let's keep it up. let's mask up. (solemn orchestral music ends) hello, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am dana bash in washington. john king is off today. new hope in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic felt across america today. >> thank you. thank you. >> that was in new jersey this morning as the first vaccinations in that state were administered at rutgers university medical school. this shot of hope is coming at a grim time.

monday, the u.s. passed the tragic milestone, 300,000 people have died now from coronavirus, and the average of new daily deaths remains above 2,000 a day. hospitalizations in this country set another record monday with more than 110,000 people hospitalized with coronavirus. it is the 13th consecutive day the u.s. has reported more than 100,000 hospitalizations. this week there could soon be a second covid vaccine authorized. this morning, the fda confirmed the moderna covid-19 vaccine candidate has 94.5% efficacy with no specific safety concerns. the agency will consider whether to issue emergency use authorization for that vaccine this week. today on capitol hill senate majority leader mitch mcconnell also finally acknowledged the reality that joe biden won the election.

>> the electoral college has spoken. so today i want to congratulate president-elect joe biden. >> we're going to have more on that in a bit. we want to go back to the big story that continues to play out and that is the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. dr. anthony fauci stays the vaccine rollout amid the situation in the u.s. is bittersweet. >> we are still in a terrible situation, the deaths, hospitalizations, number of cases. we're starting to see light at the end of the tunnel that's going to ultimately get us through this. >> with me now, cnn's sara murray, covering the vaccine rollout. what's the latest today? >> today is the biggest distribution day we have seen so far. i think, dana, as you point out and dr. fauci points out, it can't come soon enough.

health care workers are grateful to be getting the vaccine. it is going to more than 400 sites today. yesterday was around 150. at this point, all 50 states already have pfizer's vaccine and we're starting this kind of track to begin to get the american public vaccinated. so the goal is by end of december to have 40 million doses out there by january and february, 50 to 80 million doses, and then by end of march, hopefully to have 100 million people immunized. of course, these are different numbers that could change based on how quickly additional vaccine candidates are authorized, and frankly how quickly the company can pump out more doses of vaccines. we know, dana, this will be in short supply for a long time. we are starting with health care workers, nursing home residents. it will be months before most of the american public gets this. >> that's right. but there's new hope on that on the horizon. an fda advisory panel released a briefing document about the moderna covid-19 vaccine. what does that say? >> it's really good news.

first of all, we know we need more than one coronavirus vaccine to get out of this mess. we are going to need multiples of this document from the fda scientists on the moderna vaccine, shares that it has a favorable safety rating and very high effectiveness numbers. you look at 94.5% effectiveness, similar to the pfizer vaccines, a high number. it should give americans a lot of confidence. am i going to be -- this is not just what the company is reporting, this is what the fda found. it shows it needs to be stored between negative 25 to negative 15 celsius. a cold temperature but not as cold as the pfizer vaccine needs to be stored which may make it easier to distribute to trickier parts of the country and rural areas that can't necessarily afford to buy the ultra cold deep freezers. and the last thing is there will be a little different age range potentially for the moderna

vaccine. they're looking at it for folks 18 and older, the pfizer vaccine was for 16 and older. these are the things we have to grapple with as we get different vaccine candidates. dana, that's why it is important when people go to get the vaccines and in the general public that they talk to the doctors about which vaccine are they receiving, making sure to get that second dose of the same vaccine. that's what health care workers will be watching closely. >> sure will. sara, thank you for that. with me now, a health care worker, a doctor, who is the medical director at the university of louisville health. thank you so much for joining me. doctor, you received your first dose of the vaccine yesterday. what was it like? >> it was really exciting, bittersweet. as i was walking to go get my vaccine, i actually had just heard my 27th patient died, so it was very emotional for me to get the vaccine yesterday. even just thinking about it now,

i kind of tear up. i have been waiting for this for a long time. i have been on the covid unit since march, so i have been doing it pretty much every day, except for a day off here and there. i have been looking forward to yesterday for a long time. >> so just to kind of put a point to what you were saying, which is remarkable, you were on the way to get a vaccine when you heard your 27th patient had died? there's so many things to ask about. first of all, 27 patients. people understand now that when you are talking about a patient who is sick and dies from covid, it is the doctor, you, that's there, not their family. you were the one there with them, not just as a physician but as a human to be there. i mean, that is intense. >> yeah. as i said, as i was putting my jacket on, leaving the floor i

