what we've seen with vail, they acquired peaks resorts so it folds those members into the pass programou look at the number of passes, i said 20% year on year, the sales dollars are flat in part because they have to do makeups for the covid own in the spring but in part because their growth strategy is really about acquisition. for altera mountains and the icon pass, they have more than 40 sister properties or partner properties in this icon pass so right now in the catskills where i am, you have hunter part of vail resorts competing with the epic pass and windham mountain which is part of the icon program just around the corner and both of these drive-to markets from urban centers really core to the way the companies are looking to expand because they know that the city people looking to get out of dodge, that is a big base of business >> you will see whether or not those partnerships help the consumer out as well to give them more options. it has become a very expensive sport for sure contessa, thank you very much. >>> walmart is betting that tiktok isn't just for watching viral vide

and also, you talked about that four hour car drive from denver to vail. are there sheriffs, is there police escort? i mean, it is extraordinary that they have done dry runs of just driving, you know, the 100 plus miles from denver to vail. have they done it with also security in tow and will they be having security all this week? >> yeah, so as it results to the shipments on the big u.p.s. and fedex truck, they were under guard from u.s. marshals. they were escorting those trucks to the airports. we have been told earlier that presumably it would be up to local states to decide whether they want state police to escort those shipments in their individual states. to my knowledge, colorado did not did that o that on the dry . and anybody who spent time in ski season, it can take a heck of a long time to go from denver airport to vail especially in bad weather. so we'll see he how that plays out. as for how soon we might see other groups get the vaccinat n vaccination, the thinking is that we'll probably get into the 1 ds 1-c area probably in late january to

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sending an unusual e-mail to a newspaper reporter: that reporter says that e e-mail was a thinly vailedhreat. henry has more on the controversy. >> reporter: the san francisco columnist chronicle tells me this e-mail amounted to intimidation. but the police union attorney although apologizing says this e-mail wasn't a threat at all instead a message of frustration. >> mia culpa for an e-mail sent to a black newspaper columnist that says was intimidating. >> with the power that police unions have, they should know better. >> the content and the timing was ill advised. >> reporter: this was sent to otis taylor union. the police chief write, looks like 2021 will be a little better without having your -- we will inform our colleagues of your arrival. >> we understand the perception that something like that can have as a lawyer. for that reason i certainly want to apologize to mr. taylor. >> reporter: nicolini is still on leave for the role in the destruction of a windchill after the shooting of an officer. shauny williams says he's deeply disturbed by the e-mail and that they're investigati

vaccine and i want to encourage everyone who has the opportunity to get vaccinated so we can have a vailtection over this country that would end this pandemic. >> they received the moderna vaccine which just rolled out shipments this week just as moderna and pfizer are digging in to get a definitive answer on whether their vaccines are effective against a new variant of the virus hitting the united kingdom right now. just

that reporter says the message was a thinly vailed threat. ktvu's henry lee joining us now with more on this controversy, henry. >> well alex, a san francisco chronicle columnist says the e- mail he got was nothing less than intimidation. but a police chief is apologizing but says that the e- mail is not a threat,. >> they should know better. >> the timing of that letter and even the content was ill advised. >> reporter: that issue is an e- mail sent to san francisco columnist otis taylor jr. who's leaving the paper for an investigative job in atlanta. the police chief sent an e-mail saying, looks like 2021 will be better not having your biased papers that only inflame our colleagues. we will join our georgia colleagues about your impending arrival. >> chilling to me as a black man in america to say that they're going to warn their colleagues about my arrival. >> the e-mail was written by lieutenant michael nicolini the union president. >> i understand the perception something like that could have as a lawyer. for that reason i certainly want

. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san lesb ri >> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪] >> hello, friends. i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teachers for our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade. >> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still processing the information? how were they supposed to keep learning? >> i thought about reaching the student who didn't have internet, who didn't have computers, and i w

drivers must use chains on interstate 80 between king vail and truckee. chains are not required on u.s. highway 50 in and out of along t lake tahoe. >>> this election's vote is especially contentious because president trump has repeatedly tried to sway states whether he lost to get their electors to vote for him. in 32 states and the district of columbia, laws require electors to vote for the popular vote winner. abc7 spoke with 93-year-old pete mccloskey who is now a biden elector. he told us that georgia and pennsylvania could pose a threat to biden's win. >> they're not required by law, pennsylvania or georgia, to vote in any way. so we're hoping that the electors in pennsylvania and georgia, 36 votes, will vote for biden. >> tomorrow's vote takes place at 2:00 p.m. local time. california's vote could secure president-elect joe biden's presidency. >>> eddie garcia's days of policing might not be over. the job he is reportedly in the running for. >>> and a north bay high school that dumped sir francis drake as its name is getting great day on the lake!

. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates thep & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san >> how i really started my advocacy was through my own personal experiences with discrimination as a trans person. and when i came out as trans, you know, i experienced discrimination in the workplace. they refused to let me use the women's bathroom and fired me. there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you could give a little love to them. [applause] >> thank you so much for your help. my leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor and leadership with our lgbt community. we also get to support, like, local policy and make

i'm not throwing vail under the bus. i was renewing my pass with the optimism we'll go.day wait to get ahold of somebody. it seemed like they had a lot of demand all right. so, let's talk about this new app. because there are other apps that try to help you be a better skier. what's school about this one, and just poking around with it, if i do that yard sale on birds of prey -- maybe not that one -- it will animate my fall as well. what is skio offering the casual skier that others don't? >> as you said there's a lot of good apps out there. it's been a fast evolution but in our case what we offer now is not terribly differentiated from other apps out there. gps, distance travel, the ability to connect with your friends and find people on the mountain, monitor kids, stuff like that. the avatar you're speaking of is taking all that data we collect from your phone and also the highest degree of this is with the sensors that go on it's nonintrusive, different from other companies as well it's easy to click on. then you capture all this information and you reverse engineer t

you then know okay, we're voting for a person who is going to appoint x many seats as opposed to a vailignorance and depending on the luck and there is no, like, there is no conservative or liberal vail to the question. >> right. and i think that we should also approach this with a goal in mind of trying to undue vesting of our system that lend ourselves to minority rule. the supreme court as it's set up now is really the 6-3 majority on the court now is the outcome of two count er majority factor to compounded into this 6-3 court on everything from health care to gun safety to climate change because you have in donald trump somebody that lost the popular vote by 3 million votes who made three selections to the supreme court confirmed by senate republican majorities that represent less than a majority of the public in the country and i think all these proposals go together. the idea of rethinking the electoral college, eliminating the filibuster in the senate and adding states and reforming the supreme court. >> democracy, thank you for making time tonight. >> ahead, how can joe biden b

i've got my ski pass to vail, ready to go and how is it doing?warning, liz i know you're a speed demon on the slope so i'll step aside. vail resorts tumbling into the close, this is not great news, upbeat figures on currenc ies and past sales not enough though to warmup investors after the ski resort giant posted a wider-than- expected quarterly loss, revenue also missing estimates due to covid restrictions and closures its been a rough go. on the flip side, costco beating quarterly earnings, and revenue forecasts. the shoppers hit stores for groceries and other high- demand pandemic products, sales rising more than 15% at the wholesaler. social distancing efforts fueling the gaming sector mpd reporting a record $1.4 billion in spending on new consoles in november. video game sales also hitting a november high of 6.97 billion. total video game sales year-to-date now standing at $44.5 billion. a lot of people playing video games at home and the only thing this year bigger than the at- home entertainment movement? spackapalooza, coming up the ceo o

drivers must use chains of interstate 80 between king vail and truckee. >>> tomorrow members of the electoral will meet in each state to cast their official ballots for president. it's usually a formality, but for weeks now president trump has urged republican officials to ignore the popular vote and give him the victory. government officials, however, say the chance of faithless lek terrors hijacking the process is unlikely. >>> san jose's top cop announced his retirement and yesterday was his last day, or was it? eddie garcia's days of policing might not actually be over. the job he is reportedly in the running for. >>> and a north bay high school that dumped sir francis drake as its name is getting >>> in the south bay former san jose police chief eddie garcia may be retired, but he's not done with law enforcement. garcia is now a finalist for the top job in dallas along with six other candidates. yesterday was garcia's last day after almost 29 years with the san jose police department, four years as chief. he tweeted, it's a wrap and thanked the city. he had a message for the men and wome

ski hills across the country now require advance reservations alterra, vail and other large resorts mayit the number of lich lifts and runs to save money on manpow manpower. >> the more challenging part is food, ski lessons, club access if they are open, they're open in very limited ways. >> reporter: others have closed their lodge operations altogether some of the changes made during covid will stick post-pandemic like ordering meals on an app or reserving a dining table in the lodge. but the mountains themselves may prove enough of a draw vail reports their season pass sales are up 20% this year. >> ski rentals are off the charts. >> reporter: after all, we can only take so much of covid cabin fever. for the news, i'm contessa brewer >>> i'm shepard smith on cnbc. it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news as the u.s. caps off its first week of vaccinations, many hospitals outside major metro areas are still waiting for shots. in texas, rural health care systems across the state haven't received any vaccines yet. not a single shot. and it's a similar story in other part

