rachel levine planned to be vaccinated? >> since we don't know when it's my turn, that's when i'll be vaccinated. i'm not in a cut in line. pigot going to cut in line over 75 is now on the priority list and i'm under 75. so i will get it whenever my turn comes. >> you are considered a critical worker, aren't you? >> not as far as i'm concerned. there are 13 million pennsylvanians who have an opinion on that. in terms of questions about the say thati will just this round of cares act funding is a million dollars for making territoriestes and in the district of columbia have funding to actually do the marketing and logistics. will be at hise press conference at 11:00. you can ask that question of her again for probably a fuller answer. >> thank you. wtae.e have shannon from >> 145 million dollars sounds a lot of money. can you quantify how far do you feel that will go to hell pennsylvania small businesses? like politically -- civic leave been trying what you can in reaching out to congress to get these folks some relief. so w

rachel levine. doctor, thank you for taking the time this morning, we know you have a lot on your plate. tell us first about where hospitals stand right now. i mean, we heard deep concern in the spring about hospitals being overwhelmed. didn't happen then. are you more concerned now? >> yes, we are concerned. we're seeing far more new cases now than we saw in the spring and on saturday we reported 12,700 new cases of covid-19 and we are seeing record rates of hospitalizations for the coronavirus as well. >> and tell us where in the state in particular. is it concentrated in urban areas because pennsylvania's data seems to indicate a lot of this is happening in more rural areas. >> so that is correct. we're seeing significant rates of community transmission throughout pennsylvania in our urban areas, such as philadelphia and pittsburgh, but also suburban and rural areas. all of those hospitals are being strained and we get, of course, daily reports. >> are people still just not believing the risk? i

rachel levine plan to be vaccinated. can you answer that question? gov. wolf: since we do not know when it is my turn, that is when i will be vaccinated. i'm not going to butt in line. i do not think the priority has been set for people my age. over 75 is now the priority list. i am under 75 for the time being. i will get it when my turn comes. >> you are considered a critical worker though, aren't you? gov. wolf: not as far as i am concerned. there are 13 million pennsylvanians who have an opinion on that. in terms of specific questions about the vaccine, i will say this round of cares act funding has $8 billion in it for making sure states and territories in -- territories and the district of columbia have funding to actually do the marketing and the logistics. secretary levine will be on this press conference at 11:00. right after me. you can ask that question to her and get probably a fuller answer. >> thank you. next we have shannon from wtae. >> good morning, governor. 145 million dollars sounds like a lot of money. can you quantified -- how far do

as you kindly stated my name is rachel levine's secretary of thf health for the commonwealth of pennsylvania and currently the president of the association of state and territorial health officials. i joined the administration in january, 2015 after approximately 20 years at the penn state medical cente centern penn state college of medicine as the physician general of the commonwealth i was named acting secretary in july of 217 and then confirmed in 2018. during this time, public health preparedness has always been one of my absolute priorities will and what i would always say is the thing that would keep me up at night would be the risk of a global pandemic or what the cdc has called. and unfortunately, that has come to pass up. from public health perspectives, there are three ways to address a pandemic such as covid-19. you can work on containment which includes testing and contact tracing with appropriate isolation and quarantine. you can work on mitigation such as wearing a mask, washing your hands, social distancing, avoiding large and small gatherings and other necessary mitigation fa

rachel levine to get the initial nearly six million doses into people's arms.are the challenges states across the country are facing when it comes to distribution? >> well, i wouldn't call it a logistical nightmare. i would call it a significant logistical challenge. for instance, we don't exactly know how much vaccine we're going to get potentially next week. >> reporter: clinical trials show the pfizer vaccine was nearly 95% effective for adults 18 to 64. it was just as effective for people of all ethnicities. but some groups, like people with weak immune systems, individuals with severe allergic reactions, and pregnant women, who were all excluded from the trials, could be restricted from getting the shot. >> i'm personally optimistic. >> reporter: dr. david rice, who served as a critical care air transport doctor deployed to iraq and afghanistan, has been working in the intensive care units at u.p.m.c.'s pasavant hospital for the last eight months. he is considered high priority for a vaccine, and hopes to receive one of the first doses. >> i'm excited to--

needed relief a massive bill that he says is committed to helping the people are to correspondent rachel levin thank you for your time thank you. you know for the depth of markets and more we turn to both co-host christine and michael. strategies michael let's start with the u.s. and p. and nasdaq they're both hitting record highs this is despite the the jobless claims despite congress pushing or in spite of the. american people really needing that stimulus hasn't passed yet will a deal get done in time. course a deal will get done is there anybody in d.c. that really cares about it anymore either you don't see the market is valued say earlier you can question you know the valuation of the market this is the most overvalued market we have ever had in the history of our stock market if you look at the median p. e. ratio on the s. and p. $500.00 it's now at $31.00 according to ned davis research the s. and p. 500 would have the crash why 45 percent just to return to your normal valuation and if you listened to mr powell press conference i mean another paraphrase but this is my jerk decision of w

