way. here s mary bruce. reporter: today in miami, hundreds lining up to get help buying groceries, as the pandemic devastates the nation s economy. president-elect joe biden today speaking directly to these suffering americans. our message to everybody struggling right now is this help is on the way. reporter: biden today introducing the team that he says will rebuild the economy. former fed chair janet yellen, his pick for treasury secretary. it s an american tragedy and it s essential that we move with urgency. reporter: the scope of the economic crisis is massive. more than 50 million americans could go hungry this year. nearly 7 million are at risk of eviction. and more than 20 million are now on unemployment. one of them, 60-year-old diana adelmo of san antonio, texas, who was laid off. i feel just scared. i want to stay positive and think, oh maybe, you know, something will come. but i don t know at this point. i don t know.
back onto the front lines for a second time now. tonight, the icu nurse dying in the hospital where he worked for 25 years. the major headline tonight involving president trump and the election. today, the attorney general bill barr, who has sided with the president often, now saying the justice department has found no evidence of widespread voting fraud. and tonight, is the president now considering pardons for members of the trump family, including himself? jon karl with late reporting. president-elect joe biden formally introducing his new economic team, telling americans struggling that, quote, help is on the way. the urgent manhunt tonight under way for a serial attacker in an american suburb here in the northeast. the suspect striking at least ten times. where they re searching and what the police chief is now saying. we now hear tonight from that missing boater saved at sea after clinging to a submerged boat to survive. and the storm warnings from ohio to new york toni
that s another record. and tonight in new york city, hospitalizations back where they were in june and they are asking retired nurses and doctors to be prepared to help. in fact, the number of hospitalizations in new york city more than doubling in just the last three weeks. the governor very alarmed with what they re seeing here. but we re going to begin here tonight with that vote a short time ago at the cdc. the recommendation on the vaccines and who should get them first. abc s steve osunsami at the cdc leading us off in atlanta. reporter: american health officials tonight are calling it phase 1-a. after an emergency meeting in atlanta, they ve decided to encourage the nation s governors to give the first available doses of the coronavirus vaccine to certain seniors and health care workers. in discussions with the jurisdictions, most of them believe that they can vaccinate all of their health care workers within three weeks. reporter: the government is expecting about 40 mill
up to a foot in some places. and what s coming next. ginger zee tracking it all. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on this tuesday night. we have a lot to get to tonight. president trump and the election and the attorney general bill barr. the a.g. today declaring there was no evidence of widespread voting fraud. but we re going to begin tonight with news coming in right now from the cdc. the vote this evening by a committee of experts recommending who should get the vaccine first. and tonight, even with the first batch of pfizer vaccine here in the u.s. already, pfizer is waiting for emergency use authorization. the head of the fda was at the white house today and was asked why no approval yet, when should americans expect it? tonight, hospitalizations rising in 43 states, washington, d.c. and puerto rico. the number of patients fighting covid in the hospital, more than 96,000.
reporter: biden imploring congress to act now. the full congress should come together and pass a robust package for relief. you heard what joe biden said there today, the president-elect. mary bruce live in washington. and today we noted somewhat of a rare moment, a bipartisan group of senators actually presenting a compromise plan for relief. so, give us a reality check, though. where do things stand at this point, mary? reporter: well, david, this bipartisan group of senators is certainly trying to up the pressure, but the reality is that the two sides still remain far apart on the details. this compromise bill, for instance, would not include another round of stimulus checks for all americans. even republican leader mitch mcconnell today admitted that even if they do get something done, the biden administration will likely want to do more. for the first time, david, mcconnell acknowledging that biden will, indeed, be the next president. david? mary bruce, our thanks to you