stephanie ruhle picks up coverage right now. >>> hi there'si'm stephanie ruhle. it's wednesday december 9th and here's what's happening now. as cases surge hospital bed fill up and states enact new restrictions. lawmakers in d.c., still just talking about support. two days after a self-imposed deadline, there is still no covid relief bill that sides can agree on whatsoever. fights over unemployment benefits and stimulus checks holding up the process. while most americans simply cannot afford to wait. someone who isn't waiting, president-elect joe biden. 43 days before taking office, the president-elect laid out his detailed plan to tackle covid in his first 100 days. including vaccinating 100 million americans and getting kids back into school. this as nbc news has obtained a dire new warning from the white house coronavirus task force saying that the vaccine will not be able to curb the spread until late spring at the earliest. now urging states to implement harsher restrictions as the winter surge continues. i want you to remember, this is coming from the white

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's tuesday, december 8th, and here's what's happening this morning. just five days after the u.s. marked 14 million covid cases, we have already reached 15 million. that is 1 million cases in just five days. to put that into context, it took us 99 days to reach the first 1 million cases. and there's no sign that the spread of this virus is slowing down. at this point, coronavirus has killed nearly 285,000 americans. this week marking the deadliest in the pandemic so far with an average of more than 2200 americans losing their lives each day. that is 2200 fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters every single day. it's hard to wrap your head around. but you've got to. but also this morning, there is a small sign of hope on the horizon. the entire world watching as the uk delivered its first shots of the pfizer vaccine becoming the first country to start mass vaccinations of a clinically tested, authorized vaccine. margaret keenan, the 90-year-old grandmother who receive

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i'm stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. it's tuesday, december 22nd. right now, relief is in motion on multiple fronts so let's get smarter. that relief did not happen until just before midnight, but it did finally happen. the senate passing that massive stimulus bill just hours before it made it through the -- just hours after it made it through the house. now it's on its way to president trump's desk. he's expected to sign it within hours. treasury secretary steve mnuchin says $600 stimulus checks could start landing in bank accounts as soon as next week. at the very same time, the vaccine continues to make its way to medical sites nationwide. on monday, roughly 6 million doses of moderna's vaccine started going out to more than 3700 locations around the country. that means thousands more people will be getting their shots today. that includes dr. anthony fauci, hhs secretary alex azar and the head of the nih, dr. francis collins, all set to get vaccinated live, just one hour from now. but listen to this. as of monday morning, the cdc says about 614,

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with thix thanks to our friends errin haynes and stephanie ruhle.hank you and happy holidays to you both. peter and neal are staying for one more segment, on donald trump and the law. as we continue to discuss tonight's breaking news. >>> also ahead, what bill barr was reportedly saying about the president on his way out the door. >>> and later, for once a promising milestone in the fight against this virus. over a million americans have now received the first dose of a covid vaccine. we'll ask a prominent physician about who should be in line for the next round as "the 11th hour" is just getting under way on this eve of christmas eve wednesday night. hey, i just got a text 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 pl

we've got to change that. >> stephanie ruhle to take us off the air tonight with our best wishes, of and her family for a complete recovery. that is our monday night effort with thanks to our two other friends katy tur and chris jansing for filling in late last week. thank you for being here with us. on behalf of the men and women at the networks of nbc news, good night. >>> this is from page 243. in a few short months in the summer and fall of 1973, he rewrote the rules for how a white house occupant can respond and fight back when his own justice department comes knocking. damn the investigators. damn the press. damn the opposition. damn the facts. hang in there, baby. a legitimate investigation, it turns out, can be smeared and muddied up with a simple but aggressive counteroffense, one that privileges feelings over facts, base loyalty over evidence, obstruction over

we've got to change that. >> stephanie ruhle to take us off the air tonight with our best wishes, ofe, to her and her family for a complete recovery. that is our monday night effort with thanks to our two other friends katy tur and chris jansing for filling in late last week. thank you for being here with us. on behalf of the men and women at the networks of nbc news, good night. >>> tonight on "all in" -- 44 days until inauguration. is donald trump breaking the law to stay in power? tonight a close inspection of trump's failing efforts to overturn the election, and why the competence of the incoming biden team is so important. >>> then, on the eve of the world's first covid vaccine deployment, why are republicans hosting an anti-vaxxer in the senate? how donald trump's civil war is affecting georgia and beyond, and how families and small businesses are suffering more and more from america's incoherent covid policy, when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york.

