Distributed, how will be it done. All of this at a time were hearing about four 45 minutes from now president elect biden and Kamala Harris will detail their own economic plan. What theyre calling their Building Back better plan. I dont know what that means but they have got a lot of union heads there as well as the chairman of gm, the chairman of microsoft, the head of target. Again, virtually, if not in person. So well be monitoring that. When that comes up about an hour 45 minutes from now. Meantime more on this excitement around moderna and what it poses to offer right here. Jackie deangelis own that. Jackie. Reporter good afternoon to you, neil. The vaccine news certainly fueling the markets today. 94. 5 efficacy. That is what moderna is saying. We had excitement from pfizer and biontech last week. The market is saying we would expected or less efficacy. This is a really important number. People are wondering what happens next. How do i actually get the virus, excuse me, the vacci
The freeman foundation. By judy and peter blum kler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected need and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. A breakthrough in the race for covid19 vaccine. Nearly 95 effective. Pretty intensrelief. It has been a arng, cap long, hard run. It could be easier to deliver to the millions who ne the u. S. Is still worst hit by the pandemic. Infectious past million. We are expecting president elect joe biden to speak in wilmington as he moves toward with his transition into the white house. Sweden rethinks its approach to the pandemic. Prthe minister says this is the new norm. Dont go to gyms, dont go to libraries, do not have cancel them. The french president phones the new yorkimes accusing them of legitimizing violence. Well hear from the journalist he spoke to. Very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and all across the globe. Weil start in delaware where president elect joe biden is about to start spe
From wilmington, delaware, this is 35 minutes. Vice president elect harris good afternoon. President elect biden and i just met with some of our nations business and union leaders. Together they represent millions of workers across our country. And some of americas leading technology, auto and retail companies. We had an important conversation about the impact that this pandemic has had on workers. Especially essential workers, frontline workers, who have risked their own health and the health of their families and many whom have given their own lives to keep us safe and keep our economy running. And we all know that this pandemic and this recession have hit communities of color particularly hard. Black americans and latinos are threetimes as likely to contract covid as others, and more likely to die. Native americans are more than four times as likely to be hospitalized as others. And last month, the Unemployment Rate for black americans was almost twice the rate of others. And we hav
Vice president elect harris good afternoon. President elect biden and i just met with some of our nations business and union leaders. Together they represent millions of workers across our country. And some of americas leading technology, auto and retail companies. We had an important conversation about the impact that this pandemic has had on workers. Especially essential workers, frontline workers, who have risked their own health and the health of their families and many whom have given their own lives to keep us safe and keep our economy running. And we all know that this pandemic and this recession have hit communities of color particularly hard. Black americans and latinos are threetimes as likely to contract covid as others and more likely to die. Native americans are more than four times as likely to be hospitalized as others. And last month, the Unemployment Rate for black americans was almost twice the rate of others. And we have also had a conversation about the impact this
Philanthropy on education. It is to five minutes. 25 minutes. Welcome, everyone. We are so glad to have you here today. Thank you for joining us. We have a real treat today, two leaders of philanthropy talking about their involvement in this unprecedented time. Al gholston and carol, welcome. Im really pleased to have a chance to chat with you. Before we begin, i just wanted say im sorry for the loss of bill gates, senior. I know you and everyone at the foundation is feeling the loss. He was a tremendous man and many of us got a chance to know him in various ways, but probably not as well as you. He was a remarkable human being and a remarkable humanitarian. Thank you. So we are here at this unprecedented moment. Is kind of hard to imagine that we could have as many crises facing us all now. Weve got obviously the health crisis. Weve got the economic crisis. We are going through a reckoning on social justice. Many of us are experiencing climate change. Its only the tip of the iceberg.