He doesnt trust the fact that its this white house, this administration, so we wont be delivering it to new york until we have authorization to do so, and that pains me to say that. Its not that people dont trust the vaccine companies, the pharmaceutical companies. An overwhelming percentage of americans are worried about political interference in the vaccination process, in the approval process by the president. Good morning. It is saturday, november 14th. Im lindsey reiser. And im kendis gibson, live at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Thank you guys for being here on this saturday. We have full coverage of the growing crisis with Josh Letterman at the white house and cory kaufman in wisconsin, where things are so bad, Health Officials reportedly needed a whole new category just to track the cases. We begin with Josh Letterman in washington, d. C. Josh, what is the president saying about this nationwide spike in coronavirus cases . Reporter well, this is the first time we had he
Good day, everybody, from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends aalex witt. New alarm today. Going first to the coronavirus pnde pandemic. More than 14. 4 million cases here ntd u. S. The country adding an record 22,000 case yesterday alone and averaging more than 2,000 deaths a day according to information from john hopkins university. Ed cdc recommending you wear a mask anytime outside of your own homes and the first time the agency suggested universal indoor mask wearing as the country is entering what the cdc caused a phase of highlevel transmission. Pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine could be approved soon as next week. The fda meets december 10th to review trial data. Almost three weeks after pfizer applied for emergency aproorprp reporters are across the country. From newark, new jersey, from rhode island and san jose, california. First out west to california facing a quite a surge upon surge. Scott reporting from san jose, talk about it there. What are you see
And what else needs to happen before this pandemic is over. Lets get to our reporters on the ground. Ellison barber is in springfield, missouri, chef any gosk in new york and sarah harman is in london. Ellison, lets start with you. Theyre getting those new shipments today of the moderna vaccine. There was a bit of a hitch yesterday. Whats happening on the ground now . Reporter it was delayed, did not come. Not long ago, maybe 20 minutes, we watched a fedex truck pull up at this loading dock with white boxes filled with the moderna vaccine. Brown boxes filled with the kits necessary to administer the vacci vaccine. The syringes, the sanitation wipes, the reminders for people to get their second dosage. They made their way to the pharmacy. They watched as they unpacked those tiny vials, the tiny vials that look so small and insignificant but are so powerful. This hospital, they did not have any shipments of the pfizer vaccine. Theyre only getting the moderna vaccine. They waited eagerly
To prioritize cybersecurity across the board. Ill consult with experts to plan for the steps that my administration will take in order to secure our systems, improve our cyber defenses, and to better withstand future attacks that we know will come and to impose costs on those who conduct them. I fully expect bipartisan support from this based on what weve heard so far. Our adversaries are highly capable. Cyber threats are among the greatest threats to our Global Security in the 21st century. I believe we have to treat them with the same seriousness and purpose that we treated threats of other unconventional weapons. We have to work with our allies to establish Clear International rules and mechanisms, enforce them, and consequences for those countries that violate them. I want to close with this. As i look at the first of what will be millions of vaccinations going into the arms of americans, after hundreds, thousands, of lives lost, Congress Finally passing an Economic Relief package
We have now over 2,000 to 3,000 deaths per day. We have record hospitalizations. Over 125,000 hospitalizations. Its a very difficult position to be in. Things could get really quite bad as we go into the first couple of weeks of january which will reflect what went on two weeks previously, namely where we are right now. Nbcs ron allen is in Long Island City new york and Shaq Brewster is at Bradley International airport outside hartford, connecticut. Ron, youre in queens, the onetime epicenter of this pandemic. What is the situation like on the ground right now as we head into this second calendar year fighting the virus . Reporter well, the positivity rates are going up here in new york city and in new york state as they have been in other places, in the region as well, massachusetts and connecticut. These are the states hardest hit early on in the pandemic. Now its sort of coming back again. Theres also huge problems with distribution of this vaccine which is also worrying. The number