Now as the fda begins approval of the first Covid Vaccine, and we take you inside the giant worldwide operation to distribute it. How one carrier plans to move billions of vaccines at temperatures well below zero. Swedens surge and the new restrictions now in place did their Herd Immunity Experiment fail the scare in the air. The windshield of this American Airlines plane cracked all over with passengers on board. And music with heart. Gloria estefans new mission and the heroic nurses who are stealing the show. Stand by me this is Nbc Nightly News with jose diazbalart good evening. As we hit more than 12 million covid cases today, the country finds itself in a perfect storm, a surging virus mixed with Colder Weather plus the strong pull of family and tradition. Were all making hard decisions about the upcoming Holiday Airports are crowded as many choose to travel to see family but hospitals are crowded, too, many at a breaking point it took nearly 100 days for the u. S. To reach its fi
You know what love is on thanksgiving . I love you so much and im so thankful for you that im not going to see you. This year if you love someone, it is smarter and better to stay away. Well be alone physically, but we are spiritually together celebrating in a way that is even deeper. The story is, my mom is going to come up and two of my girls is the current plan. But the plans change. But thats my plan. Sandra and that grabbed a lot of headlines. Laura ingle is tracking it for us. How long for the governor to change his tune about those plans . We crunched the numbers, looked at time codes. It was exactly 1 hour 33 minutes for him to Reverse Course and change his plans. As others plans go forward others move forward. He is letting folks know things are getting so bad in new york he is putting some restrictions in place for some areas where those cases are spiking, limiting the hours of restaurants and exactly how many people can gather for their thanksgiving day meal safely in new yo
Hardship its a crisis that is causing real Mental Stress for millions of people millions of people and its within our power to solve it. And to grow the economy at the same time and his vision for the countrys place in the world. Americas back. Were at the head of the table once again plus, new covid records and new restrictions here at home as millions ignore the Travel Warnings and food banks have trouble keeping up announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from wilmington, delaware good evening from wilmington, where a short time ago President Elect joe biden sat down with me for his first postelection interview where he discussed among other things the official president ial transition now finally under way tonight, whether he would support investigations of donald trump after he leaves office, and how his administration plans to distribute covid vaccines to millions of americans. We met at wilmingtons queen theater, where just an hour or so earlier the
Contact tracing is largely gone. I think and i believe that we should be treating every case as if its a variant during this pandemic right now. The good news according to dr. Anthony fauci is Johnson Johnsons new singledose vaccine could help get more people vaccinated and prevent severe disease and hospitalizations as the virus continues to mutate and replicate. We have now a valueadded additional vaccine candidate. This is a singleshot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7 to 10 days. It is inexpensive and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. Joining me now nbc news chief White House Correspondent and Weekend Today cohost Kristen Welker. Dr. Celine gounder, a member of bidens Advisory Board during the transition. And patrice harris, former president of the american medical association. Kristen, how difficult is it proving for the biden team with such a short transition, if any, to get their arms around the shortage of doses and the
Him to run through the timelines . When did these 11 cases test positive, and how long does the genetic sequencing take, and when was he told of these cases . Can these processes be made speedier . And so for example that the ealing case tested positive in late december. These variants bring into focus the importance of border controls. Times radio reports that Quarantine Arrangements for hotels wont be in place until the 15th of february. Why the delay . According to the times newspaper, sage weeks ago said tougher Quarantine Arrangements were needed. Will he publish at this stage minutes from the 21st Of January . I welcome the extra testing, but can i suggest it was further . People move beyond postcode boundaries. They go shopping, many still have to go to work. Will he therefore roll out testing in neighbouring postcodes . He wants to come down hard on this variant, but isnt the lesson of mass testing, such as in liverpool, that people are hesitant to take a test if they arent com