in an op-ed posted online stephanie ruhle is urging caution to families across the country. sband tested positive for covid one day before thanksgiving then stephanie and her three children also tested positive. she's warning others to be careful after her family nearly became superspreaders. >> had we not tested our family would have potentially exposed our colleagues, our neighbors, our kids' schools. we were one day away from unknowingly potentially being superspreaders. >> you can watch more of stephanie's interview on the "today" show right after "today in the bay." >>> new for you this morning the cdc now recommending you avoid riding in cars with people outside of your household. researchers at brown university looked at airflow in cars and found when the heat is on and the windows were up there was a high risk of transmission even when the passenger was in the back seat. if you must, doctors recommend opening the window, even just a crash will help. >>> here is a question hundreds of millions of americans will eventually need to answer. how do i get a covid-19 vaccine

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city, it is monday, december 21st. let's get smarter. today, congress will finally do something it should have done months ago. vote on a relief bill to provide badly needed help to millions of struggling americans. it includes things like a $600 direct cash payment, extra unemployment insurance and help for small businesses. the big question, why did it take so long? also this morning, the first shipments of moderna's covid vaccines are on their way. millions of doses headed to distribution sites at this very moment. more than half a million health care workers have already taken the vaccine with many more getting them this morning. nursing homes and long-term care facilities is also set to kick off today. we've known for a while those two groups would go first but now we know who is probably going to go next. on sunday, a cdc advisory panel recommended that the next group should include first responders like police and firefighters, as wel

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stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it is thursday, december 17th. let's get smarter. at this very moment, an fda advisory committee is kicking off a day-long meeting to look at moderna's covid vaccine which is going to result in emergency approval of that very vaccine as early as tomorrow. we'll be watching it all morning long and bring you the latest as we get it. remember, moderna's vaccine is 94% effective against infection and 100% effective at preventing the most severe cases of the coronavirus. u.s. officials say nearly 6 million doses of moderna's vaccine will start shipping as soon as it gets approved. we're also get something surprise very goes nuod news ab the pfizer vaccine. there are more doses out there than previously reported. doctors have found some vials that are supposed to hold only five doses actually hold as much as six or seven. that means there could be thousands and thousands of extra doses out there, and the fact is, we need them now more than ever. let's look at the numbers. we just passed 17

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is wednesday, december 23rd, and if you were one of the millions of americans counting on a check from congress next week, you may be out of luck. with covid deaths at a new high and vaccinations still months away for most of us, the big stimulus bill was a glimmer of hope, an important step for many people who are struggling. but last night after congress had already passed the bill and lawmakers went home for the holidays, president trump threw a monkey wrench into the entire thing by saying he might not actually sign it. here's what president trump tweeted last night. >> i'm asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000 or $4,000 for a couple. i'm also asking congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation. and to send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a covid relief package. >> sure, on the surface, more money might sound good, but it is

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle, live in new york city at msnbc headquarters. it is good to be back with you on this monday, december 14th. a huge day in this country for the presidency and the pandemic. as we will watch history unfold in the coming hours. on the very same day the electoral college is expected to officially make former vp joe biden the next president of the united states, the first doses of pfizer's covid vaccine has been arriving at hospitals and distribution sites all across this nation. a long-awaited moment. a moment of hope after a very long and very difficult year. 3 million doses are going out to 145 distribution sites. u.p.s. and fedex report the first shipments were delivered about two hours ago. we expect to see health care workers start getting their shots later this morning. in just a short time ago, hhs secretary alex azar shared some excellent, excellent news. you and i could be getting our shots as early as february or march. >> if we get the johnson & johnson or a

