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Barrera's hump day Wednesday January 6th
2021 I am still getting used to
The thing 2021
Myself but yes we are in
A new year I'm going to say hello hello here really quickly
Hello it's pretty quickly I hope you having a great morning so far thank you so much for starting it with us
Right here on NewsHour Fox I'm coming at you live from the news now from Fox East Coast Hub right here in Orlando Florida
I hope you are having a great morning we do have some live breaking news right now this is
Out of London being told that this is a Julian Assange bond hearing as soon as we get
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A lot of top stories
In the morning brief to get to really quickly first and that's because we're going to be speaking with Doug luzader and just a little
The morning brief is to get you all caught up with the news from overnight into the morning that broke
All eyes were on Georgia yesterday right well it's been 64 days does the 2020
Collection but it's still not clear whether Republicans Or democrats control the Senate
And some Republicans say it's still not clear
Who won the presidential race either
But today
Is Congress a chance to weigh in
As the Electoral College certification begins
Fox News correspondent Ray Bogan has more on the lingering presidential battle and the latest on the Senate runoff
Races in Georgia
Two weeks from today Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States
But here in Washington the battle for power continues
Democrat Raphael Warnock wins one of Georgia's two coveted Senate seats making him the first black
Senator in his State history
And putting the Senate majority Within Reach for the Democratic Party
We proved that with hope
Hard work
And the People by our side
Anything
Is possible
State officials say there were no major problems at the polls even as vote counting for Georgia second runoff
I'll praise extended into Wednesday morning
The second-place Finisher will have the opportunity to potentially ask for a recount again
Georgia's elections came one day before Congress is certification of the Electoral College vote
In Washington
Large crowds gathered in support of President Trump who has yet to concede
Meantime more than a dozen Senate Republicans say they will objective certifying president-elect Joe Biden
Amid claims of widespread electoral fraud
We have an obligation I believe to protect the Integrity of the election
Ahead of congress' joint session President Trump continued his pressure campaign on the vice president
Who's expected to preside over Wednesday's meeting
Sane
If Mike Pence comes through for us
We will win the presidency
If a state's electoral votes are challenged by both a member of the House and Senate
Both Chambers will have up to two hours of debate
And then vote
On that objection
In Washington right Bogan Fox News
Ray thank you so much for that update their we are taking a live look at the White House and our nation's capital Washington DC off
Open the distance are kind of the top right-hand side of your screen everybody
You can see some flashing lights that is no doubt likely some security
As a result of what is expected
Happened there
In DC
Today so I know the reason why a lot of you were here
President Trump is slated to speak at 11 Eastern this
Morning
At a pro Trump
O'Reilly we will have that for you right here on NewsNow from Fox live rock unedited
This is the rally is being called a save America rally in the president tweeted
Quote I will be speaking at the Save America rally tomorrow on the ellipse at 11 a.m. eastern arrive early
Doors open at 7 a.m. eastern big crowds
The president tweeted last night
He also last month promised a quote-unquote wild protests in the nation's capital on January 6th
While reiterating his claims that it was quote
Statistically impossible to have lost the 20
T20
Election and quote also last night the president tweeted that Washington is quote being inundated with people who
You don't want to see an election Victory stolen
Buy embolden radical left
Democrats
And quote that we will cover everything for you
Right there
In the
Seba let's take one more look
How does Electoral College challenge
The House and Senate certify the Electoral results in a joint session of Congress usually with little fanfare
The chair declares The Joint session
Dissolve
Under the 12th Amendment the vice president who also serves as president of the Senate runs the show
He's to open all the certificates and the votes shall be counted
The person having the greatest number of votes for president shall be Preston
President Trump today goading vice president Pence to reject
Fraudulently chosen elector
A disputed 1876 election between President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel Tilden
Force Congress to create an electoral commission to sort out uncertified electoral votes
From 3 States
Senator Ted Cruz demand and electoral commission for 2020
And what did Congress do in 1876 now they didn't throw up their hands and say we got allegations of fraud but
We can't do anything about it but the difference between now and then
Is that electoral votes from all 50 states are certified this year
The nineteenth-century commission awarded the presidency to Hayes by one electoral vote
It was called the compromise of 1877
Or depending on your viewpoint
The corrupt bargain
Electoral count
Which tried to create a
System to deal with controversy
Under that law Congress is supposed to view electoral certificates as conclusive
House members can try to challenge the state's electoral votes has happened after contentious bush-gore election
Mister vice president irise to eject to the fraudulent 25 Florida electoral
Rowboats I don't care that it is not it is not signed by member of the Senate
Advise that the rules do care
It takes both a House member
One Senator to trigger debate over States electoral votes
This unfolded only twice
1969
Mmv
Over Ohio
From the things that happen in
Ohio
Let's fix it here and let's do it first thing out the House and Senate separately debate a contested stay
States electoral slate
Both the House and Senate must vote to disqualify a slate electoral votes
And that's why this Gambit is likely to fail
Challenges to multiple States
Means the process could take all night
Colorado became a state shortly before the election of 1876
So no one actually voted
But the state legislature sending three electoral vote
4 Rutherford B Hayes
I Colorado not yet been estate
We be talkin about President Tilden
On Capitol Hill chat program
Fox News
Thank you so much for that update kind of mixed
Explains what we may or may not
Anything today
And how the whole process works on a little bit of history in
In terms of American politics
Alright already the story made national headlines yesterday a charging decision
In one of the cases that fueled Nationwide protests against
Radical racial Injustice
Excuse me
Fox News correspondent Kevin corke has the details
And the Fallout
The regards to the Jacob Lake shooting
Actually
I will have that story before you ingest
A few seconds
And that is because right now
We're going to head on over to Minnesota or turns out that one county has had some success
Putting homeless
In hotels
Pre-pandemic Salvation Army Harbor Light shelter downtown Minneapolis house at least twice the people
It does now we've got 270 people in hotel spaces which means our synthesis
Half sexy little less than half
Back in March Public Health officials teamed up with homeless shelters to transfer high-risk older residents to hotel
And reduced capacity at shelters across the state and we all agreed we have to
Identify shelter
We can't keep people in these in the current level of density and expect
People to be well and homeless Advocates say it worked do you think that that early
Save lives
Yes
I absolutely the same flight according to the Minnesota Department of Health less than 1% of covid patients across the
State were homeless at the time of infection
The director of Hennepin County's office 10 homelessness David Hewitt
Says it's one of the best outcomes they could have imagined
We will come out of this with a much healthier
I was responsible healthiest shelter system that is better equipped to protect
Answer of the people that need to use it
At harborlight they've averaged two cases a month throughout the pandemic and with only one outbreak during the November
They're hoping they've seen the worst of it
And I feel like the combined proactive
Response has just been has allowed us to to come through this without the really
Horrible horrible stories that we've heard
In Minneapolis Courtney Godfrey
Fox 9
Thanks Courtney for that update we are taking a live load just outside of the Fox News headquarters in New York City right across from Radio City Music
Music Hall not seeing that gorgeous Christmas display that was up not quite sure if it's been
Been taken down but that's because the camera
Zoomed in a little bit differently than it normally is but again this is a live picture right here on news
From Fox
I'm going to take you back out to that Jacob Lake
Case decision got that story for you right here
No charges will be filed in the shooting of Jacob Blake
The top prosecutor in Kenosha Wisconsin announcing Tuesday he will not bring criminal charges against Ruston
Sheskey the officer who shot Blake seven times in the back last summer
Leaving him paralyzed from the waist down
There's a group of people who have said
You need to charge
These officers because it will send a clear message to all officers everywhere about how
Do they need the police in future
I called that the send message
Charging decision
The shooting in August
Reignited protests against police brutality and racial Injustice
It happened nearly three months after George Floyd's death
Touched off the largest Civil Rights Movement since the 1960s
Days after the Blake shooting then seventeen-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested for fatally shooting two people
And wanting a third
During a night of unrest
Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty Tuesday to all charges against him any and all previously imposed by Bond
Conditions
Issues a bailout remain in full force and effect following the prosecutor
Decision not to file charges protesters took to the streets of Kenosha once again demanding Justice for blue
Play as well as George Floyd breonna Taylor and others
33 Justice systems in America there's one for black and brown people
One for police officers and one for the rest of America
Scheske a seven-year veteran of the Kenosha Police Department was placed on administrative leave
Following that incident
In Washington I'm Kevin corke
Fox News
Kevin thank you so much always keeping us updated with top stories from across
Good morning my name is Pilar areas I'm coming at you live from our news now from Fox East Coast hub
Right here and Orlando Florida in the midst of a nationwide surgeon covid-19 infections more and more people
People are hoping to get vaccinated
We've heard stories that vaccination rollouts have been a lot slower than expected manything it is the first step
Towards returning to normal life
Fox's Kim Posey talks to a Colorado couple on the vaccination process
And what does shot mean
For that
Which Ironwood
Patients over the age of 70 getting their covid vaccine at uchealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
I didn't feel anything other nurse for 40 years she's glad for the opportunity scene record that you'll be
Bring back for your second shot rothermel was chosen through a lottery system and notified about available appointment
X through my health connection the UC Health patient portal I was so excited
And that cry
Which I probably will today too
This is an emotional moment for both she and her husband John who also received the vaccine
In the middle of the pandemic John fought lymphoma and had six months of chemotherapy
Doing good I'm in remission for so long and they believe this
Could be the Turning Point the whole for that the future is going to be bright
Dr. Jean Kutner the chief medical officer at UC Health University of Colorado Hospital says healthcare worker
Crisfield that same sense of hope
Vaccines on Saturday
Alone she says the patient portal system is working well for people who use it Stafford planning Outreach to though
Those who don't
Taking alive look now at Tampa Florida they had a gorgeous sunrise
Yesterday I am on standby to see if we see the same
Beautiful colors
This morning of orange and blue streaking across the
Sky
Tampa showing off I have not been down there just
Yet since I moved here.
Central Florida
But I definitely need to hit the road some more it's one of the safest ways they say to travel right now if
If you are going inside to travel
So Tampa
Pretty close to here as well as Jacksonville
And the like and I am
Loving the beach life though I've been here
Since September and I've only been to the
Planning to get on that
It's quickly as possible the morning brief hiiraan news out from Fox I'm keeping a very close eye out of London in
England where there are people chanting ahead of the Julian Assange bail hearing
When and if we get anyone at the makeshift Podium speaking I'll bring it to you right here on news now
Let me rock out with your top stories from across the country
We call it
The morning
Albury
The reason I brought you out to Tampa Florida is because scenes out of this state over the last two weeks
Show me seniors lining up in lines that are miles long some camping outside overnight all for a chance
To receive the covid-19 vaccine
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis saying now that hospitals in the state need to work quicker
To vaccinate the senior population
Or risk
Receiving fewer vaccines in the future foxes
Is Haley Heim
Reports
Some Florida vaccine distributions are going smoothly
Another drive-thru other slack in Lee County resulted in long lines and some short tempers
A mob scene of senior citizens Hospital distribute
That their job and yeah you know when there is an issue like that I think the hospital I think they they made a course correction and they decide
I need to do it a little bit differently hospitals to submit how they plan to offer vaccines to those 65 and older
The current priority and how many they expect to get out daily
The state has received more than 960.000 doses of Pfizer and moderna vaccines but only two hundred sixty
Thousand have been given out so far meaning 700.000 or waiting and freezers
DeSantis said Hospital should not hold back out of concern the second dose won't arrive
Number of vaccines
Means upper warp-speed that we will be getting the booster shot those not hitting their targets
Christmas out next time around that are sitting on it and not using it
Then future distributions
Will be reduced accordingly we don't want vaccine being idle stress off of Hospital
Mantis is directing the state to identify covid-19 test sites to convert to vaccine site
Find places of worship that can do the same
Reactivate existing contracts with 1.000 nurses to help with vaccine efforts and have the state assume
No responsibilities to administer vaccines at long-term care facilities
I drive through site or any of these other
Community-based site anything that the States involved in
I directed
But they need to be open 7 days a week
We are taking a live look at Times Square in New York City with this hump day Wednesday January 6th 2020
Weeks away from inauguration day which also is going to look much different
Due to the coronavirus pandemic very few New Yorkers out there this morning very few cars on the road
Despite the fact that it's past 6 in the morning
Little bit of a slow start soup
People out
They're the reason I took you out to New York City's because it's next tops to wear you have for you
In the morning brief is about
With Congress at the certified Joe Biden win as president today
Many people are awesome
The Mystic the new democratic
Ministration will focus on Americans
Who have been struggling for some time
Like resident
The public housing complexes
Fox's Lisa ever spoke with advocates for the New York City Housing
Authority about their hopes
For the next
4 years
You can only hope that it brings help that's much needed the new year
Is beginning much the same way the old year ended for nycha residents
With problems that never seem to go away
Like Gas & Electric outages the continue for months
Embolden garbage
But that's not all the biggest ones are still the heat and hot water elevator
Nature president himself and chair of the Citywide Council of Nigeria presidents
Says Something's Gotta Give soon
The new Administration will bring new Solutions
Does public housing Committee Member Vanessa Gibson
Incoming Administration I'm excited about the new president and our new vice president and I really think it's an opportunity
To lead by example
The show Americans particularly residents that live in public housing
That their needs are a priority public Advocate jumaane Williams says
I'm hopeful that the new Administration will make this a top priority
By bringing bold leadership and significant Investments that have been lacking for too long
Well optimistic Gibson Carson's against unrealistic expectations
Day 1 notes and expect everything in the first 100 days Ohio representative Marcia fudge
Is president-elect binds pick to head HUD which oversees nycha
Danny Barbara would like to give her a personal tour invite you to come to public housing to see
What the residents have been endowed with the years so you can assess it yourself personally
For hundreds of thousands of nycha residents who grown accustomed to all kinds of challenges in their daily lives
New leadership at the top is one of the few things giving them hope for will change
In the South Bronx I'm Lisa Evers Fox 5 News
Lisa thank you so much for that update again we're taking other live look at Times Square in New York City everybody I am on standby
By waiting to see if anybody speaks at the Julian Assange bill hader
Outside in
London
England
When and if they do I'll bring it to you right here
Alright we are going
We got some more top stories here in the morning brief
Read ahead over San Francisco frustration and anger as a school advisory committee gets ready to meet to debate whether Ford
44 School
Name for historical figures
Continue to carry those names
Fox News Claudia Cowan
Has the story
Washington Jefferson Roosevelt and Lincoln
Iconic names in American history whose past actions measured against today's cancel culture movement
Could mean big changes at their namesakes schools in San Francisco
A renaming advisory committee is targeting 44 elementary middle and high schools named after
Figures it deems problematic
The list includes Jefferson and Washington who owns slaves
Brings up Lincoln's policies regarding the Transcontinental Railroad led to the loss of lifestyle and
Culture for many indigenous peoples
Answers Theodore Roosevelt opposed civil rights while FDR refused to support an anti Lynch
Fishing bill
Environmentalist John yours included the committee says he was racist and responsible for the theft of native
New plans
Even liberal Senator Dianne Feinstein
San Francisco's first female mayor is on the list for allowing a Confederate flag to fly outside
City Hall
She ordered it be taken down her crime was that she let it fly at all in 1984
This is part of a wokeness movement
That seeks to destroy our history at a time when schools remain closed due to the pandemic
Critics are blasting the renaming Porsche
From President Trump tweeting so ridiculous and unfair to the PTA angry over the estimated
9 million-dollar price tag as the city faces a $600 deficit
Bending $9000000 doesn't make you a whole lot of sense because it's money we don't have any
Is Tubi
Used in other areas
Better more essential even the city's Democratic mayor says the district's top priority should be getting its 50
4000 students back into the classroom
I am upset
I am mad I need them to get their act together we shouldn't even be having a conversation about anything else
Washington Jefferson
Taking alive look yeah the Phoenix
Arizona my home sweet home I miss it so much
This is from the South Mountain tower cam
Gorgeous nighttime you though
They are two hours behind us so barely in the four hour
There
Coming up next year on NewsNow from Fox it's one of my favorite stories to bring you each and every day the fox mean
Business reports a lot of Americans really like to work
Remotely
We're hearing from Jackie
D'Angelo's
Companies could have a hard time getting workers to go back to the office when the pain that Mike is over 29% of working for
Professional tell the company livecareer that they would quit their current job if they couldn't continue working remotely
And speaking of work wallethub just named South Burlington Vermont the best city for jobs in 2021
Their study looked at things like employment opportunities commute time and even covid cases
Per capita
Stop rattling on Wall Street Tuesday investors putting aside any anxiety over the potential outcome
Are the Georgia Senate races
People putting their money where their mouth is to make sure that they keep their New Year's resolutions this year
More than a third pulled by the company RetailMeNot say they expect to spend around 666
Dollars to do so that's 167 bucks more than last year and hopefully this won't discourage
Do a separate survey by the wellness company Verve just found that the average person usually only keep their resolution
436 days
That's business I'm Jackie DeAngelis
Yeah that is not the first time that I have heard that that people do not keep their resolution
For very long did you make one
If so feel free to let me
We know on the platform that has a chat
Beecher again good morning everyone you're watching is now from Fox my name is Pilar Aries
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Search for Pilar news now on any of those platforms and you will find me I would be happy to connect with you and I do
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And find out where All U NewsNow ours are not just across the country
But worldwide all right we all have our favorite shows right some lean towards travel some lean towards him
History some lean towards cooking
Well one of my favorite shows is fox's Hell's Kitchen
And there's about to be an exciting
New season premiere Ashley dvorkin I'm so jealous of her job
Has the story
Everything in Vegas is a Gamble
Andy takes the hit culinary competition to Las Vegas when you're sad on the most
Globally-recognized you know to Mile Stretch Road
In the world on the Las Vegas Strip and you have 5 Gordon Ramsay restaurants
Partnered with an amazing partner in Caesars Entertainment
Some of the best real estate on the on the Vegas Strip
There is definitely a different layer of pressure that the other Seasons when it
Wouldn't have felt get your buckets and let's go season 10 winner Chef Christina Wilson is the red team sous chef
16 aspiring chefs compete for a grand prize
Which includes a head chef position at Hell's Kitchen in Lake Tahoe we do get to have great Insight on what that neck
Nextwave italian
Actually looks like coming through and they're put up against a very unique
Type of pressure
When you're going through Hell's Kitchen so you so you really see the full color palette
Of what somebody has to offer Wilson's wind started with a gig at Gordon Ramsay Steak in Las Vegas
It led to a career mentorship she says has been the experience of a lifetime I just went and I work my butt off
And I took advantage of every opportunity that he gave me in
He continues to push me to do more and do better and it's been an amazing match for me it's not for everybody
But for me this is the result of just chasing a small dream that I had Hell's Kitchen season 19 Premiere January 7th on
Ashley dvorkin Fox News
Speaking of dreams I have always wanted to go to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant I actually had house kit
Kitchen reservation years ago for one of those Milestone birthdays
In Las Vegas Nevada but unfortunately the plans fell through
Someday I will get someone of his restaurants Las Vegas and leave out of 4 and 1/2 hour drive from Phoenix Arizona
That's where this live picture is coming at you from
And now I remember why we
We have this life picture in Arizona that's because his final top story I have for you here in the morning brief
Is about an Arizona woman who did something
Amazing
For her neighbors Jennifer Martinez reports
It was the smell in the sight of smoke that got neighbor Carolyn polish curious to check on her neighbors
New Year's Day I went out the door and as I went out the door I saw the Flames coming out
From the garage by the garage
And then of course I just ran and started banging on the door to get them up
Inside the Avondale home a family of six
Me and my husband are for kids
We were all dead asleep
And we got woken up to banging on the door just banging our doorbell going off banging banging we thought it sound
I would like the police
In the ring video you can see and hear it panics Carol as she tries her hardest to get inside
Need to get everyone out
And I was getting them out
Alright was waking him up either way and I woke him up
And I didn't yell fire cuz I didn't want to scare the kids
The home in the family car completely damaged the roof case
Smoke and water damage
Making the home unlivable
We lost everything we lost our car was our only family car
We both work in the medical field and you know on the students and we have four kids and
We're just rebuilding and we're grateful to be alive
Grateful to be alive lost their only vehicle and their essential work
In the medical field
Student
Wow
Here's hoping that family can get back
On there
So you're going to see a two-minute commercial breaking out the morning brief has wrapped the rest of you
We're going to be out in the state of New York
Listening
Do Governor Andrew Cuomo for a bit
Staten Island is higher than the Bronx today
But again Bronx Staten Island Queens
You're double Manhattan
Double Manhattan
I'm from Queens
Born in Queens
Queens is a residential community
More residential community
Manhattan is much more dense one multifamily more public transportation
Why would
What is the demographic explanation
For a higher
Infection rate in Queens and the Bronx and Staten Island in Manhattan
It's the behavior
Let's talk about the vaccine
These are two elements
To understand the vaccine
One is the amount of supply
We have is a nation is a state and then one is the distribution
Two very different
Elements that have to be considered
Lee Supply
Production
By the drug companies the purchasing
By the federal government that's all a national responsibility
How
They can spur the drug companies to do more
How they can wind up buying more from the drug companies
Entire Supply is controlled by the federal government
We have been getting about 300.000
Per week
That's roughly 1.2 million per month
Vaccines okay
Estate needs
Twenty million people vaccinated
You have to do that twice its 40 million
Obviously
It's a very long time line
At this Supply rate
So the supply rate
Has to increase and the supply rate
Is the limiting factor now
I've been talkin to the federal government about this
There are possibilities that they're working on
How you can acquire more Pfizer and moderna vaccine you can approve the AstraZeneca back
Texting you can prove the Johnson & Johnson vaccine which is a single dose vaccine just a lot easier there other
Drug companies that are also working on vaccine so
We hope
Pray and expect
The supply from the federal government will be increasing
But we need it
To increase
You didn't go to the distribution side
On distribution
The
Federal government
Is in charge of some of the distribution in the state and then the state is in charge
Distribution as we discussed yesterday think of it in three tranches
Nursing homes hospitals in Valrico special efforts
The nursing home program is
Run by the federal government
And it is a federal national federal program where they said will do the nursing homes in Wilcon
Contract nationally
With pharmaceutical change to do the nursing homes
That has not moved as quickly as we would like to see it move
The state is now going to step in and expedite that program
We would like to see all nursing home residents
Vaccinated
First shots within 2 weeks
They doing the staff along with
The resident that would be a very big deal
If we can get the nursing home
Residents vaccinated
Upn
Go to the hospitals
194 hospitals 24 Public Hospital 270 private hospitals obviously the overwhelmed
Effort is done by the private hospitals
We need them to operate we need them to operate
Quickly
We put in place the 7-Day use-it-or-lose-it
Univera hundred ninety-four hospitals
If a hospital is not
Confident
And can't do this
Will use another hospital
It's very simple we have a hundred ninety-four hospitals
We have other hospitals who can do it so I need the best hospitals
With the best Management in the best systems as
Part of this effort
Because it's literally a matter of
Life and death
Right
And hundred ninety-four hospitals like anything else summer better
At certain things then others and here we need the best with the best managed
Because
The stakes are just too high
On the special efforts
That's where we're going to talk about state-sponsored after drive-ins
IND social Equity efforts the churches the restaurant the churches the community
Centers Etc
Hospitals have been the primary focus
Because one a the people are not vaccinating are healthcare workers
How do you get healthcare workers you get them to the hospital that's why the focus has been on the hospitals
Why is the focus on health care workers
That's the CDC guidance
I basically every state in the nation has accepted healthcare workers
Because they are the Frontline
They are exposed to people with the virus
And about healthcare worker gets sick they are then a super spreader
We haven't opened for all healthcare workers are now eligible
And the hospitals are focusing on the healthcare workers
Sofar 900000 vaccines have been distributed
42.1 million healthcare workers
Obviously we don't have enough
Vaccine distributed for all healthcare workers
Well
Let's open it up to other people forget the healthcare workers
You can't forget to ask your workers
These are the nurses these are the doctors these are the people who are on the Frontline
And
It's they are in the greatest risk
End
They were also the greatest threat
We have at Saratoga
Jewelry store
Employee
Who has covid
We're less than 10 minutes away from a live hit with Doug luzader right here on NewsNow from Fox and we are going to see a two-minute commercial
Super spreader
What happens if a nurse or doctor
Is covid positive
And sees a hundred patients during a day
Healthcare workers of first priority
For both reasons
And we only allocated
The vaccine to do the size of that population
That's why I say a lot of this is a supply issue as well as a dissemination issue
If a hospital
Has done all their healthcare workers
And says we're maxed out
We've done everyone
Fine then contact us and we'll take that Supply back
And we'll go to the next Toronto go to essential workers
But as a group
We've only allocated we've only distributed half the vaccine necessary
To do the
Healthcare worker
After we finish 1A healthcare workers then we go to 1B which is essential workers
And people who are 75
Plus that's roughly 2.5 million
So again you go back to the supply issue
If you're getting 300.000 vaccines per week
How long will it take you to do 2.5 million people
Right
On the hospitals
Just two Dimensions the hospitals now with the focus because the hospitals
A focus going to healthcare worker
Once you get towards 1B
Essential workers in 75 plus then you're dealing with members of the public
And then we're going to shift
From the focus on the hospitalist what we called the retail Network
What is a retail Network
The retail Network
Is a public distribution for essential workers in the General Public
And that is
Already underway
We have 5000 pharmacies in this state
You can call the pharmacy and you can get it
We have federally qualified Health Centers
County Health departments Urgent Care
Clinics
Your private doctor Network
Will be supplying all of these Outlets
With the vaccine
To do the distribution when we get to the General Public
So the distribution system
Is going to outpace
Our supply system
Right now
Which is
The way it should be we should be have more distribution capacity
Then we actually have Supply
Right now we've been Road 3700
Providers
Sites
Statewide
And we're continuing to grow that
What are the providers will going to be doing this
Medical practices pharmacies
Long-term care facilities have Q8 would federally qualified Health Centers
Hospitals will still be doing it urgent care facilities will be doing it
Ben community centers World centers Etc
We signed up hundreds in every region across the state
We have 845 signed up distribution centers in New York City
Already to go 700 on Long Island
115 the North country
So we have
A retail
Network
Retail network is not the best
Expression
Because also people don't have to pay for this vaccine will be no co-pay there be no charge
The retail can be a little misleading
But the
I couldn't come up with a better work
Of the 3700 636 already have
Vaccine
They are Distributing vaccine to the healthcare workers along with the hospital
So healthcare workers can either go to the hospitals that we've been discussing or they can go to a 600 sites that are across the state
Of those sites that actually now have vaccine for healthcare workers
244 federally qualified Health Centers and hospitals urgent care centers local health
This is where the
Sites are that can now serve healthcare workers
New York City 200
Long Island 105
So there's a network out there besides these hospitals
Where people can go if they're eligible if their healthcare workers
Right now
In addition to the hospitals and the
Retail will be well because special efforts
First I'm asking police departments
Fire department's Transit workers
Who are going to be essential workers
If they can operationalize their own
Vaccination system
Another words
New York City Police Department NYPD
They can organize their own distribution system and vaccination system
The FDNY New York City Fire Department operationalizing organized
Jeron system
They have their own employees who can do the vaccines
To the extent
We can have
The essential workers
Use their own employees or their own health system provider
To do there
Own vaccines
That removes a burden
From the
Retail system if you will it removes them
From
The hospital system right
So New York City Police Department
They could go to the New York City public hospitals
For vaccine
Which would then
Overload the New York City hospitals
Or they could do the wrong vaccine
FDNY to do the wrong vaccines
The
Teachers union
The transit Workers Union
All these Frontline essential workers
Please
Now think about organizing your own
System
So it alleviates the burden on the retail system
Which is going to have to be dealing with the general public
If a police department doesn't have the capacity to do it
Find fire department doesn't have the capacity to do it fine
If a teacher's union doesn't have a local Health provider
Then fine
But for those larger
Workforces in those larger unions that can
Do this
I want you to start thinking about it now and I would appreciate it
Because it will take
Got much burden off the distribution system
And a larger police departments
Buffalo PD Albany PD Rochester PD Syracuse PD
I think many of the larger police departments in the state we have over five hundred
But many of the larger ones
Can handle the vaccine themselves same with the fire departments
EMS EMT people can do these vaccines
So I'd like them to start thinking about that now
Because I'd like to reduce the burden on the hospitals and the private system
Whenever possible
On the special efforts
On top of this retail system your then going to have large state
Sites that are set up
Javits Center when are you Sunni CUNY where you'll have Drive
Through vaccine
Operations
Again we need the supply to do that
I bought
We are already setting those up we did it with the covid testing will do it again here
And then I made a point to say
This state is going to make a statement
To social equity
And we're going to make sure that the social injustice and the healthcare disparities that we've seen or no
Not replicated
I'm going to be getting my vaccine when it's available for my age group in
Black and Latino in poor communities and we're going to be setting up
Pop-up vaccination sites
In churches and community centers in pharmacies
And that's a priority for me
Their distribution system outline and can deliver millions of doses
Again
We're getting 300.000 per week
And we have to wait for that to increase
Again there's a lot of possibilities for the feds to increase Supply but they have to
Last point
The UK strain
Is highly
Problematic
And it could be a game-changer
First
For the capital region
We had the case in Saratoga
Anyone
Who was exposed or anyone who was exposed to someone who was exposed
Please
Contact us
There's nothing to be ashamed of this is virus to travel
But
We have to know containment
Is
Vitally important
Tear
This is a virus we have to be extra careful with we spent the morning talking to
Global experts
On this viral strain
The numbers are frightening
On
The increase of the
Transmittal of the virus
Even if The lethality doesn't go up
The fact that it is so much more
Transmittable is a very real problem
And look we are in a foot race right now as we sit between the vaccine
Implementation
Versus
The infection rate and hospitalization capacity that's the foot race
This UK strain
Changes the whole foot race
Because the UK strain
The rate of transmission goes way up
The rate of infection goes away up
And it's no longer
The race that we were running
Apparently the UK strain can actually overtake
The original covid strain
In a matter of weeks
That's how quickly
It can transmit
It's this is something that we have to watch and we have to pay careful attention to
The UK stream is not only in the UK since South Africa 1033 other countries
But it's romantically
Increases our Challenge and we have to be aware of it
You know this virus has been ahead of us every step of the way
And this country has been playing catch-up every step of the way
And it's time we stopped
It's time we
Alright everybody exciting times here on NewsNow from Fox and that's because we have a live report from Doug luzader
Doug good morning we are your reports all the time here on the show and now we are talking the Electoral College count this more
How are you doing
