Outgoing chief of staff mark meadows called the head of the fda to the white house today. There he is, steven hahn, going in, to ask him why the fda hasnt moved faster to approve the pfizer vaccine. It is a political move when incoming biden Health Advisers say the last thing we need is to politicize this vaccine, undermine confidence in it. Meanwhile, joe biden himself is looking ahead to economic recovery, both before and after a vaccine is widely available. And unveiled his nominees for key economic appointments today where they outline their plan to, as the president elect always puts it, build back better after the pandemic. Lets not forget who built this country. Middle class and working class people built this country and unions built the middle class. From the most unequal economic and job crisis in modern history, we can build a new American Economy that works for all americans. Not just some, all perform. Lost lives, lost jobs, Small Businesses struggling to stay alive or clo
Went into uthis is gold standar. Reporter the fda is learning allergic reactions of the vaccines in two British Health workers who have a history of allergic reaction. Subjects we know have severe allergic reactions should not take the vaccine. They are looking under the hood of everything. When they say the vaccine is safe and effective, i will tell you all that i, myself, will be perfectly comfortable in taking the vaccine and i would recommend it to my family. Reporter the White House Task force warns it could be late spring before vaccines slow the spread and this country is now averaging more than 200,000 new covid19 cases every day. That is near doubled in just a month. And averaging well over 2,000 deaths every day. That is more than doubled in just a month. I would say this is the start of the thanksgiving bump. Reporter icus in many places are filling and fast. I feel like we are at some level on a precipice but help us and wear a mask and social distance. Reporter many states
All right. We begin with the deadliest day so far in the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Reported more than 3,000 covid deaths on wednesday. Thats more than the number of americans who died on 9 11, and its only growing worse. New infections are averaging 200,000 people a day, and hospitalizations are at an all time high. The best most immediate hope may be pfizers new vaccine. The food and Drug Administration will finally give had a hard look beginning in a few hours. If it gets the green light, limited distribution could start almost immediately. We get the latest now from cnns nick watt in los angeles. A green light for pfizers vaccine in the u. S. Could be just a day away. Within 24 to 48 hours from that Advisory Committee decision, we will actually have shots in arms. Reporter the needles, syringes, wipes, are ready to roll. Well begin that today. Distribution will be complete by friday. Reporter but doses of the vaccine will be tight. Between now and the end of the year, we are g
15 minutes. Thank, jeff. Tonight a san jose drug and Alcohol Rehab Center is closed for business. For much of the day, people could be seen carrying files, computers and other items out of the life Choices Treatment Center after the state shut it down. Tonight its not clear why. What is clear is that more than two dozen of the clients had to immediately find help somewhere else. Marianne favro joins us with what neighbors and employees are saying tonight. Janelle, right now its quiet but earlier today, there was a bus out here transporting more than two dozen clients to a new drug and alcohol Treatment Center. In the meantime, the state says it is investigating what has been going on here at this facility and tonight, this center no longer has a license to operate. Employees tell us more than two dozen climates in san jose were forced to move after the state shut down the drug and alcohol Treatment Center today. I brought today and the state of california was here and i was served some
A bulletproofed vest and armed with a semi automatic Assault Rifle and two high powered pistols like these. They have recovered more than 3 weapons. Everyone was scared. A really big kid inside of my class, i have never seen him cry and he was crying. It was really scary for all of us. Hours before police say lanza had shot his mother in her home and headed to the school where he killed 26 people mostly children and then himself. After the rampage ended they led students to a schoolhouse to a nearby fire station. We got in a line and we had to close our eyes and we all put our hands on other peoples shoulders and then our teacher hold the first persons hand and she led us out. Frantic parents arrived at the school simply hoping to find their children alive. Heartbreaking. It is heartbreaking. Authorities are still searching for answers. We will go backwards as far as we have to go in this investigation. Hopefully we will stumble on answers. They are questioning his brother ryan and fat