work on, and we heard a code overhead. i had just transferred that patient the day before to the icu and the nurse who i was talking to said i hope it is not her. she called down to the unit as i was about to walk off the floor and they told me, they said it is our patient. as i was walking, they texted me, told me she didn't make it. so again, it was bittersweet because i was, you know, i have been waiting for this vaccine. i know we still have a hard fight ahead of us, it is not over, but at least for me this is hope. >> much needed hope. what you and your colleagues are going through. what message do you want americans to hear from you, a front line worker, somebody that lost 27 patients, i am sure

helped countless others, and now recipient of the vaccine. what do you want them to hear? >> that i wouldn't have gotten it if i didn't think it was safe, that it was going to be our way to fight this virus. that we need to do our part. it is not just about me and my team on the units. we are doing our part every day. that's what we signed up for when we went into health care. to really beat the virus, we have to work together which means we have to do the right thing. means to continually wear a mask, social distance, wash our hands, and get the vaccine. we have to take care of each other if we want to get back to some sense of normalcy. that's what i look forward to. but we can't get there alone. we need your help. >> well said. before i let you go, any side effects from getting the vaccine yesterday? >> my arm is a little sore where they gave it to me. other than that, i went to work today. i feel good. i'm going back to work after

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short time ago on the senate floor, majority leader mitch mcconnell recognized joe biden as president-elect for the first time and congratulated him for his win after the electoral college reaffirmed the victory yesterday. listen to him. >> many millions of us hoped the presidential election would yield a different result, but

our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on january 20th. the electoral college has spoken. so today i want to congratulate president-elect joe biden. >> meanwhile, there's a lot of scrambling happening right now on capitol hill, a trillion dollar spending bill has to get passed before the government funding expires this friday, and on a long delayed relief bill for millions of americans suffering the economic effects of covid-19. a bipartisan group of senators trying again to break the log jam, release a $908 billion package yesterday which they divided into two separate proposals, one is 748 million with small business loans, jobless benefits and vaccine distribution. another is $160 billion package that includes flash points for both parties, state and local

aid, liability protections for businesses. joining me now is republican senator mitt romney of utah, member of the bipartisan group that put together that package. senator, thank you so much for joining me. first question is where do things stand? will americans get relief before congress breaks for the holidays? >> well, i am convinced the majority leader will actually bring legislation to the floor that will either take up our $748 billion bill or the total of 908 billion, or perhaps he will pick and choose from what we put together in a bill of his own and attach it to the omni bus spending bill. one way of the other, i think it is essential that congress take action to help people that are unemployed. we'll have people lose unemployment the day after christmas. that's really unthinkable. so unemployment, loans to small businesses, grants to small businesses, critical. vaccine cost in terms of distribution of the vaccine at the state level, critical.

education funding. all these things are of an emergency nature and i think you'll see something happen before we leave for the holidays. >> will you guarantee that meaning you as senator? every senator has power to gum things up, make sure you stay there until that happens for the american people. will you make that pledge? >> we have the power to stop things. what we don't have as individual senators is the power to actually get things done and of course that's one of the difficulties. any one of 100 could stop things, but only the majority leader can decide what comes to the floor. he sets the calendar. i am convinced leader mcconnell will bring to the floor a covid relief package and we'll get a chance to vote on it. i only know that by listening to what he has to say, how he responded to the proposal already. >> i want to ask you about as i mention two separate packages which you i think cleverly did so that you could take the controversy out and perhaps that

won't be on the floor. i want to ask about the controversial parts. one is liability protection. many businesses need protections from covid related lawsuits. there hasn't been discernable flood of lawsuits or even close. >> i think what you're going to see whether it is universities writing to us and calling us saying look, we need some help, we don't want to get sued by faculty members or students that say how come we didn't have more masks, how come we didn't know we should have cancelled classes, we're going to bring a lawsuit against the university because of a sickness we got or perhaps even a death, likewise doctors, hospitals, schools, small businesses. if a small business, small restaurant, not a chain but independent restaurant gets sued by a patron that had a meal there and they say you should have given us better protection than you did, who knows what kind of awards the jury may give. we're saying look, if someone has been reckless, if a business or school, university has been

