Grateful to have your company as always, and i want to start with this news about the coronavirus pandemic. I mean, yesterday the u. S. Recorded, think about this number, more than 184,000 cases. That is the most ever recorded in a single day. And there are more people in hospitals. Yesterday more than 68,000 people were being treated for the virus. President trump says his administration will not enforce a lockdown to slow the spread. And as of this morning, were fewer than ten weeks out from inauguration day. The formal transition to a biden administration, as you know, has not started. Yeah, the president still has not admitted that he lost. A former white house chief of staff, jonquelly, he is criticizing the Trump Administration. He calls the delay a National Security health crisis. Jason carroll is following the biden transition in delaware. Sarah westwood is at the white house for us. Good morning, everybody. Sarah, i want to start with you. President trump addressed this pandem
National security threat. This is not just stupid and petty, it is dangerous internally and externally for the United States. That is not america first. Joe biden will be the next president of the United States. Kamala harris will be the next Vice President. When will you accept that you lost the election, sir . This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Top of the hour looking across the city of new york. Beautiful at the start of the 6 00 hour here on the east coast. And we begin this morning with the horrible news about the coronavirus pandemic. Yesterday there were more than 184,000 new cases of coronavirus in the u. S. Thats the most recorded in a single day here ever. And on top of that, hospitalizations are spiking. Yesterday more than 68,000 people were treated for the virus. President trump says his administration will not enforce a lockdown to slow the spread. Were fewer than ten weeks out from inauguration day, but the formal transition to a Biden Admini
To vote. This is not just about georgia, this is about america, this is about the world. Look at that, it is a beautiful early, early morning, really overnight in l. A. Right now, isnt it . Beautiful city lights there. Maybe youll see some Christmas Lights here or there. Regardless, we just want to wish you a happy saturday wherever you happen to be waking up. Were glad to have you with us as always. It is saturday, december 5th. Im christi paul. Look whos in with us. Hey, christi. Good to see you all. Im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. We will start today with covid19 being the number one cause of death this week. The coronavirus has now caused more deaths than heart disease, lung cancer or stroke. Cnns allisison kosik is outsid mount sinai hospital. The stats are so alarming. We know a vaccine is on the way. The concern is how do we get these numbers under control until then . Reporter absolutely. Good morning, martin. We are seeing hospitalizations skyrocket across the count
Before. New cases are hitting record highs. The deadliest week yet of this pandemic is ending with news that theres more help on the way, which is the light. Yes. There are now two coronavirus vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States. The fda says modernas vaccine could start rolling out pretty soon. Vaccinations could start as soon as monday pending a cdc panel vote today and a signoff by the director. Thats expected. Jaclyn howard is with us now. Its always good to have you here. A week ago you were walking us through pfizers vaccine. Now were looking at modernas. How does it stack up . Reporter theyre very similar vaccines, christi. Theyre both mrna vaccines, which means their main component is messenger rna. Thats Genetic Information about the coronavirus and it helps stimulate your immune system to identify and prepare for it in case they encounter it. Pfizer is at 95 efficacy, moderna 94. 2 . The process they both went through was the same for the fda authorizat
That allowing conspiracy theorys and hateful speech to fester on their platforms for years had a role to play. The nations top Infectious Disease expert said the government is actively monitoring new variants, including one from the uk. Right now, the data indicate that the uk mutant is still quite sensitive to the antibodies that are induced by the vaccine. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good saturday morning to you. More members of congress now say that 11 days is too long to wait for president troubump to leave office. There is partisan call for the impeachment resolution on monday. Draft contained by cnn contains one article of impeachment for insightful of insurrection. And twitter says the further incitement of violence is why they have kicked the president off their platform permanently. His final tweet announce head would not attend the inauguration of president elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris and thats something that only