in sunny vail, these five suspects were arrested for allegedly swindling a million dollars in edd benefits. from unsuspecting victims in santa clara county. investigators believe they did it by stealing credit cards, mail, and other personal information. at least 100 people have come forward now to say they were victimized. >> my landlord is still demanding her rent, she has every right to. what am i supposed to do when a thousand dollars was just taken away from me? >> we're a small family, me and my partner have decreased hours or lost our jobs since march. so, you know, we're in a predicament now. >> tonight state regulators approved pg&e's plan to charge you more to help undue years of neglect along its electrical grid. starting march 1st, residential customers will see an increase of 8%, that's expected to boost the average bill by 13.44 a month. the utility will use the money for grid improvements, tree trimming, and other upgrades to cut fire danger, you can not use a cent to pay settles or salaries. >>> a magnitude 3.2 quake struck about 7:15 this evening. centered 8 miles outside

ford seven months in vail -- five months in vail, seven months in palm springs. it was very, very stressful. >> much different with the former president of course. you want to make sure that you no longer have a plane from air force one, so you want to make sure that you have your american airlines mile it card because you're going to spend a lot of time troubling with the former president and mrs. ford, it's a little different, because you are on a public plane. president forward had a great system. he would get on the plane. flying in first class, i had to fly first as well. so he would go on the inside seat. i'd be in the aisle. he'd immediately go to sleep so to speak. people would come by and go you know, they would go by. both he and mrs. ford were just spectacular to work for. and you know, he was great on the golf course. bob hope made jokes about. him bob hope said he was the only president that could play to golf courses simultaneously. [laughs] and the jokes kept going on and on. but a very gracious couple. it was a privilege to be under detail. >> gre

. >> we will get a vail or umbrella of herd immunity over the population. >> and finally after battling covid-19 since november and giving bert while in the hospital, natalie herera finally got to go home this week to hold her one month old baby boy felipe for the very first time. we just arrived in fresno, california, and here in the central part of the state the biggest hospital has run out of icu beds. you know there is another way to think about how the pfizer vaccine works, dr. tom frieden says the mrna in pfizer vaccine is like an email, it goes to your immune system, says what the virus looks like and gives instructions on how to kill it and then like a snapchat message it just disappears. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, david begnaud, thank you. tonight help may finally be on the way for americans struggling to make ends meet in the pandemic. congressional leaders say they are close to a deal on a $900 billion relief bill including another round of direct payments and help for unemployed workers. we get more now from cbs's nancy cordes. >> a sudden flurry of activity on capitol

vice president mike pence is in vail, colorado. enjoying time off. over the holidays. we have been trying to figure out what is going on with steve minuchin. he is not here in florida, he is with his children for the holidays, the treasury said he is still in contact with lawmakers, and president trump. that doesn't mean there is progress toward a resolution. the only thing that currently stands between americans and the relief lawmakers have been promising them is a signature from president trump. lawmakers are frustrating. listen to what retiring senator pat toomey said today about how it reflects the president's legacy. >> the danger s he will be remembered for chaos and misery, and eradic behavior, if he allows this to expire, the best thing to do, sign this and make the case for subsequent legislation. >> republicans facing political heat. after they went out and voted for this legislation, with the belief that president will support it now, trying to explain to constituents why that help is not coming. everyone hoping that president will simply back away from thi

. >> alisteniong comes someone wie vail mind and destroys that statue. it's outrageous. it's not just the statue. we're concerned why the firm will rebuild that statue. it's what the statue stood for. >> oakland police were not aware of the damage until reporters started calling. >> prison may notes convicted of non-violent sex crimes should be eligible for early parole. that's the decision handed down today by the state supreme court. from the proposition 57 ballot measure passed by voters in 2016. governor brown supported the measure as way to cut prison overcrowding by kraeting an early release program. the court has ruled unanimously that nothing in the law excludes sex offenders. non-violent sex crimes can include indecent exposure and child pornography. >> it took four months. today cal fire made the deck ra ration. the fires are fully extinguished. the fire started august 16 burned more than 86,000 acres. across san mateo and santa cruz. the fire scorched parts of multiple counties. it charred 400,000 acres. >> mother nature turned out the lights today. a tree fel