wanton reckless, exhibited gross negligence, they ought to be liable, but people who did their best, acting in good faith, shouldn't have to face off all sorts of lawsuits from people that come and go after them. that's what the liability protection is designed to do. >> because people, some people are reading it and looking at it as something that's more broad than what you just described that really hurts workers, hurts workers who wouldn't have as many rights as they want and protects businesses in an overarching way not specific to covid. what do you make of that? >> it's all covid related. these are only covid injuries. this doesn't apply to any other injury or worker or customer or student may have relative to their employer or institutions they're dealing with, it only is covid related injuries, and look, as you look at where we are even today, look back in february, march, april, people

didn't know what to do. there weren't guidelines put out by the cdc whether we should wear a mask or not wear a mask. the idea of suing enterprises and potentially putting them out of business when people didn't know how to act doesn't make sense. by the way, if businesses and universities and schools and hospitals think they're going to get sued, a lot of them are not going to want to open. let's get this portion behind us. we did the same thing following 9/11, said we're not bringing lawsuits associated with 9/11 to recognize the unusual circumstance such as this. >> i want to ask you this from more of a process point of view going forward. you and other members of the bipartisan group really came together to work on this stimulus bill. do you see this as a template going forward on getting things done in the biden administration? things are going to be really close in the house and in the senate and if you work together,

you can have a lot of power. are you even talking across the aisle about using that power? >> well, there have been i think a number of people that looked at the group of us that came together, said gosh, that seems to be a pattern that tends to work. without people in the center coming together looking for common ground between the two parties, you end up seeing both parties if you will run into the wings, running to the most vocal individuals in the respective caucuses, and i think there's a recognition maybe some of us towards the center ought to see if we can't find some common ground. in the bill we put together, there are things in there i am not wild about, there are things in there democrats aren't wild about, but we came together. didn't violate principle on either side but came together in a way that allowed us to make a piece of legislation designed to help the american people. that's the way it ought to work all the time. hopefully we'll see more of it.

>> it is the way it used to work. haven't seen it until recently. you're right. i want to ask about vaccines rolling out across the country today starting yesterday. dr. anthony fauci said that president trump, vice president pence, president-elect biden, vice president-elect harris should get vaccinated as soon as possible for security reasons. you and other members of congress are on planes, with constituents, it is part of your job. do you think that you and your colleagues should be among the first to get the vaccine? >> well, i think people who are essential to the continuity of government need to be vaccinated as soon as possible, and that's of course leaders of the executive branch. current leaders and new leaders about to come in. for the rest of us, congress people and senators, i think the country would get along just fine if we happened to get ill. we're not needed for preservation of our country. i'm going to get in line when my particular age group turns up and get my shot at that point. >> i want to ask about your

leader mcconnell this morning finally recognizing what you did a long time ago which is that joe biden is the president-elect. will more of your fellow republicans finally follow suit now? >> i think you'll see more and more people indicate that joe biden is the president-elect. i think a different question and important question is how many republicans will say that what the president is saying is simply wrong and dangerous, that the continued attack on our election system and the calls that suggest that it has been fraudulent or stolen, that these things are not accurate, not true. there's been no evidence of substantial fraud of the nature necessary to overturn an election. even the attorney general said that. so we need to have people who are strong trump supporters come out and say that as well, or you're going to continue to have the country divided which is pretty dangerous. >> notably absent from mitch

mcconnell's speech this morning. does he need to say that? he needs to go further? that's what i hear you saying. >> i think mitch mcconnell did exactly what he needs to do. but some of those really identified as strong trump supporters, they would make a real difference if they came out and spokane said you know what, we have to get behind the new president-elect. he was legitimately elected. let's move on. >> you are one of the few people on the planet knows what it is like to run for president and lose that run. are you talking quietly to those republicans you were just referring to about the need to do this when it comes to the basic democratic principles of the country? >> the answer is yes. i made it very clear what i think individuals might do to bring our country together. look, we're in a real challenging time as a nation. one, because of covid. two, because of an economy that tried to reboot.

