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Good morning! It’s Friday, December 18, 2020. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️⃣🌀 VP Pence, second lady to publicly get Pfizer vaccine

Vice President Mike Pence listens during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House on November 19, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

2️⃣💵 Snags on COVID-19 relief may force weekend sessions, government shutdown looming 

Stack of 100 dollar bills with illustrative coronavirus stimulus payment check to show the virus stimulus payment to Americans

3️⃣🚨 Suspected ‘ongoing’ Russian hacking spree reached into federal agencies


4️⃣⚕️ Investigation: Families sound alarm on medical transparency after deaths of their children


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Wearing someone else’s face: Hyper-realistic masks to go on sale in Japan

A year into the coronavirus epidemic, a Japanese retailer has come up with a new take on the theme of facial camouflage — a hyper-realistic mask that models a stranger’s features in three dimensions.

A Japanese retailer has come up with a new take on the theme of facial camouflage – a hyper-realistic mask that models a stranger’s features in three dimensions. Copyright Thomson Reuters 2020

📅 What we’re watching

🔴 Vice President Mike Pence, First Lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams will publicly receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at 8 a.m. EST. President-elect Joe Biden will get vaccinated next week.

🔴 SpaceX rocket carrying classified spacecraft payload is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:45 a.m. EST

🔴 The deadline for a government shutdown is tonight. Congress is expected to meet throughout the day to negotiate.

💻📲 We’ll bring you 🔴 LIVE news updates throughout the day on the NewsNation Now app and NewsNationNow.com.


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