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defects. our janessa webb is tracking a powerful nor'easter that could be the biggest snowstorm to hit in years "early today" starts right now. >> glad you're with us this morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. america is optimistic this morning as hope in the form of vaccine is being delivered to hospitals across the nation. on monday frontline health care workers were first in line to receive pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. but sadly the historic day also marked a grim milestone as the nation's death toll surpassedover 300,000 with more than 16 million infections gabe gutierrez takes us inside good morning. >> reporter: phillip, good morning. it was an incredible sight to see the u.p.s. truck pull in it was greeted by hospital

stavgs ohio's governor, and this was something health care workers here have been waiter for for quite a while. this was much more than a special delivery it was history in columbus, ohio, nbc news had exclusive access as this life-saving cargo was loaded this morning, driven from u.p.s.'s hub in kentucky after flying from michigan here it was loaded onto this delivery truck rarely has cargo been this precious imagine being the u.p.s. worker driving this. >> some day my kids will tell their kids i was there delivering it. it was pretty special. >> reporter: shot after shot after shot 30 frontline workers vaccinated in minutes. >> this is the lifeline for me, the lifeline for our country and our world. >> reporter: phillip is a nurse in the covid icu. >> are you exhausted

>> yeah. you know, i'm tired of patients dying with their family members on the phone and not able to see them i'm tired of being worried about bringing it home to my three boys and my husband. sorry. yeah >> reporter: dr. mercy dixon works in the e.r. >> when you got that shot in the arm today, what went through your head. >> i thought this was amazing. minorities and especially the black community are disproportionately affected in terms of the deaths and covid, and the vaccine to me is an opportunity to close some of that gap. >> reporter: now this hospital will distribute the rest of its 975 doses. who knew that something so small could loom so large. phillip, it has been 329 days since the first diagnosed coronavirus case in the u.s. almost nine months since we saw

those awfully long lines outside of those overwhelmed new york hospitals, and we have been to state after state, hospital after hospital, icu after icu. it has been a very long year, but this was the most hopeful day i saw all year phillip? >> it was a good feeling to see those first doses. thank you. many americans including some in health care remain skeptical about getting a vaccine and health officials plan to launch a national campaign to boost confidence stephanie gosk reports. >> reporter: we know you have questions about covid vaccines washington state wants to answer some people's questions, one of 18 states that told nbc news they'll be rolling out vaccine confidence campaigns. >> we need to spend every minute we have between now and the availability building that trust. >> reporter: genesis health care

runs nurse homes in 24 states. >> i know there are people within our organization and in society in general that have a lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: melissa williams is a nurse in philadelphia. >> i don't know if i'm going to be the first one to line up to get it that's what i'm saying am i going to get it in the future yes. >> reporter: have you heard people say, i'm not taking that thing? >> definitely, i true will have. >> reporter: earnest grant worries about the black community as well. >> i've seen more black and brown people, even celebrities rolling up their sleeves that's going to go a long way. >> physicians and other health care workers are vaccine's best ambassadors, and our advice to our patients carry a lot of weight when they make vaccine decisions. >> reporter: the wait for most will be months. >> it's safe it's okay. and we need do it.

>> reporter: those who aren't first are watching closely stephanie gosk, nbc news. in just a matter of days we could see yet another covid-19 vaccine approved by the fda. the agency's vaccine and related biologics advisory committee is scheduled to review moderna's vaccine on thursday, which signals that vaccine could be authorized for emergency use as early as friday. if o moderna's covid-19 vaccine is approved, they plan to ship just under 6 million doses which is more than double the u.s. prepared to ship for pfizer's vaccine. right now texas has one of the highest coronavirus cases in the country. nbc's ali velshi is in houston for us. >> reporter: texas is the second most populous state in the country. it's like a country unto itself. they're going to be dealing with some logistical issues

some 19.5,000 doses arrived in texas on monday. that's of a total of 224,000 the state will get in this first round of vaccines. of that 224,000 total, 59,000 will be right here in houston. now, houston is going to have no problem distributing it. houston is home to the texas medical center, which is the largest medical complex in the world. it employs 100,000 people at several different hospitals in texas. they sent out emails they asked who wanted the vaccines they put them on lists the acceptance rate is well above 80%. one professional said it was closer to 90%. the first injection will be on wednesday and further injections on thursday and friday that's the state of play here in texas. back to you, frances. >> thank you. president-elect joe biden's victory is now set in stone. for all the drama that led up to

