Lets start in the us where the facebook founder and Chief Executive of meta, Mark Zuckerberg, has criticised the Biden Administration for what he described as censorship during the covid 19 pandemic. In a letter written to a congressional committee, zuckerberg said that meta, which also owns instagram and whatsapp, was pressured into censoring content about covid, including humour and satire. He said he regretted not speaking about the pressure earlier and that he would not make the same decisions to comply if it happened again. Ritika gupta is in ny for us. Whys Mark Zuckerberg speaking out about this . There speaking out about this . Is a growing debate abou far there is a growing debate about how far a social Media Companies should go in being able to police comments, images and content by their users. Some platforms believe they should be more hats are hands off, were some governments say having an overly laissez faire attitude could lead to crime. Mark zuckerberg has come out and
France threatens to get out of the rescue plan altogether. 11,000 jobs slashed, the german giant fights for survival. Welcome to the program. Looking at the futures, reflecting the way the european and u. S. Equity markets closed yesterday. Futures down in europe, mixed in the u. S. , reflecting what we saw yesterday were the u. S. Wobbled into the close at the end of the session. New york schools closing seems to be the factor. Breaking news, some commentary from astrazeneca in connection phasehase two, not the three news we have been waiting for. That is expected to come within weeks. This is more detail on the phase two data. They are confirming the vaccines immune response in older adults, that is crucial considering who is most vulnerable to the virus. The lancet is publishing the findings. A lot of stuff we have heard already from phase three trials more advanced than this from other drug companies. It has not been peerreviewed or in journals. We are getting the phase two study,
Make up your. Job made for mines. Balance and virus breakthrough lead to a record day for markets well look at the reaction to news of taxing developed by germanys buy on tech is effective 90 percent of the time. Transatlantic relations may also be in line for a fight in boost that hasnt come soon enough to stop the e. U. Imposing new tower some billions of dollars of american goods. And well look at the possibility that ultraviolet light could be and know the handy tool in the battle against the company 19 content. This is the doing business on robots in berlin welcome to the program. It could be the big breakthrough in the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine the u. S. Pharmaceutical company 5 is that and its german patna biotech say they have soon be seeking emergency approval for their candidate to be rolled out in the u. S. As after trials showed just how effective it can be. Vials full of hope an initial Clinical Trial data shows this vaccine made by germanys bio on tech and its u. S
Will have to endure a dark winter. Im aaron tilton thanks for joining us we start with the most promising developments yet in efforts to stop the coronavirus pandemic German Company beyond tech and u. S. Drug maker pfizer have announced they are experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in Clinical Trials the vaccine expected is expected rather to be submitted to u. S. Authorities for emergency approval this month if its given the green light it could be rolled out in limited quantities by the end of this year. The hope for an effective vaccine against the corona virus could be growing German Company by on taxes test results are more promising than expected. Yes our results are showing that after an interim evaluation the vaccine is able to prevent infections with over 90 percent probability. So. This is how the socalled m r n a vaccine works Genetic Information from the corona virus is brought into the human body via a messenger molecule the body then uses it to produce v
Heal the soul of this country so that we can effectively address this crisis as one country. Were hardworking americans have each others backs. And now to our top story at 3 and may be months before president elect Joe Biden Takes Office but hes already getting the ball rolling with a new Coronavirus Task force on the heels of pfizer announcing early data its covid19 vaccine is 90 effective. President elect joe biden says a lot of work still remains which is why Biden Announces New covid19 Task Force Washington correspondent alexandra le mon has the details. I will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around president elect joe biden says a lot of work remains to be done to battle the coronavirus pandemic nearly 240,000 deaths so far. Protecting the projections still it okay we can lose. 200,000 more lives in the coming months thats what biden announced his new covid19 task force which includes a former Surgeon General former food and Drug Administration or and a yale professor biden