. >> a milestone tonight for the mayor of sunny vail and the mission to highlight local restaurants during the pandemic. he has visited 175 restaurants and shopping since march. and been posting the pictures online. it's part of the plan to bring attention to the city struggling small businesses. he hopes each post will bring in enough customers to help restaurants get through the difficult tile. his next step is return to some of the favorites. >> today brought a welcome holiday surprise for what maybe the most over looked group of essential workers. farm workers. the group partnered with the caravan to fill a wish list. one of the requested items. backpacks with raincoats and clothing for the cold months. the donors say it's the least they can do for the people who ensure we have food to eat. >> they are picking our vegetables and fruits. we want to make sure they understand they are so appreciated. >> the farm workers are seniors who have done this work for 30 years. no one has ever from the community come to surprise them with christmas gifts. like this before. >> so deserved. we appre

vacationing in vail. not supposed to travel though. not a good look. but america is moving forward, joe biden, who will take the oath of office in 23 days is saying this. >> we look forward to the start of a new year, fresh with hope and possibilities for better days to come. but clear-eyed about the challenges that will not disappear overnight. reiterate my message to the american people, we've overcome incredible challenge as a nation, and we've done it before, and we will do it again. >> ovah. for all his disgraceful antics this president is putting senate republicans in a very tough spot. will they vote against aid for desperate americans? >> today i'm telling donald trump, don't just talk about it, act. these senate republicans have followed you through thick and thin, get them now to act and support the $2,000 checks. (kids laughing) (dog barking) ♪ sanctuary music it's the final days of the wish list sales event sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. and a complimentary

great news for the snow pack. 16 inches in king vail. and kirk wood. this is what we need to help the fire danger. 7-day forecast in our rain chances and how much in your city coming up. so this is obviously some good news for us. i'm sure you're looking forward to getting rainfall in here too. >> we need it. >> much more to come. we have a one on one interview with the bay area based color clorox. the sanitizing wipes are still hard to fine. why. company cannot control the delay. >> a question we explore in the series race for a vaccine. first. have californiaens soured on governor newsom? the results of a new poll. following his french laundry controversy. >>> essential workers on the front lines take on many forms including bus is light rail operators. today employees in the south bay as well as families got a free covid-19 test. organized by the union that represents the employees and county. the idea is make it easier for workers to get tested as often as possible. especially since they come in contact with so many people. a union rep says four em

president-elect biden still would win into this is not even a hail mary buzz there is no chance of it purr vailingat the president is doing by flailing about in this way is having the courts over and over and over again validate the fact that biden won the election. so it has been quite counter productive in terms of continuing this conspiracy theo theory. you judges all saying there is literally no factual basis for a claim of fraud. this latest petition to the supreme court is really ked dea arrival. >> part of why this is all perplex social security there is good news in the background of the two vaccines. we saw vice president pence getting the vaccine. any plans for president trump to do it and if not, why? >> so far the president has talked about he is immune because he had it. he says he doesn't feel the need to get it, but there is a modelling reason why. showing that it is safe and they trust that that is what joe biden plans to do, what mike pence plans to do, what president's bush, clinton, and obama have done. they want people to feel as confident as possible. given how supportive they

implement inmate inoculations underscoring the urgency of stopping outbreaks of the coronavirus in vailss joyce vance, also a u.s. attorney. she opened an investigation into over overcrowding and violence. she continued her work in the area advising members of law enforcement. also with me, the professor of global health and social medicine and a physician at the division of global health equity. he worked on preventing trance mission of airborne diseases in prison. welcome again to both of you. many months ago we had our first conversation about this. joyce, let me start with you. we have a few choices here when it comes to prison. we can do better at keeping prisoners safe from airborne infections, we can incarcerate fewer people, or inoculate them as a priority. that third one is having trouble. people are not interested in prisoners getting inoculations before other people. you end up with people dies that didn't get a death seasons. -- sentence. >> we have to have an all of the above strategy. we need to reduce new entrance to prisons. better health measures for people who are incar

to let our viewers know the president is golfing, the vice president is in vail, colorado, and you haveillions of americans waiting for any federal help after months now. and the last question i have for you, john, after nearly a week of holding out, why did the president decide to give up on his temper tantrum and sign the bill now? >> reporter: it's a good question. i think in the end people probably appealed to him having succeeded in compelling the attention of a lot of people, creating the suspense as you referred to it, having people recognize i'm still president what i still do matters. they conveyed the message that what you're going to be remembered for from this moment is impof errishing millions of the people you're serving and that's not necessarily the best thing for your reputation. so he got the attention, and then they convinced him it was going to be terrible attention so he relented and backed off. >> also throwing his own party under the bus along the way as well. not the first time he's done that. john harwood, thank you. let's go to capitol hill where lauren fox is.

