let me bring blake burman back from the white house. meeting all day long. the thing, blake, we were talking about it with the doctor a little bit you have something like, as dr. jenette mentioned, 21 million health care workers in the country, obviously a lot of front line health care workers, nursing home long-term care workers is 3 million. that is not a heavy lift. when you say for example, all senior citizens have to be in the 1 or 1-a group, much smaller number in terms of number of vaccines available. go ahead. reporter: they're discussing that right now. the vote is set to take place from acip, the advisory committee to the cdc who should get the vaccine when they end upcoming online. i want to show you connell, apologies if you put it on the screen already, i want to show you the recommendation is and what vote is on right now, it is this. quote, if you can put it up it would be great. when a covid-19 vaccine is authorized by fda and recommended by acip health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities should be

fox team coverage, blake burman with the latest on stimulus. gerri willis is waiting on a key indicator coming out tomorrow. edward lawrence is reporting on the fda panel which is a big story. edward, let's start with you. reporter: why the records may be happening in the markets the moderna could be approved today. i will get into why in a minute. the fda advisory committee is discussing whether the moderna vaccine deserves emergency use authorization. the vote will come in the next hour and ten minutes or soft. pfizer went through this last week. members of "operation warp speed" say there are no hurdles they see for emergency approval. >> i am very enthusiastic about the moderna vaccine. the summary provided by the fda shows it is 95% efficacious in preventing covid. it is 100% efficacious preventing severe disease. it works in the 18 to 25-year-olds. it works in the elderly. it works across the spectrum and side-effects are very mild. reporter: the reason the moderna vaccine could get fda approval tonight there is no special treatment for t

as blake burman reported, this is not only this advisory board's call.ernors can act as they see fit in their respective states in this country. these are two largely american concerns that are first out of the gate with the remedies to deal with the virus, moderna and pfizer. there's others in partnership with european companies themselves to whom this does not apply. but that's a separate issue for a separate day. let's go to doctor from mount sinai. we have much more. doctor, if i could begin with you on your sense of how they're doing to come down on this. common sense and protocol seems to dictate the elderly, healthcare workers and et cetera. should it be in that pecking order? >> yes, it should. the national academy of science recommendations, the first staff in nursing home, people 65 years old, people that have chronic conditions, people in prison, essential workers. >> neil: doctor, when you look at this, you'll be encounters patients regardless of where they are on this vaccine relief list won't be keen on taking it for a variety of reasons. c

let's go back to blake burman.got details as we watch the markets still holding up here, blake. reporter: liz, this was expected. the president had to act until tonight and he's just unveiled the official veto of the defense bill, $740 billion to fund the military. this overwhelmingly passed in congress. the democratic house, the republican-controlled senate. but one of the main objections for president trump was that he wanted section 230 to be repealed and included in this. of course, section 230, as you know, the legal protection that social media platforms have, and this was the explainer as the president wrote when he officially gave his veto. he said quote, section 230 facilitates the spread of foreign disinformation online which is a serious threat to our national security and election integrity. it must be repealed, writes the president. we should note, liz, that section 230 has never been combined in any form whatsoever with the defense authorization act up until this point. it's been two completely separa

blake burman in washington. more vaccines meantime are getting to the american people. the trump administration and pfizer striking a 4 billion-dollar deal to increase supply by 100 million doses by the spring. edward lawrence in washington with the breakdown on this. reporter: this is classic what can we do for you, what do you need from us? u.s. paying pfizer $1.5 billion for an additional 100 million doses of the vaccine. also agreeing to help pfizer to get raw materials. pfizer is limit in the capacity to make more vaccine because it needs more stuff used in the vaccine. the u.s. will get 200 doses from pfizer alone. under the agreement, 70 million extra doses will be delivered by july 31st. the remaining 30 million doses after july 31st. everything is political in washington. leadership got in capitol hill for security reasons. alexandria ocasio-cortez got it. some lawmakers very upset about that. dr. anthony fauci saying regardless of the vaccine we still need to wear masks and do social distancing. this is what he had to say. >> nothing should really change right

blake burman is following all of this.e joins us live with the very latest whether they finally get something done? reporter: it is certainly part of the equation, connell. there are lots of requests and demands coming from all different corners of washington here but what is absent at this very moment is a deal. we know house speaker nancy pelosi was scheduled to talk today with treasury secretary steve mnuchin just like they have for several months. on the senate floor within the past hour we also heard from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he named ppp, small business loans, vaccine monies and unemployment benefits as priorities. he described this right now as a make-or-break moment. >> it is up to us. it is up to us. we decide this is entirely within our control. i can speak for the republicans side, we want to make a law. reporter: want to take you back to a live look on capitol hill. susan collins, republican from maine. for example, dick durbin, joe manchin, they are democrats. this is bipartisan group of

