Burnett. A break through in the battle against coronavirus. Moments ago an Fda Advisory Panel giving the green light to a second vaccine this one from moderna. Gienl decision can come in any minute. In a moment im going to speak to a world renowned member of that fda panel. It is a race against time. Today the cdc forecast the american death toll will climb to as many as 400,000 people before inauguration day. We are on track for more than 3,000 deaths. We will not surprise you that trump said nothing about those deaths. Nothing. A tweet. He did tweet of course, ten tweets today. Half on untrue claims about the election. The one and only tweet about the virus was about the vaccine. Even here as of now hes all talk and tweets. He quotes, the vaccine and vaccine rollout are getting the best reviews. Moving along really well. Get those shots, everyone. The president patting himself on the back. Not empathizing with the suffering. Given what hes tweeted, weve got to check the facts. When i
Sunday night at 8 on cspans q a. Over the next two hours we focus on the mission and role of the National Institute of health. We will begin with the director. In a half hour, the head of the institute of allergies. And then director of the human gen genome were project and then the National Institute of cancer and Mental Health. The work over the years has been counted for breakthrough in aids and Mental Health. We will learn more about the work and people behind the scenes including dr. Collins. We have live video from the nih. Lets start with basic questions. What is the goal of nih . What is your objective . They are the Biggest Research of biomedical science in the world. We want to understand how life works at the detailed levels and apply that in terms of coming up with new insights to prevent and treat disease. We support tens of thousands of grants across the country conducted by the worlds most cuttingedge scientist in the United States who are working on cancer, aids and oth
Flags to remain at half staff until monday. It is friday morning. We are going to take your calls and reflections on Nelson Mandela. Our phone lines are open. Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. And our line for independents, 202 5853882. Mail,an send us an e journal cspan. Org or you can send us a tweet, cspanwj. [video clip] i am not a saint unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandelas life. My First Political action, the that thing i ever did involves politics was a protest against apartheid. His works and his writings. The day he was released from prison, a gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they are guided by their hopes and not their fears. Globe, iany around the cannot imagine my own life without the example that Nelson Mandela set. As i live, i will do what i can to learn from him. President as he paid tribute to Nelson Mandela and the tributes coming in from
Offer of help. The instituted that focuses on iabetes is the called the ational institute of diabetes, digestive disease. If you go to the web, im sure home page be on their for niddk an opportunity to send in a query. Please do. That your story sounds interesting indeed. Conclude on one final point because youve discussed the cutbacks youve because of sequestration. What about private medical research . Where is that president obama stph who is it and how does that impact what you do at nih . We depend on partnerships with private foundations swells industry. Ate this is an ecosystem where all he participants need to be fiftying usually healthy for the whole thing to work. Work ms of foundations we with many of those who are focused on particular diseases. Nih and s was here at we had an interesting day we overing new ways that we can together on h. I. V. Aids and ask a wide area of other things and certainly with the private sector if were going to success in developing new treatment
This is bbc news. Im James Reynolds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Barack obama tells the bbc his successor, president trump, is partly responsible for polarisation in america today. That is attributable to our current president who actively fanned division because he felt it was good for his politics. Some of that is. The Trump Administration is resisting pressure to begin the transition to us president Electjoe Biden as the countrys Coronavirus Crisis deepens. Self isolating but showing no symptoms of coronavirus. The british Prime Minister, boris johnson, will remain at 10 downing street for two weeks, after meeting an mp who later tested positive. Countdown to a new era. Spacexs first operational crewed flight to the International Space station prepares for lift off. And, its a magnificent seventh world title for Lewis Hamilton as he wins the turkish grand prix to become the most successful driver in the history of formula one. Former us presi