The gloom crew. They have been wrong, wrong, wrong. We will reassess. We start strong with james bevan in a moment. Francine we have a lot of Economic Data that could support the rally or not a little bit later. Consumptionat price and other things we need to watch out for. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Joe biden ritika joe biden wants to change the slogan from America First to americas back. Restore u. S. Ties with International Organizations that President Trump spurned over the last four years. President trump heads to pennsylvania in his campaign to overturn Election Results there. He will meet with state republican lawmakers examining accusations of voting impropriety. Pennsylvania has already certified that joe biden won the election. Trump supporters complained that observers were not allowed to be close to virga two workers counting votes. U. S. Health officials are working on guidance to shorten the 14 day quarantine period if they are exposed
Upside. Looking at commodities. Crude moving to the upside. A big move to the downside with , on the vaccine and signs of Economic Growth in the u. S. Particularly helping people not to look for havens or avoid havens, get out of them. Gold down half of 1 . Bitcoin surging up again, it has above 18,500. Juliette lets get the first word news. The head of the u. S. Government Coronavirus Vaccine program says results of trials by astrazeneca show encouraging signs it may help block the most severe cases. No one given the vaccine developed severe covid, while 16 people on the placebo debt. He called the results excited. Nine, reports 70 process astrazeneca report 70 success. The centers for Disease Control a model shows weekly u. S. Cases and deaths rising every week for at least the next month. Italy is the Second European nation to report 50,000 total fatalities. The u. K. Is extending lockdown next week in favor of even tougher regional curbs. Reports from washington say the Trump Admin
The morning news updates we will see you back then here on out international. Time after time here were going underground a year to the day since u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnsons landslide victory in the countrys general election a year in office arguably eclipsed by a pandemic that is not the u. K. With the highest number of coronavirus related deaths in europe coming up on the show 2000000 thats the number of u. K. Families estimated to be pushed into extreme poverty by privileging the rich during coronavirus we talk to the United Nations he would scream poverty special about the prospect of a 1000000 more british children struggling to stay warm will be clean and ask whether the Boris Johnson government is merely continuing what the un has characterized the. An anti for ideological project to systematically him is a rage millions grand will a biden presidency be able to pull off the same p. R. Conjuring trick that the Obama White House did we told the white houses 1st official vi
The drive to get more laptops to children to help them with Home Schooling. And how all these lockdown video calls from home have prompted an unexpected boost in business for books. And coming up on bbc news. West bromwich albion Contact Police over alleged online racist abuse of romaine sawyers. Hes the Third Premier League player to receive abuse this week. Good evening. Yet another new vaccine has been shown to be effective in major trials in just 2a hours. The latest is the janssen vaccine. Its 66 effective overall and only needs a single dose. And crucially its 85 effective against severe disease. Last night novavax announced uk trials had shown its vaccine to be 89 effective. And crucially that vaccine protects against the new more contagious uk variant. If approved the uk has millions of doses of both vaccines on order though they wouldnt be available until later in the year. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Covid Vaccine Trials keep delivering results beyond all expecta