i'm peter alexander in for stephanie ruhle. it's friday, december 11th. a day of more heartbreak, but also of hope. here's what's happening at this hour. any time now, the fda is expected to approve emergency use authorization for pfizer's covid vaccine after an advisory panel voted to recommend it last night. and just this morning, the health and human services secretary, alex azar, said that americans could be getting those first shots in the next few days. >> just a little bit ago, the fda informed pfizer that they do intend to proceed towards an authorization for their vaccine, so in the next couple of days probably, as we work to negotiate with pfizer, the information doctors need to prescribe it appropriately, we should be seeing the authorization of this first vaccine, and we'll, as you just said, we will work with pfizer to get that shipped out. so we could be seeing people getting vaccinated monday, tuesday of next week. >> but as we await the official green light, we cannot ignore the fact that the virus is still raging out of control across thi

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. it is friday, december 18th. the end of an historic week in this country. just moemtss ago, we saw vice president mike pence get his dose of the new covid vaccine. the highest profile member of the government to get the shot. his wife karen and surgeon general jerome adams also got their vaccinations. and this comes on a day when we expect to get final approval, very good news, for another vaccine. the fda poised to grant emergency authorization for moderna after its advisory committee gave it the green light by vote of 20-0. moderna is ready to ship nearly 6 million doses across the nation starting monday. but at the very same time, some troubling and frankly confusing news about the next wave of pfizer vaccines. governors and health officials in at least half a dozen states say the government has told them they're going to get a lot less doses next week than they had previously expected. but it's unclear why that mi

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it is monday, december 7th, and here's what's happening this morning. today, hospitalizations are at all-time highs. major cities are locking down, and we're hitting nearly 200,000 new coronavirus cases every single day. and once again, we're learning that this virus doesn't discriminate. rudy giuliani, one of the president's closest allies, who has been out all across the country baselessly fighting the election results, he has tested positive for covid-19. he's in a d.c. hospital being treated for what we're told are mild symptoms but says he's recovering quickly. rudy is one of the more than 101,000 americans who are waking up in hospital beds this morning. and they are just some of the 14 million americans who have had the virus. i am now one of those americans. after testing positive for covid-19, i have spent the better part of the last two weeks in bed isolating and taking all the precautions needed to protect myself, my family and my community. my husband and my kids, they hav

stephanie ruhle now with what it means for you. >> reporter: with the month's long standoff over covid aid finally at an end help will be on the way soon for struggling businesses and families what's in the $900 billion bill first, direct payments $600 checks for individuals who make up to $75,000. $1,200 for couples who make under $150,000 plus an additional $600 for each child money that could hit bank accounts in days. >> we'll be sending out next week direct deposit. i expect we'll get the money out by the beginning of next week. >> reporter: the deal includes an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits starting in late december and lasting through mid-march. $325 billion to help small businesses an extension of th eviction ban through the end of january and $25 billion in aid for renters. >> i had no outcome. >> reporter: rachel alvarez was furloughed from her waitressing job in april and hasn't worked since. before the preponderance of the evidence she was making $6,000 a month. now alvarez and her three kids are livin on $255 a week >> i'm hurt for my children you know they sh

straight ahead, guys, stephanie ruhle with the answers to your questions on >>> good morning.ding to the chronicle. the state is expected to receive 233,000 doses of pfizer's vaccine next week. that's just 40% of what was first promised. pfizer said it is not experience anything production issues. the feds say the number of doses are not being reduced but the deliveries are being spaced out at different sites over several days. >>> now for a look at our weather, kari? >> we're starting out cool this morning. and we are seeing some sunshine behind the system that moved through yesterday. we are going to start out with some upper 30s and low 40s as you get ready to head out the door. then we'll go into the afternoon and reach into the upper 50s. 60s in the forecast as the sunshine continues going through the first day of winter. even as we get closer to christmas eve, still no rain headed our way and we'll have these cool mornings and mild and sunny afternoons into next week. cierra? >> thank you. i'll have another local news update for you in about a half hour. no one has ever

