Washington ramps up pressure on beijing. Goldman sachs raises billions for a new fund to focus on private equity. The move comes amid rising interest in secondary investing. Haidi lets look at what the day has in store at the sydney open. We are expected a muted start to trading in asia after downward pressure coming from the u. S. Session overnight. Restrictions continue to take place to curb the the Coronavirus Spread we are starting to see accelerate again, even as we get further good news on the vaccine front. Trading marginal. The u. S. Dollar held to the lowest we have seen since april 2018. We are also seeing the aussie dollar on the back foot. Nikkei futures look like they will see a muted start to trading. Shery lets get started with good news on the vaccine front. Pfizer says final Data Analysis shows its covid shot is 95 effective. The ceo of its german partner told bloomberg about plans for mass production. Our goal is to supply up to 50 million doses by 2020 which andd go
Enough also in west africa is heading for the polls. But a growing Islamist Insurgency means many voters wont be able to cast their ballots. Im claire richardson, welcome to the show. Leaders of the worlds wealthiest countries are meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. The virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end to the coronavirus and demick and to deal with its economic fallout. A draft a declaration declaration, excuse me, shows that the biggest economies will pledge to pay for Fair Distribution of covert 1000. 00, vaccines and testing. So that poor countries are not left out of debt relief is also likely to be extended denied the opportunity for a face to face pageantry. This was how so dia rebiya opened the g 20 a 7 plane fly over of riyadh to mark the ever summit hosted by an arab country. On the grown king solomon beckoned the worlds most powerful leaders, bureaucrats, and despots. To meet the challenge of their generation. It is unfortunate that we are
Governor today. Liz . Reporter hi, larry and kristen. Yes, there was a lot of news at this briefing today. We did get an apology from the governor for attending that dinner party at french laundry. The only one that didnt is sonoma county. Thats because its already in the most restrictive one. With just over a week until thanksgiving, not great news from governor nufz. Covid19 cases in california have doubled in just the last ten days and on sunday the state reported over 10,000 cases for the First Time Since august. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter because of that newsom says the state is pulling the emergency brake. Today he announced 40 counties are moving backwards into a more restrictive tier. In the bay area, all counties are now in either red or purple. The most restrictive. Every age group, every demographic, racial, ethnic, in every part of the state we are seeing case rates increase and Positivity Rates inc
Cspan2. Cspan2. Hi, everybody, im david, welcome to the National Book festival in the difficult time of the pandemic. One single they think we can do and i know youre loving it as i am, is to read good books. I wrote a book that was published this summer, the paladin, about a cia officer whos struggling with one of the central problems of our times, which is knowing whats true and what isnt. And its my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two of the very best books of this summer about issues related to our new technologically sophisticated world and the dangers. First, i want to introduce bart gellman, my former colleague at the Washington Post who wrote an extraordinary memoirs and his dealings with Edward Snowden and the technology and surveillance and the title of the book says, the american surveillance state. And another outstanding office, thomas rid who teaches at Johns Hopkins and his accurate measure of history what weve come to call disinformation, the w
Activity. It begins the a 10 00 p. M. Until 5 00 a. M. Beginning saturday. Why the over night curfew . Those who are out during the late hours could spread the virus. We know that those who are out who might be engaging in higher risk behavior. Those infections can quickly spread to other settings. They have continued to learn a lot in the last six months about what type of people are spreading and activities they are engaged in. Its important to note this is not a restrictive total curfew. You can go to the Grocery Store after 10 00 p. M. And you can continue your usual routines like walking where are dog at night. The big impact will be the late night restaurants and bars. Another blow to the another struggling industry. Some Business Owners say they are being unfairly targeted. A popular bar in san jose. Were here at the outside tent area. The owners say they have been working hard to try to make sure customers follow the strict covid guidelines so the curfew blind sided them. It wa