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Pandemic that has now claimed more than 200,000 american lives. New cases now on the rise in 24 states, 40,000 new cases per day across the country. When that happens and its just under way. We are learning this morning that the fda is considering stricter guidelines when it comes to the race for a vaccine. These rules would push even emergency authorization of a vaccine past election day. Well get to that in a moment. Lets begin with our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Good morning, elizabeth. You have the latest on the vaccine to begin a phase 3 trial in this country. Thats right. Its by Johnson Johnson and what sets this vaccine apart of it from the other three that are currently in phase 3 Clinical Trials in the u. S. Is that its one dose. That will certainly be handy. If it works and if its safe it will be much easier to vaccinate everyone once rather than twice. Lets look at the four vaccines that have already started phase 3 Clinical Trials. Moderna and pfizer star