Vaccines for people age 16 and older. So, this is the second to last step to getting this vaccine in americans arms. It just needs the signoff from the cdc director and hopefully then beginning the end of this pandemic. No vaccine has ever been developed faster, and it couldnt have come at a more desperate time. Yesterday, the u. S. Shattered every single record, including hospitalizations and the number of deaths. 3,309 american deaths due to covid19 reported yesterday alone. That is more in a single day here in the u. S. Than some countries have seen during the entire pandemic. In fact, more than japan and south koreas total death toll combined. We are following all the latest developments. Cnn correspondent adrian is standing by at a chicago hospital where they are prepping to receive the first vaccines and cnn aviation correspondent pete is in ckalamazoo, michigan. When will we see trucks leave with the first doses . Reporter ana, were getting new insight into why the vaccine is no
The beginning of the end. You heard him there. A massive Transportation Network is standing by. The delicate mindboggling logistics of distributing the vaccines will be crucial. And the challenge of moving millions of doses over thousands of miles and under strict temperature specifications are just enormous. Well take you live as this unfolds. Look at this whats on the president s mind . Not covid or the vaccine. Trumps focus, fixated elsewhere, going on a twitter tear about the election that he lost. And suggesting that attorney general william barr should be fired. Plus look right here. Breaking news overnight, tensions flaring following a protrump rally in the nations capital. The scene turning chaotic and dangerous. Several people were stabbed and many others arrested. As we have a lot of hope, as we begin this sunday morning, theres a lot of ugliness that is taking place in this country. A lot of tension. This is a big day. We say good morning. It is december 13th. Im kendis gibs
Record high. The country suffering its deadliest week since the pandemic began. Nearly 100 americans dying every hour. Out of moves . The Electoral College set to cement president elect joe bidens victory tomorrow. President trump still refusing to accept the results, lashing out at the Supreme Court. Violence erupting as thousands of Trump Supporters take to the streets in d. C. Also breaking tonight, the Deadly Police shooting outside a new york city cathedral. The gunman on the steps, firing near Christmas Carolers. The double weather threat. Two systems expected to bring snow and rain. The northeast now bracing for a major storm later this week. The shocking moments during a College Basketball game. The star player collapsing on the court and rushed to the hospital. An update tonight on his condition. And the takedown at takeoff. A man climbing onto the wing of a passenger plane. How did he get up there . And how authorities got him down. And good evening. Thank you for joining us
Reaching front line medical workers as early as tuesday or monday. Now, nursing home residents and staff are also at the top of the vaccination list. A final key left to turn by the head of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention. Well, dr. Robert redfield must issue the governments final blessing on the vaccine developed by pfizer and biontech. Once that happens millions of frozen vials packed in dry ice will start moving cross connie under the fdas emergency use authorization. This drug with more than 95 immunity against coronavirus after two shots is showing up just as the pandemic in the u. S. Is getting much, much worse much faster. A million americans tested positive in just the past four days alone bringing the total so far to a staggering 16 Million People infected. It took almost 100 days to reach the first million back in april. Now, nowhere is the scope of the pandemic more apparent than in the nations hospitals. That system has been pummelled since july. The nu
We know that situations will occur. But we will figure it out together. All right. So from what were hearing, its likely that most average americans will not see their first dose of the vaccine for at least a couple of months. So use san tan sizhand sanitizer mask, practice social distancing. This morning, infections in the United States now sole 16,136,409 since the start of the pandemic. The death toll is 298,579. Were getting more than 2. 5 thousand a day. Supporters of the outgoing president , donald j. Trump, took to the streets in washington, d. C. Large crowds gathered near the white house demanding that the results of the 2020 president ial election be overturned just ahead of the official Electoral College vote, by the way, which will seal joe bidens president ial victory tomorrow. Trump ally former National Security advise and her recent pardon recipient Michael Flynn addressed the cloud which included many maskless rallygoers, defying a city order which demanded masks. The S