From volkswagen today. The auto company, vw, just unveiling its new electric suv. It will be assembled right here in tennessee, usa. Volkswagen of America President and ceo, scott keough will give us all the details a very busy hour coming up. Johnson johnson is beginning a latestage trial of the oneshot coronavirus vaccine. Jackie deangelis with all the details. Hi, jackie. Reporter good afternoon to you, david, that is really important. Latestage testing will get to us the vaccine this is phase three for Johnson Johnson. Administration operation warp speed has four candidates now, this is the fourth one to get the latestage testing phase. Phase three for Johnson Johnson will be 60,000 people across the country and abroad. Moderna, pfizer, astrazeneca, they are the other ones right now in the latestages this is coming as the department of health and Human Services Just Announced 200 million as well to try to get certain jurisdictions ready to administer the vaccine. It will help them
In less than 24 hours the flames have scorched 2500 acres and containment stands at 0 . The blaze, call the glass fire because of how close they start to Glass Mountain road. The flames are dangerously close to structures, threatening 2200 buildings. The wildfires are adding a lot of smoke to the already hazy air. Chopper 5 was over the massive plume of smoke in napa county. Spare the air alert has been extended through the day. Is get over to mary lee on an update on the dangerous weather conditions. This is a big concern, michelle, were watching the winds pick up through the overnight hours and this morning. I want to give an update on Current Conditions for the glass fire and what firefighters are up against. Definitely low relative humidity values, down to 14 . The northerly wind winds gusting 18 Miles Per Hour currently. Where the glass fire is burning, i think a as high as 31 Miles Per Hour for this area. And it is warm, temperatures in the low 80s right now. A red flag warning r
Trying to be responsible. Bolt says he has n no sympto. The 34yearold retired sprinter won gold in the last three olympics. He celebrated his 34th birthday on fried with at a party with no masks or social distancing. According to the tally by Johns Hopkins university, around 1,600 cases have been confirmed in jamaica, which has a population of 3 million. But the government has been calling for thorough precautions after a recent spike in cases. Meanwhile, officials confirmed 182 new cases of the virus in tokyo on tuesday. Infections, again, topped 100 after a dip on monday. Over 19,600 people have now tested positive in the city of 14 million. Researchers in japan are emphasizing the importance of thoroughly ventilating rooms to prevent infection. A team from the decon Research Institute used the worlds fastest super computer to study the effectiveness of face masks against viral droplets released by other people sneezing or coughing. They say using a mask made of unwoven fabric can cu
33 points and nasdaq is up 92 and the s p is up 8 points. Yesterday the dow industrials snapping a 4session winning streak with decline of the session with 135 points and nasdaq down 76 and s p lower by 11. Warning on china that i reported here first, attorney general bill barr calling out American Companies for caving into the pressure from beijing. Bombshell allegation, 15 employees of the Washington Redskins said they were harassed for years. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria in europe mixed moves, the ftse 100 is up 21 but cac quarante is down 15 and dax higher by 42. In asia overnight markets mostly higher with the exception of japan, nikkei average overnight down a third of a percent and the other fractionally moving across the board. Some of the top stories we are watching right now, John Hopkins University reporting over 77,000 new cases yesterday. 10,000 higher than the previous high. 969 deaths were also reported. Florida, South Carolina and texas all reporting the
John f. Marszalek discusses his process for writing in his relationship with Abraham Lincoln and what he mainly focused on with civil war and not his presidency. Held at the lincoln form symposium, this is one hour. So, let us begin with our last session for the 23rd form. I am Frank Williams your coach. We are delighted to have with us once again, every other year, we have the john and craig show. applause and that is much deserved, because they get high grades, high marks from you. Deservedly so. Im not even sure what it is there going to talk about this morning. But we will be entertained. I can tell you that. What can we say about two of our very loyal members who have served for a long time. A long time on our board of advisers. John john f. Marszalek is our dear friend from Mississippi State, university. Executive director of the Ulysses Grant association and president ial library where i served as president. He is recently the editor along with david mullin and louis gallows of