. >>> coming up with many families apart for the holidays, our own stephanie ruhle is here on how tog ahead to 2021, olympic gold medalist katie ledecky joins us live. with the tokyo olympics just seven months away, we will talk to her about training during covid and her upcoming college graduation. >> looking forward to that conversation. >>> and then a performance we look forward to every year the new york city children's chorus is back to spread cheer it may look a bit different this year, of course like everything, but trust us, their voices are as beautiful as always can't wait. >>> coming up in just a few minutes on the third hour of today, a couple on a mission how they are building something special one desk at a time a really cool story coming up on the third hour. >>> and tomorrow on "today," one ballet company says the show st go on taking the christmas classic "the nutcracker" to an outdoor shopping mall iniami of all places. that's tomorrow. >> sounds like a perfect story for christmas eve. how about a check of the weather for christmas eve? >> the weather not so much a

. >>> this holiday season charities are in crisis amid the pandemic stephanie ruhle now on the best waysort others this season >> reporter: at the hunger task force in milwaukee food distribution has doubled since last year but normal influx of holiday volunteers are forced to stay home you went from having 12,000 volunteers to 12 full-time employees? >> yeah. working like 80 hours a week doing our best to move the food out to the programs that remained open. >> reporter: it is a similar story for many charities. with few in-person volunteers and drop-offs most charities are only accepting financial donations. for those who want to give back how do you choose >> one of the best things to do is give to the groups that you already know if you're giving to a new organization, check them out check out the website, look carefully at what they're doing. >> reporter: check to make sure the charity is registered on the website of your stat attorney general look at the annual report and if you'r pressured to give, stay away. it could be a scam if you're stretched too thin right now you can always

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plus with the new year approaching, stephanie ruhle will be joining us with some timely advice in maintainingwords of encouragement for all parents in the new year to come. >> a lot of good information coming up. we have another important check of the weather, dylan. >> we are going to see some of our coldest temperatures across the mid plains highs today in the single digits and teens, heavy snow begins to work into the rockies. especially above 5,000 feet. and we are looking for snow showers along the great lakes and up into the central and northern new england. temperatures temperatures will cool off quite a bit, even down into virginia and the carolinas. we can see up to about six to eight inches of snow across central iowa icy just to the south of that and rain extending down through texas. >>> speaking of the storm over california, l.a. is getting the majority of the rain. we got a bit overnight into southern california. 46 degrees in san jose. beautiful view over downtown. here is a shot of san francisco. 51 degrees. it will be a good mix of sun and clouds through the afternoon. stormr

i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning, team biden gets a major addition.s conference in a few hours the president-elect will introduce former south bend mayor, pete buttigieg, to be his pick for transportation secretary. multiple sources also confirm that biden will pick former michigan governor jennifer granholm to be his energy secretary. vice president-elect biden continues to fill his administration, as he does this, president trump's team continues to empty. in a brand new msnbc news report this morning we learned the president has come so close to firing his fbi director, christopher wray, the white house counsel's office warned him against it, because it could put him in legal jeopardy. joining us, white house correspondent, haven't een in ages, thrilled to, with us. tell us more about the cabinet picks? >> reporter: steph, great to see you. well, in pete buttigieg the biden transition thinks it's fond someone who is best capable of really selling joe biden's plan to bring about about infrastructure change, and that's important, because joe biden wi

of course, our colleague stephanie ruhle and her family are living with covid right now and recovering to speak about this in an incredibly powerful way, but, yeah, you have a marriage that means the world to you. i have a partnership that means the world to me, and i think it is just worth saying that we all need to protect ourselves but maybe it's sometimes even more motivating to know that we need to protect the people who we most love and that is the transformation that i went through with this. susan is doing much better now. i don't plan to ever talk in terms that personal ever again on tv, but i hope it helped. >> well, as you know, 9:00 in our household for both of us is must-see television, and that night was extraordinary. as it every night. rachel maddow, thank you for everything. the new book is "bag man, the wild crimes, audkairbs cover-up and spectacular downfall of a brazen crook in the white house." it's out today. >>> watch rachel tonight. chuck todd is up next with "mtp daily" only on msnbc. ♪ irresistibly smooth chocolate. to put the world on pause. lindor. made to m

