With our National Political editor. Good morning, dan. I read your column this morning on the front page of the post. Why not give viewers a [laughter] late night and an early morning. My god, what a horrible mistake. Im so sorry. Front page of the Washington Post, give viewers a thumbnail of what you wrote today. I think that the sum and substance of the debate is that the Vice President , mike pence, came armed with the case he wanted to make against joe biden, the Democratic Party, and Kamala Harris. Time and again it is clear that what undermines the case most significantly is the prison he works for, President Trump. It was obvious really from the getgo when the discussion focused on the coronavirus pandemic and the administration handling of it. The Vice President in essence recycling statements the president has made repeatedly over many months, which he himself has said, touting what they claim is a great record against all the evidence of how this country has a much higher dea
Dramatically. I would echo the callers point the Administration Needs to listen to Public Health experts. We know what we are talking about. Let me ask you about a tweet from the president. Lets take you to a Live Committee hearing on how to develop a safe and effective Coronavirus Vaccine. A safe and effective vaccine could hasten the end to this disaster us pandemic but the herd immunity that would end covid19 once and for all would allow all of us to get vaccinated. We need public trust in the entire vaccine project. Around the globe nearly 200 vaccine candidates are being developed and 20 have entered human Clinical Trials. In the United States five have entered human trials with large Clinical Trials that begin later this month. With a historic all hands on deck effort underway the timeline to develop a vaccine may be compressed from several years from 12 to 18 months. Moving with this amazing speed must not allow for cutting any corners. Today we will hear how the tried and trust
Will be first in line to get the Coronavirus Vaccine this as vaccines from pfizer and moderna await emergency use authorization from the fda this could happen in weeks. But the timetable apparently still isnt fast enough for President Trump. Fda chief dr. Stephen hahn was summoned to the white house to meet with chief of staff mark meadows and sources tell cnn that the president is demanding to know why pfizer hasnt been given the green light for the vaccine. Well have more on that in a second. First, lets get to the latest troubling sign of how the surge of the virus right now is only getting worse, not better. Hospitals being pushed to the brink as the number of americans requiring hospital care because of covid continues to shatter records, now on a daily basis. Cnns Stephanie Elam is live in los angeles. Shes tracking the latest from there. The numbers where you are worse every day. How are hospitals coping . Reporter were looking at these numbers rising here, kate, as were looking