Hey, melissa, these results were so much better, and if all went really well melissa, we have 90 of efficacy with this trial and this Covid Vaccine from pfizer. This is a 44,000participant trial. The way they measure efficacy is how many cases of covid they see in the trial they want to see more cases in the placebo arm than the vaccine arm, to show that the vaccine is protective thats what they saw to the opportunity of 90 efficacy. They said they saw no serious safety concerns, and they will proceed to the end of the twomonth safety followup window before they would seek emergency use authorization. That will happen next week after that we could see them proceeding for regulatory clearance. There are still questions remains. This was just topline data, and it looks to be safe, but theres still questions how does it prevent severe disease does it prevent infection completely or just manifestation of the disease with symptoms other questions are how long did the protection last . Weve
But there is still a path to victory for both biden and President Trump as Battle Ground states continue to tally votes. Here is where we stand. Vice President Biden has 253 electoral votes. President trump has 214. 270 is needed to win. Were waiting on alaska, arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, North Carolina and georgia. Voter turnout is expected to be high in this unusual Election Year but how high in comparison to past president ial elections . Abc 7 news Leslie Brinkley looked into that question today in Contra Costa County that could be a micro cost m for the rest of the bay area. Reporter here in the east bay, there was a big push to register new voters. They received more on the roster than four years ago but no so much the sheer number of voters but the percent of those voters who actually vote. This machine takes pictures of signatures on ballots. First step in the process of counselling a vote. There are ballots dropped off at the polls and those that arrived in the mail today.
President. Theyre passionate, and theyve got a lot on their mind. An Historic Space Mission to discover our origins. Nasa gets ready for a daring attempt to make contact with an asteroid 200 million miles away. How todays maneuver could reveal why the earth exists. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Covid, covid, covid. You know why they are trying to talk everybody out of voting . People arent buying it, cnn. The president attacking the media and the nations top Infectious Disease expert as he looks to gain ground in key battleground states. The president said dr. Anthony fauci is, quote, a disaster and called fauci and other experts idiots. He said dont wear a mask and dont ban china. They were bad calls. They announce candidates will have their microphones muted so there can be no interruptions. Six Russian Military officers have been charged with a cyberattack on several major foreign powers. No country has weaponized its Cyber Capabilities as maliciously
Commodities as well, as stimulus negotiations have gone nowhere, and the outcome of next tuesdays election still unclear. The dow having its worst day in more than four months. At its lows, a loss of 965 points. We are still down 750. We have the s p down 74, the nasdaq bleeding about 225 points. Wait until we show you the dow jones transports as well. Its not a pretty picture. We have our Market Mavens on high alert. We are filling the show with top voices and names to help you make it through this hour. Ceos are also on high alert as well. The ceo of the toy giant that makes those uberpopular lol dolls is here on what hes seeing with early Holiday Spending, but also, whats behind his 11th hour decision to change his vote from joe biden to donald trump . Mga entertainments isaiah larian explains the one thing behind it in a fox business exclusive. The hard numbers are in. The wall street journal has done some serious groundwork and now says the Trump Trade War with china and europe hu
Course and called on congress to approve a series of Coronavirus Relief measures. The news came in two tweets. The president wrote, the house and senate should immediately approve 25 billion for Airline Payroll support and 1. 35 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses. The president also wrote, if i am sent to a standalone bill for stimulus checks, 1200, they will go out to our great people immediately. The president s earlier message to hold talks until after the election spooked wall street. The dow ended the day down 375 points. Nasdaq lost 177 and the s p fell to seven. A change in dialogue tonight, what comes next . Reporter it was just this afternoon that the president had sent the first tweet saying negotiations were off until after his reelection. Tonight he did an aboutface and basically said that he is calling on congress to send him a relief bill. President trump turned to his messaging app on tuesday tweeting out his call for congress to pass federa