under donald trump scott got lean who now sits on the board of pfizer explained the problem to stephanie ruhle. >> they're holding back doses. in part they say they want to hold back a second dose for everyone who receives the first dose. the 25 million doses that the company's promised for december has largely been manufactured, and many more of the lots are released, ready to be shipped than what are being shipped actually. >> the trump administration has been promising americans the vaccines will be widely available by late february or early march. but according to reporting by nbc news, the incoming biden team is worried it will inherit approval delays, disruptions and quantities that will slow down distribution, potentially moving vaccination to late summer or early fall. as for the president-elect himself, nbc news has learned he will receive the vaccine in public on monday. this follows vice president mike pence getting the vaccine today. joining me now nbc news senior white house reporter and the co-director for the center of vaccine development at texas children's hospital dr. peter h

i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it is thursday, december 24th, if you can believe it. and here's what's happening. we're days away from a government shutdown. millions of americans are waiting for support as crucial safety nets run out. and the president just lit a match and blew up months of work by congress, then got on a plane for florida. as politico put it this morning, no one on either side of pennsylvania avenue appears to know what trump's plan is or even if there is one. at this point it is unclear if he'll sign the covid relief funding bill that congress passed on monday. if he doesn't, the government could shut down early next week with millions left to navigate the holidays without the help they so desperately need. and that's not all. in his final days in office, trump is focusing on his own allies, issuing pardons for paul manafort, roger stone and charles kushner among others late last night. he's had nothing to say about coronavirus continuing to ravage the nation. doctors warn that christmas gatherings will create another surge with hospitalizations al

i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it is wednesday, december 2nd. three major developments on the coronavirus front including breaking news one vaccine developer says marks beginning of the end of the pandemic. the united kingdom, the first country to formally approve pfizer and biointek vaccine. and out with its recommendations for who should receive the vaccine first once it's approved here in the u.s. they include health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. third, the cdc is expected to issue new guidance today shortening quarantine measures for people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. instead of a 14-day quarantine, people will be able to end quarantine after ten days even seven days if they receive a negative test result. we have our team of reporters covering every angle of these new developments and i want to start with nbc news chief correspondent richard engel in london with huge news. tell us, richard, about the uk approving the pfizer vaccine. when is it going to be rolled out and who gets it first there? >

i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it's thursday, december 3rd. here's what's happening. we begin with alarming new milestones in the fight against coronavirus. a record number of deaths, hospitalizations and new cases all in a single day. nearly 205,000 cases to be specific. the first time we've crossed the 200,000 mark. the total is now a staggering 14 million. more than 100,000 americans are waking up in the hospital with covid. that's the first time we've seen that number. and people are dying at an astounding rate. more than 2,700 deaths reported yesterday alone. put another way, another american died of covid in just about the amount of time it took me to tell you this story. cdc director robert redfield said we could see as many as 500,000 american deaths by the end of next month. >> december and january and february are going to be rough times. i actually believe they're going to be the most difficult in the public health history of this nation. largely because of the stress that's going to put on our health care system. >> unbelievable stress. but now the good ne

i'm stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is tuesday, december 15th. another huge day in this country this morning. new images of hope. the covid vaccine being given to health care workers around our country. that includes workers in my home state of new jersey, where the first shot was given less than one hour ago at university hospital in newark. we will keep showing you scenes just like this inspiring ones all day long. but that is not all that's happening across this country. on the very same day we saw the first vaccines go out, president-elect biden secured his official electoral victory. rejected president trump's attempts to overturn it and told americans that brighter days are indeed ahead. >> our democracy pushed, tested, threatened, proved to be resilient, true and strong. and now it's time to turn the page as we've done throughout our history to unite, to heal. >> of course, we know that one big step on the path to healing this nation is getting the covid vaccine out to the public. it's now in full swing. new j

