INCLUDES
INCLUDES A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF VACCINES THAT HELP SPEED UP THEIR LIFESAVING EFFORTS. WELL
>>, MORE COVID-19 VACCINES ARE
ON THE WAY TODAY WE LEARNED THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS SET TO
BUY HUNDRED MILLION MORE DOSES
OF PFIZER'S COVID VACCINE. THE
COMPANY WILL DELIVER AT LEAST
70 MILLION DOSES BY THE END
OF JUNE. THE REMAINING DOSES
WILL BE DELIVERED NO LATER THAN
JULY 31ST INCLUDING HIS LATEST
DEAL. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAS NOW BOUGHT A TOTAL OF TWO
HUNDRED MILLION DOSES OF THE
PFIZER VACCINE FOR FOUR BILLION
DOLLARS >>. NEW TONIGHT,
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS VETOED THE
ANNUAL DEFENSE POLICY BILL. HE
OFFERED SEVERAL REASONS FOR THE
VETO INCLUDING A DEMAND FOR
LAWMAKERS TO PUT LIMITS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES HE
CLAIMS ARE BIASED AGAINST HIM.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO SEEMS
READY TO VETO THE JUST >>
APPROVED COVID RELIEF BILL WE
TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS LATE LAST
NIGHT. AS ALICE BARR EXPLAINS,
THE PRESIDENT WANTS LAWMAKERS
TO REWORK THE BILL AND PUT MORE
MONEY IN STIMULUS CHECKS
PROMISED TO MANY AMERICANS. >>
PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADING HOME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS AFTER PUNCHING
HOLES THROUGH AN URGENTLY
NEEDED COVID RELIEF BILL THAT
LAWMAKERS THOUGHT WAS A DONE
DEAL. IT >> REALLY IS A
DISGRACE. OVERNIGHT >> THE
PRESIDENT POSTING TO TWITTER A
WHITE HOUSE PRODUCED VIDEO
DIRECTING CONGRESS TO GET RID
OF WHAT HE CALLED THE BILL'S
WASTEFUL SPENDING AND GIVE MORE
MONEY IN DIRECT PAYMENTS TO
AMERICANS >> AND INCREASE THE
RIDICULOUSLY LOW 600 DOLLARS TO
2000 DOLLARS OR FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR A COUPLE. DEMOCRATS
>> HAD PUSHED FOR BIGGER CHECKS
AND HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
TO APPROVE THE INCREASE BY
UNANIMOUS CONSENT. TOMORROW,
THOUGH, A TOP REPUBLICAN IN THE
HOUSE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS NOT
DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE MONTHS
OF RELIEF DEAL NEGOTIATIONS BUT
HIS TREASURY SECRETARY WAS AND
THE WHITE HOUSE HAD SAID HE
WOULD SIGN THE VIDEO SURPRISING
MANY IN HIS OWN STAFF IF THE
PRESIDENT VETOES THE BILL,
CONGRESS CAN OVERRIDE HIM. BUT
TIME IS RUNNING OUT WITH
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
EXPIRING SATURDAY FOR SOME 12
MILLION AMERICANS WHILE RISKING
A DELAY IN THAT CRITICAL AID,
PRESIDENT TRUMP OFFERED THE
GIFT OF PARDONS AND
COMMUTATIONS TO 20 PEOPLE,
INCLUDING TWO MEN CONVICTED IN
THE MUELLER RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION AND MORE PARDONS
EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRESIDENT
LEAVES OFFICE. PRESIDENT ELECT
JOE BIDEN CONTINUING TO BUILD
OUT HIS CABINET TODAY
INTRODUCING HIS PICK FOR
EDUCATION SECRETARY.
CONNECTICUT SCHOOLS CHIEF DR.
MIGUEL CARDONA WHILE PROMISING
TO SAFELY REOPEN A MAJORITY
OF SCHOOLS IN HIS FIRST 100
DAYS IN OFFICE IN WASHINGTON,
ALICE BAR NBC NEWS TODAY
GOVERNOR HOLCOMB SIGNED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER RENEWING SOME
DIRECTIVE'S TO HELP IN THE
STATE'S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AT
ORDER EXTENDS TEMPORARY
LICENSING FOR HEALTH CARE
WORKERS NOT CURRENTLY LICENSED
IN INDIANA. IT ALSO GIVES
CERTAIN PARAMEDICS, EMT AND
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS
PERMISSION TO ADMINISTER THE
COVID-19 VACCINE AND IT OFFERS
MORE HELP FOR THOSE SEEKING
UNEMPLOYMENT, MAKING IT EASIER
TO HIRE TEMPORARY WORKERS TO
HELP WITH CLAIMS. THE >>
GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER
COMES JUST AS THOUSANDS MORE
HOOSIERS TEST POSITIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS. TODAY THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED
OVER FORTY SEVEN HUNDRED NEW
CASES BRINGING THE STATE TOTAL
TO MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED
SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PANDEMIC 60
OR 62 MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN
TOTAL. SEVENTY THREE HUNDRED
USERS HAVE NOW LOST THEIR LIFE
TO >> COVID TODAY US SURGEON
GENERAL JEROME ADAMS PAID A
VISIT TO ESKANAZI HEALTH. HE
SPOKE ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF GETTING THE COVID-19
VACCINE. WHEN YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY THE ARRIVAL OF THE
VACCINE HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY
MANY BUT SOME ARE STILL
CONCERNED ABOUT ITS SAFETY. A
DR. ADAMS TRIED TO CALM THOSE
FEARS. THESE >> VACCINES ARE 95
PERCENT EFFECTIVE >>. THE BAR
THAT WE SET WAS 50 PERCENT
THERE 95 PERCENT EFFECTIVE. SO
YOU ARE TRULY, TRULY DENYING
YOURSELF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE
YOURSELF ALMOST 100 PERCENT
PROTECTION FROM THIS VIRUS IF
YOU CHOOSE NOT TO GET
VACCINATED