HANDLED ALL– A SPOKESPERSON TELLS ME HE HANDLED ALL DOCUMENTS NOORNS WITH THE LAW. >> O'Donnell: ANYO NIKOLE KILLION, THANK YOU. WE TURN TO THE PANDEMIC AND ONCE UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY OF ONE MILLION U.S. COVID DEATH, WHITE HOUSE COVID RESPONSE COORDINATOR BARNS THE UNITED STATES IS STILL IN A PANDEMIC STATE WITH MORE THAN 80,000 INFECTIONS AND HUNDREDS OF DEATHS EVERY DAY, ED O'KEEFE REPORTS TONIGHT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CAPITOL, WASHINGTON PASSED TODAY TO MARK AN AMERICAN COVID DEATH FOLLOW FAST APPROACHING ONE MILLION. >> THERE IS STILL SO MUCH LEFT TO DO. THIS PANDEMICS ISN'T OVER. >> THE MILESTONE IS BRINGING BACK MEMORIES FOR SO MANY AMERICANS LIKE ALEXA AND BLOOK LYNN RIVERA, THEIR MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER ANA MARTINEZ DIED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC. >> ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THE CONVERSATION WITH THE DOCTOR OF OUR KIDNEYS FAILING, SHE WAS GONE.
I REMEMBER BALLING IN MY ROOM. I DIDN'T CRY SO MUCH, SINCE I WAS A CHILD. >> THE PRESIDENT TODAY ACKNOWLEDGED THE LOSS. >> ONE MILLION EMPTY CHAIRS AROUND FAMILY DINNER TABLE. EACH IRREPLACABLE. IRREPLACABLE LOSSES. >> BUT HE REITERATED THE PANDEMIC ISN'T OVER. >> WE HAVE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS TO GET SHOTS IN PEOPLE'S ARMS. COUNTRY BY COUNTRY, COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY, AND SURE WE HAVE RELIABLE AND PREDICTABLE SUPPLIES OF VACCINES, AND BEERSES FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE. >> MR. BIDEN'S PRERECORDED REMARKS, FAR MORE SUBDUES THAN HE HAS MARKED PREVIOUS COVID MILESTONES CAME DURING A GLOBAL SUMMIT ON HOW TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC. THE U.S. AND OTHER NATIONS COMMITTED MORE THAN $3 BILLION MORE TODAY WITH MONEY FOR VACCINES AND TESTING. THE U.S. WHICH HAS INVESTED $19 BILLION IN THE GLOBAL FIGHT ANNOUNCEED PLANS TO SHARE TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. AT LEAST TWO MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED ACROSS YEUMP, ACCORDS TO THE WHO. >> THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO PUSHING CONGRESS TO FUND MORE PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS. BUT THAT HAS STALLED. THE WHITE HOUSE IS PRODUCTING LAWMAKERS BY ONCE AGAIN WARNING TODAY THERE COULD BE UP TO 100 MILLION COVID INFECTIONS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY BY THERE FALL, UNLESS THERE IS MORE MONEY
