Gov. Phil Murphy is fending off criticism over the state’s missed deadline to start COVID-19 vaccinations in long-term care facilities on Monday. Instead, New Jersey will join 36 other states distributing inoculations to residents of such facilities beginning on Dec. 28. Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said the deadline was missed by one day because there was so much information to be sent to the federal government.

It’s a sensitive subject for New Jersey’s long-term care facilities, where more than 7,000 residents and staff have died since the start of the pandemic. Now, some Republican leaders are demanding answers. Correspondent Michael Hill reports.