rachel levine, pennsylvania's health secretary, and the president of the association of state and territorial health officers said billiontes need a $.4 for vaccination efforts. foreed a $.4 billion vaccination efforts. billion for vaccination efforts. guest: vaccination efforts may provide a lion's share of the funding that is being requested. it is good news it is on the table and being considered. the better news is when it gets across the finish line as quickly as possible so those resources are provided. and other why astho associations are number one determine the funding level is reasonable and necessary, let me give you a couple of examples. during h1n1, the influenza pandemic, which in itself was potentially serious. it could have been much more serious than it was. it was a relatively simple vaccination effort compared to the complexities we are managing with covid. 11 years ago around $1 billion was provided to state and local health departments to execute that campaign. in month or two ago dr. redfield from the cdc estimated it would cost between $5 billion and $6 billion for the

rachel levine told me about the challenge they're facing on that front. >> we have no funding right nowor the communication plan and the education plan to work past vaccine hesitancy. we certainly call upon the administration and congress and then the new biden administration in january that the states, territories and cities will need more funding to accomplish this tremendous mission. >> reporter: a tremendous mission and one that is very complicated, ayman. the other reason they want to make sure they have this process down pat, once they take the pfizer vaccine out of the freezer, they only have five days to use it while it's refridge rated before it goes bad. they want to make sure they have everything ready to get it in as many arms as possible so none of it goes to waste. >> josh lederman in pennsylvania, thanks for that insight look. >>> now that the fda's advisory panel has endorsed pfizer's vaccine, we'll talk about what you need to know with a lead investigator for the pfizer biontech vaccine. he's going to join me straight ahead. >>> plus i'll talk to a nurse who took part i

rachel levine. you're worried, doctor, this is not going to have enough money, or you're not going to have enough money to distribute this vaccine. explain your concerns. >> sure. so, "operation warp speed" to develop the vaccines cost 10 or more billion dollars. it looks like this is going to be successful. we have one vaccine now and hopefully another coming next week. however, $340 million has been distributed to the states as well as the territories and big cities that are tasked with distributing and administering the vaccine. that's about $1 per person in the united states and clearly insufficient. so the states are asking for more funding to be able to accomplish our mission. >> so what happens if you don't get the funding? >> well, we have enough money to start. we have enough -- vaccines are being given in pennsylvania today, so we have enough money to start our program, but this is going to be a long-term project. this is something to last six months, nine months, potentially 12 months to

rachel levine, secretary of health for pennsylvania. as levine is here today president of the association of state and territorial health officials. welcome, dr. levine. dr. levine: good morning. thank you very much. i would like to thank chairman senator wicker, senator cantwell, senator fishel -- fisher, senator duckworth, and all of the distinct members of the senate transportation committee to discuss the challenges facing states like pennsylvania. as you stated, my name is dr. levine, i am the secretary of health for the commonwealth attends avandia and i'm currently -- the commonwealth of pennsylvania. i joined the administration in 2015 after 20 years at the penn state hershey medical center and college of medicine as the physician general of the commonwealth. i was the acting secretary in 2017 and confirmed in 2018. time, public policy has always been one of my higher readies. -- one of my priorities. the thing that would keep me up at night would be the risk of a global pandemic. unfortunately, that has come to pass. from a pub

rachel levine, pennsylvania's health secretary, and the president of the association of state and territorialealth officers said billiontes need a $.4 for vaccination efforts. foreed a $.4 billion vaccination efforts. billion for vaccination efforts. guest: vaccination efforts may provide a lion's share of the funding that is being requested. it is good news it is on the table and being considered. the better news is when it gets across the finish line as quickly as possible so those resources are provided. and other why astho associations are number one determine the funding level is reasonable and necessary, let me give you a couple of examples. during h1n1, the influenza pandemic, which in itself was potentially serious. it could have been much more serious than it was. it was a relatively simple vaccination effort compared to the complexities we are managing with covid. 11 years ago around $1 billion was provided to state and local health departments to execute that campaign. in month or two ago dr. redfield from the cdc estimated it would cost between $5 billion and $6 billion for the ca

levin. he's been lobbying to make this bill as progressive as possible. it's nice to see you. thank you so much for being here. >> thanks for having me, rachel so four years ago, you and i were having long, very thought-provoking conversations on television about what democrats would do strategically in congress in the trump era and how they would basically try to hold on to as much -- hold on to as many of their principles as possibility but also hold the line in terms of policy negotiations in a way that was the most strategically sound way to approach it. tell me how you are thinking about democrats right now as we head toward the biden era, while they're working on something really concrete like this covid bill. >> right. so this is the last gasp of the trump era, right? this is what we're experiencing right now. so how we got to this stage of covid relief negotiations is -- you know, the democratic-controlled house passed significant covid relief nearly nine months ago, nine months ago. and mitch mcconnell and the gop in the senate for month after month after month refused to move on any of it. they just said we're not going to do any o