Hey good morning it's going to be a big day here boy we're waiting for the results from Georgia to come in at
Also what's going on on Capitol Hill Richmond
Which may take awhile to me normally this is just kind of a footnote it goes pretty quickly it's almost kind of a rubber stamp that Congress does
Typically just kind of going over the Electoral College results this time
We're going to see a number of challenges and even though that is not likely to change the outcome it's certainly going to make for
Bring very long day maybe a long couple of days
On Capitol Hill
Now what is Vice President Mike Pence's role in all of this
Well that's a good question and that's kind of Up For Debate right now I think most people see that as just kind of a ceremonial role
Vice president VP also
Asserts that the official president of Senate
So in that role Pence will oversee kind of the entire process but it'll be
Traveling in and out what is that really entail
Generally not much does he have the ability to puno
Revoke some of these State numbers or Draw them into question pick the president certainly thinks so I would have pain
Let's think about all of this there was reporting the New York Times that that Pence does not see a very active role for himself today
Are the president is disputing that so we're going to have to see
Exactly what pants does I mean in Congress for a while I think he's seen as something of an Institutional list
So we're just going to have to watch what happens
On Capitol Hill what we do know is that a number of Republicans are likely
How to challenge some of the state results probably starting with the state of Arizona
Once Congress counts the votes what's next
Well that's been operation I mean that that would be the next
Step in the process once Congress certifies
A certifies the Electoral College count
All right that is exactly two weeks today so the Fox news reporter Douglas later
Thanks so much
Alright already we're taking a live look at the White House in Washington DC lots of activity expected in our nation's capital today
We'll have it all for you right here meanwhile they're going to take you out to London and that's because we have somebody speaking at the podium
In regards to the Julian Assange bond hearing
Produce
This in just persecution let me throw your tension two statements
By the bunny man who signs the first indictments in the eastern district of Virginia
A man who is about to leave office it was appointed by Trump these days
Has Julian Assange would be continued
Under the new Administration he said well we spend a lot of resources on that
Maybe the new Administration incoming will seem to decide to drop the case that's an extraordinary statement
It's an indication that they are in essence
Accepting this has gone way too far and it's about time to Let It Go
Certified will continue to fight for Julian we want him out
Your Position will appeal that will be Mets
We still want the president's United States
Turn living office on the one coming in to consider pardon
We want this to end confident that justice will prevail
This is a huge disappointment Joanne Shinobi in belmarsh prison in the first place
Urged the Department of Justice to drop the charges and the president of the
United States Department
Very brief remarks there I think we're still hearing tomorrow what then
Isn't taken today which we view as unnecessarily cruel this quick can't undo the past
10 years of hell that Julian Assange has had to endure but they could have made it writes going forward
He should we fully believe that Julian Assange was targeted for his contributions to journalism the past 10
Nearest he has suffered only because of publishing information in the public interest he shouldn't have to spend another moment
Unjustly deprived of his Liberty we reiterate our concerns about his mental health and his physical
The longer he has to stay in Belmont Christmas well if anything happens to him and the. Of custody
UK government we call a gun for his immediate release and for this case to be dropped
We call on the US government not to pursue the appeal enough is enough it is been 10 years let this man go
Go and leave him in peace
All right when we got the tail end of those remarks
But I believe that a British judge has denied
Bail for Julian Assange that means he will not be released from prison
On bail as long as has been help for more than a year-and-a-half is he has fought against extradition to the US
He has been detained at London's high-security belmarsh prison since April of 2019 when he was a
Arrested for skipping bail during a separate legal battle District Judge Vanessa Barrett sir presided over a bill here
Caring 2 days after she rejected an American request to send us onto the US
To face Espionage charges over Wikileaks publication of secret military documents a decade ago
The judge said assange's likely to kill himself if held under harsh
Us prison
Conditions again I believe the request for bail was denied
But I'm going to continue to stay on top of this story and bring you any updates as they happen here
On news now
From Fox me popular areas here within you probably saw went with my interview with Doug luzader we have
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It's going to look so much different than years past not the huge crowds
In our nation
Capital but
Everything's look different for almost a full year now since the pandemic started March
20/20 started impacting
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But
It appears that WikiLeaks founder Assange has been denied bail in the UK
British judge
Denying the WikiLeaks founder
Who has been jailed in Britain since 2019 as he fights extradition to the US but again it was denied he heard from his fiance
You heard from someone else there and London
Live as well so good morning thank you so much for watching his out for Fox or taking away look now outside of the fox
Headquarters in New York City
Hey we're going to head on over back to London and that's because we have prime minister Boris Johnson speaking
Actually he just took a seat regardless though I do want to listen and right here
I-news Opera Fox a lot of people keeping a very close eye on London and that's because there's further lockdowns in
In the UK as a result of the new
Covid-19
Mr. pita
I think people across these islands are dented into this New Year feeling in mixer
Open fear hope that the vaccine will finally end this terrible pandemic
Real Steel 2
About the increased cases Hospital admissions and family
Life lost
Hazard first Minister explained on Monday
This phase of the time pandemic is never a race
Arista suppress divide us an Arista vaccinate
I was long ago
But if we are asking people for one last effort
After asking them to your weeks of lockdown
I need more clarity
Any protection
Indeed
Turn on child support
Most importantly
The UK government has to act in a timely manner
It was Santa Fe
Place designer Pierre Cardin
He was one step ahead of tomorrow
Nobody would say that this prime minister is one step ahead of tomorrow
All Axel shows leadership
In dealing with this health pandemic
The Prime Minister was slow to act in the spring of 2020 slow in the autumn
I'm here again
Reacts after the events
To the threats that we all face
I want to ask the Prime Minister for specific questions on vaccines
I'm traveling financial support
Appreciate
If you would answer each of them not just for us
Publix at one time sorcerer Presley on the vaccine
Professor Jonathan van tomsett last month's
Only thing that will slow back seat availability of the seven Sunny supplies
Such a specialized vials
Can the Prime Minister tell us exactly what actions are being taken
Savon party supplies
Onetravel
Is the prime minister
Prepare to land from his government's past mistakes
Will they consider closing the UK border to all but essential travel
To present new strains of the virus spreading
Support for the self-employed
Yesterday
Why did the chancellor again decide to exclude the three million Freelancers and self-employed you haven't received
Depor
Stopped at this place if they are desperate
Anna needs help unexpected prime minister
To the Spartan today and finally
Can I show support for Scottish businesses
Yesterday morning
The Scottish conservatives were busy making memes about an extra 375 million
Treasury the sport that he said was on his way to Scotland
Kinda Plain Minnesota explained to Scottish businesses by
By the end of the day
Can the prime minister no give you pass no commitments
The Scottish government will get this money this new money
Businesses in Scotland
Well
Mississippi card
Questions about the self-employed
We have
Supplied
Opposite to 30.7 billion times already
I with a multitude of grounds
And I already
I texting I think about 260 billion times as I said that Bonnie consequentialist
Scotland from the new money would have course be repulsed on as I said just now
We will make sure that we protect
A Buddhist from the readmission of the of the virus and he seen what we
We did already in the case Sue
I did the South African strain
I will bring forth by the message to stop
The remission of the Coronavirus
Ignore the fire
I'm delighted to say that the whole of the UK
Has benefited massively
From the strength
Of the natural strength of the UK economy the ability of UK treasury how to make these commitments
And the mere fact that Scotland Wales Northern Ireland to every part of the United Kingdom
Received the viruses entirely thanks to the the strength of all National Labor fever vaccine
Is entirely thanks to all national NHS
I think boots
It is it is thanks to all United Kingdom NHS thanks to the strength
Of UK companies
But we are able to distribute
A life-saving vaccine
Across the whole of our country and I think that is a point that he might
Very mind that's handled to Kenilworth with Jeremy Wright
Thank you very much mr. speaker most of us to appreciate the difficulty of the judgments my ride cymbal friend is having
Jamaican can I thank him in particular for the access he's giving members of this house to the government's medical inside
Devises so we can understand them
The Woody agree that just as it's important that everyone
Understands the reasons why we going into a national lockdown
It's just as important that everyone understands
Circumstances that will allow us to leave it
I appreciate the Decon yet is a date
To be more definitive
When is specific point
Has been reached in the vaccination of priority groups
With the consequent reduction in the risks of hospitalizations and deaths
But then the balance of risk between Health on the one hand and likely had some learning on the other will be
Different
And the restrictions can be lifted
He's making a very important point that I will be on the minds of everybody
In the house and everybody watching this can understand the colonel now of the the debate
So let me
Would love to have a more detailed town and let me try
Repeat
I think what I what I can listen to be safe as a day
If our understanding of the bars
Doesn't
A change dramatically again is it has it fee
Vaccine takes effect the vaccines take effect in the way
We think that they will
On the road.
Continues to be a successful
Continues to play that part
I'm following this lockdown following the the guidance to stay home tonight and say bye
Clearly
About moment
In
The roundabout in the 17th of February when we have taken
They spoke cohorts
And demonize them
But will shortly thereafter that will be substantial opportunities
Do I relax
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And schools as I say this to speak of with plenty B
Are the priority and
We speak of the whole Master Wu quite properly be
Debated
Buy this House of Commons
But it said to surbiton with Ed Davis
The speaker people are afraid and anxious
This lockdown should have come sooner
You must all supporting now and do all we can to vaccinate as many people as possible
As quickly as possible
But we also need more action to save people's jobs
That businesses that livelihood
Small businesses have shown incredible resilience
But now they worry whether they can survive another lockdown
And three million people most of them self-employed
Have been excluded from government support since the start
The Primus is onses today have not addressed.
Mitchell speaker
We must leave now we'll be fine
Tackle this terrible virus
Employers and workers need support and certainty
And they need it now
So will the prime minister
Instruct the chancla
To publish an emergency budget
To include a business rates holiday next year
An extension to follow at least until the summer
I'm support for every self-employed person in the UK including those hits so far so
Prime minister
Mrs think it'll be a budget in the course of the next
A few weeks months until he's
The end of the he's also aware that
Who produced a package of 260 billion tons of
Of support for businesses and jobs and livelihoods
Across the UK and I repeat the points I made about the self-employed I have no sympathy
I wish everybody was facing a tough time
At the moment I'm
I agree with him very much what he said
About the resilience
Open pantastic
Resilience under huge pressure but the best way to help with nausea
Is Brussels I say I could follow this
Latest locked on and get that vaccine
Rodi and get our economy moving again in the way that we all want to into the Foster we can
I get through this. The bigger the bond fat
Being uncooperative
It'll be a very very substantial unpacking day
Let's head up to still come trendsential with Joe Gideon junk it in
Stoke-on-Trent is Keen to play our part in the National vaccination program
A must-watch nation Center
Is ready and able to serve the rest
I'm trying to know stuff with you
Scheduled to go live before the end of January
The Prime Minister also Health secretary
Is this to be expedited
It's a supply of vaccines are available
Yes indeed mr. speaking all ask the minister to write to
Merced to Marriott on South Robert
I would like to send
I'm sincere thanks everybody working on the front line with the NHS
Recently told council members to say
The first thing that comes into your head
Yesterday's appears to transfer to come aboard this advice and unwrapped
227 million pounds of already announced funding as new for Wales
This is and I choose my words with extreme restraints
Willful misrepresentation
Which deliberately misinforms desperate businesses in Wales
Will the Prime Minister apologize on behalf of his
Covid measures to be most effective
Urgent need to lift Financial borrowing
Restraints
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With Wilson
I think would go to think about the language we use within the chamber
These are times
Which Harlem president divide really do
Take members Ulta
Be careful on the language they use
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Mr. speaker department is that for his statement
Understand why such a support
I'm deeply concerned however about the impact of covid-19 lockdown
Call children
I don't know if future Generations children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds
Does my girlfriend
School
Especially the ones Mike's
Galaxy sport
That we leave no child behind
Prime minister my own boyfriend is is absolute right to raise that question and that's why
We're putting so much
Castriota billion into
I help schools and young people continue with their education online
Discussed already the
The role of the BBC in the Mega Ball play me comedy internet providers in helping as well
Honda
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2000 devices
So we've already delivered is part of up
A program of a million
After the children
I don't need the most
I could be just not the other device
Listen to Brighton Pavilion
With
Caroline Lucas
Thank you very much mr. speaker
It's extraordinary that yes again the Prime Minister didn't say a word about the government's test Trace isolate and support system
Exclamation on lockdown are essential tool
But didn't replace the need to trace infections
Isolate cases to help break the chain of transmission
It is an enduring Scandal but we still don't have an effective contact tracing system
Despite a whopping 22 billion pounds
Instead of private companies and Consultants
So will the Prime Minister fix it
Including by ensuring people can afford to self isolate if they have to
We increased fast recent pay
Widen eligibility criteria 782 million people locked out of it
Company benefit
Increase the value of support payments
Hotel accommodation if people needed
Speaker with increasing support for the sell-by date
Increase the penalties for those who failed
To do say when they're off to do say bye
My text and Tracy's not to be vital part 2 of the fight against the disease and
And what is done I think most people don't appreciate it is actually allowed this country
Have an incredibly detailed understanding of where the disease is what kind of disease I want fighting
The UK's actually conducting
47% of all the genomic tests in the world who established what is going on with the
Would be a coronavirus mutation so any chest testing Trace
How is a remarkable advance
Is it part of KUSI
Akushi doesn't but it is also indispensable
12 fight against the disease has is of course
Our peoples
Self-isolation when they are contacted you myself I swear
Livrite can I pay tribute to everybody at Stephen Hill Hospital in GPS or Trust stock quote for that
Superbad
Plateau Calhoun residents in those over the age of 80
But will the Prime Minister show that he blasts away any bureaucratic barriers
Equipment is in abundance Supply because frankly Mister speaker
Excuses
Any hindrance to this supreme National effort
Two blocks away. And
At the moment
Country in Europe country in your put put together but that pace
It was not as a whole house concede because everybody can do the mask
Accelerated speak about how we plan to do that
Tell me what
Prime minister for the third time in nine months
The government has introduced
Atomic clock time policy which we know
What cause
Thousands of businesses
To go bankrupt
Cost hundreds of thousands of jobs
Tommy's children's education
Leave the national debt to soar
Remove basic liberties from people which we expected a free democracy
All because the government says we need an identification as we need to suppress the virus
Protect National Health Service to protect the vulnerable
Those objectives were not achieved by the first two lakh tonnes
Why do prime minister believes it'll be a chief
This time
Is it
Some from evansport is it or is it. just hoping to be Third Time Lucky
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Pleasure satisfaction whatever to do but it's the
Being conducted have been conducted across
Alcoholism
Europe at the moment because of Machu I Western Europe
Basically because we're all facing the same
Because we have to protect our NHS and stop it from being overwhelmed and that is what
Lost lockdowns did they did stop
The chest from being able to talk
By the by the wave of the pandemic end
How did that happen
I'm afraid the death toll would have been unconscionable
That is why other I think when you look
When you look somewhat his constituency
I'm at the public think about this
They know the overwhelmingly we are right to protect them
NHS and save lives
Specific
Inexplicably boxing clubs
Alright everybody good morning this is Pilar areas with NewsNow from Fox I'm currently Joy
Wayne's by Bob Barnard who is in the middle of it all in Washington DC Bob good more
Morning what are you seeing what are you hearing out there
What we're hearing the theme song to the Titanic playing over the loudspeaker which of course was a ship that sunk
I don't know if that correlation who's picking the music that's what we're hearing what we're seeing are
I'm not kidding you tens of thousands of people here this is on Constitution Avenue right out
Side of the ellipse which is this big circular park across from the south lawn of the White House and that's where they
Trump rally begins at 9 this morning the security gates have just opened up and you have
Have uniformed Secret Service are going to be checking everybody because President Trump says he will speak at 11
To this crowd so there
They're having to go through metal detectors everybody coming in here there were
Six arrests last night and another rally just down the street people carrying firearms which are illegal in the city
And obviously not allowed today
Just on the streets but obviously through security where the president going to be if you look down here to the right they're not allowing
Supposed to bring backpacks or flagpoles a lot of people are waving American flags and Trump flag
Like they say they can bring in the flags just not the poles so couple of people have ditched their Flags here with their pulse
And people are just dumping their backpacks on the street
Because they're not allowed to bring them in now I've heard from someone anecdotally that they saw someone take a magazine clip
From a firearm and stick it in a backpack and leave it on the ground here so that is one thing that the authorities here are on
Obviously concerned about because some of the underground social media platforms for the Trump supporter
Nnn
The proud boys what have you there telling folks bring your Firearms to DC bring your guns to this rally well
They may have brought them here they're not going to get inside and if they're caught with them they will be arrested DC police and US Park play
Escolar have made it at least a half-dozen arrests
Primarily last night we don't believe there been any arrests yet today and what my photographer Jill Wagner is showing you right now
That is the line of folks waiting to get to where we are it has stretched all the way around the Washington Monument
Monument which is across Constitution Avenue from the ellipse so I'm not kidding you there are tens of
Thousands of folks were here all of them Trump supporters just down the street from the US Capitol where
The state's electoral votes will be counted today so I mean present
Like Joe Biden it will be more than likely official later today or tonight these are folks who do not support him
They've been yelling and fighting is a fraud and this and that what have you and and other more vulgar
Things frankly
And some of it directed our way in the media but otherwise they are just peaceful but passionate
And I supporting the 45th president
Bob I don't know if you've ever been to a President Trump rally but I have in Phoenix Arizona and I feel like the mood and mine
Find that out there is entirely different because this can't be controlled like when you have a large venue where everybody
We have to go through security there is like a distinct line this looks like there's just people that are all over DC that
What it's like out there
Yeah I hate to tell you people are I'm having a tough time hearing you but I will tell you we have spoken to people
People from The Villages in Florida this morning someone who flew in last night from Houston Texas
Big group from the Palm Springs California area another man from Michigan these are folks
You're coming from great distances just to be here to show support for their president they listen to
Who they love they believe as he does that he won this
Residential election even though you know from every indication from every state that's counted the votes that has no
Not happened but that does not matter these folks are here for him and I and again I'm sorry Pilar this specific
Pics of your question you were kind of coming in and out and I didn't hear precisely what you were asking me
Very busy morning out there in our nation's capital so I'll be sure to let you go right now but thank you so much for reporting live again here on news
Be safe out there alright thank you very much you have a good day too
Alright everyone again that was Bob Barnard out there and our nation's capital providing a
These live images and the report out there he said thousands of President Trump supporters
People very close Scion tC all throughout
The day but right now we're going to take you back out to the British Parliament
They're talking about the new lockdowns as a result of the new covid-19 strain
On businesses
Insultas why we rehearsing what he's already done because
Honestly it's just not enough
Prime minister
Speaker she offs for a timetable is is Indy Mini
According to the high school
I think what can we have now
Applefest time since this pandemic began is clear-sighted
Aviendha the way to the end and we set a
A deadline is she knows his
By the middle of February 15th of February
Sabaton ate the First full
Cohorts and she shouldn't I'm sure she would appreciate
The day's news groups
A comprise the overwhelming majority
Of those
Who have already realized Donnie from
From Katie she will really appreciate
The implications of that
For our ability to reopen our economy and she would also understand by hype
Are the implications of that
If all the conditions that I've ordered described are satisfied
Implications that could have
The businesses
Across the country so I do believe the real grounds now
Afternoon to be very helpful and very confident about the month today
Thank you
Mr. speaker
We've all seen
The date
Some people normal people really understand
Do you understand that yet
The need for this lockdown
But like so many people across this house so many members
Opposites in inches
I worry about
Our economy jobs
Businesses
Mental Health
Children's
Educational
Attainment
Prime minister Cricket Alice
How normal people people in Milton Keynes and feelings
Will know that things are getting better
Mrs. peacock about people's feelings
The whole country they want to send to when they're going to get that knife tried to give that
Today I really think with the pace of the of the vaccine
Accelerating the way that I think everybody would want
I will reach important
Moments
On the 15th of February and as I've said many times in this house I do many things
Will be much better body spray
Plaza Dr Warrenton North with Charlotte
Thank you mr. speaker
Special schools wide mentioned in the prime minister's speech for the remaining over the course of lockdown
Can the Prime Minister please. For advise the house what bison support they've received to stay I can safely
Do you need them
Minassian School star students and their parents will be given Priority Access to vaccine
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Before Christmas we were told that testing was happening
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Mr Speaker
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Repeat this we have no evidence that the
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You should should be
I expressed full confidence in the back seam program is going to be indispensable to our way out to this crisis
Thank you missy Pica children and giving them the best possible start in life is one of society's most impulsive
Has not taken the decision to close all schools like
Yesterday I spoke to the director of children's services at Durham County Council about ensuring that Bishop alaskans people's will still be
Play all not kind of concerned that the government will do everything within its power
Cancel the every child across the country have access to high-quality remote education during these closures
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The most disadvantaged
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To the challenge
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Mr. speaker without question one of the most important things this government did in the first lockdown was to strengthen universe
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The people who've lost their jobs but also the people kept going out to work during this time that makes people on
Wages in retail delivery jobs people doing cleaning jobs
20 pounds per week in less than three months time I know the Prime Minister understands this issue
Because he agreed with me that right now is really not the moment
To weaken our welfare safety net
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British taxpayers who been excluded from support
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With no supposed to talk so it's no surprise then that said folks about
Tesla's 92nd financial statement on Twitter felt like a kick in the teeth
Those people with nothing to believe
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And if so when will the chancellor be coming to this house to deliver it so that those texts
Do not feel bad completely abandoned by this prime minister
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Update on the address of the house about the massive package of economic support they're offering
Self-employed
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I welcomed my right honourable friend statement
But these new regulations will be reviewed every two weeks but can my right honourable friend
Reassure me that commits February
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I think it was the speaker
The high-risk groups so the vast majority of people who risk of death from covid
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Will there be a repeat of the everyone end initiative
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Funding at least the same level as committed last March
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Roll I want to see a great National effort now and she's right
Decode attention to the role of the NHS in g p
GP clinics and hospitals
Play by pharmacies the role of the armed services
Are we want to bring them over together to roll out this vaccine as fast as possible in the picture she paints is entirely correct
Let's go to sculpting with mouse into a muffin day
Thank you mr. speaker
Surely those who cannot work because of government restrictions should be compensated and supported
So given that the chancellor has said
The coronavirus restrictions could continue for months to come
Will the Prime Minister commit
The continuing struggle for as long as is needed
Extending sector-specific Peru payments to the hardest-hit sectors
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Ever do anything for the 3 million pooping completely excluded from any support
Prime minister has four people across the country
Continue truck either is he knows I'm
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The UK economy that we're able to make these disappear
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The festival that I've already described
Let's head up to Manchester with Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Mr. speaker
Alright already again good morning you're watching NewsNow from Fox Pilar areas here with us some of you were going to see a two-minute commercial break
Meanwhile we are taking a live look at the stage
It's being called the save America rally President Trump said that he is going to speak at 11
This morning I'm headed the president Twitter right now to see what he has been up to this morning
Turns out six hours ago he tweeted if vice president Mike Pence come through for us we will win the presidency
Many states want to decertify the mistake they made in service mining incorrect
And even fraudulent numbers in a process not approved by the state legislatures which it must be Mike can send
Send it back of course Twitter flag the tree
Saying this claim about election fraud is
Disputed
But
The tweets about speaking at the rally
7 hours ago President Trump
We did just happen to a found another 4.000 ballots from Fulton County
Here We Go Again Twitter Flags it
This claim about election fraud is disputed
And then 9 hours ago the president's eyes look like they're setting up a big quote-unquote voter dump against the Republican
Waiting to see how many votes they need and again Twitter flag that's learned about us 2020 election
Security
Effort
But again the president said he's going to be speaking at this save America rally
Save America march on the ellipse at 11 Eastern doors open at 7
He promised big crowd so again that's a live look there at the stage were watching
NewsNow from Fox
Hey before we started getting all of these updates we were listening in on New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo
About the latest in terms of their covid-19 updates but now I'm going to take you out to the news from Fox
Quarters are very own Andrew Crown talking about exactly what is happening today
The Electoral College
Certification
Again I'm trying to make sure I get all the info here on this
Lower third for you
All right coming up next Iranian now from Fox
Our very own
Andrew craft
American University Professor Leonard steinhorn thank you so much for joining us
Especially today with this is a huge day
January 6th
A lot is going to be happening on Capitol Hill today with this joint session where they you know
Couch and certify the electors essentially
My question to you though is
Electoral college sometimes can be this very
Arcane
You're complicated convoluted
Process can you kind of just put it
It's very layman's terms for for those Americans who might be watching who are still a little confused about what it is
So the Electoral College really is how we vote to elect our President we don't do it by popular vote Nation
Shoes at select words and the winner of each state
Guess all of the electors from that stayed in all of the elector is memes
All of the members of Congress plus the two senators so if you have a stateless day
The six members of Congress
What two senators
That's state gets eight Electoral College votes
There are two exceptions to that
When is Maine
The other is Nebraska
In Maine and Nebraska the winners of those States get the equivalent of those two Senate vote
But then the winner of each congressional district
Guess the Electoral College vote
From that District so
President Trump receive one vote won electoral college vote in Maine
The second correct congressional district
Imprisoned like Biden receive one Electoral College vote in the Nebraska 2nd congressional district
But those are the only two states that don't give all of their Electoral College votes to the K-pop
And you know tomorrow
Louis beginning news reports you know throughout the last couple of weeks
But a large number of Republicans will be contesting
This certification and discount specially
Amor
In the house than the Senate but
The number is unprecedented none-the-less but there have been
Objections in MN contestation
Before but not to this scale that exact correct
Oh nothing to the scale I mean if you look at it and let's say the last century you had it in
1969 where there's a question about a faithless elector another words
An electoral college voter who decided not to vote
For the person who won that state
And then you have it again in 2005 when one Senator and I believe one member of Congress
Said that there were problems in Ohio with
Chester voting a polling places for minority voters
Very long lines and they were concerned that that may have tipped the vote in Ohio
Bush
It really went nowhere
This really is unprecedented with such a large number
House members and senators
Raising this concern
And it's also unprecedented because
Each of these states is certified the vote
You have Republican and Democratic public officials with certified the boat who counted the votes
Who is John recounts
Somehow and for some reason all of these Republicans have decided to challenge us without
Any evidence they have not stated any evidence to do so
So whether this is a fit of anger
Aspects of frustration or as some might argue a sense that they are not all that confident
Democracy because they would like
The overturn the votes
Of all those people in the states with whom they disagree
It's unprecedented and I think it's unfortunate it really is unfortunate because undercut confidence
In our electoral process and democracy
And you know the tables can be turned some point in time and then that will be unfortunate
This is a slippery slope that we didn't need to go down right now
And I was kind of wondering you know there's been this back-and-forth as well if I get what will vice-president bike
Ants do
There's not really much
Else that he can do this is largely ceremonial this is largely procedural
What do you think these House Republicans and the center public instinct
Device president can realistically do in this situation
Well I think it's wishful thinking they would like the vice president us
Claymore see some sort of power when he really doesn't have any in that situation
Basically the vice-president is there as you stay in a ceremonial function
Read off the states and to hope hopefully it is certain point
Make it so that they get through all of the state
And affirm the presidency
Of Joe Biden
She does not have any more power than that she cannot negate
Any of these votes
It's not in the Constitution
Anywhere so we can
This is more wishful thinking assigned perhaps divider desperation or frustration and a sense of looking for
Savior
Honestly it's ceremonial
Vice president pence in a difficult situation
Because if your expectations have you should do something any doesn't because he can then people get
With with him but for no reason at all because he has no power to do what they would like him to
So the bottom line is this
Vice president Pence will in all likelihood go out there it was ceremonial job preside over
What's happening in the
Concession and then
Go away when they break out into their respective sessions to debate
These are
Challenges to each of the state
And then return and keep reading off in alphabetical alphabetical order all of the states
And that's really all that vice-president Pence will do Beyond congratulating
President-elect Joe Biden
Assuming that he's willing to do that
Are you anticipating
This to kind of go into maybe the 7th and the 8th because we know there will be objections we know that
Each objection
Gets two hours of debate from what I'm
From what I understand so depending on how many I mean I could go you know well into tomorrow
Well into the 7th
Are you expecting this to kind of dragged out all week or kind of be wrapped up
There's only a limit to the number of states that the Republicans will objected because they certainly one objective States like North Carolina
That went to President Trump
So even if they objected to all of the states even California perhaps
Yes that would take a long time but
What we believe is that there are six states that they're likely to eject
Starting let's say with Arizona
If a member of the house and a member of the center all you need is one from each chamber
Objects and challenges it
Disband and each house of Congress goes into his own chamber
Debated for two hours and then vote on The Challenge to Ubly
Should we check it and then get back together now there may also be some floor speeches
