Challenge. Can President Biden get the country on the same page about the pandemic . Hes there now. This will be his First Official trip as president four weeks in. Hes taking the pitch for his 1. 9 trillion relief plan on the road. Wisconsin Battle Ground state helped secure bidens victory. Also, hard hit by the weather, hard hit by the economy, hard hit by the pandemic. Now, this is all a leadup to the house vote that is expected on the package next week. The biden presidency will be defined in large part by his job on the pandemic, but also, whether he can help us move past the pain of division. His predecessors ghost is still haunting us post impeachment. Trumps silence was strategic. The trial is over. So is the silence. He is now in war mode on his own party targeting Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Here is what he said in part, im not going to show you his entire thing. If you want to find it, find it yourself. Hes an unpolitical hack and will never do what needs to be d
A guilded cage in terms of being able to walk outside and do things. The Vice President s residence was totally different. 80 acres overlooking the rest of the city. You could walk out theres a swimming pool. You can walk off the porch in the summer and jump in the pool and go into the work. You can ride a bicycle around and never leave the property and work out. You can but the white house is very different. And i feel a sense of i must tell you, a sense of history about it. John leech m, who you know, several other president ial historians helped me with this. I asked my brother, whos good at this, to set up the oval office for me. It all happens in two hours, literally. They move everything out and move something in. It was interesting to hear these historians talk about what other president s have gone through and the moments and who the people who stepped up to the ball and who are the people that didnt. And what you realize is the most consequential thing for me is although ive k
The United States. When a covid19 vaccine is authorized by fda and recommended, vaccination and the initial phase of the program should be offered to both Healthcare Personnel and residents of longterm care facilities. Sandra in just moments the white house vaccine czar, dr. Moncef slaoui will be joining us live. We go to laura ingle. How are they deciding who is first in line for this vaccine . Good morning. Good morning, sandra. The cdc Advisory Committees vote last night marks a significant moment in getting the panels recommendations into the agencys directors hands. If approved it would put the two groups weve been talking about to the front of the line when the vaccine is ready. A huge moment last night. The panel of outside scientific experts who make up the committee voted 131 to recommend front line Healthcare Workers as well as residents of longterm care facilities to get that priority in the first days of any coming vaccination program. That is about 24 Million People in tho
And also Johnson Johnson, just releasing the results from its phase three trials. Saying in its announcement it is 66 Efficacy Rate overall. 85 against severe disease. Still notably lessective than the vaccines from pfizer and moderna. What does the biden team say about that . The White House Press secretary just said this morning that President Biden is encouraged by the data coming out from j j but also said that the politicians will leave it to the scientists who we should hear from any moment. While were standing by. Lets bring in Elizabeth Cohen following the latest developments. So on this announcement from Johnson Johnson, what are they saying . Basically the bottom line here, kate, is that this vaccine does work well against covid 19, this j j vaccine. Im going to jump in. Andy slavic, one of the members of the Covid Response team is beginning the briefing now. On both the successes and the hurdles we face. I hope on these calls, that the public will get a regular and consisten
A live look there. We will take you there live just as soon as it starts. Right now though, the word of the moment is vaccine. Im at a Football Stadium thats part of the Charleston County School District. Its the second largest in this state. They are ready to give their teachers the vaccine just as soon as the state gives the green light. Already some people in the state getting their vaccines at drivethru sites which presents its own set of challenges. We will talk about that and learn about an ingenious solution from Mount Pleasants mayor. It includes an unlikely ally, chickfila. More on that in a moment. We will start in Charleston County. The School District is ready to roll out vaccines to its teachers. First, they need the green light from the state. I want to bring in jeff buroey. He is the Chief Operating Officer in the School District. 50,000 students. Jeff, first of all, i will put my mask on. We might be within the six feet here. Lets just start with the teachers. Again, So