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thank you, blake burman on the north lawn. steve moore, freedomworks economist right now, who probably hopeful, hopeful nothing gets done if you have been listening to what steve is saying on number of weeks. i saw your op-ed in "the hill," entitled the economic stimulus. i don't think you're in the camp of some republicans coming around on some sort of spending package, what do you say. >> advocates of the stimulus have been consistently wrong for the last six months, connell. look how well the economy is doing. let's face it, this economy is soaring much faster than anyone possibly expected including myself. we have 33% growth in the third quarter. according to the federal reserve bank of atlanta the economy is growing 10% in the fourth quarter, which is a blockbuster on its own. you look at the unemployment situation, you know the unemployment rate is four or five percentage point lower than any of these he experts said without any kind of stimulus. got unemployment insurance claims which surprised me, insurance numbers fal

to the white house and blake burman. blake, we thought this thing was really coming into focus but now we've got pat toomey of pennsylvania making a demand? reporter: there are demands from all different corners in washington, liz, as to what should or shouldn't be included in this potential covid relief bill and one of them comes from the republican senator from pennsylvania, pat toomey. you're right. he now wants language included in this potential deal that would allow for a wind-down of the fed's abilities to set up credit lending facilities. that would run contrary to the warning that the fed chair jay powell gave just yesterday. >> now that we can kind of see the light at the end of the tunnel, it would be bad to see, you know, people losing their business, their life's work in many cases or even generations' worth of work because they couldn't last another few months. reporter: the package that is being discussed is roughly $900 billion, getting close to the finish line. we have an idea of some of the major top li

blake burman from fox business reports. what's going on with that, blake?yeah, if they put a deal together, might be in there an extension of the ppp small business lone program, money for vaccine distribution, money for schools and unemployment insurance as well. however, it appears if at this point another round of stimulus checks would not be agreed upon. >> this is not a stimulus bill. it's a relief bill. it's something for the next three to four months to help those in greatest need. there may be a stimulus check but that would be part of a different legislation. >> $900 billion the next three or four months. the program costs nationally $300 billion. there's talks about unemployment insurance component. if you lose your job, the federal government would help with a payment on top of what you might get from your state as well. listen to larry kudlow, the top economic adviser talking to "the washington post" earlier today. >> we should have unemployment assistance because even 6.7% is too high and we're getting reports that some of the states on the two

gerry: blake burman thank you very much indeed. race for the vaccine is unfolding as lawmakers inch closer to a covid relief bill. nancy pelosi and steve mnuchin spoke today. there is bipartisan group of senators and leadership from the house problem-solvers caucus unveiled their own proposal with one another calling it quote, stupidity on steroids to not do a bill before christmas. watch this. >> this is 908 billion-dollar frame work which will take us december 1 through march 31st. not going to make everybody happy but there has been an enormous amount of work done. there will be a lot of enormously good give-and-take. i came with the notion i'm hearing from beginnians, somebody used it. i borrowed their term it would be stupidity on steroids if congress left for christmas without doing an interim package as a bridge. gerry: perhaps some, cynics might say wouldn't be the first time congress demonstrated stupidity on steroids. joining me congressman former house oversight committee chairman, congressman jason chaffetz. congressman

connell: blake burman at the north lawn off the white house. overseas on the second day of the uk's vaccine rollout. officials warning that people with significant history of allergic reactions should not be given the pfizer biontech shot. after two health care workers experienced adverse reaction to it. u.s. officials are seeing first effects of thanksgiving travel. more than 200,000 americans are testing positive for coronavirus every day on average. hospitalizations at record levels. third day in a we we've seen that. covid related debts are higher than we've seen since april. 42 states, recently from alabama, where the governor is extending the safer at home order through january 22nd. baltimore imposing maryland's toughest restrictions closing all dining at restaurants starting on friday. with new capacity limits on other businesses. that is where we are with the daily virus update. brandon daniels joins us, president of global markets. we spoke to you a couple times about the logistics of this vaccine getting everything rolling. those num