i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it's friday, december 7th. as the country faces some of the darkest days of the epidemic, biden says he has the team and plan to fight it. he won't take office for another 47 days. on a day when multiple outlets reported biden was tapping vivek murthy as his new attorney general. not a word from the president about the pandemic, not a word about the fact the u.s. is seeing a record number of deaths, new cases and hospitalizations for a second straight day. here's what we're talking about. 219,000 new cases. nearly 101,000 people in the hospital. and more than 2800 deaths on thursday alone. in the past six weeks we've seen more covid deaths in this country than the total number of u.s. combat deaths in the entire vietnam war. this morning, dr. anthony fauci, who has agreed to stay on as part of biden's new administration, says we haven't seen even the true impact from the holidays. >> i think we have not yet seen the post-thanksgiving peak. that's the concerning thing because the numbers, in and of themselves, a

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> hi there. msnbc headquarters. it is good to be back with you on this monday, december 14th. a huge day in this country for the presidency and the pandemic. as we will watch history unfold in the coming hours. on the very same day the electoral college is expected to officially make former vp joe biden the next president of the united states, the first doses of pfizer's covid vaccine has been arriving at hospitals and distribution sites all across this nation. a long-awaited moment. a moment of hope after a very long and very difficult year. 3 million doses are going out to 145 distribution sites. u.p.s. and

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle.h. let's get smarter. at this very moment, an fda advisory committee is kicking off a day-long meeting to look at moderna's covid vaccine which is going to result in emergency approval of that very vaccine as early as tomorrow. we'll be watching it all morning long and bring y

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle.nd here's what's happening this morning. today, hospitalizations are at all-time highs. major cities are locking down, and we're hitting nearly 200,000 new coronavirus cases every single day. and once again, we're learning that this virus doesn't discriminate. rudy giuliani, one of the president's closest allies, who hasee

i'm stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. it's tuesday, december 22nd.happen until just before midnight, but it did finally happen. the senate passing that massive stimulus bill just hours before it made it through the -- just hours after it made it through the house. now it's on its way to president trump's desk. he's expected to sign it within hours. treasury secretary steve mnuchin says $600 stimulus checks could start landing in bank accounts as soon as next week. at the very same time, the vaccine continues to make its way to medical sites nationwide. on monday, roughly 6 million doses of moderna's vaccine

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. cases, we have already reached 15 million. that is 1 million cases in just five days. to put that into context, it took us 99

stephanie ruhle picks up coverage right now. >>> hi there'si'm stephanie ruhle.and states enact new restrictions. lawmakers in d.c., still just talking about support. two days after a self-imposed deadline, there is still no covid relief bill that sides can agree on whatsoever. fights over unemployment benefits and stimulus checks holding up the process. while most americans simply cannot afford to wait. someone who isn't waiting, president-elect joe biden. 43 days before taking office, the president-elect laid out his detailed plan to tackle covid in his first 100 days. including vaccinating 100

stephanie ruhle picks up coverage right now. >> hi, there.esday, december 16th. let's get smarter. today the last handful of hospitals get their first shipments of pfizer's long-awaited pfizer vaccine and now a second vaccine appears to be right around the corner. the fda announcing yesterday moderna's covid vaccine is "highly effective" clearing the way for emergency authorization as early as friday. if that happens, nearly 6 million moderna vaccines will start shipping on monday. twice the number of doses of pfizer has already been sent out. more pfizer vaccines will also ship next week. thousands of health care workers already got their shots. this is just the beginning. the cdc says between moderna and pfizer we could see 40 million doses out there by year's end. enough to vaccinate 20 million americans. as the number of vaccines rises, that's a good thing, so does the number of people getting sick. a very bad thing. this morning, more than 112,000 americans are waking up in a hospital bed. nearly 3,000 new deaths were reported just yeste

