Thank you, Kupai. I'm Chris Cuomo and welcome to prime time. Today is Giving Tuesday.

I ask you to reach out in any way that you can because the need out there is great.

And I have two important items to give to you. First, breaking tonight, we've just learned

who may get the first access to a life-saving COVID vaccine. A CDC advisory panel voting a short

while ago, 13 to 1, to recommend health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities

be the first in line to get the shots when the FDA authorizes one for emergency use.

That may be later this month. Now, the single vote against the recommendation came from a doctor

concerned vaccine effects hadn't been studied yet in residents of long-term care facilities.

Only one vote. But concerns about the vaccine safety and readiness are shared by many in this

country. Most measures say we're about split on taking the vaccine. So there's work to do

on proving the safety. However, for those anxious for prophylaxis, according to operation warp speed

and a document obtained by CNN, the first shipments of Pfizer's vaccine for FDA consideration

will be delivered on December 15th. And the Moderna vaccine's estimated delivery is December 22nd.

That's just two and three weeks away. But it will be many months before we have enough

herd immunity to make that vaccine really work. The period between now and then could be the

worst of this pandemic. Cases are only growing, more than a million new cases per week.

More than 2,300 deaths. That's from today. 2,300 in a day. Do you remember when

a thousand seemed unimaginable that we had that many? Now it's more than double that.

So forget your fatigue. Face the reality. The worst is likely yet to come. What do we need?

Leaders and money. We need people to be told the truth. That's leadership. They have to be given

tests and resources to stay safe. That's money. But most of all, they need cash in their pocket

to survive the rest of this pandemic. Can you believe today was the first meeting between

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