Veto the huge Coronavirus Relief package passed by both houses of congress. So direct aid for millions of americans is in very real jeopardy this morning. To be clear, the president himself was not part of these negotiations, at all. He was too busy trying to overturn an election. But he swooped in overnight, blindsiding everyone and insisted that Congress Give americans 2,000 stimulus checks, instead of the 600 thats in the deal. Now, House Speaker nancy pelosi, this morning, is trying to capitalize on this and secure that extra money immediately. We have some new reporting on where this might be headed. But generally speaking, there is mass confusion. One republican aid tells cnn President Trump seems to be, quote, coming unhinged. Also overnight, President Trump issuing a wave of new pardons, among them, three corrupt former republican members of congress, who men who pleaded guilty as part of the mueller investigation, and four military contractors who were convicted in connection
In this weekend. The 41yearold, just 41 years old, died less than two weeks after publicly revealing his coronavirus diagnosis. Also breaking overnight, another Coronavirus Vaccine just got approval in the uk. The British Health secretary says that the first doses of the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine will be given on monday. This vaccine, crucially much cheaper and easier to store than the two approved so far here in the u. S. Officials say it could be a game changer for getting people vaccinationed not just in the uk, but around the world. And the uk has enough doses for its entire population already. Its more transmissable, because weve already in a surge, in the middle of a surge during the outbreak. Reporter youre absolutely right. The idea of a more transmissible virus, this is the last thing we need in a country that has done a terrible job at getting the spread of this virus under control. Colorado Health Officials announcing they found the first known case of this covid19 variant,
And a Record Number of people, nearly 125,000 are hospitalized this morning with coronavirus. The situation becoming so severe in los angeles that several hospitals have had to turn patients away because of a shortage of oxygen. Just alarming in america in 2020. One of the latest victims of the outbreak, republican congressman luke letlo of louisiana, he was set to be sworn in this weekend, he died just two weeks after his diagno diagnosis. Also this morning, the uk has just approved the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine with the first doses to be given on monday. This could be a game changer in the effort to vaccinate many countries, since this vaccine is much cheaper, also easier to store and transport than the two approved here in the u. S. Already. Were going to get a live report from london on the latest in just a moment. But lets begin with cnns athena jones. That on the news of the uk variant, which is more easily transmissible, now present here in the u. S. And signs that its already
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Lets bring in our leadoff panel for this friday night. Franco ordonez, White House Correspondent for mcclatchy newspapers, covering immigration and foreign affairs. The New York Times katie benner, pulitzer prizewinning reporter who covers the Justice Department. And yamiche alcindor, White House Correspondent for news hour on pbs. Thanks to all of you for being with us. Katie, let me start with you. We have that reporting tonight about some movement on that issue of reunifying parents with children, at least some of them. You cover the Justice Department, the legal end of this. It sounded like there was still plenty of confusion when that Executive Order was issued the other day by the president about what that was actually going to allow in terms of reunification. How clear is that now . Absolutely. So as you say, this was another selfinflicted wound by the Trump Administration not thinking through clearly enough a directive before issuing it. So we saw a lot of confusion last night.