December 8, 2020 News Brief

# #NewsBrief

[Covid-19 vaccine: First person receives Pfizer jab in UK - BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55227325)

[Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered months ago to sell the U.S. more vaccine doses. - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/us/trump-covid-vaccine-pfizer.html)

[Biden Plans to Tap Lloyd Austin, Former Iraq Commander, as Defense Secretary - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/us/politics/lloyd-austin-biden-defense-secretary.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage)

MSNBC promoted Rashida Jones, an executive at the network, to become  its next president , making her the first Black woman to take charge of a major television news network.

[Bob Dylan sells his entire catalog of songs to Universal - CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/media/bob-dylan-song-catalog/index.html)

Beth is talking about the National Defense Authorization Act-what’s in it and why Trump has threatened a veto.

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