as blake burman just told you we still do not know about a deal to keep the government funded.re, blake is not moving i told him he has to stay through the night and tomorrow. zuma is zooming into the christmas spirit, the videoconference giant which is now a verb has announced it's taking down the 40 minute time limit on calls for both christmas and new year's. clearly the work from home darling also becoming a key tool in keeping families and friends in touch with the holiday season and i say that from personal experience because my extended family in california, we adopted the holiday zoom call early on, remember passover, that was in the spring, we went on that thing for hours, hours and hours. zoom one of the pandemics highest flyers of 496% since the start of the year. let's go to jackie deangelis for today's fox business brief, a lot of names to talk about. >> good afternoon and thank you so much, were walking under watching scholastic shares getting a beating. the publisher also failing to provide guidance for 2021 due to the covid pandemic as it continues to wreak havo

connell: blake burman live for us at the white house. as for the virus itself, dr. fauci with a warning that the u.s. is in for a very challenging period ahead as the nation surpasses 15 million covid cases five days after reaching 14 million. that is how fast we're moving. new daily cases, hospitalizations, deaths, they are all consistently breaking records. the numbers prompting officials to implement tougher measures around the country. for example, washington state is extending restrictions through the 4th of january. the state of massachusetts rolling back its reopening starting sunday. for the first time in 100 years the university of michigan and the ohio state university will not play a football game against each other. their rivalry game was called off this year because of positive tests among student athletes. that is where we are. here is the infectious disease scholar at johns hopkins university. give us perspective, sobering every time you do these numbers, doctor, on a daily basis but still hopeful about the vaccines spoken about at the white house tod

blake burman at the white house. this you this is the most exciting news that we can report, blake. reporter: there is meeting about just to begin. i keep looking at my phone to see when it will. this is a group of outside experts that advises the cdc, asip. advisor. cdc already suggested this go to health care professionals, 21 million americans. that is 8% of the adults out there. this is the cdc proposal at this point which is for those that work in hospitals, long care care facilities, outpatient facilities home health care, pharmacies who work for emss, along with public health officials. top scientist on "operation warp speed", dr. slowi was asked who he believes should get the first batch. this was his response. >> should start with those who are most exposed and most infected. really the very frail, elderly people, more than 50% of deaths are happening for instance in long-term facilities. >> head of fda that man right there, dr. stephen hahn was here at 9:30 this morning to get h give a briefing on vaccine a

since having for the 1st 6 months of his life were stable and then i lost my job which intel lost my burman. but for you know for after that 6 months we did pretty well you know we stayed with friends here and there we stayed with family but it sank i kind of started to feel like i was a burden these people you know because then they have to deal with my kid having his little fits in this that. you know i got another job and i was paying for hotel rooms you know 2 weeks out of each page i could i just got really expensive really pricey so you go to you're just like all right well i'm going to keep doing it i'm going to do and i got to get up i got to work. on with having a kid a child with special abilities you kind of. you don't really get much down time expression when you're a single parent you don't at all you're constantly on the go on doing this doing that picking up this picking up that it's. so you resort to of course a drug that makes you stay weak there isn't that surprisingly i got off it by myself i didn't go to rehab or anything i just kind of kicked it i've been clean for 3 mo

blake burman has new reporting on stimulus. susan li has big names in the tech world joining forces. we'll get to greg palkot on the latest virus news coming out of london. but, black. connell: we start with you. reporter: connell the house and senate did their jobs last night passing this covid relief bill doing so overwhelmingly i'm told by a trump officials it could take a couple days to get to the bill to the president's desk. 900-dollar relief bill put together with $1.6 trillion spending bill. it is 5500 pages long. there is always a process to get this to the president's desk and right now it is undergoing to that process, could take couple more days. we just heard from the incoming president. his first reaction about this new 900 billion-dollar deal. take a listen to president-elect biden from moments ago. >> we need more funding to help firefighters and police, many of whom are being laid off as i speak. the same with nurses. risking their lives on the front lines. the same for millions of hurting families. we're unabl

connell: blake burman with breaking news from washington. we'll take it up with republican senator bill cassidy in a few minutes. he is one of those pushing the bipartisan 908 billion-dollar covid bill. he is joining us moments from now. looks like they have another week to work on it. >>> to the virus with top health officials warning that the worse could be yet to come. the u.s. reporting one million new covid cases. it is the first time that we've seen that. for perspective it took almost 100 days for us to hit a million infections after the first cases were confirmed back in january. you look at hospitalizations there too, at and all-time high. intensive care units are under increasing pressure with number of patients in icus topping 20,000. that is the first time that has happened. these are all terrible numbers. total forcing new restrictions to be put in place for americans across the country, more recently for tens of millions out in california. the economic toll from all of this is starting to build. jackie deangelis is following th

