Churning in the east atlantic. Well tell you whats next. Early today starts right now. Good tuesday morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. One Company Takes a giant leap toward a cure for covid pfizer announcing a potential vaccine thats 90 effective among volunteers our tom costello has the latest. Reporter pfizer executives are calling it one of the biggest medical breakthroughs in the past 100 years 90 effective in the grug of volunteers known to be infected. Now seeking to get fda approval at the end of this month. With thousands dying every day, its great day, not for signs but for humanity. Reporter the science involved more than 44,000 volunteers researchers will continue monitoring the volunteers to make sure the vaccine is safe. Everyone will need to get two shots three weeks apart with protection kicking in. Most people in the community are probably march through june would be my best guest. Reporter melissa was one of the first to receive the injections at nyu. I felt
Turkey bank and the lira faulters after prosecutors charge against breaking sanctions. And jp morgan shares rally. Goldman sach misses forecast as it endures heavy losses after investments in wework and uber a very warm welcome to street signs. It is just over 24 hours now until the make or break eu summit sterling is under pressure amid uncertainty over a last minute brexit deal can be hammered out. Talks have just restarted after stretching late into the night french Prime Minister said there is a glimmer of hope some members of Johnsons Conservative Party have expressed p doubts about the emerging deal. Lets head straight out to willem who joins us live from westminster. Break it down for us, which lawmakers matter here . Youve got Boris Johnsons party who are very likely to vote for a deal. You have a small number of them who have traditionally voted against the brexit deals one of them has publicly said last night after the group met, the former secretary of state for Northern Ire
Morning. The state of florida has shattered the alltime record for new cases of coronavirus in a single day, recording more than 15,000 cases on sunday. That is 3,000 more than the previous record set by new york state back in april. Hospitalizations also increased in florida with more than 18,000 seeking treatment. Despite the increase in cases, disney opened parts of its orlando park over the weekend, and Governor Ron Desantis who was slow to enact restrictions and quick to lift them is set to reopen schools next month. Heres wh ees what admiral brer said about sending students back to school in the fall. Im want to emphasize. Im a pediatrician. We have to do this safely. Kids not in school, risk their social and emotional health, risk getting nutrition, child sexual abuse. Its really important to get kids physically back in school, but we do have to do that safely, and the first thing we need do is get the virus under control. When we get the virus more under control, then we can re
Good wednesday morning, everybody. It is july 15th. And im yasmin vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morning so well start with the coronavirus. Infections surging across the country. The director of the cdc Robert Redfield saying the president should, quote, set an example by wearing a mask. In an interview with a medical journal, redfield warned about the upcoming convergence of flu and coronavirus saying together they could overstress the u. S. Health care system and could be, quote, one of the most difficult times that we have experienced in American Public health. Redfield also argued that universal mask wearing for the next four to eight weeks may help to bring the pandemic under control. Masking is not a political issue. Its a Public Health issue. And it really is a personal responsibility for all of us. And i am, you know, heartened to see more and more people now, glad to see the president wear a mask this weekend, the Vice President. Clearly in their situation, they co
Vossoughian. We are going to begin with northward recordsetting day for new cases of the coronavirus here in the United States. Nearly 73,000 new infections were reported yesterday, breaking the record. 71,000 were reported ten days ago. Seven of the last ten days have been among the worst of the new cases since the start of this pandemic, and florida reported the highest number of deaths and hospitalizations in a single day. 495 people were hospitalized, according to state data released yesterday while 156 people died, the most deaths since july 1st. Florida officials also reporting that nearly one in three children who tested in florida have come up positive for the virus. While they show little or no symptoms, the longterm effects are unknown. Doctors say theyre running low on the drug remdesivir, which has been proven effective in treating the virus. However, theres no shortage here in the United States. The Trump Administration stockpiled it earlier this month. Florida doctors are