Arguments on the floor about that it's not clear whether that will happen
But if that does happen that will prolong it even more
If there are six days that they challenge
And if there are some species 2 hours of debate and if it's a boat
And then if it takes time to get back together
Yes it could go well into the 7th of January
Futile if they're not going to win
There are clearly enough votes to be able to get
Joe Biden to become the president elect of the United States officially
But what it also does is it suggests that Congress should have a roll
In undoing the votes of certain States so even many conservatives are saying
This is deeply troubling because it says
The car was all of a sudden
Trump's pardon the phrase
Trump's the state authority to be able to choose on electors
Based on the voters of those States
So conservatives are arguing the ones who were against this this challenge
You're arguing that you're doing the exact opposite of what conservatives should be doing which is withholding power from the Federal
And making sure that the states have
I was also kind of wondering lastly heater you know
These these rules have been in these
Kind of procedures have been put in place because I wanted to kind of go back to the 1876 election for just a moment
The big difference there where you had a certain number of states
Who never did certify
Got to this point
They had to figure out what to do
The main difference here is all the states of certified is not right
Yes that's the main difference 1876 keep in mind that was the end of reconstruction and the recliner versus
She's about who voted for whom and what happened in certain Southern State
That was the Grand Compromise of 1877 that came out of it
Up at the bottom line here is we have
Far more sophisticated ways to be able to count our votes
And they double-check them and they triple check them and we are not in the middle of an actual Civil War and reconstruction
We have a what we would like to believe is a stable democracy that other countries admire but 1/2
People all over the world are looking at this
How was America acting so high-and-mighty with us
When they're actually thinking about overturning
The vote of
Before we get to the top of the hour so we are going to see another 2 minute commercial break rain Augustine's it'll be joining you all in about 8 minutes
Answer so I will see again in a couple hours
RC domestically and you have to hold
Natsu
Saner Minds will prevail and people won't push this too far
And there won't be any violence in the street and it won't be mob rule that the rule of law will govern the United States
Democracy in the Constitutional hole
The very fact that people are trying to basically overturn
The votes in certain States and particularly
In certain areas that are
Predominantly minority African-American
Want to revisit in this country
The bottom line is
You would elections by persuading people to vote for you not by overturning votes
And go back to that and we have a much healthier democracy
Schlafly and in your view I want to take the Long View on this you know going forward
American history these be certain Republicans who have come out and said that they are going
Object
You know is there going to be kind of a
An Ender a paragraph in American history textbooks going for like
Will their names will be remembered for this effort and what they're trying to do at this moment
Depends how much damage they ultimately ends up doing but if they continue to sow doubt
In our democracy in our electoral process if they stowed out
In the honor of public officials whether they're Democrats Republicans who are doing their job
And if that creates a great deal of uncertainty and loss of confidence
Democracy which is something we have been bequeathed by Generations Through Blood
Through sacrifice and through protests and through their own voices of believing in our system
Narcissism
Then yes they will be remembered as people who potentially undermine our democracy but they also maybe
Have you remembered as symbols of of the polarization of this moment in time of the
Deep partisanship of the unwillingness to let go of your side
Believe your tribe
To be able to adhere to facts and evidence
And so one way or another I don't think they're going to be looked at Timely
By historians
And for now they're not even being looked at timely by members of their own party who are wondering what they're doing
Why they're doing it
And the consequences of what they're doing
All right Professor Leonard steinhorn thank you so much for joining NewsNow from Fox live live coverage of all those proceedings
Today on news now and have a good day with you
Hope to see you again
Thanks so much
Thank you to our Andrew crafts there things out from Fox headquarters for doing that interview. talking about what we can expect to see
See you today
Here's a live look at the
The stages are calling at the Save America march to save America rally
I have until President Trump rally before in Phoenix Arizona
And this
Looks like it but kind of not because
It is a controlled situation people do have to go through security in order to have a seat there
Or standing room there at the venue there at the ellipse you see the White House there in the background
I mean it's also kind of just President Trump supporters are there there in the nation's capital there in DC they're all over
We have different Vantage Point as well here is a live picture of people walking around and then we also have Bob
Barnard shot which actually he is kind of moving around at the moment so when we talk about live rotten filter
This is what we mean right here and his cameraman or woman is just kind of showing everything as best they can trying to
To just be amongst the pro Trump supporters and get the footage that they need for their reports a little bit later on in the day
And Bob has been working extremely hard he did a live hit for us and he's in speaking to other stations live as well
We are minutes away
From an update from the Senate Democratic candidate Jon ossoff in the state of Georgia
Virtual remarks here supposed to be at the
The top of the hour so again we are on
Standby for that
Going to be coming from his Facebook page Facebook live as soon as it happens we will bring it to you right here
I-news now from Fox meat while going to take you guys back out to
New York and that's because Governor Andrew Cuomo provided the latest on there coronavirus update
Through vaccine
Operations
Again we need the supply to do that
I bought
We are already setting those up we did it with the covid testing will do it again here
And then I made a point to say
This state is going to make a statement
To social equity
And we're going to make sure that the social injustice and the healthcare disparities that we've seen or not
Not replicated
I'm going to be getting my vaccine when it's available for my age group in
Black and Latino in poor communities and we're going to be setting up
Pop up
Vaccination sites
In churches and community centers in pharmacies
And that's a priority for me
The distribution system outlining can deliver millions of doses
Again
We're getting 300.000 per week
And we have to wait for that to increase
Again there's a lot of possibilities for the feds to increase Supply but they have to last point
The UK strain
Is highly
Problematic
And it could be a game-changer
First
For the capital region
We had the case in Saratoga
Anyone
Who was exposed or anyone who was exposed to someone who was exposed
Please
Contact us
There's nothing to be ashamed of this is a virus A travels
But
We have to know containment
Is
Vitally important here
This is a virus we have to be extra careful with we spent the morning talking to
Global experts on this viral strain
The numbers are frightening
On
The increase of the
Transmittal of the virus
Even if The lethality doesn't go up
The fact that it is so much more transmittable is a very real problem
And look we are in a foot race right now as we sit between the vaccine
Implementation
Versus
The infection rate and hospitalization capacity
That's the foot race
This UK strain
Changes the whole foot race
Because the UK strain
The rate of transmission goes way up
The rate of infection goes away up
And it's no longer
The race that we were running
Apparently the UK strain can actually overtake
The original covid strain
In a matter of weeks
That's how quickly
It can transmit
It's this is something that we have to watch and we have to pay
Careful attention to
The UK stream is not only in the UK since South Africa 1033 other countries
But it's romantically
Increases our Challenge and we have to be aware of it
You know this virus has been ahead of us every step of the way
And this country has been playing catch-up every step of the way
And it's time we stopped
It's time we become more confident
You know government was confident
Government supposed to be confident
Government leaders are supposed to be confident
They're not supposed to be about excuses
And and apathy and bureaucracy
Why do we not have
Mandatory testing
Of any everyone flying into this country
I mean
Why not
Not a travel ban just mandatory testing
We have gone through this just test all International Travelers book for
Entry
Tell the airlines you have to test them before they get on a plane to come to this country
Right now for today if you land in this
In the US Senate to support a robust Public Health response so that we can defeat this virus
Putting Georgia's Own Centers for Disease Control and prevention in the lead trusting medical expertise
Doctors and scientists
To bring the tools to Bear the technology to Bear the Ingenuity to bear and the resources to Bear necessary to stop
The spread of this virus
To defeat it and to get our daily lives back
Anti-russian direct economic relief
The people who need help
Right now
This campaign has been about health
And jobs and justice for the people of the state
For all the people of the state
And they won't be my guiding principles
As I serve this state
In the US Senate ensuring that every in Georgia
Has great Healthcare no matter our wealth
Ensuring that we invest in an economic recovery but includes all communities
That rebuilds our state's infrastructure
That lays the foundations for prosperity
In World Georgia Suburban communities and urban communities alike
And securing Equal justice
For all
Following in the footsteps of leaders who have departed Us in this last year like Congressman John Lewis
SCTV
I want to thank the people of Georgia for participating in this election everybody who cast your ballot everybody who put your
Your faith and confidence
In our democracies capacity
Can deliver the representation that we deserve whether you were for me
Or against me I'll be for you
In the US Senate I will serve all the people of the state
I will give everything I've got to ensuring that George's interests are represented in the US Senate
I want to thank all the volunteers who poured their hearts and souls
Into this campaign
I want to make my family
For their support and their patients I want to thank my wonderful wife Alicia
Who as we speak is at the hospital
Helping Georgia mothers deliver Healthy Babies helping save lives
Let's
Emulate the Spirit of Courage
And heroism
Of those who have given so much to the health response to this crisis
As we unite as a people
To overcome this challenge of covid-19
And some Builder Republic that lives up to our highest ideals of equality in God's eyes
An equal justice under the law Georgia
Thank you so much for the confidence that you've placed in me
I am honored
Honored by your
Support
Buyer confidence
Fire Trust
And I will look forward to serving you in the United States Senate with integrity
What's humility
With Honor
And getting things done for the people of Georgia
Thank you so much
You're watching NewsNow from Fox that was Jon ossoff making his alive remarks on the election
Results
He says that he really wants to
Do fake Georgia voter
For the confidence that they have placed in him
And he looks forward to
Disturbing indeed
United States
More than a dozen
Senate Republicans
Andover 100 house members have opposed
Recertification
To process so we will have a live report from Fox
Correspondent Doug luzader
Around 8:45
On the electoral process and of course will be
Bring you all this alive as a begin
Ends at 1
PN again if you're just now joining us money
Name is rain Augustine
And this is news now for
From Fox I'm going to send some of you all to a quick commercial break
And for the rest of our audience we will continue to listen in to the ladies
Covid-19
Teen updates out of
Operations
Again we need the supply to do that
But we are already setting those up we did with the covid testing will do it
But again here
And then I made a point to say
This state is going to make a statement
To social equity
And we're going to make sure that the social injustice and the healthcare disparities that we've seen or not
Not replicated
I'm going to be getting my vaccine when it's available for my age group
In
Black and Latino in poor communities and we're going to be setting up
Pop up
Vaccination sites
In churches and community centers in pharmacies
And that's a priority for me
The distribution system outline and can deliver millions of doses
Again
We're getting 300.000 per week
And
We have to wait for that to increase
Again there's a lot of possibilities for the feds to increase Supply but they have to last point
The UK strain
Is highly
Problematic
And it could be a game-changer
First
For the capital region
We have vacation Saratoga
Anyone
Who was exposed or anyone who was exposed to someone who was exposed
Please
Contact us
There's nothing to be ashamed of this is a virus that travels
But
We have to know containment
Is
Vitally important here
This is a virus we have to be extra careful with we spent the morning talking to
Global experts
On this viral strain
The numbers are frightening
On
The increase of the
Transmittal of the virus
Even if The lethality doesn't go up
The fact that it is so much more transmittable is a very real problem
And look we are in a foot race right now as we sit between the vaccine
Implementation
Versus
The infection rate and hospitalization capacity
That's the foot race
This UK strain
Changes the whole foot race
Because the UK strain
The rate of transmission goes way up
The rate of infection goes away up
And it's no longer
The race that we were running
Apparently the UK strain can actually overtake
The original covid strain
In a matter of weeks
That's how quickly
It can transmit
It's this is something that we have to watch and we have to pay careful attention to
The UK stream is not only in the UK it's in South Africa 1033 other countries
But it's romantically
Increases our Challenge and we have to be aware of it
You know this virus has been ahead of us every step of the way
And this country has been playing catch-up every step of the way
And it's time we stopped
It's time we become more confident
You know government was competent
Government is supposed to be competent government leaders are supposed to be confident
They're not supposed to be about excuses
And and apathy and bureaucracy
Why do we not have
Mandatory testing
Of any everyone flying into this country
I mean
Why not
Not a travel ban
Just mandatory testing
We have gone through this just test all International Travelers book for
Entry
Tell the airlines you have to test them before they get on a plane to come to this country
Or say if you land in this country would not going to allow you in
Until you take a test
140 country
Band or require testing of
UK
Travelers
Before the United States acted
140 countries
New York
IP before the United States
I called the Airlines and I said
I want New York to be added to the 140 countries
Every year did New York to the 140 countries
What's really infuriating
This is what happened to Wasson last spring
Learn the lesson
The virus left China the virus went to Europe it was in Italy it was in the UK people got
Turn on a plane
Came to New York
New York had the explosion that's what I called the covid-19
We've learned nothing
So now there's a second strain
I'm coming from the UK again
Run again
Busa
Did absolutely nothing
Secretary Azar
Dr. Redfield
How you can explain to the American people
Your lack of action
Your negligence
Your irresponsibility
140 countries
Banned people from the UK
And you did nothing
You know that there are
Viral strains in other countries now you know that is a
Why
Wouldn't you mandate
Testing
How many times do you have to learn the same lesson over and over
What happened to confidence
Leadership
In government
The US
A mustache
If the United States won't act
Then New York state will act
But I can't allow people
Fly into the sky
Who we know are coming from countries that have other virus
New York loves being the gate
We welcome people from all across the globe
We are on the Eastern Sea
That's always been our role
That's how we all wound up
We celebrate it
Bus
To allow the virus
To be landing at our airports
And to make
New York a petri dish
In the federal government does not
I can't allow that
I wouldn't be doing my job
As governor of the state of New York
Let's take some questions
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Coming to your first question comes from Jeff Cole
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Governor
Good morning you can hear me okay
I can hear you Jeff how we doing
Not bad hello from Watertown there's a lot of coded data online and when it comes to hospitals and
They haven't given
How many does he have used on there's a deadline that you said is New York on your require this information be reported in
We're finding that some hospitals don't want to be very transparent with that
Yeah this is a little bit of a work-in-progress we posted online
When I don't I don't know if we did it I guess we
Consider.
We released yesterday
10
Fastest in the 10 slowest
And
It's Department of Health Data
That they confirmed
By the way
Are there
It embarrassed
Some hospitals
That was low performers
A wind-up showing some hospitals that were performing very well
And the ones who are performing very well we're happy
And the ones who were shown to be slow we're upset
But life is about accountability
Some of the hospital management said
In Defence things that were not true
The
Data that was reported was not
4
Allocations they had just received
It was
From allocations they had received
Over the first
2 weeks
And not the most recent allocate
So
They were slow
In
Distributing older allocation
I also you have some hospitals
Only done half
Their Workforce
Now
We've only had enough application for hair
Of the work
Healthcare worker
But some of only done
Half the work
We have to do better
Then vaccinating half
About health
If a hospital says only half of their employees will take the vaccine
We have a problem
Critical mass on this vaccine
Is 72-90
Percent
Healthcare worker
Who are the most informed
I don't think
It's it's
Possible or credible
That only half of them will take the vaccine
I've also been deluge
Twitch phone call
Of healthcare worker
Saying
I can't get a vaccine
And I'm going out there every day and I haven't gotten a vaccine
So it's a combination of
Hospital
And
We've only had
Half the allocation for the healthcare workers from the federal government
Now
When I talk about slow Hospital
I have greatest respect for nurses
And doctors
I'm sure they were all doing everything they can them they've done a fantastic
Job
It's the leadership
That I'm talking about
You know the
But
The
Nation at War
And the Army keeps losing
President
Calls and fires The General
It's not a comment
On the soldier
Soldiers are killing themselves
The general gets fired
End of the losing football season
The coach
It gets fired
It's about the leadership
So it's nothing about the nurses and the doctors
About the leadership
It's for the manager
Always this
And that's
Take the responsibility and accountability
We have
Will continue to release the high in the low performers
But I don't know that the data is
Ready
To a place where we could
Distributed widely
Is that fair enough 636 provider who have been rolled his numbers
Who are currently getting the vaccine this number is going to grow with important
You know they are aware of what data they need to submit
Timely and accurate manner
Until
We know we can work through that with then
Merced weed our plan is to have a public dashboard as soon as we
We can go to make sure the
We're putting out there
Everyone can rely on
And just to be clear
The
Figures that we used yesterday
Weather for the 1st
Three weeks of allocation
Where in the 4th week we did not include this week's Alex
This is from the
Proceeding
Week 1
Week-to-week
3
So if they want to complain
About
Accountability
Know your facts
And
Tractor facts
I think Hospital
Shouldn't complain about the transparency
Because if you're doing your job
Then
What are you worried about
And if you're not doing your job
With a vaccine
That could be the matter of life and death
Then people have a right to know
Xpression operator
Thank you governor
You know how Keisha clucky
From Bloomberg
Keisha your line is now open
Please unmute
Hi Governor thanks for taking my question
If you don't mind just to fold in there why are the hospitals so slow is it possible that
Maybe we're over-allocated vaccines
And then also what's the
Beagle
Ramification are legal
Besides you finding the hospital
I'm particularly public hospitals as well your
If you find the Pug public Hospital Systems when that just hurt the state
Internment of funding thank you
Fiat
On the hospital
1A
1A is
Hospital
Healthcare worker
Using the hospital
To distribute a healthcare worker
Makes eminent sense
A dimension we also have six hundred other places in the state
Retail outlet
What's 600 other retail outlets
Where healthcare workers
Can go now
To receive the vaccine
But it was primarily through the through the hospital
Because that's where the healthcare workers
Many of them have done a great job
Some of them are slow
Summer been at 99%
Some of them already
15%
Whatever it was on the bottom
So there's a very wide
Spectrum
Were they over-allocated no
Because our allocation
Is
We've only received
Enough vaccine for
Half of the healthcare workers
We've only received enough vaccine for half of the healthcare workers
Sono
We don't have enough vaccine
To go to oral health care work
Then why are they slow
A variety of reasons
You know these r194 Hospital
Some of them frankly
Operate better than others
It's like anything else in life
You know you take a hundred and ninety-four Barbershop
Somehow going to operate better than others you take 194 government agencies
Summer going to operate better than others
She take 194 city government
Some Mayors are better than others you know
Can you take 50 states some
Governors are better than others
It's
It's the marketplace
It's Human Nature
They have a whole host of reasons to know
But
We can't
We have to we have to vaccinate delicate
Now
Again
The
We have a hundred ninety-four huh
If a hospital doesn't do it well
That's fine
But then I want to use a hospital that does do it well
Let me take a step back we have two issues
For the hospitals that now have the vaccine
I need them
2
Get that vaccine in people's arms
And if they don't do that
They can get fined
Or we can retrieve the allocation
Retrieving the allocation is
Problem
Because this is refrigerated it's not easy to transport
So for those hospitals that have it already
Music
Or lose it
You won't get anymore
And you can be fine
Going forward we just won't use those hospital today
The other hospitals
Use the hospitals that are better
At Administration
And
Are faster and more efficient at doing the job we have a hundred ninety-four Hospital
Every hospital
And we're going to have
Thousands of retail centers
So
We wanted use the hospitals
Better better at doing it
And I've spoken to dozens of Hospital
It's it's
Function of that hospital you know you have hospitals where they've only done half their employees
After 4 weeks
You know how do you explain them
Well the other half wouldn't take it
That would be a real debacle
But we didn't have a chance to do it
You know
Dr. Zucker is the great defender of the hospital
Has the doctor so I'll ask him for
His rationale
I think the governor is
Nailed all the key points here
The hospital systems I've spoken to several Hospital CEOs
They need to be aggressive and they recognize this
Some are just more efficient at moving things going
I'm I think that
They will
He'll push power to get all those vaccines
In-N-Out employees arms and
I may not
And your point
About the fine
This is not about money
This is about saving lives
We're not really interested in collecting fines
We really interested in
For those hospitals
Who now
Have the allocation and are slow
Move the application
Movie quickly
With Sirius
And
If you don't want to be fine
Just
Don't participate in the program
It's not a mandatory
Program
We don't have to have 194
Just saying I don't want to do it
That's fine
We have plenty of hospitals
And I'd rather use the better-performing hospital
The situation wherein is we've already
Allocate
To all the hospital
And again as I said before it's hard to get it back
But
If a hospital calls up and says
I'm going to
Use this allocation
And then I want out
Fine
That's totally fine
Ask question
The governor
You know how Emily burkhard wnyt
Emily your line is now open please unmute
Hi Governor I was curious if you could tell us a little bit more about whether or not Wadsworth has been able to
Found at the jewelry
ReStore in Saratoga are in fact
A result of the
UK strain and I'm also curious if the State Department of Health
Is stepping in with contact tracing wheel
Reported on issues in Saratoga County
And now that the strain is
Transmissible
Is the state stepping in to help with that
All the questions
We're going to turn them right over
To the commissioner
Of the Department of Health since they all specifically
Department of Health
Thank you
With regards to the contact tracing Virginia aggressive contact tracing of all of those who were
Where in the store this is
Has been not taking place since the minute we learned about this
Regarding the issue of the testing and do we have any
Further information
It takes
44 hours or so to do the actual genome testing
We learned about this yesterday we got the samples
I yesterday and we are doing this as soon as we have answers
Provide that
I will note that
We do this a lot quicker a lot more efficiently than the federal government to
Lcdc takes a lot longer than that
I and other states a report as takes several weeks
To get results back
I from the federal government so we're moving very quickly on this
Regarding the samples could have come to see whether the other individuals had
Vuk strangle happy
Actually it's a very involved test
For this UK strain
It takes the CDC two weeks
To do a test
It takes Wadsworth
About 40 hours
To do it
Cuz you know the normal covid test is very quick
So what is a complicated
Situation
And again just to make sure I was clear in the hospital
We had distributed to all hospitals
In the state
Going forward will just distributed to the
Hospitals that do a better job
Because we'll have other
Options also
But in the meantime
For those hospitals that already have the allocation
Get it out
Get it out get it out
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Next question comes from Peter Haskell WCBS radio
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Questions about things
Retail side so
Them quickly
To have to staff
2
These sites
When do you expect he'll open and then how people sign up people here
Trinity
Where do they go how did they do it
Did they need to prove their eligible and essential worker
Otherwise
And truly expect to see lions like we seen another
Places
Okay
Good to hear your voice Peter
The
We're not there yet
First of all
We're getting 300.000
Vaccines right now a week
We've distributed
900000 vaccines
4-H
2 million
Population of healthcare workers
Obviously
To get through healthcare workers if you're doing 300.000
Per week
You need another
4 weeks
Allocation before
You can get out of healthcare workers roughly roughly
Before you finish one day and you move to 1B
1B
Open essential workers
And
General Public
Over 75 years old
Could you move a little faster
From healthcare workers
Look if you have a hospital now
That says I did all my healthcare workers
And I have an extra allocation
Contact us
And we'll move it
It would
Be a very bad sign
If a hospital said
Only half of my healthcare workers
We'll take the vaccine
Obviously
That's a bad sign for the overall effectiveness
Of the herd immunity program which is 70 + 90%
And also I don't believe it
I don't believe
A hospital
That says
Only half my workers will take it
You're watching NewsNow from Fox right now we are listening to the most
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Governor Andrew Cuomo saying that he wants the country's leaders to do more when it
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He suggested that all internet incoming
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I don't think we have a 90% acceptance rate
So but
A 30%
Refusal
25% refusal
Is what we expect to see from the healthcare commute
Happen. 50 /
So
The
Retail component is this
Every year you do the flu vaccine
Who administers the flu vaccine
The private Market
Administer the flu vaccine
Roughly half the people in the state take the flu vaccine
And is very little government involvement
There's a whole private Market
That can
Distribute vaccines
We now have today Peter
In New York City
200
Retail outlets
For you to get a vaccine
Just check that number
207 in New York
207
I know your specific paid if I said 200 it was 207
207 retail outlets today
The New York City where you can get a vaccine if you are eligible
Now
You have to go there
And prove that you are healthcare worker
EMS EMT doctor nurse Etc
And you have to show proof of that
At that facility
Nextron
The
Essential workers
What I'm asking today
Is
As many
Essential workers police
Fire teachers Transit workers
As many of them
As can use their own Networks
That would be great
Their own networks meaning either their employees can vaccinate
That unit
Police have EMS EMT
Fire Department fire department can vaccinate police
Etcetera
Teachers have a healthcare Network
Transit workers have a healthcare Network
As many of them that can handle themselves
Great
Otherwise we have the retail
The retail system will be Hospital
Will be pharmacies
5004 misused in the state
Just the way you do a flu vaccine
Will be federally qualified Health Centers will be
Health Department
And when you get to the general population
It's easier Peter because the main criteria is going to be your age
So
Your license
What do it right
They're many pieces of ID that can actually
Document your age
But again this is down the road but
That retail system
Has been used in the past we've been using it now to do the covid
Right
So will Implement that
And then we'll have supplemental
Effort
Acme Davis covid testing
State-sponsored Drive
Through sites
Javits Center will operationalize
And then special Outreach to black Latino
And poor communities
So that's where we are
Let's take one more
Tinka governor
Your final quest
Michael Gormley of Newsday Michael your mind
Turning our hearts back
Hello governor
Healthcare workers using 2
To get the vaccine can't you
Can't you direct them to do that and I believe it
Some healthcare workers are required to get the
The flu vaccine every year
Decide to that of a Kim
Allow us to
Resume having follow-up questions
They might be helpful for the public and for you I know that you've had some
You wanted us to clarify some of our questions the past and
We weren't able to talk to you
Thank you
Thank you Michael
The
We have not
Cross the bridge
To say
By law you mistake
Yes
Well there is a legal question
As to whether or not
With what causing emergency authorization
You can mend this is an emergency or the relation
Federal approval
There is a
Complicated legal question as to whether or not you can mandate
A person take and
A vaccine that is authorized as an emergency or Thursday
But besides the legal question
We haven't gotten there yet because I don't know
That it is going to be
Initial
You're right
We went through this with measles
But I don't know
End
You're right you have a legal argument
Especially with Healthcare employees that you consider HealthCare Employee
You
You need to take the vaccine as a part of your job
We're not there yet
Item
I don't believe the refusal rate
Is going to be that high
I think doctors
Get it
But that can speak to the legal question about the emergency authorization
Yes that's correct
The Wiz
An emergency
Use authorization as these vaccines have there are
Complicated questions
Especially for those in vulnerable population groups that
Have not been studied as part of
Call trials but we will
Continue to look at it and we will continue
Continue to monitor
Okay
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Commission
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And to be able to hear that the officer is not even going to get the opportunity
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Definitely the legal counsel myself
Attorney Ben Crump
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Today was about socialism
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Having
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But we will
Definitely pursue other endeavors
As a relates to
In altercation that the
The officers had prior to the video started
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Correspondent Doug luzader
Does good morning all this is usually a
Typically this would just be kind of a footnote this is a meeting of a joint session of Congress to
Just do a tiny bit of math to really just take all the Electoral College results from around the country
A kind of atom together and say yeah this is what it comes up with and generally a you know you look at the history of them
Republican
Distance for the most part I'm Gone without an issue
In recent years though there have been objections and these have been brought forward by democrats in the past will see Republicans do it in a large
Scale today
Democrats usually Republican Senators and house members will object to some of the state results we think
This is not going to change the outcome here but it does mean that would generally be just kind of perfunctory
Roll for joint session of Congress
He's going to wind up being kind of an extended events and this may go well until tomorrow because each time there's an objection they have to
The bait and then have a vote on it so it does delay things even if it just even if it doesn't change the outcome
The one wild card here
Maybe the role of Vice President Mike Pence obviously it's something of an awkward situation because
The Penn State in his ceremonial role over the Senate will have to preside over this event that you know his kind
Benefits political
Your ice rink in the new Administration
But the president thinks that Pence is endowed with certain powers here to perhaps reject
Some of these Electoral College results now what does pence think about that
We don't know so Pence's obviously guy that spent a fair amount of time in Congress
I think people see him as something of an Institutional list so
Will he kind of go Rogue here or will he just kind of over sea
I just session today that's something that I guess we'll find out more about Lake hunt today early this
Afternoon
When this gets underway
Now speaking of Vice President
Earlier this morning President Trump actually tweeted if vice president Mike Pence
Comes through for us
We will win the presidency
Usually does the vice president even have the power
To block certification
And what happens if an object
She does go through
Well the president seems to think that that Pence has the power to do that. Not many other folks agree with him on that point I mean
This is
You know it's almost akin to a rubber stamp with Congress is really doing here I mean if the numbers are
That up there supposed to sign off on this and kind of be done with it and then the next step would be the inauguration of Jobe
Biden Kamala Harris on January 20th
Depends price rejecting these results I'm not sure exactly how that how that would play out
But it was something that we haven't really seen before this I can't recall the time
When that has happened
So
The president doesn't seem to be entirely sure of what Pence is going to do now there was a report
In the New York Times that Pence and told the president that he would not
The follow-through in the president's request that he
I try to but that changed the outcome here that the President says that that's not true that he intends her on the same
Inpage
I guess we'll just have to wait until 1 this afternoon Eastern Time to see if in fact Pence displays the
The ceremonial role or goes much further
In the cool is it
Expected to
Well you know we think there's there's a pretty big group really of maybe a dozen or so Center
Murderers and then us and corresponding house members probably larger group there
That will of jacked and it will just be kind of a state-by-state issue whatever States
A result they want to inject you when that state comes up they make their injection and then there has to be a two-hour delay
Begins to really kind of slow the process down the first state that will likely face an objection
I would be Arizona but Others May Others May follow so that this may be a lengthy process here but
Again
These objections have to be voted on by both the Senate and the house and even if the republican-controlled Senate
You know voted in favor of these objections which is that in and of itself seems unlikely
You got a house that's controlled by democrats and they're certainly not going to
A vote away his presidency so again
Come here seems to be kind of preordained but there may be a fair amount of drama along the way
He sounds like a very lengthy process so once Congress
Does County boats
I guess we can look forward to the inauguration
Yammy that's really the next step and this is the step today isn't really one that we even spend much time talking
In about 10 minutes to kind of thing that
At the end of the day you know we would say oh by the way there was a joint session of Congress today and they certified the Electoral College was
But isn't going to be much gnashing of teeth here on Capitol Hill before we get to that point but then the next step will be
The inauguration at that in and of itself is going to be unusual because of social distancing is going to be much more
Much more limited Affair than we typically see for these things
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An altercation.
