Arthel neville, fedex and ups working with pfizer to get the first batch of nearly 3 million doses shipped across the country taking off a major effort to stop the coronavirus outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 people in the u. S. The first vaccinations could come tomorrow, we have live fox team coverage, Charles Watson is near the headquarters in atlanta, Mark Meredith standing by at the white house and Nicole Saphier is here to break it down but we begin with mike tobin at the pfizer plant in michigan with more on the vaccine shipments. Reporter the trucks have rolled from the docks at the pfizer plant in michigan shipping business has wrapped up for the day and the most ambitious immunization and history is underway. Trucks from fedex and ups left at the same time from the facility fedex irving west and ups irving the east, today shipment 189 boxes of the vaccine each hold 975 vials each vial five doses, what we saw was a little more than 920,000 for the first doses, a few hour
Effort . And on the senate side, what could be the biggest break of all, the questions are, will senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell vote to convict the president . And will Senate Republicans join him . It is way too early for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that is privileged to guide you through another unprecedented day in washington. Perhaps in the history of our country. Im kasie hunt on this\wednesday, january 13th. Well start with the news. This afternoon donald trump is expected to become the first u. S. President to be impeached twice after Vice President mike pence informed nancy pelosi that he will not use the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. In a letter to Speaker Pelosi just hours before the house passed a resolution urging pence to invoke the 25th, the Vice President wrote that such action is not in the best interests of the nation. And would set a, quote, terrible precedent. The house convenes at 9 00 a. M. Debate on the impeach
They will also move forward with their initial socalled megxit plan this spring. Katie logan has more from london. Hi jon theyre still much to interpret from the statement. But what we do see from it is this is a clean break for harry and meghan. And they are expected to take up life in canada sooner rather than later. There were two statements this evening here, one was from the queen one from Buckingham Palace. The one from the queen is very warm in town wishing harry and meghan while in the future. And she emphasizes they are very much a part of her jon President Trump sending family. But in the second statement the Senate Response to the from Buckingham Palace its very clear the couple will not be continuing any of their impeachment summonses they outline the case. Good evening i am jon scott usual duties on behalf of the and this is the fox report. Queen. They will not use their royal the president s newly formed titles, they wont be legal team filed the first brief of the trial t
Trace gallagher 1 00 p. M. , and updating you on the latest developments around covid19. The latest numbers indicate cases are growing exponentially. At this hour, we know more of 40,000 confirmed cases in our country and i believe 610 people have died. Prediction from the Surgeon General it will get worse throughout the week. In washington monday, second procedural vote on a 2 trillion rescue plan failing to pass congressional muster and democrats argued the package is tilted towards the corporate veil of the nonAmerican Workers and the fate of the stimulus still uncertain. At the same time, president hence he wants to see americans back at their jobs and a lot want sooner than the period suggested by doctors. Is he looking for acid solution to save lives the 112020 games will certainly be put on hold to my. Or nations expected to follow suit. 6 of all cases in the world are there in the governor calls for emergency medical procedures as hospitals report their overflowing with patient
Soon. If you look at the numbers it could be that we are getting very close. And they said 5 million . Well, we will be there. But i didnt say it. I didnt say it. Somebody came out with a report saying 5 million. It sounds like a lot. Sure it would be nice. And we will be there. But again, we didnt say it. Who said sit a report. I heard the 5 million is totally unnecessary. That doesnt mean we are not going to hit it pretty easily. Again i think it is a media trap. On tuesday, admiral brett ju waugh who runs the task force Testing Program told the Time Magazine there is no way we can do 20 million tests a day or even 5 million test as day. The concern for the demand on testing comes amid one of the starkest pictures to emerge, the economic devastation. The nations gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced shank 4. 8 the First Quarter of this year. A bigger drop is expected during the second quarter, which is under way now and which lasts until the end of june