And what else needs to happen before this pandemic is over. Lets get to our reporters on the ground. Ellison barber is in springfield, missouri, chef any gosk in new york and sarah harman is in london. Ellison, lets start with you. Theyre getting those new shipments today of the moderna vaccine. There was a bit of a hitch yesterday. Whats happening on the ground now . Reporter it was delayed, did not come. Not long ago, maybe 20 minutes, we watched a fedex truck pull up at this loading dock with white boxes filled with the moderna vaccine. Brown boxes filled with the kits necessary to administer the vacci vaccine. The syringes, the sanitation wipes, the reminders for people to get their second dosage. They made their way to the pharmacy. They watched as they unpacked those tiny vials, the tiny vials that look so small and insignificant but are so powerful. This hospital, they did not have any shipments of the pfizer vaccine. Theyre only getting the moderna vaccine. They waited eagerly
For use in the united kingdom. This particular vaccine is cheaper to make and easier to store than the pfizer and moderna vaccines. And americans hurt by the pandemics economic fallout are starting to finally get just a little bit of help. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says those 600 stimulus checks are rolling out right now. The big question this morning, is more on the way . And ha is where we start. Nbcs sahil kapur is on capitol hill. Monica alba is in west palm beach. Shes traveling with President Trump. Sahill, let me start with you. Well be speaking to senator nancy pelosi. The bill would increase the amount of cash americans get to 2,000. At this hour, what do we know about where things stand in the Upper Chamber on those checks . Reporter craig, those 2,000 payments are in a precarious place in the Republicanled Senate for two reasons. Yesterday, senator mcconnell, the republican leader blocked a unanimous consent request to simply raise those 600 to 2,000. That signals hes
Be giving that daily briefing. He says the state cant let its garden down as it pushes ahead with reopening region by region. And new this morning we are learning about some positive results from a closely watched trial for a Coronavirus Vaccine by the company moderna. We have our doctor on duty with us for the hour, dr. John white, the chief medical officer at web md. Well get to dr. White in a moment. We have our reporters fanned out all over the country as states continue to reopen, and people head back to work. Let us start in texas this monday morning. Gyms, nonessential businesses, manufacturing facilities are starting to partially reopen today there. But it comes as texas saw a record singleday increase in positive covid19 tests. More than 1,800 new cases on saturday, beating the record that was set just a few days earlier, late last week texas also reported its highest singleday death toll. Nbcs priscilla tfhompson is in houston, texas at one of those Fitness Centers thats reop