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For something that
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Requires in 2 hours
Annette's attic the facts speak
He has a long road ahead of you will never ever be the Jacob Lake
Vportal
At what point did he say
Fastest person that is life
What you started
I don't think
That the allegations
Require a response
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What stars have been brought
So
Acrostic
Is trying to justify
Another instance of that
State of Wisconsin
Up in jail at the max
Later obviously with Michael Kelso been cropping patch
We will say that we definitely investigating in this
In the works
I might think that there's no
That there was a civil rights violation that happened back in August
It's like Shaun Gallagher TMJ4 what would you have liked to see an officer do in this situation
I just want to
They're just like a fireman's trying to put out fires on Mechanic to put in a motor
Seitan house
The same mindset that
Normal citizen
Orchestrate
You're trying for people that make you
Unexpected
He could have been dropped down to the ground
Why would the first instinct of any officer beat to draw a weapon
Next three children less than a foot from three three children
David supposed to be safe
Mayweather training at the Academy
And started seven times in the back
What would you like to see
Since they can see if they thought there was something he needs
That's the proper way to please
Do you have to see off their shift he lose his job
We want to see him lose his job
We want to see him being dirty and we want to see him houses Danforth before it goes to jail
You're watching NewsNow from Fox right now we are listening
Into the most recent pressure from
Kenosha Milwaukee
Where
The family of Jacob Lake
Beauty activist R Us
Dressing
The ruling
That
The officer
Rusten sheskey who just happens to be white
Shot Jacob Lake
Black man in Kenosha
On August 20th
That left him paralyzed and actually said Austin
Protest in the area he will not
Restart yourself
We are listening in
Community Act
Want him
Justice right now so
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Jacob
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After they've been shot seven times I think he suffered
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All that
People are
Police officer
Deserve
And people that don't look like
Are able to
Murder-kill
Black and brown
Is it unacceptable
I was listening to
Inside
And there were a few things that he said that
Really really
Upset
He said that basic
All of us that have been out here
Protesting
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Advance
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Be treated
Like each and every
Other purse
It doesn't look
We don't want to come outside
And have to worry about being murdered
I have
American Funds
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I don't want them driving
I have so much anxiety now about it it's very stressful and
People don't understand in like Justin said where is the empathy and then he said
Text Jacob
In all of us
Where's Kiki
The last time I checked
How is that feeling
When you have 12
People that you ask
Don't know
Your life
And more than likely
And then
Fathead
That way
Have been trying the caissons
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Spring wasn't there
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When you feel this way about
People who are trying to make
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Acceptable
And he will be held accountable at the
The next go-around
So thank you very much
This is a dear friend of ours since we've been up here
Another business owner she just want you to let a coconut you know
She supported the Blake song
Ben Harrison
Happened
I am a black
Like he always says
It could have been one of mine
Justice is not Justice
That's all I'm just disappointed
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Teamwork all the time
Just want to State a fact
It sometimes gets washed and everything
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Turtle red state-blue
And nobody can take that from
Walk 38 miles
Get the photo from Kenosha to Milwaukee
In the city only to show up and are starving and some people in the park to receive
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If you get the proper people
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Humanities for everybody
Real quick
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We have the National Guard
We have
Courthouse building
And what's so interesting
Concerned about
Property
Call Wade
What about the people
Jacob was shot seven times in his back
They were dispersed here to protect us
That is not the case
I need to say that
You know there's all this
Concerned by the city and officials about the dwelling those are exactly that there's well
They don't have a heartbeat
Unless
If it's not coming from us
Out here demanding we're only hearing about
Realistic
Nothing at the end of the day
What about the black and brown people in this community
A Narvaez and how we feel
We're under threat
So I just needed
Say that
So that people understand
Is that about building
And how anyone of us
Can be shot down in the sky
And there are no
Consequence
Milwaukee all of us
All of us
We tried every
One thing I know is that power only
Canciones de pollo
When the powers-that-be
You really have
If we have no allies on other side
We don't have to start organizing in our own community
Because this right here is
Reflective
Across the country
That we got to continuously
Over and over again
A so-called black a brown person
Unjustifiable
And no one
He is a brother who was gunned down
And we saying that
Destoroyah
We tried
We tried everything but I want you to understand that we going to continue to fight
This is not over
We going to continue to beat up
We're going to continue to organize across the state
We going to go
We're going to change laws
Because the local municipalities are afraid to challenge the Federal
And that's what's really going on
And we need to interrupt those sister
Because
You consume the lies about
Unjustified
And we got
And that's only way
That's the only way
We don't be able to make it
To survive another day in the storm
Mercedes
This is more than just a fight
Because lies are being taken
Symptoms of being broken
Communities are being stubborn
And we're still saying the same old black lives matter song
And nobody
But everybody
When is March
Who is Thomas stand up
Connect these decisions
Potomac
Everybody's on the same side
And we locked out the door
We're not at the table
And that's got to change
I think I think
He never raised a knife
Never
That
Arrest
And as is Uncle to add in
It's sort of like if you watch Sunday Night Football
And the fumbles Maiden never had the ball
It may have been present
But you were it was not in his possession
Right
He's not
There's no reason why
So we thank you guys for coming out we want you to know the Blake family's going to continue to stand in solidarity
What's the production community
And I'm going to fight for justice
Until we get it
I'll pick up to the red the black and the green Unity now what happened
You're watching NewsNow from Fox here's the latest on the Blake decision from Fox 6 Milwaukee
That's where we got no charges filed against the officer who shot Jacob like seven times last August
Attorney announced he will not file criminal charges against law enforcement or Jacob Lake in this case we do have team coverage
For you this morning Angelica will be tracking the family's response to that news
But first let's go to Amelia Jones live in Kenosha with what lead
Do the decision
Kim Carle investigators spent 40 hours of squad footage
1500 pages of police reports ending with a decision to make
0 charges in a video that the world watched the whole incident lasted
A little more than
A minute district attorney Michael Gravely explain
Dispatch was called to a Kenosha home in late August
For what he called a domestic incident
The caller telling dispatcher Jacob Lake was refusing to return a rental car keys
And was trying to leave with a child
When officers arrived they are informed Blake has an outstanding warrant
When they try arresting him there is resistance and Blake says
He's armed with a knife
Then when officer arrest in cesky try stopping Blake from leaving in the car the DEA says quick turns
With a knife in hand then
Those seven shots were fired
Shots that are used to force expert says
We're Justified
What you want to do is to stop the threat that is better than 10
That is the approach Baha'i
Jacob Lake was shot four times in the back and three times
In the side he remains
Paralyzed from the waist
Down as
Far as the officers who were involved in this
Incident they all remain on administrative
Leave reporting live in Kenosha
Emilia Jones
Foxes are just now joining us my name is Raynaud
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Turn protestar erupting in Los
County people are
Using to wear
They're mad
This of course during
Lima Clips check in
With Fox 11
And for the latest
There's some folks
That may be showing the opposite side of that
Anti mask
Protesters
They're captured
On video
Storming through a grocery store in a mall in Century City
Why are they doing
Well our Phil Shuman actually talked to one of the leaders
He joins this live now from Century City in front of the mall
Fli
Confounded by this I've got lots of West
Well the bottom line is that you as personal freedom
It's a clear violation be without a mask
Public upstate
County and local
Emergency Health order
Applied
I'm not really paying attention
Consider
Accepted wisdom
From doctors
In one video a woman without a mask who claimed she was assaulted
Chopper inside of Ralphs
And another woman yells at an anti masker my father's in the hospital with covid
His response
Back and Ralph
The man in the red cap
Refuses pleased to accept
Always promoted online via social media labeled as fight
Communism
Organized by Shiva Bakery
Why won't you wear a mask
What's your objection to masks
Because it's not good for you
It's a fundamental right to breathe oxygen and expel your garbage out of your system
You don't feel you're putting yourself or others at risk
That's ridiculous
It's not ridiculous to infectious disease
Dr. Suman radhakrishna
It's called asymptomatic spread
You have an infection but you don't know you have it you walk around
Talk you shout
Sing
You
You see these droplets
Somebody else
Who is susceptible
D if they get the infection it can be
Deadly for them and we've seen that being deadly
Of course of the anti-maskers essentially
Accept the validity
Alex of asymptomatic spread and what's more
Even though it's a violation got a public without the mask
LAPD in those videos
Their policy has
Essentially been
Education
Rauser enforce
So you don't wear a mask
You show up you trying to force you into the mall
They come back it'll leave
You leave until the next
Price of
Frustrating and
And frightening situation
Cuz if they didn't leave they could
Could be arrested
For trespass
If it's a private business
Make that more competent
I want to ask this without sounding patronizing
I'm honestly curious
About this and I appreciate that she that
Did talk to you in
Sharing a person
Where are they getting their information
That's it
Really good question
And it's
It's a circular discussion
With her what about the people that are dying while people are dying from
Depression and dying from a suicide
What why don't you wear a mask will Mass
Aren't necessary woohoo tells you that well
Doctors at spoken to well what about
Doctor
Dr. Ferrer who is it
A PhD
And they mock those people
Emma cheers essentially the main Steam
Stream media
I've only getting voice
A certain number of doctors with a certain View
Can I have some
Group of their own who apparently giving their own medical advice
Nice without naming
Alright well look what the
Spanish Converse
Tell the journalist
Who captured that video his name is
Samuel brass
He's a staff writer for
For the Beverly Hills
Courier
Thanks so much for being with us thank you for the work
You do
Give us a bit of
Color take us into that room
What's it feel like
Being in the middle of
Well thank you so much for having me
I showed up
1st wind
To Ralphs on
Olympic II
2 p.m.
Almost right away
They started engaging
Shoppers they started to
As it was happening and
Intern gets broadcast to their own social media pages and
And that's what bill was saying it kind of
This kind of circular Information Network
A lot of shoppers
Engaged
Protest
Almost within the first two minutes
Big group entering
Allstate went to
And
Bloomingdale's in by the end there's video
It became almost a dance
Kind of hat
Florida
Engaged
They were afraid.
People with
And and there was a lot of shouting a lot of anger a lot of feelings about sign
Fill your quest
Emphasize that this is a relatively small but
Vocal group
Hot and heavy
Freedom rally so-to-speak in Beverly Hills
Recovered many of them a lot of them
Vehicles on the weekend
We're talkin about accor group
Maybe 20 or 30 people
Widespread movement in Southern California
Yeah course it only takes
One who might be asymptomatic
And spread the Coronavirus
To someone
Because they're not wearing a mask
Remember the mask
Mainly protects
Me from you but it also
Text the weirdest
I talked about this and we talked about the Telex
We're trying to be
Careful in
Airing
Abused because they do not
Represent a mainstream Hero Of course
Yet it's important
On
However small
Group text Maybe
But they still are there and they are causing very real problems
Not just turned Southern California but in many parts of the
Sam is there anything you think that can be said to convince
Any of these
Well that's a good question
I don't see my role there
To convince them Arts debate them II
They're doing especially
Is that relates to
The General Public
Personally I'm not sure there's
Watch
Argument
Actually something else that you said it
Earlier in
It's important to engage
People with diverge
Even though
Particularly fringed out of the mainstream
Earnest
They are just as we are afraid of the virus
Justice were afraid of Cogan
Afraid of something else in Endwell
Their Fear maybe Rafi
Science and by experts
I still think
Important to
Recharge battery
I I don't
Thanks shouting
Alright Samuel thank you
For your reporting Phil Schumann thank you for your reporting as always
And we hope that there can be a
Constructive conversation
About this
And we hope that there might be at
I'm listening on the
There's some folks at 11 a.m. President Trump will be in Washington DC
Speaking live of course we'll bring you all this Eve
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Patasa latest
New Strand
Of the coronavirus stats
Detected inserting
Hello everyone you're watching
And you now from Fox I'm Regina Gonzalez and it's been a minute
Cuz I've been joined by Doctor Mike cirignano of pain medicine he's been speaking with other people
Doctor Mike srigley I know Happy New Year how have you been
I've been just fine
Looking forward to 20
21 +
This year has already
Been good to you because you look
Fabulous
You look fabulous Doctor Mike
There you go Richie
Yes I was very excited was watching you and you were in your house not wearing scrubs
It happens from time to
Sometimes my kids think I'm the milk
Hahaha dr. Mike's in it since it has been a little while since we spoke really Before Christmas
Where are we at in this pandemic right now
Not in a good place
If you look Nationwide
We have Rec
Numbers of case
Record number
Hours of deaths and so
It's
Really the dark is
Period of time
During this pandemic
And
We need to
To take it seriously
And I am very can
Concerned about the next
Couple of
Weeks Regina
Because we may see the effects
Christmas
Remember we we heard that lots of people took
We are
But that doesn't count all the
People that were in
Cars that sell lots of travel
I've already seen it in my practice
I was on the phone with a peach
Last night
Who got together
Didn't travel anywhere but got together with family
And one of the family members
Tested positive
And now I'm
Concerned that this elderly patient of mine may I ask
We have covid
Yeah I know dr. Mike you mentioned several times not to travel have your own little holiday with a meat
Elliot family but we saw millions of people still at airport what was your reaction to that
I think they're putting their lives in their hands and and it's
Just not
Time to do that
We need to realize
This
Virus
Has not gone anyway
And in fact
We are now seeing this new variant
It's got about 20 to new
Mute
That is
About to be
Very
Highly
Contagious
Out there
And some extra
Say by March
Regina this will be the
Predominant
Virus out there
So this is not the time
To be getting together
The cavalry
Is
Here we are getting vaccines out to people
Granted very slowly
But we are getting
Where we need to be
I hope
Step by next
Christmas and next New Year's
We will be able to
To get back to some form
A normal lifestyle
Doctor Mike I'm glad you mentioned the new variant of this virus I Ides more contagious
People be afraid are we looking at a whole new angle of this pandemic
Well it's certainly more contagious and experts are looking into
Why
Viruses normally mutate they try to
Continue their existence just like everything else on the planet
And so
The theory is that this new variant this mutation that is
Decorative over 20 mutation
I actually
Is able to
Get more sticky if you will it it latches on
Better
And some people think that it latches on more in the
Notion oropharynx the mouth and nose area
And that may be why it's more contagious because there's higher numbers
A viral particles
In that area
So when you call for you sneeze
Were you
Speak loudly you spread the virus more quickly
That being said
There is no evidence that it's more lethal
By definition if it's more contagious
More people get it
Then more people will get sick and more people will unfortunately die
So this is something of great concern however
Are vaccines still
Appear to be quite effective in preventing severe illness
When it comes to this new very
Yeah Doctor Mike over the last couple of weeks I did watch you get your vaccine on on
What was it like to finally you know you we've been talking about this for weeks and weeks
Looking for some sort of light at the end of the tunnel what was it like receiving the first dose of That vaccine
Well I must say it was a relief however it doesn't cure the virus
It just means that
Hopefully if I do come in contact with it I will have less
Of a severe
Illness
So remember
Since the beginning of this as a healthcare provider I've been
Working
Closely with patients and then I got home
I don't want to infect my
Wife and my children
So for that reason this is an important thing and certainly
I don't want to be out for a prolonged. Of time if I were to get the virus
Stop
Get the vaccine it was
Basically nothing I didn't feel anything I didn't feel
In any way shape or form ill afterwards
And I must say
It was no big
Deal I get a second one
In two weeks I think and the bottom line is
Does that hopefully
We will start to get more and more vaccine out to
Every
Want remember we started with the people in the most
Harm's Way that are
Folks in the
Intensive care units in the hospital
Working their way down to folks like me who do outpatient
Medicine
And hopefully we will start moving through our
Riskiest patients nursing home
Inhabitants
Elderly folks people with significant medical problems and lest we not forget
Frontline response
Teachers
Firemen policemen everyone out there everyone needs the vaccine
And I wouldn't floor everyone if you get the opportunity
To get it it was no
Big
Yeah Doctor Mike and off
Dot-dot topic of vaccines there have been
Several stories reported this week about how the vaccine rollout
It's happening a little slower than expected you said that there could be multiple reasons for that can you kind of
Explain
Well one as a DVD
The indication is that because we have this surgery
A lot of the people that would be available to administer the vaccine
Arabic called to other duties like taking care of overwhelming page
It's in the hospital
That's one Theory
The other is that logistically
It's just been an issue
And a night
Keep bringing up this movie
Contagious
That the thing is we need
A federal
Nationwide
Response
The best we need to figure out
How to get the vaccine
Out to the public
And whether that means
Large
Mega Center
Where you'll drive up get your back
And move on
That
That's the way they did it in the movie
But I think it's that is probably going to be
One of the ways
That we deal with this
The problem is that
For folks like me with my office
I don't have the
Ability
Door
The Pfizer vaccine
Which has to be kept at
Very very low.