our fox business team coverage, blake burman at the white house, edward lawrence is in washington, jer true willis in new york. edward, we kick it off with you and the details on the jobs report. >> reporter: there's still some growth, plus looking forward to stimulus. that's what the markets like. in november the economy added 245,000 jobs, almost half as much as the the experts thought. the unemployment rate, though, dropped to 6.7%, well below what the federal are serve estimated from last summer. now, the administration saying this is a fundamentally strong economy, and we're moving very quickly in the right direction. listen. >> president trump has always add slow e candidated keeping -- advocated keeping businesses open and keeping schools open. that's very important. all right, that's a good point. sorry. now, let me just add when you look at the whole economic landscape, i would say it's still very strong, and i would say it's still a v-shaped recovery. >> reporter: but if you look under the hood a bit, we had the labor force shrink as people gave up looking for jobs, some of t

our fox news our fox team coolrage, gerri willis in new york, blake burman in washington and word on stimulus about to get done we start with you. reporter: package was in the rules committee. it is about to hit the house floor for debate. bottom line the process is underway. it is possible the house takes this up, the timing is fluid of course, maybe 8:00, 9:00 later tonight. then it would go on over to the senate. 5593 pages this thing is, when you combine it as well with the $1.4 trillion omnibus government spending deal. let me go through some of just a few of the top line numbers of course. as there is a lot in it. there is a 284 billion-dollar reauthorization of the ppp small business loan program. $15 billion for airlines. they're going to have rehire back some 32,000 workers. another $15 billion as well for theaters, live venues, museums. $600 for individuals that make less than $75,000, document for couples and people that have children. a $300 plus-up if you lost your job. 25 billion-dollars for rental assistance. $82 billion for colleges and schools for covid related costs

after the bell", time for the news happening at this hour, reporters with fox team coverage, blake burman at the white house, gerri willis in new york and edward lawrence and the latest vaccine news in washington, d.c. >> them under no vaccine in the final step right now waiting the stamp of approval from the fda for the emergency use off the racing, the fda has been talking about this emergency use authorization for most of the day and it could come any time, the approval will have a similar process to the pfizer vaccine but this time mckesson will be in charge of logistics, the use fedex and ups for delivery and by this time 5.9 million doses for my moderna adding to the vaccine that is already out there, the educational push begins. his. >> we will continue to make sure that the healthcare providers have all the support resources they need to meet the moment. but vigilance and the vaccine is our way through and building confidence in the vaccine is what brings us here this morni morning. >> mike pence got the first dose of the pfizer vaccine today, so did his wife in the u.s. surgeon g

let's go to blake burman, what we can expect on capitol hill. sir.ings in washington, there is always a process and that is what is undergoing right now with that 5500-page bill. president trump is expected to sign it at some point here in the near future but there is a process to get the bill from the hill over to the white house, and that's sort of what's playing out right now as to why it's technically not signed at this moment. of course, one of the big things involved in this is the direct payments, the $600 direct payments going to certain individuals. half of what it was in the cares act that was signed back into law in march when it was $1200. well, professor scott baker of northwestern university, one of many economists, a part of the team who have looked at it and believe the $600 level should be increased and broadened out instead and the income level should be lowered instead to sort of get it to individuals who make less money than the $75,000 for an individual or $150,000 for couples. listen here. >> i think that that would probably be

blake burman in the middle of all of that.hat's already out, pfizer and biontech one. now promising to get 50 million doses out by the end of this year, only a couple of weeks away. maybe upwards of a billion doses next year but the attention that moderna is getting, maybe an approval by the end of this day or tomorrow. edward lawrence with more on that. hey, edward. reporter: yeah, that's one of the reasons the market's up again. i will get into why this approval could come for moderna today, the same day the committee is looking at it. right now, moderna is presenting its case as to why its vaccine deserves an emergency use authorization. moderna will defend the results of its trials in front of a panel of experts in the field. it's just like when you are going for a post-graduate degree and you have to defend your thesis. now, there will be questions and challenges by the experts and those will be answered. pfizer went through this last week. >> with a high degree of certainty that by june, anyone in this country who wants

