Eating. To seattle where the homicide rate is soaring to a 10year high just as the city plans to cut a big chunk of its Police Department budget. Mounting fallout over the assassination after Iranian Nuclear scientist. Iran says israel was behind it and pulled it off with some hightech and remote weapons. The balance of the power in the senate in the balance itself, hanging on two Key Senate Races in georgia. Also tonight well tell you why President Trump made significant progress in attracting hispanic voters to the Republican Party despite liberals saying he is antiiimmigrant. Im gerry baker in for elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Gerry we begin with the latest on that cdc meeting over who will get the covid19 vaccine first and when. Blake burman is at the white house for us. Blake what is the latest . Reporter gerry, this is an Advisory Group that helps out the cdc, acip, Advisory Committee for immunization practices. After a lengthy discussion a short while a
Relief legislation. Why did try to move quickly because next vote. Or may have to be on the floor. But were waiting for senator duckworth and here she is. Lady of the hour. Okay, good afternoon everyone and i want to thank the senator skated duckworth joining me. Now i know this is a moment of Great National challenge. Covid19 is surging and people are dying and more people are getting sick than ever before. Families are struggling and businesses are shuttering. Peoples jobs. It is awful. Everywhere you go in this country. It is awful. So the elections over and the country is ready and eager to move to get us to move so that we can begin healing the process. The country wants us to know you got together get something done to deal with this covid19 crisis. But the Senate Republicans have continued denying the Election Results in their running america back, its a classic example was the chairman of the Judiciary Committee today. Crawling around to the states to try to intervene with the
Election, everyone was in good spirits. We welcomed our new members. Were excited about them and the opportunity to serve with people from throughout the north to south to east and the west. Another incredibly diverse class that will add to the most Diverse Congress in the history of the republic. More women serving in congress than ever before. More africanamericans. More latinos. More asian americans. More members of the lgbtq community. Two muslimamerican women. Two native american women both serving in congress for the first time in history. And our diversity will be strengthened by the new class upon its arrival. We also value the fact that our Long National nightmare is about to come to an end. On january 20 at noon. Because the most existential threat to our democracy, our values, our american way of life has been defeated decisively. He lost the popular vote. Decisively. He lost the Electoral College vote decisively. Joe biden has secured more votes than any other president ial
Good morning. Thank you for having me on. Biotech ability to take the biological structures of a cell and make it work for you. That started in 1973ith the first tools that were developed into whatt led eventually into the entire industry. How is the biotech industry playing a role in the coronavirus pandemic . Early in january this year, most of the biotechnology industry was focused on cancer. About 55 of it. With very little or no programs in covid. In the industry came together early in january, came together at bio and asked them tell us what they see in china. What they saw happening in china but quickly to 40 or 50 of them saying we are going to jump on finding yours vaccines right now. This was in january. Between now and january, over 770 programs were initiated. Pr what this meant was the entire industry pivoted not because have to but because we decided it was the right thing to do. The money was poured in, where we are today, we have close to 170 new vaccines on the horizon
Good afternoon. Im chris miller, acting secretary of defense and im here today to update you on president trumps plan to bring the wars in afghanistan and iraq to a successful and responsible conclusion and to bring our brave Service Members home. From kabul to kandahar and fallujah. Hundreds of thousands of americas sons and daughters who answered the call to serve in our Armed Services have brought us to this point. Us to this point. Their efforts and sacrifice will go down in history as showing the strength, commitment of a force that is unlike any the world has ever seen. Just last night, i joined Vice President pence and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to have the soldiers who perished in the middle east. This was a somber and hum bling moment that reminded us of the tremendous sacrifices of the men and women of the United States military of our Armed Services take an oath to defend the constitution of the United States. They serve not for personal gain but for the protectio