For any length
Period of time and by the time
We get to pee
People in my office
MyPay
It is
A real adjust
Pickle challenge
For me too
Reach out to my
2000 page
I'm going to come up with a list
Because that's the question
Where's the LIE
I think it's going to require a
Federal Reserve
And hopefully
That
Will happen
Yeah. You know I join you from Orlando every time and hear Justin Central Florida
All reporters have been covering several stories about these
Vaccine site we've seen malls open is vaccine sites and drive up centers and Elder
Girly people above the age of 65 I believe are really really having
Trouble booking appointment to get the vaccine they are booked weeks in advance
What can you say about that
It it's a
Momentous
Calles
To get an entire population and by the way we need to
Menic entire planet
Okay
For this to go away
That is a big
Challenge
And Regina
We have to figure it out I mean the one thing that I think we're good at
Let's call
Beezo let's call somebody
From Amazon they seem to be able to get packages
To listen to everybody's house pretty quickly
So
Let's figure out how to get this done
I'm sure that the 4-star General who I have great admiration
Looking for who sings
He's running this
Let's get it done let's
Let's start
Moving it out
And get everyone
Immunize
It's easier said than done
But we have to start somewhere
And we need to do a better job
Absolutely and you know we watched the first healthcare worker is in the country get vaccinated a couple weeks ago
And I saw that now this week is about the time where they're getting that second dose of the Pfizer vaccine is that correct
That is right and there's been a lot of talk
About
Weather to alter
The way the vax
Donations are being admitted
Britain England
What they've decided
Need to do is to
Give everyone one do
And Delay that second
I'm opposed to that and I believe the FDA as well
Has come out and and dr. fauci is said luck
The data shows
The best effect 95%
Effectiveness
When given one shot
Followed by either 21 or 28 days depending on which vaccine you get
You get that second shot
Bulldoze not half the dose
Let's not mess with the science
Let's get the job done let's
Do it in a way that we get the full effects of the vaccine
We do a better job at getting a
Out
People that that's my opinion
Absolutely I didn't you know you mentioned dr. fauci I saw an interesting headline the other day where dr. fauci said to
Despite of vaccine to America really may not be looking at getting back to some sort of normalcy and chill
This fall
Question about it just look at the
Amount of people that need to be
Be vaccinated
The fact that we
Have folks
This is NewsNow from Fox alright we have a breaking live reports out of Florida governor
Ron DeSantis is speaking on the latest coronavirus updates so we want to bring you all this run unfiltered
Right here on NewsNow from Fox
Important
But we need to be ready to go into the community
Particularly
Vaccinating our senior citizen
And that is going to be our priority when we're talking about the broader community
Entel
One of my agencies
The hospital
PizzaMan
Execute plans
For how you're going to vaccinate
The seniors
In the community
And we've had great response you're saying a lot of wonderful things happening
Just this week in here today is another grade
Great day
I was at Orlando Health earlier in the week they have
Six different sites across central Florida
Jackson Memorial major system in Miami-Dade I has three different sites
Yeah they are doing
Thousands
5 shots a day
Within their hospital system
For seniors in the community at this point and that's going to continue
To ramp up a today I think is really a
Exciting
Because we're able to announce
Two new vaccination sites
Don't be run by Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital
One right here at Pensacola Olive Baptist Church
And wanted to Milton
Community Center
Sacred Heart is completed vaccinating
Bayer Frontline healthcare workers
And they've answered the call
I to stand up and in help our seniors in our communities and this is exactly
What we want to see the hospital
Doing
And
Hey you look that line people are excited they have a very good setup in there
You're now you know I've been doing this
I've been watching these shots for weeks now
That is they got to wait afterwards and this and that but they did it
It's very efficient
Very good and I think it's going to be great but
And and you know you'll hear kind of little bit more about it but
They're locked and loaded to do
1000 a day
Top of the neck
Two days here and it and it probably the other location
When they ask for more vaccine
You know what we made sure that that that was something that was done
The vaccine the reservations for for the site our friend of vigil 65 years of age or older
I'm available by appointment only but I think that's all the appointments of pretty been filled up
The good part about the operation
Is that
You have a great partnership in the community
On display here
Sacred Heart as providing the key medical personnel to administer the shot
But the community
It's providing 30 volunteers and the Milton Community Center and Olive Baptist Church of course are providing their spay
Until I think this is a model of how this can work out particularly
Buy as we as we do these early doses for our for our vulnerable population
Found it thanks Sacred Heart
I want to thank Santa Rosa
County Milton Community Center Olive Baptist Church for their willingness to
Step Up
And help their community in the time of need and we want to continue to see this going on throughout the state
No these Hospital run vaccination sites are part of our our next step
In order to reach our seniors out throughout the Communities Hospital served as the pillars
Strategy
Since we were first to receive the vaccine
But we also know we want to expand the reach just beyond the hospital's when there's ways they were able to make a difference
We're able to do it
To that and yesterday I announced the launch of a of a pilot project with
Publix
SOI 22 pharmacies in Three Counties
Citrus Hernando and Marion
Are people be able to go online
Make a reservation
And go and get shots at their public
And
There's a lot of folks who some of the hospital Grand people go in the hospital which is great
There's some folks I just don't want to go into the hospital but they are going to grocery
Fish stores in so if you're able to get into the grocery store
How you can get that done and that's a really really good thing
That is going to start tomorrow
With the reservations
Shots in the arms will start on Friday
That is something that we're going to be monitoring very closely cuz we believe you know that if that move smoothly
That's something that we can be able to expand throughout
The state particularly as we get more vaccine
Publix has over 750 Pharmacy locations and their supermarkets
And you find it in all corners of the states
I'm also announced today that the state is going to be converting
All right now it's really this week the state's going to converting some of our drive-thru testing sites
Into vaccine site
And you're going to have an announcement additional announcement on that very soon and we're going to look around where that makes
Of course we want to work with our houses of worship
I know there was something you're pretty close by over in
Escambia
Surely they're there after or on Sunday
Did several hundred folks
And we view that as a model as well we also
I believe that
Most Folks at a lot of demand for the vaccine but there still some folks that
That aren't sure that they want to take it when you have Community leaders stepping out showing that they're doing it
A pastor someone that they let people try
I think that does make a positive difference so we appreciate what we saw over and over
Escambia we want to keep a working with folks to be able to do that
What we do on a daily basis
Through our division of Emergency Management is make sure the vaccines are going to places that are going to
In the short-term
And so
Sample yesterday there were some hospitals that said
Well we'll probably get through these first doses in 2 weeks
Harrison County Health Department said said yeah don't take us 10-14 days thing we said
Bok
You take what you want for the beat for these next week
Add to places are they needed to the hospitals that are blowing through that can do more
We want to be able to give him or we've also asked for additional
Obviously want to get additional vaccine next week that'll allow us to
Potentially expand
The Publix program and have even more drive-thru testing sites but what's happening is as soon as
Moravec
Vaccine is available
We're looking at ways to be able to get that in the community in
At this point
The hospitals had been given enough vaccine
Prefer their front-line workers and I know they are working with
Folks who are healthcare workers who may not work inside the hospital that's true there's
High contact people in Physician's office
Whatever
Most of the most of the health systems are working to get that done and we think that that's fine
But we also think
That as we get more back
Scene
The key is is what's the point that to our senior community
Let's get that to those 65 and plus
I'm happy to report even though the 1st
3 weeks are the hospitals were largely focused
On their own health care workers who courts largely skew under 65
You know as of as of this morning's report in this stuff lags but I think the numbers going to grow
The plurality of Floridians that have received the vaccine right now are between the ages of 65 and 74
Showing you your to continue to see those senior numbers grow
The long-term care mission continues were putting additional resources
The supplement CVS and Walgreens offer that
But that's really it what we're looking to see is I want to see the shots
Tubi
Predominantly in the older group
And I want if it's 85 and prices
Is 5% of the population we want the shots
Of all the shots to represent higher than that so we want them over-represented in the shots and that's what we're going to be working on
As we move forward we do have
Carhartt thousand contract nurses who were going to be able to deploy
We have National Guard have been working on a number of back way then I'm going to continue to help
Whether it's with these new test site or the new vaccine site
As the vaccine comes available for that we want them to be able to do it
Of course as I mentioned we're doing more with the assisted living facilities
The fact that you have the contract with CVS and Walgreens they are going to
Facilities I know the lot of nursing homes
I've been really pleased to be able to get their residence back they were actually this week
You're going to have
The initial residents are getting their booster shots
When we did our first hundred nursing facilities we had the state teams going and do those until CVS
Walgreens was ready
Getting their Pfizer booster shot this week to their series will be complete
Which I think is really really exciting
But we do want to make sure
Dad all these assisted living facilities
Are going to be able to get done in short order we don't want this
To drag out
So we seen maybe a gap
Until we're deploying resources doubt fill that Gap
And I think that'll be really really good
Anytime we do Estates
SATA drive we do a drive-through
As long as there's vaccine available you're my directed is you just stay open 7 days a week I mean we don't want to do
Do you have 12
Doses possible
At the end of Friday
And then you say okay we'll just see you Monday if those doses are there
Be open Saturday be open Sunday so
When we open some of these drive-through vaccination sites
Are the Charges going to be you know how many can you do a day
And you're going to do that 7 days a week and I think that that's important it'll help boost the numbers
Quicker so
We are continuing to
Make a lot of progress I was talking with the white house this morning
About saying what we're getting to the point where we've got a lot of things in place
In the community there's high demand
Bichon and you see the number of people lined up
Yeah the shots are really going to continue to increase
Answer the question is
We want to make sure that if we have other avenues that we have vaccine that can go to those
But it's a good
Situation to have
Compared a couple weeks ago whenever Christmas New Year's
Now people are saying how could they send us more
We want more we think we can do more
Until I think what Sacred Heart is doing is great
Are we hoping other places around the state
I will take a look at at how they've done it
I'm in your people and they're very happy I think they're excited
How to be able to be at the situation
And look where we're happy to be able to support the efforts I mean if you are
Working hard
To provide shots to our senior citizens
We want to be able to direct more vaccine your way and we're fighting to get even more
And we're fighting to make sure
That our seniors are able to get
The protection that they need so
I don't know who else are we going to
Who else is going
Play Justin from Sacred Hearts done a great job
And we've enjoyed working with him he said come up and say a few words
Hey good morning thank you my name is Justin labrato on the Chief Operating Officer for Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart
And this is a very exciting day here at all about
Baptist Church
This was actually my my home Church going up here in Pensacola
I'm all want to thank Pastor Ted Traylor
Purpur letting us use the facilities here
Tabaxi Navy oversee
65 population are friends family members and Neighbors
I hear today tomorrow and the rest of the month
We also have a second Mass vaccination clinic
That's open today at the Milton Community Center
And I want to thank Brad Baker and Santa Rosa County for their help in in park
Partnering in that mass vaccination clinic
I'm between the two Mass vaccination sites
Today and tomorrow
We already have 3.500 reservations
3500 people minimum back sonatas by the end of tomorrow vaccinated so
Anvil schedule Edition additional dates in the near future
So
In the future we're going to have those appointments at
Get Sacred Heart care.com and when they're available they'll be on that website
I'd like to thank Governor Ron DeSantis for being here today
And for helping bring additional
Coming back scenes to the Pensacola area
In the future as we
Continue this mass vaccination project
We have a great partnership so we can't do this alone great Partnerships with our local fqhc
Community Health Northwest Florida they're here they're helping us with Manpower today
Great partnership with our Hospital Dawn Rudolph is here today
Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital to Premier hospital for the Pensacola area
Don't delay care
They can take care of you safely
And then finally I want to thank my amazing team
And Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart there's been a lot going on this year
We opened up the first drive through covid testing
Center in March
Damascene 62.000 people there
That's great that we can covid test
But it's all about the vaccine the vaccine is the only way that we're going to make a dent in this so
Excited about these future dates
Couple people I want to think about a hundred volunteers today I want to take Jacob Fisher who is leading the Escambia County vaccinations
Santa Rosa County and Jennifer Henry is he led the associate vaccination clinic
So we we truly have the best team in healthcare
And I'm going to turn it to Ted trailer
Hey thank you Justin we're honored here Dolly Baptist try to bring our community together
Somebody asked me supposed to be a miracle of God you got the Catholic in the Baptist working together I said a man that's a good day so wait
I got folks together today and you can see the light
And Governor thank you for all you're doing to help us get this done Justin as well
Jake thank you and it's just a good day when we can reach out and try to help our community and
I'm glad to see this growing through here and we're honored to just be apart
What they're going to do they're just going to do some
Vaccinations right here on site
So now we've got some volunteers
And so they've already gone through and
Ensign sign
Form and everything and
Done kind of weather
What needs to be done at this point so basically they're going to get the
The shot in the arm
And then are you got you and have them go back in and just sit in that place so
Do they have a place inside when you guys look at it it's
Ninja bunch of chairs people sit
And I and all that just for observations there's been very have you guys had any reaction
Very few in Nationwide even but
I think they're doing the right thing you want to be just want to be careful I minutes
You guys ready
You're watching NewsNow from Fox right now we are taking a live look at Pensacola
Border just moments ago we heard from Governor Ron DeSantis he says that he is placing priority
Non-resident
65 and older
To receive the back
As you can see that is what we are looking at right now the elderly population
To receiving the vaccine in just a few moments we expect Ron DeSantis 2
To take questions
From reporters so right now some of our viewers will see a quick
Commercial
Break
Chris Madura R5
Done
Alright
See if anyone was thinking about whether they want to get it
Petronas to. say a few things
What you're doing is modiano I'm a panhandle native
Border raids in Northwest Florida can be proud of everything Governor DeSantis is done
Delete in this effort
I like to take
Ascension Health
Andaz right here at Baptist olive church and what they have done in order to
To put resources together at a moment's notice to get this vaccine out
Today they will pump out right here alone over a thousand vaccination
Double do the same thing over the Milton campus
NM to bring a thousand people in
Organizing the appointment too short of miraculous Bill to put this together
It's such a quick turnaround time
But we've been traveling the state of the last couple weeks with meet with legislators Business Leaders
And we've been hearing their concerns or needs but also pointing out
The advocacy that we need to tell the legislature
That we need covid liability protection for businesses
And not just for businesses
It's for nonprofits in a healthcare provider
It's critical that we we
See this happen this coming legislative session
The push the vaccination out
To see it firsthand
And if it means going to every single corner of the state to ensure that this is
Part of a smooth flowing process that our citizens are being protected
That's exactly what he's doing so from the bottom of my heart and my family thank you Governor since for what you're doing
Inputting
People over politics
And ensuring
That the state's economy is being protected
I know there's a
Yeah right
Big deal
I know there's a limited Supply
Has Governor DeSantis
You think good as he's had the relationship he has had
To be able to ensure that Florida continues to see a steady supply of vaccinations
And as he sees that he empowers those areas to get out there and put boots-on-the-ground making Partnerships
We're bringing Catholics and Baptists together to save lives and a great thing
And being Innovative people go to grocery stores because
Go to grocery stores will let's go and get them their vaccinations the same time
Partner with Publix you know what that's a great idea but it wouldn't come together if you wouldn't seen the leadership for wrong governor
The governor thank you for everything you're doing thank you for saving Florida's economy and thank you for saving our people
God bless
Just let me think Sacred Heart Pensacola
Not just for for doing that
Spyro leafar how they've handled this entire a pandemic
I didn't get done a great job when we
Need more testing here we we obviously provided
Assam resources
Christian but they were really leading the effort
Drive-through sites and all this other stuff
We work closely with the local counties here as well
And I really think that that's been a model so thank you for all you've done
I think I think
This is just continuing
And I think you're going to see and they told me
Abby's first
Mm
Appointment said they were reserved within 2 hours of the
I miss being made public until
The demand is strong
And we're going to walk to make sure that that Supply can meet and now
I think what'll happen as we kind of continued on as
You know the demand will start to be mad to the demand over down a little bit
The supplies will start to go up
And that means we're going to continue to look for more innovative ways to be able to deliver this to the people particularly the people who
We needed most
Are senior citizen
Any questions
What's a week we obviously are leading the effort in terms of
1
Setting the priority
So if you remember few weeks ago
The cdc's advisory committee was
It was going to recommend
That seniors not be eligible for the vaccine at this point outside of nursing on they were going to say do essential workers
How does essential workers
First of all I don't like that essential essential cuz I think everyone's essential
But they are at much less risk than elderly people
There was a lot of blow back to that
And so that makes it okay
That is permitted Minister ability perspective
I think I'd be a nightmare and you have people who are 73
Not even eligible for a vaccine and you could get somebody who works
You know what a supermarket twenty-year-old would get it
So we stepped in and said
Not in Florida we're putting our seniors first
Yes we're in do healthcare workers yes we're going to do nursing homes which we were the first state to do
But we've got to offer to 65 and plus and so
That's what we did so everyone had their good directions on that
And we also provide the support as it goes by
We are also taking an active role in making sure the VAC
Seen is distributed in places that are using at most
Effectively
So we have pulled back from some places
If they tell us they can't get it all out for two weeks
We know we're going to get more vaccine next week
So we take that
And then we do it
And I think that they've done a really good job of doing that
But I also think
What you don't want the government to do is to try to displace
Our Healthcare infrastructure that we have here
They know what they're doing they know how to deliver this
And it's not only the hospitals
I mean we have County Health
Apartments that are in the fight
We have these Drive insights you're going to start seeing more and more of those
We're working with Publix to be able to do it
But that's really a better delivery mechanism than to have
Everyone kind of go through the government or have the
The government is situation of having to do it and I think you're going to see that I mean yeah this is scaling up
You're going to start to see it the hospitals are in a good stride now look at the end of the day when you get a vaccine
Dropped on your doorstep right before Christmas
Which is almost every hospital got it right before Christmas except for 5
Weiser the week before
That's not the best time to get it and turn to Staffing and everything like that
Until we understood that
But we made the
The challenge
Get into these communities when you're done with your healthcare workers
I think the most of the hospitals have finish that
And in their answering the call been so I'm excited you're going to see this
All over the state
Very very soon there's going to be a lot
Shots are going into arms will do way more shots this week
Then we did next
So then we did last week and we'll do more shots next week
Then we do this way
We have 4.4 million people that are 65 and over
We do not have 4.4 million vaccine we don't even have a million vaccine sitting around at this point
To the demand is at is going to outstrip supply
This so this was reserved in 2 hours
So if you
Noah's going on right now you do 5 hours later
Yeah you can't do it till we understand that I think most of the hospitals have have work through some of that Reggie
Registration issues I know we've had another part 2
Estates in every instance they made accommodations
What we are doing though in the state and I've directed for at least a County Health Department's any state
You were surging additional telephone folks
Because you're right I mean some people just want to talk to somebody
And they don't know internet as much as as we think that everyone does
So so that'll be happening so on these I drive through sites at their partnership with County Health
They'll be additional phone resources to be able to do
And I know some of the hospitals are doing that as well you know Publix has a great
Online system you know we're going to see that how that works but I've also said look if we scale-out public
Statewide you know what's the capacity for taking phone calls I mean obviously
They have all their stuff they have to serve their customers but but that would be something that would be think helpful for some people
The totally valid concern
And we're working on helping people Jesse but I also think
Some of this is just the fact that
It's going to take some time to get enough vaccine to meet the demand I don't think it's going to take
You know
Three months
But I think every week we'll get more
And it more more people will be able to do it so you couldn't get a reservation here today or tomorrow
Just understand there's going to be more opportunities and we want to bring that to the community absolutely
Cancer
We will categorically not allow any local government to lock people down
We will not let any local government
Kick anybody out of their job will not any local government fine individual Floridians we
We will not let any local government shutdown schools
And we're not going to let any local governments do those things so you can you can advocate
Kate for certain stuff you know they're certain businesses obviously they're doing whatever but
Mandates lockdowns finds
We're just not doing that they are not affected let me tell you that right now you look around the country and see some of
Many areas and it had the most rocconi and restrictions
And you're seeing really really bad result it doesn't work
We got to trust people give him the information
You know asked if they use common sense and I will say this though
You know I was just down in South Florida at my at Jackson Hospital
And it's true the positive tests are higher than they were six weeks ago and actually higher than even the summer
Which is really when we had our epidemic Spike
It in Jackson Memorial the biggest system down there
Bear covid positive patient load
Is less than half of what it was over the summer so the positive test at least there are not drive
Having you do a massive or hospitalization I thinking some other parts of the state you'll see a little bit different with Hospital in
Emissions because some places didn't get hit as hard as Miami and so I think that that's do but what I think you also this is the
The most effective tool we have to battle the pandemic I mean if we continue to vaccinate senior citizen
You are going to reduce the ceiling for hospitalization you absolutely will
Because those are the folks are most likely to get hospitalized
You will reduce the mortality rate because obviously the mortalities been so concentrated in the 65 and plus
So this is why we're really focused on this and I think that'll be something that's going to really make a difference
I think you
He'll hopefully you'll see it relatively soon in terms of I'm turn to the difference it makes but that's really what I look
I mean you know if there's positive test I look at okay are those positive tests in 2030s or they and elderly and the same
With the vaccination okay are we getting 65 and not vaccinated and you're starting to see that in the numbers I think I'll be more dream
Dramatics very very soon
Wealthy donors
Acceptable
Yeah I'm not sure about that mean you'll be the nursing homes it's been the state did a hundred and five
Nursing homes the first week because CVS and Walgreens Hatton ramped-up
And then CVS and Walgreens their contract with the federal government are going to a lot of these facilities vaccinating the Staffing
In Residence and then we are now going to do more with the assisted living facilities now
We have sent vaccine directly to some of the nursing homes and places like Miami-Dade
Do they have the capacity to administer it but my understanding is there administering that to their you know to their residence which is
Which is very appropriate for them to do stuff I will be back soon and we're going to have more stuff going on up here Northwest
Thanks
Alright already that was governor Ron DeSantis in Pensacola Florida as he just said the Northwest part of the state
Wait I have been there it is the first area where I saw dolphins
In the ocean
Natural habitat
An environment Absol
Out that way we lost that last picture but we do have this one it appears that it is a vote tabulating
Location in the state of Georgia
No I haven't gotten that confirm because I do want to know exactly where it is
As soon as I learned more info I'll bring it to you right here
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When he returned here on news Alpha thoughts will be listening in on our sister station Fox 11 Los Angeles
Coverage with the California Surgeon General
Actually this
Does kcvu not Fox 11 Los Angeles
Their segments coming up here
Right now
My name is
Fox 2 News
Cisco Bay Area I am so pleased to bring to this conversation
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris California's first
Surgeon General thank you so much for being with us doctor
Oh it's my pleasure to be with you
Your office is looking at how covid is affecting all Californians and
We're talking to you at a time when the Bay Area region has just gone into the state-mandated stay-at-home order
What are you most concerned about when it comes to the Bay Area specifically
But when it comes to the Bay Area specifically
You know
The reason why we've gone into the stay-at-home order is because
The ICU the number of ICU beds
Has dropped below 15% the number of available ICU beds
I dropped below 15%
And that's very very concerning
It's certainly concerning for anyone who would
I got a second may have covid
Also concerning for anyone who needs an ICU bed for any other reason if someone has a hot
Heart attack or heaven forbid gets into a car accident
Or has some other severe illness or injury
We want to make sure that there are enough
Bad that there's enough Personnel available to make sure that every Californian gets a standard of care they do
I feel like everyday we have heard from Governor Newsom all the way down to our local Health officials telling people
Stay 6 feet apart don't go outside if you don't have to wear that mask
Somehow some Californians are not getting the message
What do you say to the current efforts to get everyone to follow these Health orders
Given the fact that some restaurants say hey look we're going to stay open so people say it's my right to go to my own parents house
I recognize that people are tired
This is hard if it feels hard it's because it's hard this is a once-in-a-lifetime it
So
We we understand that people are exhausted
And at the same time we recognize that the actions we take
Make the difference
In terms of
Life and death
Four other members of our community
And I think that there's one thing that we know about Californians
Is Californians really have a
A spirit of coming together of caring for each other
The fact of the matter is is that
That's the difficult things that we do
Rae Dunn with the hard things that we do
Rrr
To save
The lives of the members of our community
And so
I want to acknowledge the folks
That we know this is hard
And
But we're asking folks to do it to to save the lives
Off
Other members of their community
Since you have been chosen as California's first Surgeon General you are continuing your work specifically and looking at how
Adverse childhood experiences Aces affect
California
Used to be that not everyone suffered so greatly now with the covid-19 pandemic
Tell me what you've been able to learn about what's happening with California's children
Just want to come on here everyone to let you know that moments from now we are expecting to hear from senator-elect Rafael
Warnock alive on Fox 5 Atlanta I'm going to briefly interrupt this when that happens
Career has been dedicated to the ways in which
Stress trauma and adversity effect
Our developing brains and bodies
We know that the impact is greatest on children because their brains and bodies are just developing but the Effect 2
Julie is on all of us and it can increase the rip crap elected to the Chamber from the south joining us now is
Reverend Raphael Warnock on the heels of his big victory Circle morning thank you for joining us and congratulations
Good morning thank you it's great to be here with you guys at the country have been on Georgia the last few we
Weeks first take me back to last night or really early this morning when it was clear the results were in and that the state of Georgia
I chosen you what was the weight of that moment like for you
This is an exciting moment for me I'm deeply honored
That my neighbors the people of Georgia have decided
Just send me to the United States Senate to represent their interest
I think that this is a opal moment I'm thinking about young people growing up and
Struggling families all across Georgia
The day they know that a kid who grew up in public housing
1211
I got you
The public house
Do something about that represent
Audio breaking up just a little bit but I want to continue here and hopefully it'll kind of face itself out but you've been canvassing of course the state of Georgia talk
Talking to voters what is one of your top priorities when she are sworn in and can get to work for the people of Georgia
Why you not been working for years
Around the issue of access to Affordable Healthcare
We are now in the road
So we got a virus
State and local government
We paid covid-19
Right now
At all
Eviction
Others are struggling
Best to put food on the table
And I can't wait
Until
Bike ride the bus
Not off.
You look bored so desperately
You were called radical liberal over and over again during the course of this campaign what do you want to say to those 40
9% of Georgians who did not vote for you
One thing I was very clear about
Throughout the campaign is
My mom used to tell me it's not what they call you switch your hands to do
And the day folks can call me Senator Warren.
And know that Senator Warnock is going to represent
All the people of Georgia whether you voted
For me or not
Imma do everything I can to make sure that
People
We call it central workers get paid in the central way
And that people with pre-existing conditions and never be the nod
HealthCare coverage
And that we get the kind of covid relief
And coordinated response that we need
The covid pandemic
Talking about your campaign from the beginning your ad seem to sit just a different tone they didn't attack they focus more about
You was that a decision of yours and how much do you think it played in your favor
You know I'm a preacher
And I think you should practice what you preach
And do what I thought was an epic books the body
Panda
That daughter Kristen Bell
Airborne
They might be sick
Weather despite serving in in Washington as you said you are a preacher do you still have plans to get behind the pulpit on Sunday mornings
Oh I think it said if importantly continue to preach the gospel to connect with the people
You know what are the things I've learned from being a pastor is that it's really two people
Who teach you how to be a pastor
People Source
Good Center
All of my time
I said to be a public servant
Big Brown
Rpp
This is what happened
Forget why
Senators who engaged
Reno Housing Authority
Is there doing
350
We can do better than this
The people of Georgia understood that
Senator like Warren on congratulations thank you again for making time for us this morning we appreciate it
Thank you guys for some of those audio difficulties it going going in and out there but we're continuing coverage of the US Senate runoff
Appalachian State with Good Day Atlanta and Fox 5 News
Alright already again that was our sister station Fox 5 in
Atlanta almost at DC excuse me and that's because I'm going to take you out to DC next here on news now from Fox
To listen in live on Donald Trump Jr speaking out what's been dubbed
Save America rally
So you guys we can do it right but the fact that you are all here on this rather cold
January day
I need to know and it should be all the Republicans who have not been
I'm willing to actually fight
People
Who did nothing to stop this needle
This Gathering should send a message to them
This isn't
Their Republican party anymore
This is Donald Trump's Republican Party
Republican Party
This is the Republican party that will fight for the American worker
This is the Republican party that's not just going to roll over and die
Because the Democrats would like you to
Oh it's been that guys
We've seen that we've been Our Own Worst Enemy
All you got to do is look to Georgia where you had Republican sing
I don't like the way the game is played so let's take our ball and go home
Boomers years
Music to Nancy Pelosi's ears
And that is what
So many in the Republican establishment have created that sort of mentality
Okay
Will turn the other cheek
Will roll over and die
Will fold and give up
Ma'am
Tattoo those Republicans many of which
Baby voting on things in the coming hours
You have an opportunity today
You can be a hero
You can be a zero
Choice is yours but we are all watching
The whole world is watching folks
Choose Wisely
Because if you just roll over
If you don't fight
In the face
Glaring
Irregularities in statistical impossibility
What does that's the message
Because if they're not
I'm going to be in your backyard in a couple of months
I just got here
I can't go through the whole list cuz I don't have 45 minutes to go through all the Patriots
That have been fighting that have been on the ground that have mobilized
Good Republicans in those positions if you're going to be busy row and not the hero
We're coming for you and we're going to have a good time doing it
We got to start fighting like the Democrats do
We got to play their game we got to take their fight to them
Fairway
I want to do that over the last two decades is why we are in the position that we are
Torrid
Friend or Foe
Today Republicans you get to pick a side
Further future
Office party
Again
I suggest you Choose Wisely
So Kimberly thank you for all of your fight Kimberly do fox
What are the great Fighters out there
To my family to my father but most importantly
To all of you
Red-blooded patriotic Americans
Turn to for being in this fight with us
Thank you for standing up to the b*******
Right
Amen
And a woman
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Speak we're listening in on Donald Trump jr.
Some of you were going to see a two-minute commercial break
Put it up on my Instagram which is being censored the hell right now but like
I put it up yesterday
They spend money
On a study that came to the incredible conclusion yesterday
Trans women
Playing in female sports have a competitive advantage
I had no idea
I'm glad we spent probably Millions figuring that out
I'm thrilled that we spend ten million to Pakistan on gender studies
Because I'm sure they care
And Brilliant Elsewhere on nonsense
That is driven
By the insanity of the left folks
And we have to stand up for it
No one cares how you identify but you don't have to screw the nonsense that follows
What I want to know is in these sort of things
Where are the people where are the feminists
That were fighting as
Men are dominating women's sports
Where are the folks
We need to be the party of Common Sense we need to be the party of reason
We need to be the party
Of our values that we hold so dear that made America the greatest country in the world
And you guys are part of that movement
Stay in this fight
Halo
Don't be suppressed
Don't be putting your corner
I've been cancelled 17 times since I started this week I promise you
Once it happens it's rather freeing
You can try to do what you want
Don't let him do it to you
Alright live raw unfiltered you just heard Donald Trump Jr he's been cursing quite a few times this morning I'm going to take
Take it out to New York City or Mayor Bill de Blasio is providing some covid updates here
Anis out for Fox please please everyone
We will have the full coverage of President Trump's speech at 11 so do not go anywhere Donald Trump jr. wrapping up his room
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Likely some additional other speakers his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle spoke right before him we are not going to depart from the
The rally we will have it
Right here
What President Trump is expected to speak
11 a.m.
Pretty people possible
And that's true in cities and towns and counties all over New York State we need the freedom to vaccinate
Because with that freedom flexibility we can reach so many people
This is about reaching all the folks who want
I need the vaccine and are ready and willing and able
We got to remember that in this discussion
Folks who will get the vaccine other people willing to take the vaccine
We got to reach as many of them as possible that's another reason we need the flexibility you can't give the vaccine to someone who doesn't want it
You can only give it to someone willing
And we've got to have the ability to reach the next one person the next one the next one
Now the good news is
Are we've all been pushing for greater freedom and flexibility we got some good news yesterday from the state and category 1A
Big category of high-priority folks was fully approved as of yesterday giving us more free
Inflexibility now we can reach
A home health care workers Home Health Care aides people do such crucial work
For families all over New York City I know a lot of these home health care workers I've gotten to know them over the years many of whom
Represented by
Local 1199 SEIU I've known a number of folks
Who do this work for decade I honor them and thank them
For the work that they do I remember
When my mom was in her last days the incredible people who helped her and made her comfortable and supported her
These folks do the Lord's work
They need to be vaccinated finally as of yesterday we've gotten approval to vaccinate them and we're going to go
So intensely into that work quickly to our house
Health and hospitals locations tote to all
Are the home health workers home health aides out there
I please get back to me right away we are ready for you starting today
We want to make sure you get back to me
To all the families
Who
Benefit for the love and support of these home healthcare workers
Please let them know vaccinations available through health and hospitals right now for free
Fast easy safe effective
Help having all the category one a open to us that's a great step forward
But we want to go farther
We want to go farther we want to make sure that we can reach
Everyone who needs this vaccine in a month
Deeper number of priority areas
But again let's dwell on
What we got in this action yesterday from the state it also in addition to the home health aides
It also opens up our ability
To provide vaccinations
Kasam members
Albion ypd and some members of our Department Corrections team that's very good news we want to make sure
That all of these Frontline workers folks who work
Directly
With
Everyday New Yorkers folks who do things like
A happening to perform CPR work in very close proximity
That they're going to get
The opportunity back say is starting right now starting today
This is a great step I want to go even farther but this is a great step
So we now know about 25.000 NYPD Personnel are now eligible vacs
Nations for those NYPD Personnel will start
Some of you were going to see a two-minute commercial break
A certain officers who respond to 911 calls
Those vaccinations will be starting today
Xavier the NYPD
Are we expected this moment roughly 10.000 officers to be vaccinated by Sunday
And we want to make that vaccine available to all other than that 25.000 who are ready to take it
Again I'm going to keep reminding everyone
Universal 25.000 is not the same as 25.000 people actually choose to get the vaccine as we've been seeing today
The number of Forecastle court on Cortez attendance between Thirty and forty percent in different categories
But we want to do is get to everyone is ready willing and able we expect about 10.000 officers to be reached
By Sunday rosca intensely
Work to get are correctional officers vaccinated
I'll Correctional Health run by H&H is going to be doing that work again starting today and throughout the week
This is further a wind in our sails to get to our initial goal which is to reach a hundred thousand
Doses this week
And again by the end of month we want to be at the rate of 400.000 doses per week
And each time we get more freedom and flexibility it helps us to speed things up and reach those goals more effectively and
Delete more people who are ready willing and able
Okay now
Let's talk about the next steps
Because it's so important
The ability to reach
Other people in need so my central concern right now is folks over 75 and you're going to be in the moment
Going to talk to you
As a caring doctor someone who sees patients even though his health commissioner he still sees patients everyday
He's going to talk to you about why reaching people over 75 Matters from a medical point of view but I'm going to talk to
From a human point of view just directly as a Layman
Look
Who's number 75 of the most vulnerable in this crisis right now we are not allowed to vaccinate them Aquarius
State rules we need the freedom and flexibility
So that we can start back saying folks over 75 right away that freedom to vaccinate means reaching our seniors in
You need now
What we know is
That this is an issue all over the country
And the US Surgeon General
Dr. Jerome Adams Wade in they said
That there's a challenge around the country
I with different rules
And with the fact that there's obviously a lot of people
Who are not yet willing to be vaccinated that's why localities cities counties need the freedom to vaccinate as many
Any peoples possible within priority category So dr. Adam says if the man isn't there States and governor should move quickly
Two other priority groups
I said very smart common sense
Prout give us the freedom to go where the interest and the desire is
Folks over 75
Let's get to Van let's get all essential workers I wanted sizes again
All essential workers
Whether you work in a grocery store
Whether you work in food service
Or you're a police officer or firefighter
Educator
We need to reach all those essential workers as quickly as possible so we are looking for that freedom
Now the meantime with the authorization we do have we're moving aggressively so let's talk about our new 24
Seven sites these are going to be
The mass vaccination sites the mega sites that are going to allow us to do 24/7 thousands of people in
Today
Not two of them starting this weekend on Sunday
Brooklyn Army terminal Sunset Park Brooklyn
And Bathgate Industrial Park in the Bronx
Are those two sites open Sunday and they will continue to be open 24/7 from that point on
By reservation got to talk about that we need people to make appointments we do not want long lines we do
You want people pre-certified
These are the first two sites
Sites will be opening in all five boroughs in the coming days will have announcements on that very soon but I was
Why emphasize to everyone all five boroughs
Will have these megasite
24/7 sites
And the more authorization flexibility would get the more different kinds of people can come into those sites whenever convenient to them
But we wanted to be by
Reservation to make sure it's done right
Now for this weekend also is your going to hear more from dr. choksi
Health Department putting up its vaccination hubs now these are not 24/7 but there during the busiest hours a day they'll
I'll be opening Sunday as well Brooklyn at the Bushwick educational campus Queens at Hillcrest High School
Bronson South Bronx educational campus
These sites again you sign up
4 time you go to the deal which website Department Health Website to sign up
That allows us to screen people
Get people to write time make sure it goes fast and smoothly
Everyone look
We know our seniors need the ability again I want start
Pre-registering seniors as we do for we have the announcement on that shortly
We're going to have the ability for seniors
To register in advance
Online or by phone lot of seniors prefer phone
Will have announcements on that shortly
But that key concern here is what we're seeing among folks over 75 and we have.
