This is CNN breaking news.

Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.

We begin today with breaking news and new comments from President Trump based seemingly more on hope, if not desperation, rather than scientific fact as of now.

Now, to be clear before we bring you this news, we want to let you know, there is no COVID-19

vaccine that is available right now that is

proven to work and is proven to be safe. There is none. But President

Trump just promised that every American will be able to receive a vaccine by April and that the

distribution of millions of doses will begin this year. That is an assumption

that the hundreds of millions of vaccines that the administration has paid for from any number of pharmaceutical companies,

Moderna, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, which have been paid for, that's an assumption that they will work and that they will be safe.

But let us be clear, as of right now, there is no vaccine that we know works. There is no vaccine that we know is safe and

there is no new information to suggest that a vaccine will indeed be available

by election day.

This is a promise from the president based not on scientific fact,

not on any new scientific developments.

This is misinformation, based it seems obvious obvious on his desire to be reelected

As soon as a vaccine is approved

The administration will deliver it to the American people immediately.

Distribution will begin within 24 hours after notice.

We'll have manufactured at least 100 million vaccine doses before the end of the year and likely much more than that.

Hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month and we expect to have enough vaccines for every American by April.

I mean that sounds great except for the fact that there is no vaccine that has been

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