The vaccine protected monkeys with a single dose , most need two doses given two weeks apart. Of early human trials go well, Johnson Johnson plans to start to late stage trials on as many as 30,000 people in september. A leaders at a church in berkeley are speaking out after the say their house of worship was targeted because of a blacklivesmatter banner. The pastor at the way church on University Says members hung the banner tuesday afternoon, less than 12 hours later about 12 30 am on wednesday, someone deliberately set a fire behind the church the neighbor says he saw someone and called 911. Church leaders say they hope the case will be taken seriously. We are not as far from the 1960s and 70s of racial tear. Its our duty as people ra voices about the history of racial violence that has been facing black people for centuries. Berkeley police are investigating this is arson. Theyve not determined whether or not it was a hate crime. Leaders at the way church are holding a News Confere
So far police have not said if theyre looking for a possible suspect. Im at the live news desk tracking reaction from a very bold tweet from the president this morning taking a live look from the white house. The president is suggesting we postpone the elections this year about voter fraud. He tweeted universal mail in voting is good. Referring to undermining the election process and the u. S. Postal service that deals with the mail in ballots. Michelle. Anne, thank you. The stock market is down thanks to grim new economic reports now taking a look at big board and the dow is down about 230 points. And on capital hill, negotiations over a new bill to stabilize the economy amid the pandemic have stalled. Skyler henry has the latest from washington. Coronavirus shut downs across the country led to the worst Quarterly Economic report ever recorded. Second quarter u. S. Gross domestic product plunged a record 32. 9 . If we go back to the great recession, i think our worst quarter was down
Employees who have been out of work now for months. The Second Quarter Gross Domestic Product plummeted 32. 9 between april and june. Thats almost a full third and its the sharpest decline we have seen in u. S. History. The drop in gdp is nearly 4 times worse than it was at the peak of the financial crisis in the Fourth Quarter of 2008 the previous record was 10 in the First Quarter of 1958. Turning over to the stock market and see how stocks are reacting to this dire news. The dow jones is down by almost 200 points, just a little bit more than that right now. S p is suffering a loss of not quite one half of 1 . The nasdaq is the only right spot if you count the addition of 52 points. Nasdaq is up by one half of 1 . You can see stocks mostly regained their footing after a very steep drop at the opening bell and after we got that labor news. Californias jobless claims were down last week despite a nationwide increase. Our state reported 249,000 workers filed firsttime claims during the
President bush good morning. Distinguished guests, johnmiles, lewis family and friends, i thank you for inviting us to be here today. Johns story began on a tiny farm in troy, alabama, a place so small he said you could barely find it on the map. He talked about the chickens. I did a little research. Every morning he would rise before the sun to tend to the flock of chickens. He loved those chickens. Already called to be a minister who took care of others, john fed them and tended to their every need. Even their spiritual ones. For john baptized them, he married them and he preached to them. [laughter] when his parents claimed one for family supper, john refused to eat one of his flock. Going hungry was his first act of nonviolent protest. [laughter] he also noted in later years that his first congregation of chickens listened to him more closely than some of his colleagues in congress. [laughter] john also thought the chickens were just a little more productive. At least they produced
Colliding with hurricane season. Florida to the northeast on high alert. Rob in miami tracking the very latest. Final farewell. Civil rights Champion John lewis last words just revealed this morning. Former president barack obama set to give the eulogy for this extraordinary American Hero. Two other former president s will also be in attendance to help honor the conscience of the congress. Shark sightings. At the height of the beach season swimmers on high alert after that deadly great white attack in maine. New york bea this morning new precautions lifeguards are taking with help from helicopters, and the reasons sharks may be coming closer to shore right now. All eyes on center court. Basketball is bouncing back. The nba finally pressing play on. T llblighly anticipated r courtside seats for tipoff tonight. Unlike any other. And the countdown is on. To black is king. The world just hours away from beyonces powerful visual album. This morning, an exclusive message from the queen herse