FDA panel to vote on emergency use of Pfizer’s vaccine; More than 100 House Republicans support Trump-backed Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate millions of votes; 853,000 Americans file for first-time unemployment benefits

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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U.S. reports more Covid deaths in one day than Pearl Harbor or 9/11; More than 100 House Republicans support Trump-backed Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate millions of votes; Biden adds more former Obama staffers to his team; New Yorker: “Dianne Feinstein’s missteps raise a painful age question among Senate Democrats”; Critical vaccine meeting happening as U.S. hits 3,000 daily deaths; Poll: 61% of Americans say they would get the vaccine; 12 million Americans will run out of benefits after Christmas of Congress fails to reach stimulus deal To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:02.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we start with Breaking News in our health lead today,
0:09.5	what could be a massive step forward for America's first coronavirus vaccine.
0:13.5	Right now an FDA panel is discussing whether Pfizer's vaccine should be authorized for
0:19.5	emergency use.
0:21.0	The FDA could give the official green light as soon as this meeting ends and the first Americans could theoretically get vaccinated by this weekend.
0:29.0	It is a glimmer of hope in what has been a terrible and tragic week. Right now the US has a record
0:36.4	number, record number of COVID hospitalizations, more than 106,000. Yesterday
0:41.7	was the deadliest day of the pandemic so far in the United States and one of the
0:46.9	deadliest days in American history with 3,124 Americans losing their lives to this virus and another 221,000 Americans
0:55.8	tested positive just yesterday.
0:58.0	Horific milestones that President Trump of course has yet to even acknowledge he's too focused on continuing to
1:04.2	spew lies and conspiracy theories about the election. I want to bring in
1:08.2	CNN's Nick Watt in Los Angeles, Nick, where are we on the discussion at the FDA and the advisory panel and where are we on the
1:16.1	pending vote on the Pfizer vaccine?
1:18.0	Well, Jake, this panel started meeting at 9 o'clock this morning they just took a quick break
1:24.9	they are now in the final discussion section before they take a vote now it's been
1:31.1	streamed all day I'm watching it right now and as members themselves
1:34.8	have said it is so important that this entire process is transparent.
1:39.7	Thank you very much to both of you.
1:44.5	History, right now being made in little boxes.
1:48.2	Younger individuals tend to have more reactions.
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