three, because china is trying to take over the world. we've got some things going on. we need to come together, work together, work with the new president, work with republicans and democrats, and this bickering over things that frankly are untrue is not productive. it is actually an impediment to us being able to help the american people the way they deserve. >> and before i let you go, they're part of the larger issue which is that donald trump has a firm grip on the republican party. i don't need to tell you that. we saw retiring republican congressman paul mitchell, he told jake tapper yesterday he is on the way out the door, he is leaving the republican party all together because of how much it has changed. are you as a lifelong republican, prominent republican, worried that you're not going to be able to overcome trumpism in the near future? >> well, i think president trump

will continue to have substantial influence on the party and i think if you look at the people rumored to be thinking of running in 2024, besides the president, those are people who are trying to appeal to kind of a populist approach, so i don't think trumpism is going away, but i hope that we can have disagreements over policy, revision of our respective parties without continuing to promote a narrative which puts democracy itself in jeopardy. when you tell people that voting doesn't work and that democracy can't work because we don't have legitimate elections, that's a dangerous thing to be saying. >> real quick, ron johnson is going to have a hearing tomorrow on that very notion on what he calls election irregularities, saying a large percentage of the population don't view it as legitimate for a host of reasons. you are on that committee. are you going to go, are you going to protest? what will you do? >> i'm not going to go to that.

i don't think it is productive at this stage. if at some point down the road we want to look at what election irregularities occurred in 2020 and 2016 and 2012, sure. but those are marginal irregularities, meaning they're not substantial and across the board, not substantial enough to change outcome of the election. it is always appropriate to find ways to make elections more secure, but our systems have worked pretty well and they have over the years and they will continue to in the future. >> senator mitt romney, thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. >> thanks, dana. good to be with you. up next, hope of the vaccine comes as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are soaring.

the u.s. surgeon general calls the nationwide vaccine rollout a shot of hope. every day, new reminders that the country faces a tough fight to the finish line. the u.s. added more than 193,000 new cases yesterday. that's a record from monday. for the first time, the u.s. added more than 1.5 million new cases in just one week, and the nation reported more than 1,000 deaths every day for the past 15 days. just over 1300 deaths were reported just yesterday. more than 300,000 people have now died due to coronavirus

complications in the country, and 100,000 lives lost in just the last 84 days. rolling out the vaccines that will end the pandemic is not just a logistical challenge, it is a communication challenge as well. trusted experts like dr. anthony fauci are out reassuring americans that no corners were cut and vaccines are safe. >> the speed was not at all at the sacrifice of safety. the speed was the reflection of extraordinary advances in the science of vaccine platform technology. people understandably are skeptical about the speed but we have to keep emphasizing speed means the science was extraordinary that got us here. >> new survey suggests americans are getting the message. 71% now say they will definitely or probably get a vaccine. up from 63% in september.

more states join the nationwide vaccine campaign today. cnn's omar jimenez is in chicago where illinois is administering its first vaccines. omar, what's happening there? >> reporter: dana, literally moments ago chicago administered its first vaccines to health care workers. this happened at loretto hospital. it is situated within a neighborhood that has among the highest mortality rates of covid-19 we have seen in this city, predominantly black neighborhoods. as you see images of hospital workers from multiple hospitals across the area getting the first vaccines, the city wanted to be sure they're representative of the communities they serve. as we understand, the city tells us there are a little more than 23,000 vaccine doses now in the city, set to go to all 34

hospitals in the city as they begin the process. as the commissioner for chicago department of public health put it as they wrapped up, the vaccines, front line workers we saw, she said this is the beginning of the end of covid-19 in chicago. as we know, dana, there's still a long way to go before we get back to some semblance of normal. >> a long chapter indeed. thank you for that reporting. joining me, medical analyst, emergency room physician dr. megan randy. thank you so much. good to see you. you and your fellow er physician have a new cnn op-ed and in it you write the following. you write we, like many fellow health care providers were initially concerned about political pressure being put on the u.s. food and drug administration, ultimately for reasons based on our years of experience in emergency medicine, public health, and clinical trials, informed our decision to trust the vaccine

