Congress marks grim milestone: 800K COVID deaths

Members of Congress gathered on the U.S. Capitol steps on Tuesday night to mark a grim milestone: 800,000 deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led a moment of silence on the East Front Steps of the Capitol building, with a bipartisan group of lawmakers in attendance. The milestone represents a solemn end to a year that held so much promise with the arrival of vaccines but is ending in heartbreak for the many grieving families trying to navigate the holiday season.