king vail 13 inches. blue canyon four. my extended forecast in san francisco.es have not only the chance of rainfall this weekend. king tides sunday to tuesday. be careful of that. have high tides and waves of 15 to 20 feet. shower chances next thursday and friday. we had 70s earlier this week. not seeing that the next seven days. 50s into tuesday and we will see low 60s. next wednesday, thursday and friday. so happy to be heading into the weekend. not talking about fire danger. on a personal note, i wish we had smell vision. there's chili cooking in the kitchen. perfect for weather like this. a dinner recommendation. >> yeah. send us some. >> daryl dash. >> okay. oh! i like that. pull up to the front. we'll bring it out. >> thank you. we're back in a moment. this year, xfinity internet gives you more options than a holiday dinner table. pick the speed that's right for you, with options faster than gig. and get reliable internet with top-notch coverage. plus, help keep your data safe and private with security included. no antlers on the table. how come you get

the inaugural will also in vail for cochairs, michigan governor gretchen whitmer, los angeles mayor garcettiresswoman lisa blunt rochester and louisiana congressman cedric richmond. the pandemic is expected to keep the inauguration far smaller than previous years. states including new york and nevada used outdated federal estimates during their planning for covid-19 vaccine supplies. the department of health and human services says states showed many more doses available along with 15 million doses of the moderna shot. an fda panel will meet thursday to review the pfizer vaccine safety and effectiveness in a final step before emergency use authorization is approved. there are new indications that italy's coronavirus outbreak is slowing down. health officials reported the lowest daily new cases today since october 20. italy may get its first 3.4 million doses of the pfizer vaccine. david: things with covid are bad and may will get much worse as we heard over the weekend from dr. scott gottlieb, the former fda commissioner. >> is bad as things are now, they will get a lot worse. by the end of

. >> organizers say up to 30% of the people in sunny vail for example are forced to skip meals duringandemic. >> terrible situation. don't put away the umbrella. the rain is coming back. >> that's exactly right. to help to keep the fire danger lower. we went so long without any consistent rain. this is good. two different storm systems. and we're going to continue to add up on the rain totals. we start off with a look at how we did so far. at least with the bay area rain. we had over half inch in san jose. walnut creek 63 hundredths of an ench. the storm once it got here had a subtropical tap. very happen to see the rainfall. storm ranger is dry now across the bay area. we need to pick up more rainfall. rain season down two and a half to six and a half inches from where we should be. we'll put a small dent in it this week. let's get you to tomorrow. i promise i'll get you to the rainfall. the big change tomorrow morning is some widespread cloud cover starting to return. not as sunny tomorrow morning. with temperatures in the low 40s here. for the south bay, peninsula. east bay 42. san

mike pence vacationing in vail, colorado. really nice place.ce a lot of regular folks get to spend their winter holidays. steven mnuchin, getting flown by private jet to mexico, to go on vacation with his family. while there were millions -- millions of americans who are literally worried -- were incredibly upset and stressed out that perhaps they were going to get kicked out of their apartment. that perhaps they won't have the couple hundred bucks they needed to buy food for their families. they were all at the mercy of this president while he and his top aides were all enjoying holiday vacations. can you just -- i mean, you're so good at capturing, you know, what it means for -- people who are watching the government and trying to figure out why can't they help me, why? why am i out here stranded alone when the u.s. government should be helping? >> you know, kasie, that's a great question. and it's a great theme, actually, that's been going on in this country and our politics now since january 20th of 2017 when donald trump was inaugurated. b

coming up after the break an intimidating e-mail that some are calling a thinly vailed threat sent to newspaper columnist from the president of a police union. tonight there is an apology. >> chilling to me as a black man in america to have the police say, that they're going to warn their colleagues about my arrival. did you know that geico's whole 15 minutes thing... that came from me. really. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower... over you. figuratively speaking." but that's not catchy, is it? that's not going to swim about in your brain. so i thought, what about... 15 minutes. 15 percent. serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> the vallejo police union is apologizing tonight for an e- mail sent by a member. >> especially with the outsized power that police officers and police unions have, they should know better. >> the timing of that letter and even the content was ill advised. >> reporter: at issue is an e- mail sent to otis taylor jr. who's leaving the paper for an investigative job in atlanta. he was sent a lett

. >> this is just a very thinly vailed attempt of the governor to intimidate scientists and get backmy sources as he's firing doh staff left and right. >> reporter: the governor's office told us they had no involvement with this, had no information on this. were not involved, know nothing of this investigation at all, according to governor ron desantis' spokesperson. there was no arrest made last night but we do know from an affidavit that the law enforcement department there in florida is trying to find out if she may have illegally used an emergency alert system to basically sol basically solicit information from inside state workers' emails. >> i have a sense there's more here. i'm sure you'll get it and bring it to us. thank you for that. >>> to a group of often unsung heroes. how often do we thank the lab workers, the people processing our tests, the fatigue it is in additions -- technicians across the states? >> turning now to april abbott, in evansville, indiana. good to have you on, april. thanks for the work you and your colleagues are doing there. enormous amount of demand

