Big oil on trial voile dutch shell is accused of not doing enough to protect people and the planet from Climate Change. Welcome to the program, we begin with the race to roll out a Coronavirus Vaccine and the u. S. Drug from pfizer plus its german partner by your own take say that they hope their vaccine could be launched in europe this month. If it gets the sign off from regulators, theyve asked the European Unions Medicines Agency for emergency approval and the review could be completed by december 29th. That could mean at least 2 vaccines approved in europe and the United States by the end of the year. Meanwhile, the u. S. Centers for Disease Control is holding an emergency meeting to decide who will get 1st access to a vaccine. An independent Advisory Team made up of 15 medical and Public Health experts began meeting just minutes ago and is expected to vote in the coming hours. States will that have until friday to decide how much of the vaccine they need. The u. S. Government want
Unified response to the coronavirus. Our correspondent in brussels is standing by. Hello, everyone, i am auntie francis. Thanks for joining us. Americas monte francis. Thanks for joining us. Americas top diplomat made history today. Mike pompeo is the first u. S. Secretary of state and highestranking u. S. Official to visit the settlements in the west bank, which are considered a violation of international law. As expected, the trip drew praise from israelis and outrage from palestinians. Hmmm pao also visited Golan Heights and declared a part of his pompeo also visited Golan Heights and declared it part of israeli territory. You cannot stand here and deny the central thing this president has recognized that previous president s have refused to do, that this is part of israel. The United States and President Trump will continue to do all we can to make sure israel has what it needs to do that. We will honor your right to defend your own people. Host last year, donald trump acknowledged
Good evening, everybody. Im dan ashley. Thank you for joining us. Its especially urgent in santa clara county. New data reveals hospitals could exceed capacity by middecember. The county pleads with the public to follow covid19related rules and restrictions including the new 14day mandatory travel quarantine. Abc 7 News Reporter chris ngueyn has the story. Reporter the coronavirus rages on, a grim assessment this afternoon, hospitals in the areas of the county hit hardist by covid19 are nearing capacity as administrators scramble to ensure they have enough beds. More specifically the hospitals serving East San Jose collectively have less than a dozen icu beds available. Hospitals throughout the county are working together engaging in phone calls at least daily to redistribute patients as needed to ensure that we are continuing to provide safe and high quality care. Reporter with the growing number of patients being admitted to hospitals each day, county leaders are urging the public to
Fromsion off of the news pfizer. Lets just frame where this market is. Ill let lisa worry about bonds. I am looking for an entry point, and i dont have one coming with s p futures out to record highs, up 120. Jonathan lets get straight to the price action of this moment. Equity futures are absolutely surging, up by 3. 3 . It is a huge turnaround. On the 30 year we go about to 88 basis points. A bit of dollar weakness back through this market, just south of 1. 19. A vaccine possibly helping us normalize this global economy. What does that mean . Bti with a 40 handle. Lisa it looks like pfizer will get some of the safety data necessary to see whether they can get some of the emergency approval to roll this out. This is what everyone has been waiting for. I simply, what is the Circuit Breaker to the surge in covid cases we have seen . Could this be yet . The market is saying yes, and the chances of higher growth, very high according to the market trade this morning. We can bring in sams n
Future signals against are set to continue. Commerce bank swings to a loss in the Third Quarter as the pandemic and restructuring charge hits revenues. We speak with the cfo shortly. Good morning. Plenty to talk about on the u. S. Election front. Breaking news on the bank of england. Maintaining its benchmark Interest Rate at 0. 1 , entirely expected. The bank of england saying that was the news amount around maintaining its Interest Rate. They are raising the total bond target. Unanimousf englands on this Interest Rate and bond purchasing story. We will speak to the governor of the bank of england at 11 00 this morning london time. Stay tuned for that interview. Pound toor a in the this announcement. A pairing of losses coming through. Get some analysis. Dani burger is outside the bank of them went for us. There had been an expectation that as lockdown measures are extended, implemented in england, even if it is less strict than march, we would see more coming through from the bank of