neil: thank you for that, blake burman following all of that. virus and what's going on in britain, it triggered a number of britain's neighbors to say we will not accept passengers coming in from your country, no offense, and then governor cuomo demanding that those coming into this country from britain be forbidden to do so. he's urged the feds to crack down on this sort of thing. indications are british air will be monitoring all of its flyers for any hint of the covid virus. that might allay some states' concerns about accepting flights from britain but are we getting too ahead of ourselves or panicking too much? let's ask dr. marty mccarey, the price we pay, best-selling author, professor of public health, much, much more. always good to have you. thank you. what do you make of what's going on in britain? should we be worried? the cases there increased more than 50% week over week. that's a tad unusual. what's going on? >> well, good afternoon, neil. look, i do think it's concerning, this virus in england appears to be more contagious, that

blake burman has more. blake? >> hi, charles.had a contract with pfizer for 100 million doses. today we learned there's another deal now for another 100 million doses. pfizer announcing that with their partner, which is overseeing operation warp speed. here's the details behind those next batch of 100 million doses. 1.59 billion. at least 70 million will be delivered by june 30th. whatever is left, the remainder, will come by july 31, a month later. the government has the option at that point to buy 400 million more doses. the head of operation alex azar celebrating today. he said this new federal purchase can give americans more confidence that we can vaccinate every morn that wants it by june 2021. we just wrapped up that briefing. the head of distribution is general gus perna. he laid out the distribution as he sees it going forward. listen. >> pace for picking vaccines and putting them in boxes, make sure we do the right quality control. we've had to adjust our timelines, a mathematical problem. we've been holding on to the s

. >> harris: fox news senior washington correspondent blake burman live at the white house and more newsade in the last few minutes as well, blake. >> indeed, but let's start with the cdc advisory panel that will be meeting in just about an hour from now. this is known as the advisory committee for immunization practices. they are going to be the group that is going to vote on who they believe should end up get the first batch of covid-19 vaccines which potentially could be rolling out in the upcoming weeks. the cdc has recommended, harris, 21 million americans health care professionals and that is 8% of the u.s. adult population peer that specifically includes those who work in hospitals, long-term care facilities and outpatient facilities, home health care, pharmacies, ems workers and public health officials as well. the top scientists on operation warp speed, was asked today who he believes should be among the first batch, listen here. >> we should start with those who are most exposed and most infected. it is really that elderly people more than 50% of deaths are happening in remote,

blake burman has that and following on the relief bill issue that we'll be separately following. on the relief bill issue, that is sort of up in the air, right? >> well, the timing has been sort of unfolding and really taking place in washington, neil, the last 1 1/2 hours or so. we expect a full vote in the house of representatives later tonight. timing always fluid. may be 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. president trump is said to sign the measure. 5,000 pages. that's how big it is when you add on the covid relief deal with the $1.4 trillion government spending deal. let's go to the covid relief package. another round of the ppp small business loan program. 284 billion worth. $15 billion for the airlines so long as they call 32,000 employees back on the job. $15 billion goes to live venues, museums. $600 direct payments for those that makes under $75,000. double that for couples and another $600 for those that qualify that have children. a $300 per week for unemployment insurance, $25 billion for rental assistance and $82 billion for colleges and schools to cover covid related costs so child

blake burman at the white house. want to go to charlie gasparino. no matter whether you are for or against stimulus relief, whatever, we are talking some big eye-popping numbers, aren't we? charlie: you know, neil, the deficit was going to be pretty substantial before covid, tax cuts kicked in. the economy was doing better but still, there was a trade war which depressed gdp growth, which also, you know, didn't hurt the economy in a way it's hurting now, but it depressed economic growth and that led to more of a deficit. we were talking before pandemic a $1 trillion deficit which sounded large. now we are talking by the end of the year more than $3 trillion, depending on what statistics. some people say it's 3.1, some people said, i think the cbo said it could be as high as 3.7 but you get the idea. the deficit has basically tripled in the last eight months. i just want to put it into context a little better. the overall size of the debt now, the deficit is the difference between what the government brings in and gives out to people, that's $3 trill