. ♪ jonathan: from london and new york, for our audience worldwide, this is bloomberg's surl vail lense action this tuesday morning much after a month to november, this is what we look like right now. we had some weight to the rally. up.9 percent. the small caps outperform once again. they do on the month, the session. russell up by 1.36%. a couple things, get the month to date gains on some of these markets. then leave you with a question about what's happening in the europe. this is the month to date gains. november, up almost 11% on the s&p 500. talk about the rotation, we still had the best month since april on the s&p 500. phenomenal month on the nasdaq, up almost 12%. best month since august. phenomenal month. russell, up by 18% and change, the best month ever. question to next year is where do you see the outperformance on these three benchmarks? you continue to get that rotation. dot small caps deliver? or better sitting at the s&p 500. question for you to answer the next couple months. switch the board again. final question from me on this market. the e.c.d. and q.e. today the

and i want to encourage everyone who has the opportunity to get vaccinated so we can have a vail of protection over this country that will end this pandemic. >> dr. fauci turns 80 years old on christmas eve. so you had dr. fauci. you had health and huge servicess secretary and ardent rhapsodic supporter alex azar, the director of the national institutes of health. all of them received moderna's coronavirus vaccine this morning. tonight the cdc says the coronavirus variant, this new strain found circulating in the u.k. could already indeed be circulating in our country undetected. pfizer says it's highly likely its vaccine is effective against the new strain. it'll take roughly two weeks to know for sure, but the company says it could produce a new vaccine to match the new strain in six weeks. well, for more we welcome back to our broadcast dr. celine gounder, clinical professor of medicine and infectious disease at the nyu school of medicine in bellview, new york. recently named to the president-elect's coronavirus advisory board. dr. gounder, first of all, it's great to have you back. second,

vaccine and i want to encourage everyone who has the opportunity to get vaccinated so we can have a vail of protection over this country that would end this pandemic. >> they received the moderna vaccine which just rolled out shipments this week just as moderna and pfizer are digging in to get a definitive answer on whether their vaccines are effective against a new variant of the virus hitting the united kingdom right now. just as dr. anthony fauci says to assume it's already made its way here. until those answers come, what should do you? 40 countries have now halted travel from the uk. white house advisers are expected to present president trump with options today. but new york's governor announced an agreement with three airlines to test all passengers flying into new york from the uk. but he's also calling on the federal government to do more. >> the united states has done nothing. now, i acted proactively, frankly, for new york. but we'll have flights into chicago, into other parts of the country and those people can get on flights and come back to new york or infect other states.

the vice president is in the ski mecca, vail, colorado. is this a bad look as so many americans are not only strugglistruggl struggling to pay rent but also being urged not to travel because of coronavirus? >> i think the latter one is a key point. yes, the president is at his golf course. in fact, i'm in the press pool today, and we dropped him off at his golf property. that's what he's doing while as you say, other americans are struggling and just probably relieved that they're getting the relief that he ended up signing into law last night that monica mentioned. in terms of the broader look, is it a good look for him to be on vacation or the other leaders to be on vacation and traveled at a time when dr. anthony fauci and other health professionals are warning against doing that and gathering? i guess that's up to the american people to decide. >> here's what else people might not consider a good look. the new york post had strong words for the president splashed on their front page, writing in an editorial, give it up, mr. president,

vacationing in vail, right? you're not supposed to travel, though. not a good look. but america is moving forward. joe biden, who will take the oath of office in 23 days, is saying this. >> we look forward to the start of a new year fresh with hope and possibilities for better days to come, but clear-eyed, clear-eyed about the challenges that will not disappear overnight. i want to reiterate my message to the american people. we've overcome incredible challenges as a nation, and we've done it before, and we will do it again. >> hmm. ovah. for all his disgraceful antics, this president is putting senate republicans in a very tough spot. will they vote against aid for desperate americans? >> today i am telling donald trump, don't just talk about it. act. these senate republicans have followed you through thick and thin. get them now to act and support the $2,000 checks. ♪ ♪ smooth driving pays off. ♪ with allstate, the safer you drive the more you save. ♪ you never been in better hands. allstate. click or call for a quote today. >>> we are back. house republicans break

in new year's in vail when i was growing up from age six to 26, but as a teenager, what we would do is we would wait until midnight every year and then we would come be and the kids and the cousin would all glad to see who would be the first sledder of the new year. i was proud to say i'm the first person to sled in 89, 91 and 92. 92. first person to sled in those years. another years i was beat out by cousins and friends. but look, however you celebrate new year's do it with those you live with. be safe. together we can get through this. this is really our last big hurdle. if we can get through this without a spike we are setting ourselves up for strong recovery, health, economy in 2021. i want to say thank you to colorado for your resilience for wearing masks for your sacrifice, your optimism, and determination to get through this. whats not been easy, but makes our state so great so be safe, have happy and fun new year in a way you could do it in a safe way, and we are happy to take questions. >> tell me, this is erin with the gazette in colorado springs and denver. just a few quest