and get vaccinated. you list the reasons, but you are going to actually get that vaccination this week. tell us about that. >> yeah. so i'm getting vaccinated thursday morning, dana. i'm absolutely thrilled. a few of my colleagues have already gotten vaccinated. i'm doing it for a few reasons. the first is it works. the second is the scientific process was followed. the third is that there are side effects, let's be honest, but they're minor, temporary, certainly far less than the effect of having covid-19, and the last reason is that i need this virus to be gone for the sake of health care workers, for the sake of families and communities. we need to get back to normal and this vaccine is the best hope we have of getting there. >> and at the same time that vaccinations has been at hospitals across the country, you know better than i and most

unfortunately that there are records being set for hospitalizations. what is it like in the er now, balancing the surge along with much needed hope? >> so i think this is a literal and figurative shot in the arm for health care providers. it does provide us with a light at the end of the tunnel, but we know that even those of us getting vaccinated this week with a pfizer vaccine are not going to be fully protected until three to four weeks from now after we have gotten a second shot. the vaccine meant to be given as two shots three to four weeks apart, depending if it is pfizer or moderna. we are not out of the woods ourselves. there are hundreds of thousands of infections showing up every day across the united states. those are going to turn into hospitalizations and deaths in the weeks ahead, so although we're hopeful, we're stealing ourselves for a couple of really difficult months still to come. >> absolutely.

moncef slaoui with operation warp speed was on with my colleague, kate bolduan, last hour, asked if it was important for president trump to take a role convincing people to take a vaccine. listen to his answer. >> i think it is very important. of course. there is a fringe of the population that listen to the president very carefully and therefore he has an important roland role, and i know he has been supportive of vaccine development. i would hope he is as supportive of its usage. >> what do you want to see from the political figures in addition to public health figures that people are looking to for answers and people across the country that might be skeptical of vaccine trust. >> so i think there's an awful lot of misinformation out there about the vaccine. we're hearing a lot of anti-vax propaganda turned into talking points by people on both sides of the political spectrum.

i would love to see politicians from both sides, showing up, getting vaccinated. doing the vaccine on tv on whatever network they trust most, i would love to see them on cnn getting vaccinated, but that will help prove to the american public that this is a trustworthy vaccine, that if they themselves see it as safe, are willing to inject it in their bodies, so should the american on the street. i think it is important also for celebrities to do it, particularly celebrities, black, hispanic celebrities that have trust and influence in their communities. we know there's more mistrust of the vaccine from minority groups, appropriately so, it is important for us to shift that. i would love to see trump and pence get vaccinated just as i would love to see them wear masks. >> we can talk about this another time. another kaiser survey says black adults, people living in rural areas are in a list with 35% of saying they're hesitant. a lot more to talk about.

i know we will have you on again. good luck if i don't see you before thursday and thank you so much. >> thank you. and coming up, it is official. president-elect biden clinches electoral college victory. but the current commander and chief says the fight isn't over. stay with me.

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in about a minute. get started today. another step to make joe biden the president-elect of the united states happened yesterday with the electoral college voting, and with that biden says it is time to turn the page on

this election. >> 306 electoral votes is the same number of electoral votes that donald trump and vice president pence received when they won in 2016. by his own standards, these numbers represented a clear victory then and i respectfully suggest they do so now. we, the people, voted. faith in our institutions held, the integrity of our elections remains intact. now it is time to turn the page as you've done throughout our history, to unite, to heal. >> joining me, "new york times" white house correspondent maggie haber man. good to see you. you've seen joe biden's rhetoric escalate, that was the crescendo when it comes to the way he has been very, very clear about donald trump and saying it is over. what did you make of the tone of

joe biden's speech last night? >> i think as you say, dana, he has not wanted to look as if he is reacting to everything donald trump does with good reason. i think he made clear, some of it, i said this before, he doesn't have the same kinds of insecurities that other politicians have, the fact that donald trump is not congratulating him, not acknowledging him, his win doesn't bother him personally, but i think what you saw last night with this speech is clear recognition that donald trump's language and his approach toward the election is beginning to seep into the public consciousness. what donald trump is trying to do among other things is try to move public opinion sentiment against joe biden. what you saw is president-elect biden not wanting to let donald trump fill that void any more or not leave it as a void for him to step into. pointing to the number of electoral votes that he got as the same as what donald trump got i think is really key in terms of biden trying to appeal