the vote, the day itself brought few surprises. the final results as expected. 306 electors for biden and 232 for trump. our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joining us with the latest tracie, the president-elect delivered a stinging rebuke to president trump after the results were finalized. >> he did. he talked about that 306 margin victory as a landslide, the same term president trump used when he won by the same amount four years ago. he talked about georgia recounting three times in these multiple attempts by president trump and his campaign unsuccessfully to try to change the election results. >> the trump campaign brought dozens and dozens and dozens of legal tests. they were heard time and time and again and each time they were found without merit

the supreme court sent a message they would be no part of an assault of democracy now it's time to turn the page, to unite, to heal. >> announcing another high-profile early departure from his administration, attorney general william barr will leave his office as of next week president trump tweeted he had a nice meeting with william barr and will be replaced by the acting attorney general. there was friction after he barr announced publicly there was no proof. now the poisoning of a russian opposition leader. nbc's richard engel has this

update. >> reporter: an outspoken critic of vladimir putin was on a flight over siberia when he suddenly began to moan in agony. german doctors say he was poisoned by a nerve agent. behind the attack, a special chemical weapons division of the russian intelligence service, the fsb, according to the investigative news site which analyzed over 100,000 phone and internet connections some brought on the black market. here is the leader. >> the thing that totally shocked me is that russia maintains a murder machine within downtown moscow that employs 30 people that has trained medics, trained chemists, and trained muscle >> reporter: this is one of the leading experts on russian intelligence. >> what do you make of these claims and accusations are they credible? >> well, yes, i think they are.

>> reporter: a spokesman once again denied involvement in the poisoning, but today's report naming names could set back russian activities by forcing the kremlin to do damage control. frances in. >> intriguinintriguing thank you, richard. nbc meteorologist janessa webb is tracking a powerful nor'easter that's threatening to dump feet of snow. good morning, janessa, tell us more. >> good morning. it's a pretty fluid situation as alerts continue to come in right now we're seeing an alert in north carolina. this is a winter weather advisory in place, but i think the big one that has come in just in the last 30 minutes is for new york to philadelphia with winter storm warnings in place now. the national weather service is calling for 20 to 24 inches for northern new jersey into areas of the higher elevations of

pennsylvania right now our forecast for new york city, 9 to 13 inches. what you need to know about that forecast, it's going to be kind of a wet snow, a rain/snow mixture. that's the warmer side the higher areas into interior new york could see up tole to 1r this snowfall. look at our highs today. they're in the upper 20s, and they're consistent through tomorrow so you have the totals now now it's time to talk about timing i'll have that coming up. >> there's a lot of people affected there all right, janessa we'll talk to you soon. it was a wild finish on monday night in cleveland. lamar jackson left the game for a while for the ravens, had some

cramps he returned just in time to find marqise brown who took it to the house. that gave baltimore the 42-35 lead now left enough time on the clock for cleveland to come right back down the field. baker mayfield finding kareem hunt to tie things up with a minute left, but justin tucker with under five seconds left hit a back-and-forth game, breaking their heart once again. popeye brings swt rpsea ee suri to you. and a new op-ed calling jill bide dron her title. ♪ and i know it's gonna be... a lovely day. ♪ ♪ lovely day, lovely day. lovely day. ♪ ♪ lovely day. ♪ lovely day, lovely day. ♪

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the stage is set tonight for the two-part finale on "the voice. mark barger has more on what they will do to win the season 19 crown. >> reporter: it took an instant seich to make ian flanigan the fifth "voice" finalist now team blake's singer is embracing the workload. >> when you triple the songs and

triple the work, there's triple the pressure, but there's also -- you're sufficient so grateful to be here. >> reporter: jim ranger is team blake's second finalist. his biggest challenge might be outdoing last week's buzzworthy performance atop a giant rock. >> we follow up this week with something pretty epic. >> reporter: team kelly's dez is the lone female finalist and the only remaining artist to get a four-chair cheer during blind auditions. >> this week has been as agagwen stefani would say bananas. 15-year-old carter ruben shocked them his voice could belie his age and could give gwen her first champion. >> this could be a real possibility to win the show and that's just so insane to me.

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