except, now, we're going to see the leader, you know, carving some turns into vail.t's hard to understand. >> three and a half thousand americans have been dying, in recent days, every day. the people traveling for christmas, as we said, despite those vaccinations. how concerned are you about what is still to come in the weeks ahead? >> i think it's going to be really dark. we're -- we're going to see, you know, over the next month, you know, probably 100,000 more people die. and we'll slowly start to get better, as our vaccination rate increases. and hopefully, if we can convince more people in this country to mask up. we've seen a little bit of an increase in the last few weeks. we have gone from about 71 or 72% to something like 76, 77%. that might be one of the reasons we are starting to see a downtick in cases. but the ihme has suggested that, if we could get masking to 95% of this country, a feat that we've never closely approached, we could probably save about 47,000 lives, this spring. i have no hopes that we will be able to get to that level but as we increa

. >> this is just a very thinly vail veiled attempt to get back at staff who he has been fryari if left jones says she lost access to her government computer accounts after she was fired. >>> chuck yeager, a historymaking pilot died. yeager, a world war ii fighter ace became the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947. decades later his legend was commented shanks to the book and movie "the right stuff" which told of his exploits. nasa's administrator said yeager's death is a tremendous loss for the nation. chuck yeager was 97 years old. >> what a pioneer. >> what a life. >> yeah. >> 97, i think that is impressive on every level. >>> britain administering the first doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine this morning. we have details on how they are doing it and what we can learn ahead. ping up, the north pole has to be feeling the heat. it's okay santa, let's workflow it. workflow it...? just picture it... with the now platform, we'll have the company you always imagined. efficient, productive, seamless. ok, i'm in! whatever your business is facing... let's workflow it. serviceno

vaccine and i want to encourage everyone that has the opportunity to get vaccinated so we can have a vailection over this country that would end this pandemic. >> and a change for dr. fauci, he won't be working with dr. birx anymore. she's announcing she's retiring after serving on trump's coronavirus task force. it comes after traveling with family over the thanksgiving holiday against her own advice. joining me now is dr. natalie aczar. rheumatologist and assistant professor at nyu. great to have you with us. your response to the comment today i think had a lot of people surprised with the clear assessment from joe biden that our darkest days are ahead of us. how do you square that with what we heard from other health officials saying we're still in the tunnel but can see at the light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccines? >> i think both things are true. you know, the vaccine is ultima to be the antidote. it will make the definitive turn or turn the corner if you will. we're not there yet. until that moment happens when we have enough of our population immunized. all we have to re

, and i want to encourage everyone who has the opportunity to get vaccinated so that we can have a vailon over this country that would end this pandemic. >> dr. fauci is joining us now live here in the situation aroma. first of all, how are you feeling now several hours after you received the coronavirus vaccine? any side effects at all? >> none wolf, actually. i feel really fine. i feel very good. i feel perfectly normal. i expect that probably in an hour or so i'll start to feel a little ache in the arm. that is very common in any kind of vaccination. so i'm anticipating that. but in general, i feel fine. >> great. i know even after you get a flu shot your arm might be sore a little bit. but it is totally normal. nothing to worry about. we just heard you reiterate your extreme confidence, dr. fauci, in the vaccine and you have demonstrated that by rolling occupy your sleeve today. for anyone watching us right now still have doubts about whether they should get the shot, can you explain why you are so confident in this science? >> well, if you look at the trial itself and the data it i

>> well, the vice president currently, kasie, is on vacation in vail, colorado, where he's been sincehristmas day. we haven't gotten any guidance, specifically as you point out as the head of the task force and the person who has been convening meetings at times of critical crisis in this pandemic which you could argue we certainly are in right now but because it happens to fall on the holidays, the white house and task force are not coming together with any regularity. you do have the doctors that come out and the doctors come out and talk about publicly just how worried they are about the state of things. but we're not hearing that kind of message at all from the vice president who did publicly show that the vaccine was safe and efficient. he got it on camera before leaving on his holiday travels. but we're also not hearing from somebody like jared kushner or other top officials who wanted to take credit for what the administration had done early on. you'll remember, we could play an incredible series of bites from these officials saying back in may and june, we're in wonderful shap

