Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its monday, december 21st, 6 00 here in new york. Alisyn is off. Erica hill with me this morning. We have a ton of news. We really do. Breaking overnight, an emergency meeting just beginning in the United Kingdom, where a new variant of coronavirus looks to be spreading like wildfire. Health Officials Say it could be up to 70 more transmissible than the current variant. Prime minister Boris Johnson just imposed major new restrictions. London in close to a lockdown right now. Overnight, look at this map, a growing number of countries, including canada, banned travel from the uk. As of this morning, the United States is not on this list. Why . Also as of this morning, there are new efforts to determine whether the vaccines in existence right now work against this new variant. More vaccine news this morning. The first doses of modernas vaccine expected to be administered today and president elect joe bi
Government shuts done and millions of americans lose badly needed benefits the day after christmas. And overseas, word that a growing number of European Countries are halting flights from the uk after a variant of coronavirus was discovered. One that spreads faster than others. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, breaking right now, new details about who is next in line to get the coronavirus vaccine. Lets get right to cnns natasha chen. What is the cdc saying now . Well, a little over an hour ago, the Advisory Committee voted 131 to approve the next two groups who should be prioritized for this vaccine. What weve already been seeing is people who are Front Line Health Care workers, people in longterm care facilities, theyve already been getting the vaccine this past week. What they voted on today were the next two groups, 1b and 1c. Whos in 1b . Front line essential workers, people like first responders, teachers, Grocery Store workers as well as people aged 75 and older.
States that trump lost. How scared can we be . Republican senator mitt romney and Pete Buttigieg is joining us. Plus, act of war . The u. S. Scrambles to a sweeping cyber attack linked to russia. This is a major hack of our National Infrastructure sector. Reporter why is President Trump blaming someone other than putin . Ill speak with chris krebs. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington. What an outgoing president can do in the final month of an office we are getting something of a an idea. Flynns proposal to declare martial law. Trump is talking about giving the powers of a special counsel to Attorney Sidney Powell whose crackpot conspiracies have been laughed courtroom after courtroom. And trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani has been asking officials of the department of Homeland Security about seizing voting machines. This as the United States suffered what experts are describing as a modern day cyber equivalent of pearl harbor that President Trump is dismissing as media hype and defending r
Deal earlier this week. The legislation is expected to include 600 in direct payments, a federal unemployment bonus of 300 a week, and more funding for struggling businesses and vaccine distribution. Joining me now for an update on the stimulus package and more, msnbc correspondent garrett haake. When i went to bed last night there was no deal, there was still a stalemate. I wake up this morning and there appears to be a deal. What happened . Reporter well, jonathan, as you mentioned, this fed lending provision was the last major substantive disagreement between the parties on what should go in this Coronavirus Relief bill. While they are posturing about who backed down in this game of chicken thats lasted the last couple of days, with that out of the way it does look likely that congress will finish the job it started weeks ago in passing this 900 billion or so stimulus package. Look, you would never lose money betting against congress to finish their work before the absolute last sec
Than in any war fought involving u. S. Troops and it happened it just ten short months. We have a team of reporters covering the latest developments. First, lets talk about the cdc subcommittee just voting on who will receive the next wave of vaccinations in the u. S. Last weeks vaccine rollout saw Front Line Health Care workers and those at longterm Health Care Facilities receiving the first doses. Natasha chen with us now. Reporter hi, fred. In the last 30 minutes or so, this Advisory Committee voted 131 on it is next two phases of who should be prioritized for this vaccine. As you just mentioned, weve already been seeing Front Line Health Care workers and longterm care facility residents getting this vaccine already. So, what were seeing now is what they call the phase 1b and 1c they just voted on. Lets look at that chart because what theyre trying to balance here is saving lives, especially of the vulnerable as well as making sure society runs well. So, at phase 1b, thats where mos