neil: all right, blake burman, thank you very very much. want to look at it, as blake outlined the plans for the republicans and how they are looking at this, democrats, how they're looking at this, but this has become a front burner possibility now and doable in conjunction with a plan to keep the government lights on and avoid a government shutdown. hans nichols joins us now, axios reporter. love having you on. thank you for taking the time. what do you make of this stimulus effort and you know, i used to pooh-pooh and dismiss it every time i heard it because it always sounded like when i would ask my dad how far away are we, almost there, almost there, never happened. so is this different? >> well, if you are suggesting you never arrive to a location with your father, this should be a philosophy case and we should be talking about xeno's paradox and the arrow. you eventually did arrive there and that's what's happening here. in part because there's a deadline and deadlines force action. the deadline is the government funding that will ru

blake burman, thank you very much.uck grassley, the man who runs the senate finance committee. he was on with me in the last hour talking about stimulus. he's open to it. take a listen. $908 billion stimulus measure that's out there, are you for it, are you open to it? >> i'm open to work within these parameters. the dollar amount, as long as it doesn't get higher, would be maybe acceptable. but what's in it. i'm not a big fan for a lot of money for state and local are, but there's so many things that have bipartisan support already. neil: all right. so he's open to it. a lot of other democrats open to it now, so that could be the beginning of something especially when the president of the united states hints that he's open to it. mitch mcconnell says he's open to it. chuck schumer, nancy pelosi say they're open to it. so is hen by cuellar, the texas -- henry cuellar, the texas democratic congressman, is he open to it? good to see you, what do you think? >> i'm open to it just like the other folks. so now why don't we

let's get the read on that with blake burman at the white house. hey, blake.uld get vaccine approval on friday as its relates to moderna. we heard from hhs secretary alex azar say today he hopes the action for moderna is quote unquote, comparable to what we saw with pfizer. if so, that means after the fda advisory panel meets on thursday, the fda could give the go ahead on friday. we also heard today from the head of distribution for operation warp speed, saying if all of this plays out like what we saw over the last handful of days, and that means moderna's vaccine candidate could be in the arms of americans all across the country this time next week. >> we know that we're going to ship just little bit short of six million doses out to the american people, and we're shipping it to 3,285 locations across the country. it will be a very similar cadence that was executed this week with pfizer, where we are hitting initial sites on monday, follow on tuesday and wednesday, and then by the end of the week, we're just in a routine cadence of execution. reporter: all

meantime to blake burman. this is a big day at the white house when it comes to things cooking around, get a read where we stand on the vaccine, the role of pfizer and some of these other players, who i understand, correct me if i'm wrong, blake, pfizer, moderna not part of this "operation warp speed" summit at the white house today, right? reporter: indeed, neil. there will be a big gathering at the white house later this afternoon for what the white house is billing as a vaccine summit talking about potential distribution in the upcoming days. the general reason pfizer and moderna will not be involved potentially there could be a conflict of interest as the fda is going to be involved in the summit as well. more on that in just a second but first though of course we're two days away potentially anyone the fda gives thumb's up to pfizer covid-19 vaccine candidate. we got a very detailed 53 page report from the fda ahead of that meeting. it is flush with data for those who want to go through it but essentially

blake burman following all of that from the white house. hey, blake.is a when and not an if scenario as it relates to pfizer's covid-19 vaccine candidate. i am told by a source familiar with the process that there is a belief, a belief at this point that the fda could potentially give the go ahead for the emergency use authorization tomorrow, meaning saturday. however, to be crystal clear on this, the fda, the one who eventually has the say with everything, has not yet publicly announced a date. we did, though, hear from the health and human services secretary alex azar earlier today, and he echoed that timeline. listen here to what he said as it relates to when doses could potentially be getting into arms of americans. listen. >> we could see vaccinations beginning on monday or tuesday, depending on when the fda gets everything signed. reporter: more potential optimism surrounding the pfizer covid-19 vaccine candidate. we heard today from the head of the fda and top doctor who is overseeing the eua process. they released this joint statement saying qu

i have a feeling blake burman might. he joins us from the white house, blake. >> this is some news we have been gathering quite literally within the last few seconds. there is going to be a white house seminar vaccine distribution tomorrow. the president, the vice president, operation work speed involved. members of operation work speed, et cetera. we have also learned in the last few seconds here that the representatives and top is from pfizer and from my dharna will not be at the vaccine summit. the pfizer covid-19 vaccine candidate is out. after that, moderna is a week later. pfizer was a bit uncomfortable being here for the summit considering the fda was going to be here as well as a part of the summit tomorrow. because these companies are up before the fda here in the next three days, ten days when you are talking about pfizer and moderna, we are told that the lead executive from the company will not be here tomorrow about this some i could bu potentially last hours. vaccine distribution potentially could be happeni