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there.arters in new york city. it is friday, december 18th. the end of an historic week in this country. just moemtss ago, we saw vice president mike pence get his dose of the new covid vaccine. the highest profile member of the government to get the shot. his wife karen and surgeon general jerome adams also got their vaccinations. and this comes on a day when we expect to get final approval, very good news, for another vaccine. the fda poised to grant emergency authorization for modern

i'm stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city.15th. another huge day in this country this morning. new images of hope. the covid vaccine being given to health care workers around our country. that includes workers in my home state of new jersey, where the first shot was given less than one hour ago at university hospital in newark. we will keep showing you scenes just like this inspiring ones all day long. but that is not all that's happening across this country. on the very same day we saw the first vaccines go out, president-elect biden secured his official electoral victory. rejected president trump's attempts to overturn

. >> stephanie ruhle has great ideas for new traditions that you can create online, from, how about aeas i think you'll like. >>> not too late to get involved with our season of giving toy drive. >> we popped up the qr code on the bottom of your screen. this one is for toys for tots, a group delivering gifts and messages of hope to kids around the country this holiday season. >> all you have to do is scan the qr code with your smartphone, click the notification, go to our website and you'll learn about new ways that you can help. >>> we have a busy morning. let's get straight to the snus. >> the united states has reached another grim milestone, surpassing 18 million cases of covid-19, with worrisome developments ahead. health officials blaming much of the recent spike on that thanksgiving travel. yet now millions of americans are once again boarding planes for the holidays and this time a highly contagious mutation of the coronavirus is spreading quickly through the united kingdom, and may already be in this country. >> given the travel throughout the world, i would not be surprised i

i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it is wednesday, december 2nd.s marks beginning of the end of the pandemic. the united kingdom, the first country to formally approve pfizer and biointek vaccine. and out with its recommendations for who should receive the vaccine first once it's approved here in the u.s. they include health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. third, the cdc is expected to issue new guidance today shortening quarantine

i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it's thursday, december 3rd. here's what's happening. fight against coronavirus. a record number of deaths, hospitalizations and new cases all in a single day. nearly 205,000 cases to be specific. the first time we've crossed the 200,000 mark. the total is now a staggering 14 million. more than 100,000 americans are waking up in the hospital with covid. that's the first time we've seen that number.

i'm peter alexander in for stephanie ruhle. it's friday, december 11th.ed to approve emergency use authorization for pfizer's covid vaccine after an advisory panel voted to recommend it last night. and just this morning, the health and human services secretary, alex azar, said that americans could be getting those first shots in the next few days. >> just a little bit ago, the fda informed pfizer that they do intend to proceed towards an authorization for their vaccine, so in the next couple of days probably, as we work to negotiate with pfizer, the information doctors need to prescribe it appropriately, we should be seeing the authorization of this first vaccine, and we'll, as you just said, we will work with pfizer

i'm chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it's friday, december 7th.c, biden says he has the team and plan to fight it. he won't take office for another 47 days.

stephanie ruhle, senior business correspondent for nbc news, veteran of the business and banking world, of course is the anchor of the 9:00 a.m. hour on this network, and neal katyal, veteran of the justice department, former acting solicitor general during the obama administration, who has argued dozens of cases before the u.s. supreme court. and counselor, because it is the law that gives us the lead story tonight, i'm going to begin with you. and i'm going to read you the accompanying statement regarding the president's pardons tonight. "as a result of blatant prosecutorial overreach, mr. manafort has endured years of unfair treatment and is one of the most prominent victims of what has been revealed to be perhaps the greatest witch hunt in american history. due to prosecutorial misconduct by special counsel mueller's team, mr. stone was treated very unfairly. he was subjected to a predawn raid of his home, which the media conveniently captured on camera. mr. stone also faced potential political bias at his jury trial. pardoning him will help to right the injustices he faced at the