Once the bs fda gives the okay, nearly 6 million doses of modernas vaccine will ship nationwide. This morning, Vice President mike pence becoming the highest profile member so far of our government to get that vaccine publicly. Second lady karen pence and Surgeon General jerome adams joining the Vice President. With help on the way, were still setting new records for daily cases. More than 263,000 new cases were reported thursday alone, a near record high of almost 3,600 american lives lost. It is a dark reminder that even with these vaccines becoming available, people are still losing friends and family to this virus right now. Well start on this friday with that wait for the fda to grant the emergency use authorization for modernas vaccine. When that happens, a massive distribution effort will get under way to roll out some 20 million doses in two weeks. Nbcs tom costello has been following every twist and turn from the beginning, now following the fda approval process for us. Shaqui
Question, why did he do this . Reporter its a terrific question because at this point, as the president spends another day at his golf club here in palm beach he has nothing to show for the delay in signing the covid relief package that could ultimately hurt a lot of americans who are currently struggling right now. The president did not get any of the demands that hes been pushing for over the last several days, and they include cutting what he deems is unnecessary spending. Important to point out this covid relief package was paired with the omnibus Government Spending bill, the president conflating the two and suggesting things like foreign aid should not be in the Coronavirus Relief package, theyre not. The president calling that wasteful even though a lot of that foreign aid and other things hes railing against were actually part of the white house budget and requested by the white house. The president also pushing for an increase in those stimulus checks to americans from 600 to
Outcome of this election. What these lawmakers do next week will be etched into history, and the only thing theyll accomplish is causing a spectacle. Cnns Boris Sanchez joins us from the white house. Boris, President Trump and some of his most fervent supporters still seem to leave the election can be overturned but anyone with political sense knows this is over. Whats in it for josh hawley and ted cruz and these other senators . Reporter well, specifically for josh hawley, hes a rising star in the republican ranks. It is widely believed that he is anticipating a run for president himself in 2024, and this elevates his profile with Trump Supporters who still remain the bulk of the republican base. You could say the same about ted cruz. He has made a number of moves in a recent year in anticipation of a potential 2024 run, but for many of these other lawmakers, its simply about survival, ana. President trump has gone after republicans who have said they will not object to the Election R
Condemned the response. And those involved in operation warp speed spoke to reporters acknowledging that the number of vaccinations administered is lower than hoped for but they do hope thats going to turn around and soon. As more vaccine becomes available, and we do see, you know, very good steady drumbeat of our vaccine coming off the manufacture i manufacturing fill finish line. Then well be able to expand distribution through the local brick and mortar pharmacy chain. As vaccines become available, states determine distribution priorities. I visualize, as early as 8 and 15 of january, the expansion to the utilization will greatly increase access of vaccines to the American People. And this comes as Public Health officials, including dr. Fauci are publicly acknowledging weve missed the mark on Vaccine Administration so far. The obvious questions are why and how do we fix it . The president and the white house are pinning blame on the states. They claim theyve delivered these vaccines
Vaccine rollout for the Trump Administration, and from the massive federal failure on covid and beyond, how america keeps paying for the Republican Partys enduring antigovernment fetish. The nine most terrifying words in the english language are im from the government and im here to help. All in starts right now. Good evening from washington, d. C. Im mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. Three weeks from now, donald trump will no longer be president , and a lot of people will be breathing a huge sigh of relief. But one of the big worries for many of us is what happens when the next trump comes along, someone who appeals to the base and is just as amoral and cynical as trump, but who is smarter and savvier. Well, today we got Something Like an official candidate announcement for that role. It came from Missouri Republican senator josh hawley, who casts himself as a reformist and a populist, a young senator willing to break with the old ideas and the old elites in charge of both parties. Hawl