That theyre a second and lets go to laura trevelyan. Lets reflect a little bit on what we just heard and watched and listened to there, because that theme of Racial Injustice, something thatjoe biden no doubt will be speaking about. This is a moment in american hello and welcome to the program. The final night of the history. Activism has swept Democratic Partys online america in the wake of the National Convention death of george floyd and the isjust beginning. The former us Vice President focus on Racial Injustice and joe biden is preparing to make despite years of police the most important speech of his long political career, as he accepts the Democratic Party nomination to challenge brutality and years of black donald trump people dying at the hands of police, there is now a focus on for the white house. Theissue police, there is now a focus on the issue in a way there never mr biden says hell use his has been before and demands for address to outline plans to set america on a new
Working at a dispensing ice cream. How is that possible . How many people paid less than that . Its possible, just possible that, if you are living high on the hogging and yearly pay 750 dollars in taxes, they may be, does may be, he might not just know what working people are going through here in pennsylvania. We cannot afford four more years of this, philadelphia. But the good news is, right now, you can choose change. Right now, you can choose change. Right now, you ca n vote can choose change. Right now, you can vote for my friend joe biden. In his running mate, can vote for my friend joe biden. In his running mate, le harris. As the next president and Vice President of america. He is a native son, joe biden. And you know that he knows you. And let me tell you how i came to know him and love them. 12 years ago, when i chosejoe biden as Vice President , as my Vice President running mate. I didnt knowjoe biden all that well, we served in the senate together but we were not super clo
Joe biden is set to make battling the pandemic one of his first priorities. Big ben chimes the hour away from the us the queen has attended a ceremony to mark remembrance sunday to honour the dead from the two world wars. People across the uk observed a two minute silence. The number one priority for president Electjoe Biden when he takes office will be how to tackle coronavirus which so far has claimed 238,000 american lives. Hes already announced he will form a Coronavirus Response committee to ensure it is ready to implement decisions from his Inauguration Day in january. Previously he said he wants to provide free testing for all and hire 100,000 people to set up a National Contact tracing programme. And says that all governors should mandate wearing masks. That work starts tomorrow with the announcement of his covid Transition Team who will organise policies to be implemented once he takes office. What can we expect, and what does joe biden need to do . Here to discuss that is doc
And the first Asian American Vice President. She says voters have sent americas children a clear message to dream with ambition. While i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. Once again, donald trump heads for the golf course. His Campaign Still refuses to admit defeat. Its the first full day since joe biden became president elect of the United States. When he spoke to his supporters last night in delaware he said it was time to stop treating opponents as our enemies. Today he has been seen again but this time taking a private moment to attend church in greenfield. Mr trump has still not conceeded the election. He has been on the move as well today. Again he has gone to play golf, as he did yesterday when the results were coming in. In his victory speech mr biden said his administration would marshal the forces of decency, fairness, science and hope. Well have reaction to t
Donald trump is still claiming the election was stolen from him and refusing to concede, despite a lack of evidence. Now hes sacked his defence secretary. Leading scientists are cautiously welcoming news of a new vaccine against coronavirus thats proved more than 90 effective in early results. The vaccine, developed by pharma giant pfizer and its partner biontech, has been tested on nearly 44,000 people in six countries, with no safety concerns being raised so far. Some experts though point out that the announcement was made on the basis of very early analysis, with the vaccine not yet formally approved. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. This is a huge day for science, and perhaps the world. For the first time, a covid 19 vaccine has been shown to protect against the disease. Plenty of caution is needed, but the preliminary results of the Pfizer Biontech trial are highly promising. There were more than 43,000 volunteers on the trial, which began in july. Half got the Coronavirus