Got to reach this population urgently urgently
That story yesterday
From the head of our health and hospital system doctor Miss cats at his dad 98 years old and a World War
To veteran
Can't be vaccinated because
That priority has not been authorized by the state of New York
I understand there's a lot of challenges here I understand there's a lot of good people need to be vaccinated but seems to me I 98
Your old world desserts we vaccinated
Right now today let's get that freedom let's get that
Freedom to vaccinate
Here to tell you about
Everything that the health department doing a particular focus on
Are New Yorkers over 75 and the urgent need to serve them
Are Health commissioner dr. Dave Chauncey
Thank you mr. mayor
But in any outbreak weather we're testing
Tracing
Treating or vaccinating
The public health response requires us to follow where the virus moves
So we can then respond to where the disease is present
Now the data that we watched so closely it showing us alarming trends
With cases and hospitalizations in adults over the age of 75
Over the past 30 days 6% of all cases are among those 75 and up
But 30% of hospitalizations
And most tragically 58% of deaths
Are in person 75 and older
Percent positivity is increasing Citywide
But particularly among that same group of individuals
To almost 12% in the most recent week for people older than 75
Data from the test and Trace Court show that more than half of cases age 75 and up
Are likely from Community transmission
And about 38% are from a close contact to a known case usually household transmission
That means we all have a role to play in protecting our seniors
Just setting the numbers aside for a moment each of us knows and has worried about an aging
Parent or grandparent during this pandemic
We must do everything that we can for them
Yes in our families but also as a city
That's why I believe that New Yorkers age 75 and older should be eligible for the vaccine as soon as
Possible
Several states have already prioritized older adults
To meet this as a city
We are increasing our points of access for vaccinations
Pulling out all the stops to expand our capacity as you heard the mayor say
This week alone we've already added 25 points of access
Spanning Community clinics urgent care sites
Health and Hospital sites
And Health Department pop-up clinics as well
These are all for a currently eligible populations to get vaccinated
You can find all these locations at nyc.gov
Slash covid vaccine
And as the mayor also said
Will launch additional sites including our first three City vaccine hubs on Sunday
BtoB sites set up at schools that can offer vaccine
We have a couple commercial breaks to take before we pass things off so then he's out from Fox headquarters in Phoenix Arizona so here's what
Next week
And starting January 16th
Will ramp up
To a total of 15 City vaccine hubs
Able to serve over 100 thousand New Yorkers week
These are the kinds of resources we're getting ready to serve New Yorkers
Wilson need the federal government to do its part
Such as enabling Pharmacy chains such as CVS Walgreens and Rite Aid
To deliver vaccinations in the community as well
And Beyond capacity we're prepared to reach our seniors in order to answer their questions and alert them to resources
That includes through Direct Mail
Robocalls
And engagement through senior centers in partnership with the department for the Aging
And other City agencies
We will also ensure they are able to access vaccination
Including people who may be disabled or find it hard to walk
The vaccine is not the only measure we can take to protect each other especially seniors
That's why last month I issued a Commissioners advisory to at-risk New Yorkers which applied to older adults
Anti people with underlying health conditions
Who are at increased risk
I want to make it clear that it also applies to caregivers
And household members of these individuals
To take all of the precautions that you can to protect them
This message is as urgent as it has ever been avoid activities outside of the home
Except for essential purposes
Including Medical Care and other necessities
I'm asking New Yorkers to remain vigilant
Don't let the numbers make you numb
Continue getting tested
And practicing the core four
Staying home if you feel sick
Overexposed to covid-19
Washing your hands frequently
Wearing a face covering and keeping your distance
All of these measures will help us curb the spread of the virus
Even as we do more each day to turn vaccines into vaccinations
Thank you sir
Thank you so much dr. Cox and thank you for the
Really really crucial work you're doing in your team at the Oasis doing and just want everyone to hear the simple message we need to
New Yorkers over 75 we need to reach him now
So look to make sure people have information
The doah website is going to be one of the go-to places
My folks looking for information so it's looking to confirm
That you are eligible under current rules or the rules that we hope will be approved very soon by the state
Go to nyc.gov covid vaccine nyc.gov covid vaccine
Again we want to make sure people are consulate updated
And I was going to start pre-registration looking forward to those new categories being approved will be doing that soon we'll have an update on the
That as soon as that's ready
I also want to say anyone who wants text alerts about vaccine availability
You can text
Covid
692 692
For updates information covid 692 692
Okay
Before we go to our indicators another very good thing to talk about and
It's a joyous day for so many New Yorkers who celebrate
Three Kings Day Happy Three Kings Day to all this is a beautiful holiday holiday that's all about hope
And the face
And following the guiding star to someplace better what could be a more powerful
Message as we fight back the coronavirus now
Typically we get to put together as you see on your screen beautiful celebrations
Going folks in East Harlem any times for Extraordinary celebrations
I've done by these Harlem Community by ellem Isaiah del Barrio and many others
It's a really
My powerful beautiful holiday we don't get to do the in-person parades and processions this year we have to do
Do things virtually
But
The idea of the holiday is just as strong and following the wise men the wise voices
Is that gave people hope in the past and remembering them and remembering the voices of wisdom today
I would link it to the wisdom of the people of Georgia
It's a beautiful holiday we're celebrating virtually this year will be back together in person
Celebrating next year I'm confident that
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Margo
Feliz dia de los Reyes
Magos
Ototo
All that
Now we will go to
Are indicators
Number one daily number of people
Admitted to New York City hospitals for suspecting covid-19 today's report 279 patients that's a big jump
As you can see
Typically obviously want to be under 200 patients
Are we've generally been right around that number in recent days still too high but this 279 is quite a jump
We are watching that very carefully that said hospitals are still doing an extraordinary job
A lots of capacity available great job handling patients but as you heard from dr. choksi too many of those page
Directions for folks over 75
Who really are facing a profound danger we've got to help them we've got to get them back there
Population rate
Per 100.000 4.21% obviously to hide a drive that down in the same with current new cases daily new cases
7-Day average 3845
Way too high
And the same with our current testing indicator percentage of New York City residents tested
Posit 7-Day rolling average 9.25%
We see what's happening obviously the friends all around us we got to beat him back
We beat them back to vaccinating we beat them back through following those really smart health habits that done so much for us and
Really doubling down because this is our last great battle against the coronavirus we need one more push here
And your kids can do it
And certainly we are hopeful
That has the impact of the holidays wears off over the next few weeks and there aren't the same kind of gatherings
That I was going to see some improvement those numbers naturally but we have to do all the above to turn the tide
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Let's turn to our colleagues in the media and please let me know the name and Outlet of each journalist
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As a reminder we're joined today by dr. choksi
Dr. long
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First question today goes to Juliet
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Category is
When you're eligible
Where they go for a form or online registration how does this work
That start with dr. choksi on they're bringing doctor cats too cuz I want to make sure we are over at communicating to the people New York City
Both about the vaccinations that are available right now
For example at our health and Hospital sites and we talked about those
Homecare workers we want to get them vaccinated starting today
So have dr. Katz talk about how people can access vaccination situation age
And doctor talks real talk about the information that's available via Department of Health
And again with the Department of Health
Cubs opening up on Sunday
A how that system is going to work
But the bigger plan again these 24/7 sites many more sites all the time
Vienna this week we're going to be around a hundred and sixty sites all over the city
250 by end of the month
What we really need to do is have a very active reservation system
Phone and online
Usable for everyone including seniors and prefer phone multiple languages that's what we'll be announcing
An extra days exactly how that will work
Looking forward to Sunday when people can start going to these larger site
But remember
Only some people can go to those sites cuz of the current rules
I want to see if we can get that authorization right away that
Flexibility right away
To get the folks over 75 we can get that authorization we can start to vaccinate them immediately
And that's crucial so
One more tuna commercial break for some of you before the top of the hour
And then doctor Castle talk in particular about the home health aides go ahead doctor truck thank you mister
No two fundamental questions number one is
I am I eligible for a vaccination right now
And then the second is if I am eligible where can I actually go and get vaccinated
After the first question and as the mayor has said you know we do have information on our website
Nyc.gov covid vaccine
I'm but in the coming days will also have additional information
So that people can know if they are not yet eligible
When they should expect to be able to get vaccinated as well
I'm in for the second question if you are currently eligible to get vaccinated
We have all of that locations that I've described
From the currently existing sites which span
Hospitals and community health clinics and urgent care sites to the city sites that were Stan
Ending up on whether health and hospitals or the health department
I am coming soon those Mass vaccination sites
All of those will also be taken together and put on the web
I want to recognize whether it's an older New Yorker or someone who may not have as
Ready internet access
We have to push this information out through many other channels
You heard the mayor talk about text messaging we're going to use phone calls as well as
Robocalls as part of that
I'm equally importantly we are spending day and night getting the information out
To the places that people already Trust
Whether it's your own primary care doctor
Whether it's the local Clinic that you're used to going to
Whether it's your church or another Community organization
And so we're going to make sure that as we get updates on a daily basis
All of that information is shared
So that people can turn to multiple different sources
I forget their questions answered
Thank you very much dr. Katz
We are very happy to work collaboratively without sister departments and making these vaccines available
Bailable right now mister mayor you were talking about home care workers
Which are so important we want them to be safe we
Want them to not get sick and not be able to transmit virus
Did the people they care for
Alright now using the same website as the
Commissioner has spoken of
Nyc.gov covid people cannot who are in that group of
Homecare workers
I can actually not only find out information but they can schedule themselves
I for an appointment to come in to be vaccinated
At one of our hospitals or outpatient sites
Thank you thank you and I want to know just as we're talkin about the Homecare workers who we depend on so much
Families all over the city just love and appreciate deeply
I want to speak up for our child care workers are child care providers
They're also in that category waiting for approval
I know
There's so many parents would love nothing more than to see childcare workers given the approval to be vaccinated
Same obviously with our Educators and School staff
Are there so many people we're ready to vaccinate or folks who are just
Crucial to our lives are part of our extended family I want to start reaching all of them
Go ahead Julia
Okay so just just follow up I'm assuming that all of these locations where whatever they are
Pop up
You will still need to make an appointment and
Register
To get there are you concerned you know people are just going to start showing up
Get online once they're eligible
Yeah I am obviously
We need to get this reservation system out clearly the people we need to show them that works and look
We understand why the times in life Juliet the best way to convince people to show it to them in action
Going to be a lot easier when we have the next categories approved because then we're going to be able to get a much broader Papi
Malaysian engaged
But really when you think about it the reservation system guarantees everyone the best possible
Experience it means your pre-certified so you go right through you know the time you're supposed to be there you're not waiting in line
You're not supposed to live other people
That's in everyone's interest
And what do I keep getting that message out
And show people in action that it's the way that works
We have a lot of sites
That's the good news
So there's a lot of good options for people we can spread people out around lot of sites but the
Pack the practice of going and getting that appointment
Is crucial to keeping everyone safe
Go ahead
Blacks is Michael garland from Daily News
Good morning mister mayor Happy New Year
Happy New Year
I have a question on the
The 30% refusal rate among healthcare workers on the vaccine
Where
Do you have a sense of why that is where is the skepticism coming
From those people
You know it's worth a general Public's concerned if there's that kind of
It seems like lack of trust
DIY with the general public
How do you expect the general public to react
30% of healthcare workers
Yeah and I wanted the Michael very important question very fair question first of all
Be careful with the word refuse
I think there's a group of people all through our society who are ideologically anti-vaccine
That's not what we're primarily talkin about here were talking about hesitancy which means
Poke someone
To wait awhile
Whatever combination of reasons I'll turn the doctor caps cuz
He had been hearing directly from the end of the many many healthcare workers who work for him now .1 the vast majority
ER getting vaccinated siletz
Both put the facts in order
Vast majority of healthcare workers are choosing to get back side right away
You can talk about public opinion while I'd say look at what the vast majority are doing
Second I think some are just waiting I think they feel confident in their own health and safety
Actresses they've been through this whole crisis
I'll keeping themselves safe with the support
Of the PPE supplies and their Hospital leadership and I think it's natural that something
Hey I think I'm okay the way I am
But really I think
As with everything in life the more vaccinations that occur the more Trust
There will be
That's why we just have to keep this process moving
Dr. Katz
Explain it well I'd like to add a couple of details among out physician staff
We've had overwhelming
Desire to take the vaccine so among the positions
Who are
People who have looked closely at the science we have very high take-up rates
I think
When it comes to other staff I think people have to understand that these are people
Worked in the trenches
Had months taking care of one covid patients after another
And it's not shocking that many of them feel like hey I got through this
Many of them feel like well if I didn't get sick after doing all of this
To your earlier remarks sir
Who is really at the greatest risk
The people at the greatest risk for over 75 years old
Other co-worker younger and have other comorbid illnesses
It's tough work working in the hospital's mystaff
Generally are quite healthy and and younger
I wish they would all get vaccinated
But I understand that they feel from is it amazing experience they've had
They don't feel the same vulnerability
With diabetes with hypertension with heart disease world
They really feel that vulnerabilities and the data supports that and that's why
ISO support what you're saying about getting them back Senaida
Thank you Doctor glad Michael
Second question has to do with the
Georgia elections
You know we all know
You know how much your Eve you talked about the stimulus and the need for that
I'm wondering
United
Appears to go the way it's going with
Two seats coming to the Democrats
What would you like to see as a separate apart from the stimulus like to see happen as far as
The agenda moving forward
You know Ruru for DC statehood I mean what's on your kind of wishlist
I just use that as an example but you know what will be like the top five things you like to see
Apart from the stimulus
Yeah I don't I don't know I have a perfect top 5 for you Michael but let me let me
Put in some kind of immediate ordered us a couple of things
Absolutely
Stimulus
Sirius stimulus
Y'all take the New Deal model
I know Joe Biden believes in this
A fast
Stimulus February ideally
That is about restoring our economy and helping us all recover that's number one
Second I would say
Related
FEMA reimbursement should go to 100%
After all the places in this country
That were afflicted
It makes no sense in an international pandemic
To make locality pay for the kinds of expenses are supposed to be covered by FEMA
When localities have lost
Revenue
Massive amounts of Revenue because his crisis is just a ridiculous vicious circle so make that 100% FEMA reimbursement
Open and apply at retroactively to the beginning of the crisis make
Are cities and counties and States whole for what they've been through
So those are particularly urgent
Matters
I'll certainly be talking about in the coming days
A lot of other important actions that I think I need it
Are some of that I could be done strictly by the White House some that will require to Congress
To say the least comprehensive immigration reform
An undoing so much of the damage
That was done by President Trump
Focusing on climate change
So much has to be changed there especially on the administration side I know President Biden will be entirely pho
Focused on that
There's so many who could talk about I'm glad you mentioned
DC statehood
I think
It's absolutely the right thing to do
And it's been long overdue
So there's so much they're going to happen but everything begins with
A real stimulus
And
That 100% FEMA reimbursement
Go ahead
The next is Richland from WCBS 880
Good morning mister mayor and everybody on the call
Another covid strain
Which apparently has more mutations in people are really worried about whether or not the
Vaccines will have any effect on on this Earth but they're they're worried about it anyway they don't know that
It certainly seems that there's a lot of concerns I wonder if the doctors
I can weigh in that on that as well
I thank you for the question returning to turn the doctor Varma and then if any other doctors want to way in but let me just say look
While we are constantly monitoring any new strains and find out understand the full implications one thing
Still it is clear as a bell
That's like the most people possible particular those are most vulnerable and that's the folks over 75 so far
The vaccine appears to be
Effective
With different variants
Rather than any of us should I wait and worry about new variants why don't we take the bull by the horns and go vaccinate
Everyone over 75 was willing
And protect them in advance
Dr. Varma
Great thank you for the question I just remember sizing with the marriage that he's absolutely right
We need to focus on most importantly
Is what we know right now
And what we know right now is that the vaccine is highly effective at preventing covid infection
Here in the United States
Very well studied now in tens of thousands of patients
And millions of doses that have now been provided throughout the country
Should be encouraged to get it as soon as they possibly can
You're absolutely right though that we are very concerned the more infections that occur in humans the more
Likely is the virus will mutate dogs bark ducks quack
What viruses do in the single best way to prevent them from you chatting it stop there infections in humans
Everything that we've been emphasizing about hand-washing mask-wearing
Maintain distance remained absolutely important
Now this scenario that you're concerned about is
What is certainly what a lot of signs if including myself are worried about the long-term future
It is possible that this could end up is a virus very similar to influenza
We monitor these mutations and update the vaccine regularly based on that
That is not a situation that we're in right now but it is one that we are prepared to handle I think it's a scientific in public
If that becomes a possibility in the future
Hey the other doctors want to add
Okay go ahead rich
Okay
So I'm wondering you know Britain is really in lockdown now
And I'm wondering where there is there any point at which you would foresee New York City going back into
Lockdown meaning
It's it's clear that the numbers are going up is there a is there a number or is there a situation that would
Cause that
A rich we're going to watch very carefully everyday
Right now I say I think the formulation that the state is put together
And you remember I join will Governor Cuomo when they put forward his vision around the focus on hospitalization
And what's going on in our Hospital systems
I think that is still the essence of
How we need to make our decisions every day go over the hospitalization numbers with our team
ICU capacity what we're seeing in the efficacy of our hospitals in terms of saving lives
So far we've seen extraordinary success in all of our hospitals public voluntary
I'm real worried about folks over 75 of sticker we're emphasizing that
And we're watching that situation very very carefully
But overall I would say our New York City hospitals across the board are doing very well
And we if we can keep that momentum
And keep doing the things we need to fight back this virus
That means everyone taking the personal responsibility of New Yorkers have really done very well better than almost a place out in the country
The Mask wearing alone is far superior to most places in the country
But also continued the rapidly vaccinate and expand these categories
I think we can get through January
And I think February could be much
Better
But that is a day-to-day reality
That we are monitoring I want to be really clear we are watching
Very carefully Rich until I do not see additional restrictions today
But it's something we're going to be assessing everyday and obviously the state makes those ultimate decisions something we're comparing notes
I would the state on frequently
Alexis James Ford from PIX11
Good morning mister mayor and everyone on the call and Happy Three Kings Day
Happy Three Kings Day to you James how you doing
Great thank you very very much appreciate you asking
You have said that you're very hopeful
City wolf
Reacher made even surpass its
Vaccination goals going forward
But you also said within the last week that it hadn't
Reach those goals
Up to this week
What assurances can you give
That the city can reach those goals and can you elaborate on the importance
Interviews like 1199seiu
In getting people registered and getting shots in arms for
People like their members
Yeah look
James thank you very important question I laid out the beginning of the week
This core notion that this week our goal is 100000
Vaccinations
By the last week of January 400.000 vaccinations in a week
A million total for a month
I feel confident about those numbers
I think the everytime we get more freedom and flexibility we can do even better to ensure those numbers
So
The fact that the full category 1A was approved Yesterday by the state
Oh that's allowed us today to start vaccinations
Add NYPD
And of course this week
Those officers who are eligible NYPD and department-corrections will be able to do a lot more
This week with them then we would have we didn't have that freedom
The fact that our home health care aides
Now are
I authorize it makes so much sense
They are right there no one more sensitive no one more important to our family
That's going to allow us
To do more
We're working closely with local 1199seiu
An organization I have the deepest connection to over decades
We want to make sure their members are reached everyone is ready for the vaccine and that's why we drink
Close coordination with them about the availability of vaccines at H&H sites starting today
So I think what that guy is going to play a crucial role in helping us really get a lot of people read
Starting this week
And every time you get more freedom and flexibility we get more organizations allies to help us get the word out
Atlanta
Really help people get their remember it some people need answers to their questions James they need the understandably they want one
Cremation by black seen some people it's really would just tackle
Understanding how to apply understand what the right location for them the more organizations including labor unions that are helping us
What to do that
Are the better off we are
Go ahead games
This is for my colleague or mean Chaudhary the governor is
Widely expected
Today
As soon as today
2
Say that
Recreational marijuana
Might be legalized
In New York that he'll be part of an effort to
Enter that happened
What impact could that have
On New York City
Assuming it is the case and whether or not it's the case
Legal recreational marijuana if it happens
What effect does that have on
New York City
Big question James limit let me say it this way
I am a believer
It's time to legalize marijuana and to do it the right way
Over a year ago the city put out a report
I wish I urge everyone to look at again if this issue is going to really be a focal point in Albany with the legislature and the governor go back
The report we put out I think it was December 2018
That is the right way I believe
To legalize marijuana it was based on real careful research with Public Safety experts Health experts but also folks
Look at the economic impact of this new industry
As a matter of a fairness
Now I should you legalize marijuana but expunge the records of anyone who suffered because
Cuz of inappropriate overzealous laws of the past
It's important
That legalization be done in a way that supports
Small business opportunity not mega-corporations taking over this industry I do not want to see a repeat of the debacle in
Industry
I do not want to see the excesses that we saw with the tobacco industry
Trying to push people to use a product whether was right or wrong for them
We're safe or unsafe for them
Also I want to see an industry that is decentralized localized and where we incentivize
The industry to grow in communities of color so the ownership
The prophets the capital
Is
Going overwhelmingly to folks who suffered from those bad laws of the past
So there's a lot of urging people to look at the report in fact will recirculate that report again today
There's a way to do it right and then a poor Saint Revenue
There is a tremendous Revenue possibility Timely
We need to make sure that the way that revenue is Distributing the city's localities counties and the state
Fair remember so much of the underground work will be borne by cities towns localities
Counties
There also has to be a fair share of Revenue to support that work in the process so those are those are number the things go
Going through my mind when I think about this
Important moment
The Nexus Henry from Bloomberg
Wilma's Tamara how are you doing today I'm doing very well Henry how you feeling
Doing good I'm kind of a little endemic out if he will but I don't think you're alone Henry
I think we're all in that status but we're going to move forward
Very good
I want to ask you a little bit about this
Operation of
Building out these sites all over the city
And at the same time restricting access to the vaccine even
And your call forwarding people over 75
Bridgestone
Pretty restrictive when you've got a population of a whole bunch of people who is kidney chronic kidney
Condition
Diabetes
Conditions
The people can use that vaccine for
And I'm just wondering whether with all these facilities that you've got
In all these restrictions on who can get the vaccine
Whether we're facing a situation is very similar to the
Hospital boat
Facility in very few people using it
And at this point I just
What's 1
Part of my question the other part is
Why are we hearing about these plans now
When the vaccine was something that the president was
Opening up a few Williford the last 10 months
What's coming by the end of the year or close to it
Running now
Are these plans being sprung upon us and being developed at the last minute
Henry these are exactly the kinds of
Plans that people need
They have to be done right
And the most important thing with the vaccine
Fact we did not know until just days before it arrived when it would definitively arrive
And what we did know was it was entirely different vaccine
Again our Healthcare Community had dealt with
Before
That there had to be an emphasis on ensuring
Safety
Ensuring that the vaccine could be implemented properly
We know if the first few weeks when the vaccine was focused on Healthcare facilities
And on
Nursing homes
Is that rollout have not been done effectively it would have made all the other work ahead
Much more difficult
So it was a cautious approach in the first weeks to getting it right and really making sure the procedures worked make
I'm sure people reacted well to it that was another great unknown until you were giving it to large numbers of people one fact we found
That vast majority of people
Had little or no reaction to it in a good way
All that was safe and effective
All of that had to be established
Now that haven't been done
I work now in the category of a hundred thousand people this week
And hundreds of thousands more in the weeks ahead
Very comfortable that we had to go through those stages together right
What we do have a problem with I agree with you
Is that the categories are still way too constrained
Look
Again if we could get approval which I would like as early as today for phase 1B
What is that achieve
Well that puts another million or so people into play
That's all adults over 75
That's all essential workers that's all Educators and childcare providers
That's all First Responders
That's a huge Universe you're not talkin about
Cavernous facilities waiting for people if you can put that additional million people into play
You got a lot of folks
Who will want and need the vaccine right away
But I further agree with you
We should expand the categories to any folks with pre-existing conditions as quickly as possible
Cuz I think the difference now Henry from even a few weeks ago
Is the recognition we have a hesitancy issue which we knew we would have to some extent but we're seeing it in real life
So categories categories a million people but only 600000 are going to be willing
Then it's really 600.000 and then you still have to deal with Logistics and everything else and making sure people end up in the right
Place right time
You want
Everett spending categories
But I'm right there with
Alright guys just want to say good morning thanks so much for being here with us on NewsNow from Fox we are going to be taking a turn
Turn away from New York City officials and heading on out to Georgia we do have Secretary of State who just stepped up the pole
I'm talking about the election in their state
+ 1 million
17700
B5
Now
With the
Margins were saying
Obviously
Halfway
Define welcome
The absentee ballots that came in on
Tuesday
That many counties checked in and finished up already
Listen to larger Counties have not yet so
Let's go
From the top I'll do this in the order of the largest amount of absentee ballots that we know been checked in
But not actually scan to put uploaded into the results yet number one is DeKalb County
With 17000 902
Only stopping every copy out in the world of this counties are still putting stuff in
They're also scanning so these numbers will be a little bit fluid it during the day today
What is the basic ones we have as of 10 a.m. this morning is the latest numbers we have available
The next one that has Henry County at 9078
Actor that is combat 5896
Chatham
At 5318
Fulton
At 5294
Gwinnett at 5068
Thomas 2078
Brian at 1515
Meriwether 1325
Doherty
At 1200
Fayette at 11:39
I'm in Forsyth is 752 they Trail off after that Clayton has some 528 Ling
Lincoln 543
Peach 524b get the basics the biggest buckets of them up for the metro area with a handful of scattered about the state
We have requested of the counties we don't have a right to direct them but we have requested
Did they get all of the absentee ballots accounted for as in they have received and they know they're there and put into orbit register
Directions to Enid
As of 1 p.m. today
Most counties will make that deadline
Other ones are working diligently to get through that
But again I want reminder buddy
These folks are all tired they've had a long day and a long week in a long month in a long year
But they are doing their best to get these results quickly
I know some people were surprised I put the results did come in
Blesiv and having three races on the ballots
Again another
Point of interest for people locally
Edward Racine
Both incumbent Republican Senators fall behind to go account
Incumbent Public Service commissioner Lauren Bella McDonald
Has continued to maintain his lead
And with the number of ballots out of looks like he may be able to win as well
He looks like he will likely be within the margin of the recount
What's a half a point
But we don't know it's all the ballots are in
And with that I will take any questions
Justin sorry need more coffee
Any indication of a
Fraud or regular
No evidence of any irregularities the the biggest thing we've seen is
From the president's fertile mind to finding frog where none exists we seen a couple other
Other things there was somebody put out a tweet that took a picture of shredded paper and said we are in Georgia and here I shredded
Balance so that we've had a few things come in on the hotline that might be in
Castigated but again we've seen nothing widespread we say nothing that seems real in any way shape or form but honestly
The blame lies within the Republican Party specifically the Georgia GOP
I think you heard this answer for me whatever the last 24 hours two times President Donald J Trump between him
And it and a couple other people who ran for office in this area vacant think it all the way through is what the outcomes can be
It all comes out of that if you when you say your vote doesn't count then you have people who are
Have you laid your hands on Sundays are my people who say don't come into vote then you spark a civil war within the GOP that need to
United to get through a tough fight like this in a state that has been trending from from the point of view of Republicans
Section 4 years now and let's remember Stacey Abrams who has yet to concede the 2018 given 5000
Winning that race so you need to have a unified team with a unified message looking to the Future
And that somebody pointed out I believe it was a CNN commentator if you look over the last two months
Deprez United States been more time attacking Governor Kemp and secretary raffensberger than he did Raphael Warnock in and
Senator 2A 2B probably house off it irritates me
What up you
Suggest about whether or not it's all soft.