thank you, my friend, blake burman following all ofç that.s that could be out there and offered doses for americans as soon as this weekend, bill gates has said that he sees the possibility of that but early next year we could be looking at a half dozen different remedies from antibody treatments that build up your immune system to more vaccines that can allow doctors to pick and choose what is best for you. we'll have more after this. ♪ (teen) mom... it happened again. (vo) add some thrill to your wish list. at the season of audi sales event. anna could only imagine a comfortable night's sleep without frequent heartburn waking her up. now, that dream... . ...is her reality. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts, for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? who invented we're car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate answer a fe

blake burman at the white house. now to the vaccines. vaccines on the move. five hospitals in florida receiving the covid vaccine and critical doses needed to fight the pandemic but what about the hospitals that have not received their doses? edward lawrence live in st. petersburg with more on that. edward? reporter: actually we're in clearwater here today but i'll tell you that the vaccine has been moving, distributing, literally moving around the nation, upping the ante as it moves. we're talking about 455 sites delivered today of this vaccine. that is up from 145 sites from yesterday. we include today, walgreen's, cvs helping in a deal with the nursing homes, vaccinate those folks. the fda also saying that the moderna vaccine has a very high effective rate, they're very convinced there could be something good lined up in the future that sets up the emergency authorization use at the end of the week. front line workers, those in nursings homes are getting vaccines. first-responders at clearwater fire and rescue they will have to wait possibly until the firs

but let's get blake burman in front of the cameras. he's live from the white house with much more on this and all of the developments that we have that are happening in real-time, blake. reporter: yes, we are here at the white house, of course. there's this vaccine summit that is ongoing right now. give you a live look inside the eeob, the building behind my camera where this is taking place. this is going to be basically a three-hour or so walk-through and discussion as to how the distribution process could potentially be playing out as you see the general who might be -- who is in charge of all of it speaking right now. but we did hear from president trump as well just a little while ago. liz, as you know, in the last 24 hours or so, there has been this back-and-forth between the white house and pfizer over what a potential second contract between the two or second dosing amount between the two might look like. while president trump didn't necessarily or did not at all name pfizer by name, he did issue this warning, essentially sayin

blake burman live at the white house with details. hi this, blake.vid, the cdc has given $200 million to states for covid-19 vaccine distribution and another 140 million is coming at some point later this month. all governors are warning distribution will be a challenge. take for example, the republican governor in ohio, mike dewine. he was asked earlier this week if his state has enough money for covid-19 vaccine distribution. and this is what he said, no, we do not but we're going to get it out there one way or the other. we have the ability to do that. we asked health and human services which is overseeing "operation warp speed" today. he suggested that the states are just fine at this point, saying in part, quote, the most significant cost of delivering, administering vaccine will be covered by other sources such as the federal government. mckesson through its distribution contract with cdc and insurers working with retail pharmacies. so there is funding and support available to meet states needs. keep in mind, david, states all over the country

our fox business team coverage, blake burman and edward lawrence both in washington today. hillary vaughn in wilmington, gerri willis in new york. blake, start with you, it is a like a replay but are we getting anywhere on the stimulus situation today? reporter: replay indeed, like, connell, seems like they're gets closer and closer and close at this point. we heard from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell in last 35, 40 minutes, he said quote, we're still talking and i think we're going to get there. mcconnell and chuck schumer, the top republican and democrat in the senate today took to the senate floor and i want to you listen to what they both had to say, connell and notice essentially the priorities what they say, what needs to be in a covid relief package are the very same thing. listen. >> we need vaccine distribution money. we need to re-up the paycheck protection program to save jobs. we need to continue to provide for laid off americans. >> this has been about delivering a lifeline to americans who were laid off due to no fault of their own. families struggling

let's get to blake burman in washington with more on where the money is and is not going. blake? reporter: liz, 5,593 pages. that is how big this thing is. when you combine the $900 billion covid relief deal with oh, by the way, the $1.4 trillion government spending package, those two combined together, more than 5500 pages. let me go through some of the top lines here. you're right, reauthorization of the ppp loan program, just shy of $300 billion, $284 billion. there's $15 billion for the airline industry as they will have to bring back some 32,000 workers, back on to the job. the same amount of money for live venues, for museums and theaters as well. there will be $600 direct payments for individuals. double that for couples. that $600 amount the same as well if you have a child. a $300 federal plus-up for unemployment insurance, if you lose your job, that the federal government will add on to that. $25 billion for rental assistance and $82 billion going to colleges and schools to cover covid-related costs to make sure their classrooms are open and safe. this was how the senat