in the first place, we insist that in order for the united states to per vail in what is a struggle over the shape of international order, will international order be friendly to free and sovereign nation states or will it reflect the authoritarian p authoritarian proclivities of the chinese communist party. we must ensure that we preserve freedom at home. we have to preserve our constitutional traditions. we need a strong economy that nevertheless looks out for those who have suffered the most from the consequences of globalization and we must promote a vigorous civil society where people can meet, where people can associate, where people can worship as they wish to worship or not worship as they wish to worship. if we can preserve this kind of america, i think there's hope that we can restore something of that civic concord in the united states which is always been crucial to meeting our challenges abroad. we need to maintain the world's strongest, most versatile, most sophisticated military. we need to be committed to the free and open established international order. we need to -- we

message from the white house on mass-wearing, social distancing, not traveling, not vacationing in vailnd mar-a-lago over the holidays. they say don't do that, please don't move around. that's the upstream, the up-the-pipeline solution, or the beginning of a solution to the problem we're in. >> julie: there's got to be more of a deterrent. millions of people traveled through the holidays, and that's clearly not working. advising people not to travel. nobody is taking that advice, at least not enough. i want to move on to house democrats facing a rag razor-thn majority, whether it's ringing alarm bells. the party lost 12 seats with two races still undecided. republicans took four seats in california, swing districts that democrats won back in 2018. that's all painting a bleak picture for democrats in 2022 when they will compete again and swing districts that fueled their 2018 takeover. "the new york times" with this headline, and the quote, "the democrats' losses came for a number of reasons." they reflected the potency of republican attacks, democrats by the party of socialism, the fund

vice president mike pence is in vail, colorado and the treasury secretary steven mnuchin is vacationing in mexico. we understand from the treasury department mnuchin has been making phone calls and in contact with the president and senators behind the scenes but not getting readouts in any fashion from the white house. in fact, we're not really getting anything from the president in terms of on camera events. it's striking we seen president elect joe biden talking about dual crisis facing the nation in the last few days he has made a point of having on camera events. we haven't seen that from the current president who is currently on the golf course and that's where he's spent the majority of his time over the last five or six days, nothing on his public schedule today, either. i think he's closely watching what is happening on capitol hill and we know from senator lindsey graham in public statements he has made he's been with the president on the lengths over the last few days and called those interactions tense and the president is engaged behind the scenes in the negotiations and per

alleviated by $600 or $2,000 while the president sits in palm beach and the vice president sits in vailome burns. >> indeed. america is burning in so many ways today. at that. thank you so much for the member pleasure of your time. so much from you. >> thank you. the same with me. >> appreciate it, michael. still to come, as marco rubio gets hammered for his covid hypocrisy, why we should all be nevertheless paying attention to the shifting numbers regarding herd immunity. that's next.ifting [phone rings] "hello, how can i" sore throat pain? try new vicks vapocool drops in honey lemon chill for a fast-acting rush of relief like you've never tasted in... ♪ honey lemon ahh woo vicks vapocool drops now in honey lemon chill >>> marco rubio is doing that thing again where he annoys everybody by trying to play both sides of an issue. on covid, the republican senator played down the virus for months, including speaking maskless at a campaign event last month in georgia for kelly loeffler. but he nevertheless managed to skip to the head of the vaccination line more than a week ago. how nice. ye

the president is in florida, the vice president, mike pence, has been spending time with family in vail, colorado. the president and vice president are on vacation for the holidays while millions of americans need relief. the president has now made unemployment insurance lapse for 12 to 14 million americans, ayman, who remain in the lurch. >> it is cruelty when you think about it. people have been kicked out of unemployment systems just by the virtue of the president waiting that additional 24 hours. is the president, jake, likely to get that $2,000 demand that he put out there, or any of the other demands that he's been making when he agreed to sign this bill? >> no. i mean, he might. i'm not sure that the senate is going to go along with this. it's going to be a really high hurdle for the senate, with no outside influencing. as monica ably pointed out, the president is not lobbying. she's not pushing. if you notice, mitch mcconnell in his statement upon the president signing this bill didn't even acknowledge the check issue. he didn't say that there was any sort of quid pro quo or may

trump is here, vice president mike pence is in colorado, in vail, and now nbc news can report that mnuchin, as he's having these calls with president trump, he's in mexico at his vacation home in cabo. >> shannon, you have americans talking about that they don't know whether they'll be able to feed their kids. you have americans talking about that they don't know whether or not they'll be able to pay their rent and stay in nartheir apartments. all of this pretty unbelievable. and the attention needs to be on those americans. at the same time, the reason we are here is because there is a political knot that the president has tied, that now democrats and republicans alike are going to have to figure out how to unravel. where does that leave democrats? where does it leave republicans? can they get anything done? >> i mine, ean, in a weird way, sort of united democrats and republicans for maybe one of the very rare times in the past four years, when you see that bipartisan letter, they are sending out and the various messages and, you know, it -- the republicans in congress have certainly brok