Well right now we look at 60470 that are available
To come in for that the number will go up as they continue to process balance from the areas are found it makes it look like John
Turn off a likely have a margin outside of a half a percent to avoid a recount and obviously
Brother warned him right now so that recounts episode of Reverend Warren.
How many of these are simply absentee ballot
These are all absent if these are all absentees we weird one of the others were asking for the County's is to get us in the provisional ballots we know
Are the personal battles going to be in Fulton and DeKalb in the thousands because there's a issue where
Many Democrat turnout machine say go to any Precinct so people vote out of Precinct and particular like she doesn't match
Matters much because every Precinct of the same people on the ballot but when we got to make sure people get out of the habit of doing that because of you
Vote out of Precinct in a regular election you skip all those races in the bottoms are really disenfranchising voters when you
Train them to do that is a bad practice
No we don't but we can spitballers sunsets it'll probably be somewhere south of 10.000
Are you concerned at all about blurring the line between an Alexa
An official and a pundit with some of the comments that you made over the last 24 hours anyway that that might be interpreted
Once the results are questioned by some horrible unhappy
It's a weird Blended position then I'm a well-known Republican really hide that fact but I try to make sure I Walk the Line I think with the way
This office has conducted itself in a hell of a lot easier to go along with some of these presidential
I understand so you'll have that question I've had to deal with it on Twitter last I checked on American Idol First Amendment rights answer somebody
Thanks but I try to separate from my role here and my role when I answer a specific political my question so you're right but anybody
Translations every human being alive has opinions tend to be more honest about what I think of him and I think that makes me
Do my job better business more credibility when it comes to it
We're down about $14.000 so outstanding as a military overseas I don't have break down between the two.
Different types available and to remind everybody knows they can be postmarked by yesterday
We received accepted by Friday but historically it's going to be more than zero that come in at 10
Can be a lot less than 14.000 to come in
We are very high election day turn out yesterday higher than the presidential election why do you think that is
By election day turned out after you no good but not that good early
Will a couple of things happen there and the primary in June we have 880.000 show up in the general election
Can we have 970000 of spitballing here I got a lot of numbers in my head right now and had 1.3 million
Show up yesterday a part of that was again the president encouraging Republicans not to use mail
Or early vote options and something was going to skip it altogether I think we saw happen on Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Was that the areas that has seen depressed turnout compared to Metro areas started to show up and I think there's what happened
Some partisan serpost Republican side on them
Oh crap we're going to lose this if we don't turn out 70 was a real big push to get Peapod the last day for the Democrats it a very good job of
Baking about early and using the options that have been available to the Georgians for you know over a decade to visitors nothing new
Here these are all tools at 11 available coronavirus change some voting patterns and behaviors
Georgia has historically a in-person voting state so I think
Part of it is that people getting used to doing it again that the threat of coronavirus was going up in some people perceive this going down
And just let me say this for the elections workers in the launching of a new system this state this office and
Andy's County's launch date the largest new voting system the history knighted states and did it in
Record time executed well in the middle of pandemic and had a record turnout at each and every
Election we saw that is unprecedented and I want to give a big thank you against the elections officials and pull
Coworkers and elections workers who really worked their tails off to make a successful action
One of the things we haven't heard about this like nobody was complaining about lines nobody saying that word
Disenfranchised everybody wanted to vote had opportunity to vote and we feel very proud of that fact
Have you looked at whether electromate burnout with higher-than-expected or lower than expected in Republican or Democratic area
I haven't had an opportunity to do a breakdown by that we've been trying to it's really just stay on the counties and work with them to get the get the
I'd like I said before fast as good accurate is better we'll analysis can come later to see the specific room
We get the right results out to take away
The opportunity for people to say that there was fraud
And there's questions to be had about these things because these are the results these are the ballots
We have known
Since last week since last Friday
They're going to be 2073000 and some odd votes that were to be cash
Any advanced bucket because that was how many were cast
The president continues to say oh they're finding balance these were Advanced came out of nowhere no we have known that DeKalb County Idaho
Turn $71.000 since Friday evening Saturday morning
So the statement he keeps opening out there are incorrect
And they undermine people's faith in the election process
And again this is a bipartisan problem
If you go back and do polls from 2016 of democrat voters
There are over fifty percent that still believe Russians hacked voting machines to say equipped oats for Donald Trump
The bat didn't happen and what else didn't happen Dominion machines did not flip those for Joe Biden neither of those things happened
And everybody on both sides of the aisle to continue to make these kinds of claims undermine the election process in the country
Undermine democracy and undermined the health of the Republic
I think it's a little early right now for that but I fully anticipate we will have questions and there there may be legitimate questions out there from people and
As our job to answer them as frankly as we can with the with the facts as best we can as quickly as we can
Yes
We made a request of them
Because in Georgia the cut-off time to receive absentee ballots other than military overseas is 7 p.m.
On Election Day that's when
The lockbox the Dropbox to get lockdown
And the mail comes in nothing else coming after that
So
While they're busy doing Election Day activities it's hard to say we're going to have a group people over here while the rest of us are counting
You go deal with happened to balance some of these counties are under a resource to some of them have
Big stash but they are exhausting focus on getting one thing done at a time
So what we did we were asking them account for all the ballots you have been so that we can tell the press in the Press until
All the voters
This is the outward-bound of the number of ballots we can have to count so we know
Where there actually is or
They can give the press and
Political Talking Heads the opportunity to make a call and in his particular case the last couple of calls to be made
Are the PNC race and in the
Ossoff Perdue race
What else
Not yet but I will say one thing it was an impressive
Feed by whoever did it to get a hundred thousand people to show up
On a January election who did not show up in a November election
That net is probably a margin
Am I if my assumptions are probably Democrat voters given the demographic we've seen of that
And that is a testament to hard work that was done
While Republicans were busy
Attacking the governor in my boss
Now the Democrats are there knocking on doors getting people turned out to vote
I haven't had a chance to dig deep into a people who I trust you have stated that
So I will accept that is likely true
And that is the area where we believe that you know
By congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene along with president have essentially through their actions and their statements discourage Coronavirus
Voters which I've ended up hurting both of oncoming senators
Frankly all of them did I mean this is a runoff we had 4.3 million votes cast for
That is unheard of
2018
We had formerly with cast original in the runoff there's 1.485 million the record previously for
Run off with 2.1 million with Saxby chambliss
Turn up model away
Now let me say this is one caveat
When you spend a half a billion dollars of money from out-of-state you can get people to turn out
That's the other thing is a little bit different than most runoffs
One more okay
I think is all these methods have been available for decades in this state so
The one thing we do have an issue with that makes it very difficult in the County's it's because of the increased use of the absentee process
Essentially there's a three-way.
They have to run three elections at a time essential
You have to run the three weeks of early voting
Absentee ballot program that literally bylaw begins 45 days before has hearing that the entire time
And then about two weeks before the actual election you have to do the processes of the general election
These people are understaffed they're underpaid their under-resourced
So something has to give on that one so right now we have no excuse absentee we may see a move by the legislature to move to excuse
Space system
And I am taking away signature match by having a specific photo ID or unique identifier pin like others
States do drivers license
State ID
Social security number
As a specific identifier that is binary
As opposed to having a signature match with which can be viewed as subjective
I can undermine people's faith in the system to a degree because I go
Anybody can choose to take those
Those signatures and we don't know who actually did it
So we're going to see reforms I guarantee that
But one thing I will say is this is one of the easiest states to register this one the easiest states to vote
It's very easy to vote in very hard to cheat
Yes ma'am
Yeah
So
Barrett Georgia World Congress Center that's a big place
So it's a difficult thing to allow people to move in around the stuff that you're doing
Now that's folding did a few extra things that I think we're going to appropriate given the way the laws written the intention of the law is to Longmont
Monitors and the public to view
The voting process and that includes signature match that include counting that includes all of that
Unfortunately Fulton County put up some opaque barriers
So you can see anything that they were doing
Now their argument is a push and pull with this
The state
Mandates do you protect the personal identifying information of individual voters and the secrecy of their vote that's one side
It also says
Hey you have to let everybody see what's going on
So you have to have a balance between those things
In our opinion and the Court's opinion obviously Fulton County
Keeping monitors away
So they settled Judge Barbara cañete
Consent order with the Republican Party Fulton County Republican Party
And Fulton County
And they kind of split the baby they would make even 20 feet away they made it ten feet away that took down the open fairies and put down tape
Still having to get some better viewing
And we believe that Sunshine sunlight and transparency is a better thing for people to feel more secure about this and we instructed the county
Leaving at 1 in the afternoon
Weird reset to the Fulton County Office
Here is a state election board Rule and the code section
You need to be as
We don't directly go talk to your county attorney look at this and you make better decisions
So in the future we hope to be better practices and hopefully we won't have
Gigantic World Congress Center type things live a more normal process that can allow for better and easier viewing
I thank you very much
You're not kidding aren't you okay alright
More boats
About 38000 more than Senator Loeffler about 20001 Center P last I checked
It means there's people who voted for
Did not vote for senators pretty malefic who did vote for that which makes me think they're probably Republicans who chose not to vote for the two incumbent senators
Thank you very much
Maybe not here
If we do this again
If we do this again and maybe another location
Has yet to be determined probably at the shiny gold Dome on
Alright so there you have it hearing again from election officials on these race results we're still awaiting
Control going to just be switching us out here to
Take a live look at that counting that is still currently happening and again
Decide the Senate control we do already have one of those two races that has been called
And apologies if you can hear me very clearly once again we are waiting that a final race call that will decide a senate control
Although you can see we're taking a live look at that counting that is happening down in Georgia but we just heard from election official
They had record turnout for both elections and so they are very proud of the people in Georgia
For stepping out and voting and we will continue to follow this down in the peach state.
Horse once an official call husband made will be letting all of you know here on NewsNow from Fox and I do
You see we have a few different Dell live events going on New York City still doing their covid-19 briefing
But we also just we're told and I'm going to just give you a little peek here expecting to hear from Schumer any minute now so we do
Do you have many different Live Events happening and I am going to send
What's going on right now the live event I that
Actually has a some official stalking is New York City's covid-19 update going to jump back into that then of course
I will move things along for you as soon as I have more of our other Live Events to start to take place don't forget
All day today we will have you covered once that 11 hour hits here
Here in Phoenix we are
Waiting for the Electoral College vote so that joint session going to be getting started 1p
Central Time 11 a.m. here on in the Arizona side of the country and so will have you
NewsNow from Fox 2 News orc some of you going to take a quick two-minute break though until that time
Further update on sites that will be announced in addition to the sites you her
Earlier
The larger side sells Mega sites 24/7
No talk about 1 in
The Bronx and one in Brooklyn I want to give an update that we are looking at
Two sites in Staten Island will be one or the other either
Richmond Savings Bank Park the ball field there or it will be at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal
We'll have an update on that very shortly
Another potential Brooklyn site MCU Park Cyclones Stadium in Coney Island
Just giving you a sense of some other kind of larger size that will be available for the 24/7 operations
But again they'll be all five boroughs
Will have additional updates just next few days
Looking forward to those first two sites I mentioned Bathgate in the Bronx and Brooklyn Army terminal starting on
Others coming online in the days immediately after
And then in terms of the health department
Alright guys and it does look like a senator Schumer has stepped up to the podium we're going to be going out live there
Indeci
Okay
A good morning everyone
And what a good morning it is
We sure did not
Take the most direct path
To get here but here
We are
It want me to shut it off
Cell phone
Cuz I said we sure didn't take the most direct path to be here
But we are now here here we are
And it feels like a brand new day
For the first time in 6 years
Democrats will operate a majority in the United States Senate
And that will be very good
The American people
America is
Experiencing one of the greatest crises we have ever had in our history
And the Senate Democratic majority is committed
The delivering the bowl change
And help
That Americans need and demand
Senate Democrats know America is hurting
Help
Is on the way
And we have two new Senators coming to help
One of the first things
That I want to do when our new senators are seated
It delivered the $2.000 check
To the American family
Senators Raphael Warnock
Jon ossoff
Ran first-rate campaign they will be outstanding Senators for Georgia
When Raphael Warnock was born
Both of Georgia's senators
We're segregation
Yesterday
Georgia just elected
First African-American
To the United States
And its history
And John also if it's been on the ground working it for years
He was never daunted
Persistent
Never gave up
I'm so proud of both their campaigns and so excited
To welcome them
Did the United States Senate
Couldn't come at a better moment
I also want to especially thank that Senator Catherine Cortez masto or amazing chair the dscc
And all of the great staff of worked at the DS
CC
And a shout-out
Do two members of the dscc
Right after election day went down to Georgia spent their Christmas and New Year's holidays there
And that is Kristy Roberts
And Laura passalacqua
AR
Come communications director and our political
And a great shout out to my dear friends for over a decade Stacey Abrams in her whole team
A fair fight Georgia
For 10 years
She and her team
And so many of the women's groups
Black women's groups
Work and work
And worked
2 Chainz Georgia
Stacy would be the first
Tell you she didn't do it alone
So you just thank you to the many organizations
We've been working so hard for so many years just to get this moment
And of course none of this would be possible without the hundreds of thousands of organizer
And volunteers
Who put their time sweat and determination into this victory
Organizing during a pandemic is not easy
But you all found a way
And we say thank you
Now I've already spoken to President Biden this morning
And I pledge to him
That is majority leader
President Biden
Vice president-elect Harris
Will have a partner in me and my caucus
Who is ready willing and able to help achieve
A forward-looking agenda
And deliver
Oil change
To the American people
For too long
Much-needed help is been stalled or diluted by a republican-led senate
And President Trump
That will change
With a Democratic Senate
Democratic house
Democratic
One of the things I'm most excited about is that we have had so much
Talent in our Democratic caucus
And all that Talent has been bottled up
They haven't really been allowed to participate
And put legislation on the floor
Now that is all going to be
Well that Talent
That's been bottled up for so long
Will be Unleashed
Can you see amazing things coming out of our new chairs
And subcommittee chair
They'll be able to Showcase their talents
Can accomplish great things
It excites
And as a caucus
We will work
Every single
Day
The reward the faith
But the American people have placed in US
Thank you
I'm not going to take many questions cuz today is a very busy day
And you'll hear more from me on the floor later today
As well over the coming days and months and weeks in a year
But I'll take a question or two yes
And secondly do you have the president to thank for the winds in Georgia last night
Look there's tremendous thanks to go around President Trump you mean
IC
Look
I mean the number one
Credit I give to Winning is our two candidates and their campaigns and the issues they campaigned on
They wanted to help the American people
President-trump
The Republican Senators kept playing games
People want help
They want bold action
I think they realized that the two Democratic senators in Georgia
Would join a democratic caucus that wanted to do it
Yes
37
You're making it sound like the $2.000 checks will be your first
Major piece of legislation
Will it be limited to just if I'm not going to get into I'm not going to get into
Either prioritizing or details I said what I said about the checks is one of the first things
We want to do once our new senators are seated they campaigned on it
End navigation
An agreement between senator
Ufirst shadow that happening with you would with Senator McConnell will look I look forward to sitting down
Leader McConnell
Are we have a lot of things to discuss we first have to wait
Till the races are certified in the new Senators here are here and vice president. is in the chair before
We can put anything in place
But certainly will have to talk
Baptiste him him him
Open to questions have you spoken with
Thought you meant this morning no
Send
2000 hour check with are you envisioning a larger package
I'm not going to die as I told you it's one of the first things we want to do
Are Georgia senators campaigned on it or caucuses strongly for it we think the American people need it
Peter Schumer
How does this change the calendar how does the
Change the way forward on nomination Heaven look
Obviously you with Democratic control the ability of Joe Biden to move nominations forward
Easier
Are the calendar I haven't begun to look at yet
Last one
When you found out that you would be the majority leader and then
Secondarily
Progresses are really still pushing you to
To Nuke
The legislative filibuster
Can you make that promise right now look what we're going to do we know we Senate Democrats know we face
Some of these one of the greatest crises Americans have were United in wanting bigbowl change
I'm going to sit down as a caucus and discuss
The best way to get that done
And the first question
Yeah I was sitting at home in Brooklyn
Watching my television
And at about midnight
Having talked to also up about three or four times and Warnock several times
I realize that even though he was behind them by about couple of thousand votes
That all the votes that were coming in we're going to be Democratic votes in the odds were very very high
That he would win
And wow
Who would have thought is I said
This is not the path we chose to get here but we're here
Thank you everybody
Were you surprised by the results
Based on what you figured out 5 hours ahead of time
San Francisco
Alright guys were going to turn things over to the governor of New York
Well
For those that are not doing well pick up the performance or let's get another hospital to help you
Get it done more quickly
Supply
Is still going to be the issue
Just to give you an idea
We have
Received about 900.000 dosages so far
We have 2.1 million
Healthcare workers
And nursing homes
So nurses doctors nursing homes which are the
First priority
2.1 million
We haven't even received
Half the number of dosages yet
So we're pushing
On the distribution side
Anna pushing a Hospital's hard
But we don't even have half
The dosages that we need
To do all the
Hospital staff and nursing home staff
We're still receiving about 300.000
Doses
Dosages per week
From the federal government
And that means we still need about 1.2 million dosages just to get to the health care workers in the
Nursing home
And everyone asks me the same question
When can I get vaccinated
And I hear this
All day long
I hear it from
My mother Matilda
Who is
75 +
But today
Let's leave it at that
But
She would be eligible
For vaccinations
When we get to 1B so
Everybody wants to know when will they get vaccinated
1A
Is the healthcare workers that's what we're doing now 1B are the essential workers
And + 75
1B
Just give me an idea of the numbers
They're about 870000 teachers 200.000 First Responders 100000 Public Safety workers
100000 public transit workers 1.3 million people
75
Plus
Surprisingly large
But
Good news
So
We're getting 300.000 dosages per week
Obviously it would take us
Weeks to work through this population if not months
In one be there about five million essential workers
And that 1.3 million
75 +
So
That's over 6 million people in 1B
You're getting 300.000 dosages per week
It takes a long time
Flipside
Is that
The federal government will be increasing prodac
They say they will
I believe they will and frankly the private Market is increasing production
Pfizer moderna
Will it be increasing
Johnson & Johnson
We're keeping our fingers crossed for their efficacy test
That would be then available that's only one dosage
Would be a pleasure
Oxford AstraZeneca so
There are other vaccines that are coming online
The supply will go up
I can't say to my mother or 20 New Yorker right now
How long until we know what the supply actually is going to be
And we talked to everyone all day long as soon as we have a more definitive answer I will tell you
The experts are talking about March April
For large-scale General
Population distribution
We will have
A
Truly extensive distribution Network
With literally thousands of distribution points across the state
A-Plus drive-thru vaccination centers just like we did drive through Co
Covid test at the state will put up we're going to be using Sunni facilities CUNY facilities
But we won't have thousands of points of distribution
We need the supply
That's what it comes down to
And that's what we're working on
Another issue newsflash
Viruses
Mutate
We know that
We've known that 1918 pandemic we know that
We know that
Recently
Because we paid a terrible price when the Wuhan virus
I love China went to Europe mutated and came here
From
Europe we have the the virus that arrived in New York last spring was a mutation from Europe was
It's not the Wuhan virus
Now
You see the UK string you see a South African strength and now finding a Nigerian strain
And the covid virus
Mutates
Every couple of weeks and they've been hundreds of mutations of the covid virus
This country is playing mutation roulette
What the virus is going to mutate
What is the Next Mutation
Going to be more lethal
Is it going to kill more people
Is the Next Mutation going to affect children
In a way covid-19 didn't
Is the Next Mutation going to be vaccine resistant
Which means you have to go back to the whole vaccination development process all over again
Is the next vaccine going to create
Organ damage they don't even know what the long-term consequences of this
Covid virus is right is still doing studies of the long-term effects of covid-19
I'd
Are we sure that the Next Mutation won't be more dangerous
Or more transmittable
Which we found out
It is in this UK stream
And that is what is happening now everyday
And we are literally playing
Russian roulette with
Many countries around the world have said
The virus is mutating
Before any International Travelers coming to our country
They need to be tested not a ban on travel
They need to be tested
That makes all the sense in the world
This country hasn't done it
We talked about the UK strain
Days before this country took any action
New York State took action before this country took action
140 countries took action before this country took action
And now we have the UK strain
Surprise surprise
Which is creating a real complication for us
Where is HHS
Where is the president where is the vice president
Technically they're in office until they're not in office and they should do their job
But
If they're not going to do it at least like New Yorkers protect themselves we have the airport here the fly
Flights from Europe come here
They come to JFK they come to Newark people landing at LaGuardia Airport
Let us protect ourselves
As Governor I don't have the legal Authority
To say International Travelers must be tested
When it came to the UK strain I called the airlines myself and ask them to voluntarily agree and they
They did
But
The Gateway the entrance is handled by the federal government Customs and Border Patrol
The state
Runs through the Port Authority the airport facility but
Customs and Border is all done by the federal government
I'm asking today to Customs and Border Patrol
To either
Require in New York airports that the person shows that they were tested before admission
Or allow
The Port Authority staff
To request the people coming through customs whether or not they were tested
But
We don't want tens of thousands of people coming through our airports every
Everyday
From countries around the world who would not test it
It's just that simple and it makes
Buddha common sense
We have a UK
Strange case that we found in Saratoga
A doctor's worker has been very aggressive about contact tracing
It appears now that there's evidence that that UK strain case inside
Saratoga Springs
Who's actually connected to UK travel
So
If we had tested people
From the UK before they got here we wouldn't have had
The UK travel spread
It's common sense
And why
Common Sense defies government
I don't know
But last night Georgia
In Georgia changes everything changed the tone the mood
Now we all hear the music
But yes they would joke
Changes the you guys we are about
20 seconds away from starting our show on the Phoenix side of things just want to introduce everyone to what's going on here
Here today we do have a lot happening on our plate of course we're going to keep you all up-to-date here in less than 5 Seconds
Good morning and thanks so much for joining us here on NewsNow from Fox we're taking a live look in the state of Georgia
One of those two races has been officially called so we are still waiting for the 5
Final election results as we continue to keep you updated on what will be
A decision of who has ascended control so we are keeping an eye on that here for you guys just have
A lot happening just want to take us through exactly what we are going to be having here on our show for you today
Do we have our eyes on Georgia but we also have Verizon DC because not only is there the Trump rally going on
But we also are waiting for the Electoral College votes to be officially counted and
We are going to be joining in on that joint session as soon as it gets started here in about an hour
And while we're also doing that we have a few other live events that were keeping an eye out for Pennsylvania Governor along with
Some other officials are going to be the bunking election fraud there expected to be speaking any minute now
And we do have operation warp speed giving an update on vaccine distribution
Throughout the states so
Right now because we do have a lot going on we're going to head out to one of our Live Events that's happening New York's governor and
Giving an update on covid-19 as soon as they do is Pennsylvania those pop-up or Opera
Grayson warp-speed will probably be jumping into those of course that's why we are here with you guys NewsNow from Fox
Text always gives you that RAW live unfiltered content and will be a jumping around a little bit
Today just so you can stay up-to-date on everything happening across the US
And I messaged Washington's going to be very clear
We want a return of the state's property
That was stolen
By Washington over the past 4 years
They wouldn't Pass State and local funding
Even though this state
Has a 15 billion dollar deficit
Calls directly from covid-19 by federal negligence
And they were expecting this state
Define fifteen billion dollars
We've had the lowest Medicaid reimbursement
In the United States
Because they don't believe in providing
Health Care coverage for low-income people and we do
So they penalize penalize those through Medicaid
Basic infrastructure programs
That every federal government passed and funded
They didn't fund
They stopped The Trusted traveler program which was it legal and then
Alright guys as I mentioned we have a lot to get you here today we're going to be doing a little bit of jumping around so because a lot
Out of our Focus today is going to be on that electoral college but we do have icy pencil
Pennsylvania's Governor wolf he's stepped up to the podium he's talking about debunking election fraud
And so we're going to jump into that live for you right here on NewsNow from Fox
Welcome commissioner Schmidt and 6344 it's always good to have you here later today
Republican members of the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation evidently plan to abduct
Jack to the counting of Pennsylvania's electoral votes
They claim to believe that Pennsylvania's election was compromised and that our
Electoral votes are suspect
This of course is a shameful lie
Very democracy these lawmakers swore an oath to uphold is at
Riskier every member of the United States House of Representatives was elected in the general election
Just passed November by questioning the results of the presidential election these lawmakers are
Questioning the legitimacy of their own elections as well
Is lawmakers cannot in good faith claim to believe something that has been disproved
Directly
And repeatedly by the courts
By the way that state and federal courts and they could not have taken their own seats in Congress in good conscience
If they truly believed the election results were inaccurate
It's just leaves one possibility
They are purposely spreading disinformation about our elections for personal political gain
That's shameful and that's destructive
And I cannot let it stand unchallenged
Play spreading myths and telling lies about our elections in the hard-working County election officials who administer them
These lawmakers are damaging the trust pennsylvanians have in their elections
In their election officials
In their government
The problem is
These folks are not telling the truth
Is it a fact
Pennsylvania had a fair and free election
It's a fact
But there was no fraud or illegal activity in Pennsylvania it's a fact that Joe Biden won the presidency
And be clear it wasn't even close Joe Biden won the election by 7 million votes across the United
States he won the Electoral College by the same margin Donald Trump did four years ago and he nearly doubled.