time for the news happening at this hour our fox business team coverage blake burman on the vaccine beat once again. gerri willis waiting for costco to report earnings. jackie deangelis on day one of airbnb of a public company. hillary vaughn has news on hunter biden from wilmington, delaware. blake, we start you. reporter: we expect a vote coming up in the next couple hours, they will recommend or conversely not recommend that the fda grant emergency use authorization for pfizer's covid-19 vaccine candidate. this meeting has been going on the better part, what is it, about seven hours. at one point earlier this afternoon we heard from pfizer's representatives. they laid out the case as to why this vaccine should get emergency use approval. listen here. >> as you can see observed efficacy was high regardless of age and consistent with overall results. comparable high efficacy across black, african-american and other racial groups and across hispanic and non-hispanicth necessarity. reporter: if the panel does recommend approval that is not the end all because the fda will still make the f

we head to the white house, where blake burman is standing by. blake, that cdc meeting is happening as we speak. what are you hearing with call it about 58 minutes before we really find out what's going on? reporter: yeah, it is. we have been listening for about the last 45, 50 minutes or so to this meeting, call in virtual right now. this is a group of experts from the group, the advisory committee for immunization practices. so far, they are sort of laying out the case as to why the first recipients of a covid-19 vaccine should be health care professionals. going into this, the acip working group had sort of laid out exactly who that might be and it is the following. those who work in hospitals, long-term care facilities, out-patient facilities, home health care, pharmacies, ems workers along with public health officials. i want you to listen to dr. kathleen dualing who is laying out the argument as to why health care professionals should receive it. we don't have it. here's what she said. she said quote, vaccinating health care personnel suppo

we have fox team coverage blake burman at the white house, gerri willis in new york, mike tobin in kalamazoo, michigan outside of pfizer's manufacturing plant and chad pergram coming up with capitol hill but blake let's kick it off with the latest on the vaccine? >> well the optimism, connell of the immediacy of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine continuing on this day as the top leaders over at the fda, dr. steven hahn and dr. peter mark said the following in a statement today saying they have informed the sponsor that it will rapidly work towards finalization and issuance of an emergency use authorization. the agency has also notified the cdc and operation warp speed so they can execute their plans for timely vaccine distribution. now, a source familiar with the process told me earlier today that there is a belief that the fda could give emergency use authorization on saturday, meaning tomorrow. now the fda, we should note, has not yet set a timeline for an announcement, but the h hs secretary alex azar said earlier today that the first doses could potentially be going into the arms of americans on

to blake burman live at the white house. let's be clear, the clock is tucking, but this is serious. this is more than just a formality, right? >> reporter: yeah, it is. well, at least they're still going over all of this, liz. i was looking at your screen for a second, if we could put that live image back up, if you wouldn't mind, because there's a whole lot of science and data going on. look at that middle graphic, that's what they've been talking about over the last six to hours, the science and data between this vaccine candidate. we did hear from the pfizer representatives, they made the case, liz, that they have checked every single box to date when it comes to their vaccine candidate, and they also said that because of what we're seeing all across the country, rising cases, the surging number of deaths that we were fortunately seeing as well, they say now is the time to give emergency use authorization to their candidate. listen here. >> as shown on this slide, efficacy was high in both males and females, and efficacy was high across racial and ethnic groups. >> reporter: regr

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the very latest from blake burman following it all in washington. hey, blake.orter: neil, certainly lots of optimism here, certainly within the last 24 hours or so, there is movement as well especially on the front as it relates to direct payments, another round of payments to individuals. i was told by a source earlier this morning they were coalescing idea about $600 or so. one of republican senators john thune laid out the possibility how all of this might work. it's a bit choppy but you will get the idea. here is what he told reporters this morning, quote, if they do it the way they're talking about doing it would be somewhere i think 600 to $700 per individual. obviously double that for family and kids and it depends a little bit what kind of triggers there are and what kind of conditions they put on them. seems if they're working out the details here but direct payments certainly a possibility going forward. we also heard today from the top democratic and republican leaders in the senate, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. neil what is so important to not