A possible breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 u. S. Drug giant pfizer says its vaccine candidate is 90 percent effective. Also in the news there i mean to end a decade of chaos and bloodshed in libya u. N. Backed talks have begun paving the way for a political transition. And uncertainty in peru is the president faces a 2nd impeachment trial in just 2 months coming up a live update from the capital lima. And bumpy december the legal sports news 27 seen masters champion Sergio Garcia withdrawals from this weeks tournament of the testing positive for corona virus. But were starting with breaking news this hour 1 pm in washington d. C. And literally in the last 2 minutes the u. S. President donald trump has fired his secretary of state. In his words. Has been terminated straight to kimberly how could a White House Correspondent cant believe its begun. Yes thats right mark else for is the secretary of defense or at least he was until this announcement by the u. S. President on twi
The swing state of pennsylvania. How will voters react one week from the election . Its the final sprint to november 3, joe biden will leave his house to attend to events in georgia and when questioned about his relaxed schedule, he said every day is a 12 hour day. The president keeps up eight torrid pace heading to three states today pulling in huge crowds with tens of thousands attending the three events in pennsylvania yesterday and by the way, 62 million have already voted, 20 million in person and 40 million by mail. To the markets, way down yesterday, closing down 650 with the most modest of bounces this morning no bounce at all actually the dow jones will be down a couple points. Lots of corporate profit reports, they remain strong and we will bring in the highlighted a moment. The big earning report comes as afternoon. Microsoft reports and that may set the tone for the markets. As always, a big show for you with the president on the campaign. Rachel campos who wants her nine k
Note investors, of course, closely monitoring the condition of the president and also keeping a close eye on any progress and stimulus talks we are, as well. Not to mention there is fallout, as well, regarding covid shares of cina world tumbling. The second largest movie chain Regal Cinemas suspending operations at all locations, carl jim, the headline still crossing from meadows talking to fox earlier today saying the president is committed to getting an aid bill done wants to move expeditiously but also be fiscally responsible thats certainly where the markets focus is going to be o today. The fact that the president wants to give state aid, that matters. Speaker pelosi wants to do a deal some urgency coming to it. So, the talks this morning i bet will be productive and i think thats very exciting for the market does it matter to you if its piece meal a little bit for airlines or Something Else or do you still crave something comprehensive is. As long as theres something for states,
Mr. Jon meacham, this book came out in august, congressman lewis passed in july, how long have you been working on this . Is a tricky question to answer, on one level it was 28 years, another level it was about six months. I met congressman lewis in 1992 during a Senate Runoff down in georgia, i was a reporter for the chattanooga times. Began kind of a running episodic about running conversation that we had over the ensuing three decades. I really decided to do it when i was standing with my family and Speaker Pelosi and congressman lewis and about a thousand other people on the pettus bridge in march and i realized watching the congressman that this was almost certainly his last trip there. I very much wanted to pay tribute to him but also wanted to hang a lantern on what had driven him to that bridge as a young man. As an example, and exemplum of how religious faith can be essential to political activists. Did he know you are working on this entity sit down with you . We talked a lot
is among several injured in a stabbing in italy which left one person dead. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. and in sport, england s progress at the men s t20 world cup match looks precarious as rain delays their match against australia in melbourne. the world s richest man, elon musk, has completed his long running £38 billion takeover of the social media company, twitter. the entrepreuner tweeted the bird is freed, in an apparent reference to the deal closing. mr musk also posted a longer statement on twitter, saying he didn t buy the firm to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love . there are reports that a number of senior executives have been sacked and escorted out of the company s san francisco headquarters by security. elon musk has previously been critical of twitter s moderation policy. twitter has not yet confirmed the takeover, but an early investor in