to people who might be resistant to him, or who like president trump aren't happy with the outcome but don't take issue with joe biden. he is going to have to keep building these kinds of bridges and i think he realizes that. >> yeah, he does. one way to build a bridge is for the person on the other side of it to recognize that you're the president and that finally happened this morning with senator mitch mcconnell recognizing joe biden is the president-elect. what do you think the ramifications of that are going to be in the short term? i'll just say i talked to mitt romney earlier that said this is well and good, but the president needs to be the one to stand up and say there was no widespread fraud. guessing you don't think that will happen anytime soon. >> i don't, dane a i think it is significant that the senate majority leader who is a republican and worked closely

with president trump as you know the last four years is saying it's over and he's doing that a couple weeks before the senate runoffs in georgia that will potentially determine which party controls the majority in the senate. i think the fact that mitch mcconnell is saying that is reflection of the fact that donald trump is now causing some harm i think with his words and what he is saying about election fraud and with his attacks on elected officials in georgia. but i don't think anybody is going to stand up and say there is no evidence of widespread fraud, even in his letter last night, resignation letter, attorney general bill barr who said there was no widespread fraud began the letter by saying mr. president, it was great, impairi am paraphrasing, great having a meeting with you to talk about election fraud and investigating it as we go further. this is something president trump isn't going to let go of. until you have a broader group of republicans saying this is not true, this is going to continue this way with president trump and it is not going to put

a pin in it. >> very well said. so much to talk to you about always. maggie, hopefully i will see you soon, we can continue discussing. thank you so much, maggie. appreciate it. >> thank you. up next, president-elect joe biden heads to georgia hoping he can gin up democratic turnout for runoffs that will determine who controls the senate. from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um...we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? (woman) no. we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're calling about the $9.95 a month plan from colonial penn? i am. we put it off long enough. we're getting that $9.95 plan today. (jonathan) is it time for you to call about the $9.95 plan? i'm jonathan from colonial penn life insurance company.

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in less than an hour, president-elect joe biden is scheduled to hold a drive in rally in atlanta where the senate's balance of power for the next two years will be decided by georgia's two runoff elections. biden is there to campaign for candidates raphael warnock and jon ossoff. stacey abrams and keisha lance bottoms are also campaigning in a virtual town hall. jeff zeleny is in atlanta. hey, jeff. what do we expect to hear from biden today? >> reporter: well, dana, president-elect biden is clearly hitting the campaign trail, first time since election day. yes, he is going to the white house in 36 days regardless. boy, it makes every difference in the world who is coming with him. that's why he is here in atlanta, campaigning for democrats. expecting to hear continuation of his message from last night when the electoral college affirmed his victory. talking about a time to heal, unite, he also needs to fire up

democrats. part of the reason he was talking more directly and confrontationly, calling out republicans that tried to attack democracy. and certainly tried to question the will of the voters. nowhere does it resonate as much as here in georgia. we do expect president-elect biden to keep that message up. they're trying to keep democratic voters energized. they need democrats to vote, everyone that came out to support him. he won in georgia by about 12,000 vote margin. first democratic presidential candidate to do so since 1992. but repeating that will be a challenge. it will be a bit of a balancing act for him to talk about uniting the country, but also talking about firing up democrats and calling out republicans in the process. >> our friend and colleague david chalian said it wasn't that long ago you couldn't imagine a prominent democrat like joe biden being invited until a few weeks ago a red

state to help democrats. but that's happening. shows how much things have changed. jeff zeleny, thanks so much. appreciate it. coming up, new protocols in place as the inaugural committee plans its big event in the middle of a pandemic.

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president and vice president elects take their oaths at the capitol, the event will be limited and are discouraging crowds. it will include a reimagined parade is how they describe it. thank you so much for joining us. brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. hello, i am brianna keilar. i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. there's a feeling of hope and optimism now as the country sets deadly coronavirus records. thousands of health care workers are being vaccinated. this started yesterday, it continues today. front line heroes are getting their shots of course so they can help others. >> it is almost hard to put in words, right, to tell you what my deepest soul feels, having received the shot.