Trump margin of victory in Pennsylvania
Across the country
State and federal judges including many republican appointees have extensively reviewed alligate
Patience of fraud in the general election and repeatedly dismiss them as untrue
The Trump campaign has lost more than 60 court cases because there is simply no evidence
No evidence that fraud occurred during the election or while these votes were being counted
Fact Checkers election Administration experts have also independently debunked
These false accusations even Trump Administration officials have spoken up to tell the truth
President Trump's former Attorney General Bill Barr confirmed there was no widespread fraud
Who oversaw election cybersecurity for the Trump Administration said this election was the most secure Indian I
United States history Pennsylvania election officials volunteers and voters of both parties worked hard
To make this a safe and secure election
Republican lawmakers cannot change the facts just because they don't like them
These actions damage the very institutions that allow our nation to have a free and fair election system
Allowed to have a peaceful transition of power when an elected official leaves office
You're disrespectful to the American people who exercised their rights to vote
In the selection into the patriots who fought and died for our democracy
Little over a hundred fifty-seven years ago President Abraham Lincoln a Republican
Made a speech that said it much better than I can
In a little Pennsylvania Town Gettysburg just a few miles Southwest of here
The reaffirmed the reason why the soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War fought and died
It reminded us that the Democrat Democratic principles for which they died
We're absolutely Central to the promise of America
The ceremony was intended to consecrate the cemetery
Through which the soldiers who died in the Battle of Gettysburg
We're laid to rest
What is Lincoln pointed out the people who really consecrated that Battlefield the brave men living and dead who struck
They were the ones who consecrated it
He said it was for us the living rather to be dedicated to the unfinished work for which they who fought here have thus
Far so nobly advanced
That we here highly resolve that these dead
Shall not have died in vain
That this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom
And the government of the People by the people and for the people shall not perish
Is point of course was it the arguments debates and ideas that give life to the act of governing in a democracy
Do you like ours cannot be separated from the system within which that governing takes place democracy is a
A Perpetual experiment
Empowering ordinary citizens not Kings not emperors
The director government
The central responsibility of every public servant democrat or republican liberal or conservative
In the United States is to make sure our citizens retain their power
Sadly here in Pennsylvania yesterday and evidently today later today in Washington
Some of our public servants senior forgotten that
As a result government of the people
By the people for the people
It's really taking a hit to secretary
Secretary
Aren't we are going to take a quick two-minute break
For some of you
Sorry it's not making ice my face ID
Good afternoon happy New Year thank you very much Governor will offend thank you for being here
In November in November's election a hundred years and one day
After American women voted for the very first time we were extremely proud of the record voter participation
Patient in a commonwealth
Pennsylvania hand-held Affair free secure and accessible election
For eligible pennsylvanians
With exceptional transparency throughout the entire process
Once again I want to give tremendous things to all the election officials and poor workers Republicans and Democrats
Who work tirelessly I mixed a global pandemic that eligible voters could exercise their
The fundamental right to vote and decide this election
And they did in record numbers
Act 77 of 2019 and October 2020
May the most extensive changes in more than 80 years in the Commonwealth to Hell voters vote in Pennsylvania
And how we want elections in Pennsylvania including longer voter registration. No excuse mail-in voting
And more local and state elections officials implemented all these changes in the face of a global pandemic
Delivery delayed acknowledged by the US Postal Service itself and an unprecedented amount of
False litigation and challenges brought throughout the year
Despite all these challenges pennsylvanians registered and voted in record numbers in 2020
Approximately 9.1 million pennsylvanians are registered to vote more than 300.000
Voters than ever before and turn out in the November election included more than 6.9
Million voters 800.000 more pennsylvanians than ever in our history
26% of registered pennsylvanians voters voted far more than ever before
And those votes were counted accurately and securely by the County's no matter whether you voted in person
Election Day by mail or at your girly at your county election office
I say this with Supreme confidence because our Counties have some of the most dedicated hard-working professor
National election officials in the country
Here's one with us today and our Commonwealth has become a Pioneer in election security and integrity
Pennsylvania 67 County Board of election work incredibly hard around-the-clock in collab
Operation with the Department of State with Pima with state and federal Offices of Homeland Security offices
Information Technology information security officers Pennsylvania State Police Pennsylvania National Guard dmva
Another key local state and federal Partners to ensure the highest level security and integrity pain
Pennsylvania selection processes
A Laird said of defenses are in place in the Commonwealth protect every step of the process including Cyrus
Security protections extensive eligibility checking procedures and state-of-the-art voting systems that means strength
Federal and state standards for security and accessibility and provide an auditable DotA verifiable
Paper ballot for every voter in the Commonwealth
In addition in order to vote by mail in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania must apply and be approved
Take us to extensive ID checking they need to provide your driver's license or the last four of the Social Security numbers
They also have to check against the voter record to make sure that they're eligible voters and then once the ballot essenton by the
And order another round of checking is done to make sure the voter actually was on the list of approved mail-in voters
The dog needs to sign an oath under penalty of perjury and the entire process is secure
Additionally every single voting system in the state has successfully completed penetration testing
Access Control testing and testing to ensure that every access point software and firmware
Are protected from tampering and no voting system is connected to the internet
Pennsylvania Process is also ensure that no voter is wrongly disenfranchised
Every single qualified vote is counted
That takes some time
Before County certify the results to the department they required by Statute also to conduct an audit of a
Random sample of at least at least 2% or 2.000 of their ballots
Additionally Pennsylvania is what was one of the first state in the nation to Pilot additional volunteers
The audits on top of what they're already required by Statute they've been conducting Pilots of the risk limiting audit and soul
Philadelphia was one of the first two counties in the state to Pilot the security measure in 2019 we went on today
Pilot some Statewide risk limiting audit in 2020 and these are scientifically designed procedures
Using statistical methods to provide a high level of confidence and statistical verification that the ELCA
Come of an election is accurate and to detect possible interference the department in counties are currently
Conducting another Statewide responding autopilot of the 2020 presidential election as we did at
After the primary
With everything our country and Commonwealth his face this year
We are reminded more than ever why we must fight any effort to undermine our great democracy
Thank you to everyone who exercised their precious right to vote and thank you again to all our election officials
Poll workers for tirelessly carrying out the Democratic processes so that the will of the voters
As expressed in November and then certified and voted Again by The Electoral College in December
Maybe heard and carried out
Now I'd like to introduce Philadelphia commissioner Al Schmidt
Just a heads up some of you are going to go in a quick two-minute break
Secretary before for inviting me
Ought to be with you here today
All pennsylvanians should have confidence in the election results in Philadelphia
We had the most transparent
And secure election in the history of our city
Our dedicated election workers
Demonstrated determination
And integrity
In counting every valid vote
Cast by eligible voters
Honor before election day
And did so
Under unprecedented circumstances
Every vote cast and counted in Philadelphia had a voter verifiable paper ballot record
And the canvas of those ballots was live-streamed
And fully open to observers of all parties
Myrepublic
Is better
When we all have the opportunity to participate
And as public servants it's our duty
To put aside partisan political interest
To serve our constituents
A once-in-a-lifetime pandemic
We were able to provide safe
In-person voting
And a convenient and safe vote-by-mail option
I'm proud to say that Philadelphia had its highest turnout
In more than 30 years
Even with the significant turnout
In the many lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania
There wasn't a single challenge
On the basis of a voter's eligibility to cast their vote in Philadelphia
At the heart
Of our electoral system
Is the face of Americans have
In the Integrity of our elections
Confidence
If we do everything we can to count legitimately cast votes
From eligible voters
And
Trust we do everything in our power
To protect our elections
Illegitimately cast votes
Now is the time to come together
And to continue to improve our electoral system
And restore that face
We must do so
Based on facts
And informed by data
Rejecting disinformation
And with the understanding
But this past election in Pennsylvania
Which free and fair
Okay we will now begin the Q&A portion of our press conference
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On Deck we have Tyler from wlvr and a reporter now is Forest from the Scranton times-tribune for us
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Okay Tyler please unmute and ask your question
Good afternoon my question is for the governor
Governor walz
As we just heard detailed by secretary book for and commissioner Smith
The ways that Pennsylvania holiday
A free and fair election
You paste your computer point of your comments at lawmakers what would you say
Do the American people
In Pennsylvania
That continue to believe that Pennsylvania's election was fraudulent
The wrong
And I would also suggest to the people who are
For many this disinformation and in trying to to make people
Believe against all reality and all the facts
That the elections were not free and fair that they got to stop doing that
Our next question is from Dennis Evans from abc27
Happy New Year everybody thank you for doing this or Governor Ashley my question in Washington DC
In Western Pennsylvania
You guidance before the election was that mail-in ballots that did not have a date that is a boat urgency
Date of mail-in ballot should be set aside and voided
You have a district with two counties Westmoreland Allegheny one which cost them and the other ones keeping them if those
Didn't have dates or counted one person wins if they're not another person
Obviously a testament to every vote-counting of course but
What can you say about people saying that you your guide your own guidance was
Balance and what certified an election in which
Chose to keep those mail-in ballot
It didn't have a thought and you give us your thoughts
Usher dentist happy New Year do as well so as you know this is this is a circle
Set that has been before the federal courts in the state courts
Is actually very simple the County's certify their votes
They provide them to the Department of State you can look in the statute statute says terma state receives the boats
From the County's
And then we certified based on the county certifications
One of the candidates in this case the losing candidate
Did ask the court to enjoin us from certifying the results of that election.
Court denied that Dennis and so
It's very simple the counties provide us their certifications
We have a duty to then certify the elections
The winner in this race based on the certifications with Senator Brewster
And we certified that race at the same time we certified all the races so
He was that's the simple fact of the matter and
The courts that are still active and we will decide from here
Thank you
Thank you Dennis our next question is from Ryan from CVS 21 Ryan please unmute
My question is for you really I have to
The first question is
We haven't heard from you in I want to say almost too much
Why has it been that long since you've been part of one of these press
Why should I don't think that we've gotten any election press conferences in two months so it's it's big as
Accounting was going on and the counties were doing their job
We were providing support to the County's to make sure they can get all their work done
I was very honoured to preside over the Electoral College in December hopefully you had a chance to
But we really were letting the process take it at tickets course so Governor I don't know if you have anything you'd like to add today
Yeah I think it was 2 months but but the the election process
Maybe we have a court system in the court system is obviously used by all kinds of folks and in this bra
Processing and I think
That's where the action was it was not anything that we had anything to do with so
I think that's that's why it's been that that long
Today things are happening in political Arena I think all 444s to say something
Our governor why have you too I had a question publicans had sent a letter
To usmp Jordy Lederman
Or independent investigations regarding the election
Did you ever see any request for an independent investigation and where those ignored
Send it your understanding
I don't do the same
I don't know what you're talkin about
Okay
Thank you our next question is from Jim from KYW Newsradio Jim please unmute and ask your question
Just a quick follow-up for secretary book bar
Understanding the certification by the county than certification by the state and then the rulings by the court
But the question has been
The guidance beforehand was their guidance specifically related to dates on mail-in ballots but that went out before
Election day you can look at all the guidance is public and posted on our website so you could look there
Multiple as you know there was NSL Governor mansion and I think as commissioner Schmitt mention and I mentioned there's been on
Unprecedented litigation throughout the year so throughout the year we we provided guidance to the bass
Cast of the unit the courts guidance
I'm actually a lot of litigation both in federal court and State Court actually
Said that the guidance was critically important and upheld
Their decisions based on the guidance that was put out so I don't know the exact
Allegations here
Please feel free to go on to the website check out the guidance we continuously updated based on those Court
Decisions and provided that guidance to every single one of the County's on a uniform basis
The County's all the other counties in the state seem to have followed it
Just fine and the the legal process allows for challenges so several of the County's experience host
Challenges from
The candidates are the parties and they went through that process and that's what those challenges processes are therefore to do
So again we had a free and fair elections with all the counties and the candidates being able to follow those who
Rules and end in the result of the will of the people where we are today
Play gem car next question is from Carrie from the center for public Integrity caring please unmute
Hi thanks very much for taking my question
It's really for the secretary on for commissioners
In the wake of the selection
There's been a lot of talk about the legislature making additional changes to
Procedures especially to vote by mail for Pennsylvania
And I'd like to ask you phone at you know what you see is the next that's what this how you're working with
What feedback he would give them about what would and wouldn't be out.
2020 election
So for me and I'm you know
And I haven't had this discussion yet but
The top priority for us I would say is to distill the pre canvassing which was
Shown throughout the process of election
That it takes longer than 13 hours that the on Election Day to actually process
She process the mail in an absentee ballots when you're looking at millions of ballots so
The counties were phenomenal worked around the clock to get it done
But 46 other states in this country provide their counties with
Weeks of Time ahead of election day to pre canvas those Dallas that are single
Biggest priority on the elections front to help the County's
Effectively administer the elections and I'll defer to you
Just a heads up some of you are going to go on a quick two-minute break
Is critical
Not just in the processing of votes
But in helping to
No maintain and restore
The Integrity of the process I think it was difficult for our County and many counties to feel
Like we
Innovate the legislature and others were putting their foot on the gas and the brake at the same time
They wanted results like that
Unwilling to give the counties what they needed to begin preparing those ballots
Declaration envelopes for processing
So that we could begin reporting those results on Election Day on election
Morning in fact I think they'll be other things as well and I know our County and other counties will be reaching out
To the governor's office into the secretary moving forward
With regard to improvements the electoral process
Thank you Karen our next question is from Asha open the Pennsylvania legislative services please unmute
Ask your question
Governor wolf last line
I think the fact that you know we're out this press conference right now really underscores that this was
Really
Election cycle
In Pennsylvania where we had 77
He's so looking forward of dusting like some lawmakers in the general assembly are interested in
Revisiting the topic
Maybe addressing free canvassing but also perhaps adding more require
Answer rolling back pieces about 77
So I guess what I would ask is what long-term effects if any do you think that the disagreement
We've seen over this election
Will have on
How you approach your conversations in collaboration with the legislature on the issue moving forward
And also is there any scenario where you would sign legislation rolling back any portion 77
Well let's keep in mind that the accept E7 electoral reform was a bipartisan measure
Let that that came out of general assembly where the Republican Party had majority in both the house
House and the Senate
And I think we we need to to remember that I think it was it was great I signed it
Willingly because
Will you be moved forward in terms of making voting more accessible and easier for Pennsylvania
We're doing we did what you're supposed to do in a democracy
Regardless of whether you're Republican or Democrat
I noticed interesting Lee enough that that coming out of two 2019 we all seem to be on the same
There's a lot of talk about free canvassing
About extending that. And and County's Republican and Democratic counties we're interested in
And having that done so that that they could be ready to count the ballots and it in and do it in a more timely basis
Think it's interesting right now in Georgia I think they have a 2-week free canvassing. And so the election results are being reported
A very timely fashion
So I'd like to see that that kind of thing is I'm not sure what you're talking about in terms of other
Other things that might or might not be in an election reform but if the question is do I think that
We can make it better I do and I'm hoping that we can do the same way we did it before in a very bipartisan
Wait
I think this was obviously a tough election I think there was some issues that were raised unfortunately in twenty twenty
20 about
The system itself is is unfortunate because I think it it drew attention
And raised questions about the Democratic process in general in
I'm not sure why you want to do that I think we we we all know we can make the Democratic process better which is what activity
87 tried to do I don't think you I don't know how what we're doing now which is destructive to the Democratic
Is It Anyway helpful I'm hoping we can get back on the same page we can all work together and say
Let's forget the fact that we might have different ideas and we might argue about specific policies but we all have a vest
A shared interest in a strong and healthy democracy
They were going to continue along our next question is from Tom from WGAL please unmute
And ask your question
Good afternoon
But beyond that
What else do you think the state can do to either improve transparency or or
Offer I guess
Mora
Marvel Lego people to trust the results when I say this for the people who
Is there anything that you believe the
I don't know it and I'm not sure it's misinformation it's actually disinformation I think it's it's
The temp to actually mislead people it's not accidental it's not just random bits of information
It's being done on a on a contract basis and I think that has undermined the system so yeah I agree there
People out there who have been led to believe by unscrupulous politicians
The system that we have done everything to make is free and fair and open and transparent as we possibly could
It's still there are people who claim that that
Things aren't right now if that were true I mean this is going through now months
Of court cases it has been challenged
Where's the evidence
What is it that that is wrong here and and if there's something wrong I think we've shown everything
It inclination every every willingness to to to open up an in and do anything we
We can to make this more fair more open more transparent but I'm at a loss to understand what more we could do
Next question is from John Delano from KDKA John please unmute question
Yes thank you very much Happy New Year Governor happy New Year happy New Year John
Let me ask you this question and you may have answered it in some ways but as you know when Pence
Sylvania's name is called in the Electoral College votes are expected to be red
Alright guys wildest questions being asked I do want to give you a quick look we do have the senate floor camera ready to go
Hazard they start some of just their daily briefings and such we are going to keep her eye on that but
I continue to listen into these Pennsylvania officials
Debunking the election fraud claims that they had in their state
So once again once things do you get kicked off on senate floor will take you out live to it
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Annabelle before I turn the sound back up on Pennsylvania some of you are going to go on a quick
2 minute break
They don't agree with and as I said in my comments I don't understand how you can do that are you saying I didn't
Like this particular election not because of the way it was handled because mine was elected I was elected the same way
Because of who who the voters voted for
That's pretty dangerous when you do start getting into the that area in in terms of a democracy if you're saying
Because I don't like the outcome of the game because I don't like the outcome of this election I'm going to orbit
Clearly and unilaterally to change it
What does that say about the democratic system that is at 4 at found the foundation based on
On the ability of each individual citizen to vote
An indirect and hire the people they want to hire are you taking that away from the voters
I think I think
I think I know I don't know how what I would call it except
Basically inconsistent it's it's it's not inconsistent with their own interest is inconsistent with her on elections in kids
The way democracy is intended to work
It's puzzling
Linkage on our next question will be from Mark Stouffer open the Associated Press please unmute and ask your question
Hi good afternoon thank you I got Manor secretary and commissioner
My question has to do with x77 so much of the litigation had to do with the envelope the Declaration that
Name the date Rachel name how much of that could be changed outside of legislation are you considering
Changing it to those details through legislation do you think these kinds of changes would
Would be a good thing or bad thing and you think they might help avoid the type of blood litigate
Secretary book for
Hi Mark how are you so I would say this
What does what was interesting about the Court decisions in in that case the in even for the provisions that we're not
I knew it just had never actually risen to the point of being challenged in court before so clearly
There were questions about interpretation of it and I think that we would say that anything that can clarify
Is helpful right so that there's that the County's understand what the statute requires and does
Voters can understand what requires and what doesn't what isn't required having said that
I think I could also speak for for us in that we will always seek
To ensure that no eligible voter is disenfranchised unfairly and so I think
The follow-up question would be will we be able to come to an agreement about how to clarify it and I would hope
Hope that there would be a ability to do that but yeah I think there's no question that having wasn't Ben Franklin
The federal court judges who issued a decision earlier on in the fall
I specifically said that that my guidance fill gaps that the legislature had left open
So look I think we know that statues are an imperfect vehicle and that had the house
And you know how it's done I always helps to clarify so that's I think we're always open to further
Clarification
Okay thank you everyone that was our last question for today that's a reminder video of today's press conference will be
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I know that event in the Senate as well as I listening to the latest update on vaccine distribution
Cross the United States
Success of
This week we have allocated another
4.1 million doses
Four jurisdictions
To order
And nearly 20 million doses
Total
Have now been physically
Distributed
But we all know and agree that the ultimate goal is not vaccines and warehouses or freezers but shots in arms
Helping to protect American Life
We've already seen the rate of vaccinations increase
Substantially in recent days
And in the coming weeks we expect that paste increase even more
We knew that would be the case
From the way that states drop their plans in cooperation with CDC
We're not going to wait around and see
We've been examining the challenges that might have slowed the ramp-up of administrations over the last several weeks
We're taking immediate action
And we're laying out ways for states to
Speed up Administration
Even more
First of all
We've announced in early launch of the federally arranged Pharmacy partners
Which will eventually cover more than 40000 Pharmacy locations from 19 chains and Association
Across the country
This partnership allows states to allocate vaccines directly
To these partner
And these Partners can then administer vaccines
What goes over a certain age or in certain
Eventually the General Public
The plan has been to ramp up this partnership overtime because vaccine Supply would not be sufficient to
Spread across all of the pharmacy partner
Right away
But to help give States as many options as possible for vaccine Administration we're launching the program this week
Michigan State score
Choose particular Partners to send vaccines to now
These Partners can provide rapid access to vaccines and settings that may be more convenient and efficient
Then Partners they've used so far
Like
We know some states
Already been allocating vaccines
The pharmacies
This partnership offers a new
Easy option because
We've already enrolled tens of
The pharmacies in
Ncdc is already sending out information to help States think through how best to use this partner
Right now
States can also accelerate vaccine Administration by moving on
Providing
Vaccinations
The broader population
Right now
There is no reason that states need to
Complete say vaccinating all
Healthcare providers
Before opening up vaccinations to older Americans or other
Especially vulnerable
Population
A quote with Dr Messier said on this topic just recent
We quote
Really hope that articulating these phases
Is not leading to unnecessary barriers
Don't leave vaccines in the fridge
Don't leave
Vaccine
In the vial
Providing flexibility around these phases rather than
Proposing heavyhands
The penalties for vaccine Administration
Is the best way to go
Get more shots in arms
Faster
I was just on the phone with Governor DeSantis of Florida this morning
Talking about how we can further accelerate
We would much rather see States move as quickly as possible and use every possible Avenue to meet demand as play
Places like Florida are trying to do
Then to leave vaccines
Sitting in freezer
It would be much better to move quickly
And end up vaccinating
Some lower-priority peep
Then what vaccines sit around while stage try to micromanage
This process
Faster Administration
Could save lives right now
Which means we cannot let the
The perfect
Be the enemy
Of the gun
I also want to reiterate
That we've already provided
Considerable assistance to the states
And other public health jurisdictions were working with
A federally created
Vaccination
Playbook
Provided in
September that CDC has used to work with jurisdictions on their vaccinations plan
Nearly every day since then
With needle syringes
Schwab's in personal protective
Equipment needed to administer the vaccine
And 340 million dollars for covid-19 vaccine planning
Only a fraction of that 340 million dollars in funding I will know
Has been drawn down by States
In addition jurisdictions can
Request specific assistance were necessary for administration
Which could include FEMA
Or National Guard personnel
We believe that's not likely be necessary given the size of the workforce available in the private sector
Actor to provide immunizations
But can be enough
On top of that
We are billions more in funding for vaccine Administration in the relief bill that the president signed last
CDC will initially award three billion dollars to more than 60 jurisdictions using a population-based form
As directed by Congress and we're releasing more information
Today
Regarding these phones
On the Therapeutics
Remind all Americans
We have authorized antibody test
Available
That could help
Keep patients at high risk
Persevere disease owl
Of the hot
We're working on more ways to help Americans access these treatments
Including this week's launch of a federally-supported infusion facility
In El Centro California
Right now there are hundreds
Thousands of doses that have been distributed
And not yet you
If you test positive for covid-19
And are over age 65 or have a comorbidity that raises your risk of severe disease
You may be able to receive one of these treats
Which have been shown to reduce the likelihood you'll be hot
Hospitalized with the disease
Finally
As we Face Rising case counts and a number apart
We need all Americans
To keep up the same Public Health measures we've been recommending throughout the
Does prices
Hope is here in the form of vaccine
We just have to keep our guard
Forebet
Longer
Remember the 3 W's
Wash your hands
Watch nudist
Wearing face coverings when you can't watch
I'd like that to more thing
If you test positive
And risk for severe disease
You should ask your doctor
Why you are not being given
One of the FDA authorized antibody
Therapy
That may be available
And please
What a vaccine is available
Go get a safe and effect
Covid-19
Vaccine
With that I will turn things over to doctor
Flowey to provide an update on scientific and manufacture
Progress doctor
Thank you mr. secretary
Adjust a very very short X
Text me updates
First
At Johnson & Johnson
Vaccine as you know
Completed phase 3 recruitment
Square
Continues to be on track
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Anyway Fighting by
The very end of this month
And also working with
The company to ensure that
We optimize the number of vaccine doses
Available in the month of February
Eager to
See the data
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Security comes with very sick
Advantages
Secondly the AstraZeneca phase 3 trial here in the US
Is really coming to
Very end rfu
Side still recruiting particularly around minority populations
The window
For fighting of the EU I wish as you know based on the FDA guidance
Requires a median follow-up of two months after completion of the immunization
Schedule
Fodac vaccine
Here in the US
Based on the face we tried in the US
So there could be of course alternative strategy for ey fighting
But the fighting funny UA
Based on the US faces ride with open
In the first week of the month of March
You know announced last week the start of the face retrial
With the novavax vaccine which is the first protein adjuvanted vaccine
We have not recruited 3072 given that we had to
Holiday
Since the trial started
The sunroof Key Program
As per the announcement of the company
It's getting towards the starter
A phase 2B trial
Which is planned to start in the middle of February and preparing with the company for that
And finally I think importantly
We have had
The green light from the FDA on
At the testing
The essays excetera
Or
The correlates of protection
Ident
Vacation essays
And the testing has started it's going to take
Probably
About 2 months to complete
Those testings and hopefully
We may be able to identify any inquiries of protection
If that is done that would be really
A critical step
Enabling other vaccines that cannot
Go into placebo-controlled
If it's real to potentially seek approval
Alright guys just want to give you a heads-up that we do have that camera inside Capital there and then we are
Watching as a many of our congressmen and women senators all walking and
Get ready for the joint session of Congress we will be taking a quick two-minute break thanks for being here with us on news now from Fox
Azar and dr. slaoui said
But I thought our secretary did a wonderful job of Art
Exactly where we are
What distribution and how we're working to an able
Ahead
Getting through the holiday season
Working through three major snow storms
And making sure that the distribution process to the states
Is working has really been a remarkable feat
I will acknowledge Pfizer moderna McKesson
UPS and FedEx for masterful work
In particular the men and women in those organizations that are working
Twenty-four hours a day 7 days a week to keep a steady drumbeat of vaccine
As a secretary said nearly 20 million doses
A vaccine already delivered
We have delivered that 2 / 13
Thousand different locations throughout the United States
From the Pacific Islands and territories
Hawaii to Alaska
Entire country to Maine
Florida
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Simultaneously
Inequitable distribution of vaccine to everybody
So that everybody has the opportunity distribute simultaneously
American people
I would tell you that is going very well and our goal is to maintain
The steady drumbeat
So that states have a Cadence of
Allocation
Planning and then the appropriate distribution to the right places
As designated
The kids is that we want to make sure that we continue to get better
Execution as a secretary articulated
You know how do we get the shots in arms
We're always reevaluating
The numbers
Making sure that distribution is to the right places
Making sure that the execution is happening
Other decisions could be made about allocation
Continue the flow of vaccines into
Into arms
I feel very very confident
In what commercial Industries doing in the distribution
And now we're going to connected
Deeper
With commercial industry as a secretary said
Aligning capability and capacity to distribute vaccine
Through the 19 Pharmacy change throughout
The country
Which will open up
And broaden our
Places that deliver
2 / 40.000 locations
Where we already have the pharmacy's enrolled
So based on plans
From the stage
We can initiate that as secretary said
Starting to squeak
And going into the following weeks
Broader deeper
Wider distribution of vaccine to the American people
I would just close there with
Everyday we get together everyday we're assessing everyday were working
Hard
To do it better
It is about moving forward and ensuring that our country
The American people receive the safe and effective vaccine
As soon as it's available
So that we can get
So we can get back to normal
We are on the offense
And we are pressing hard
To get to RN state
So Mister secretary with that I'll pause
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Thank you secretary Azar you said that you've reviewed with
Causes slow rollout
What issues have you identified and how are you fixing them additionally
How many vaccines are being administered everyday
And how many do you expect to administer
By the end of the month
So I think I'm apart of
Actually discuss some of the so
Sum of the factors
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Until really the
The days before
We don't control that timeline of
The gold standard
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Fda's
Verbal processor
Vaccine was
Authorized
The ship I think it was
December 4th
And
Moderne was authorized
Available ship
December 20th
Then you have
Christmas and New Year's
Right there so
While we continue to
The ship
You do have just
The natural
Human behavioral Elam
Of the holidays
He's in there in terms of hass
Pharmacies
Honorhealth
Providers being able
Lineup in the
For vaccinations
So
That's all
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Normal
Normal concert
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In addition
We have
These prioritized
Recommendation
Out of CDs
See you in the advisor
Committee on immunization
Practice
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Today
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Mandation
And they
Stand in the way of
Getting shot
In arms
Instead
Keeping vaccine
Scene in the
Freezer
Or
Ever
Heaven forbid waste
Testing a dose
List of vaccine
In a vial
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Governor's Inn
Continue to do
That