indepth gas . What book are you reading now . And who is your favorite Nonfiction Author . And that is what will be talking about. Heres how you can dial in on the 20th anniversary of indepth. 2020 code 7488200. For those of you in the Eastern Central time zone, 202 7488201 if you live the mountain pacific time zone. And you
News at 6. One person is Wearing Masks said quote people Wearing Masks that helps even more. Now its 6 a major update from the cdc on mask guidance this time, giving americans yet another reason that why everyone should wear a Face Covering to try to prevent the spread of covid19 thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis Infectious Disease experts from Stanford University and elsewhere. Our police that their counterparts at the cdc are finally getting behind the idea of universal maskwearing kron fours rob fladeboe reports on the newly revised mask recommendations and what universal use could be in for our economy and the need for lock doubts. The center for Disease Control and prevention now says masks benefit the wearer the announcement is in line with the data that has been available all along so Stanford University Infectious Disease expert doctor Robert Siegel and basically you know maskwearing makes sense from a logical standpoint it mak