I titled it to the Promised Land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes and we experience hardship and disappointment along the way, i still have faith we can create a more perfect union. Good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post live. Im opening and columnist for the Washington Post and founding director of the race card project. For the special conversation to see morning im joined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, scholar and president of the Andrew W Mellon foundation. Good morning, elizabeth. Good morning. Its wonderful to be together. And together with we both welcome our guest for the conversation, the 44th president of the United States, barack obama. Good morning, sir. Washington post brought out the big guns for this one. We are so excited to see you. Im three grateful that you guys took the time. We are so excited to talk to you about your book but this is a News Organization so we do have to begin with a bit of news.
But also goes to deminion and other thicks. I would like to file one nice beautiful lawsuit, talks about this and many other things with tremendous proof. We have affidavits, we have hundreds and ups of affidavits. Maria we will be talking about this all morning. Hear from georgia congressman doug collins and carter payment who filed a lawsuit against fbi on friday and scott terry all coming up this morning. Markets pointing to a down day on the final day of trading day for november. The dow industrials showing a decline of 160 points. We are wrapping up a great month for markets in the month of november. Sea of green. Dow industrials up 1 3 . Retailers to give you the best deals of Holiday Shopping season. Everything that you need to know coming up. Plus legends of rock for a price, items from the worlds greatest musicians going up for auction. We have a look at them. Mornings with maria is right now. Maria check european markets this morning. Dax index in germany higher by 47, third
President elect. Joe biden is to announce his 1st cabinet appointments. And he brings in a former Obama Administration official is expected to be secretary of state. So this promising news this monday in the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine astra zeneca has said that late stage testing of its covert 19 treatment shows it can be up to 90 percent effective without any serious side effects. The company has been developing the vaccine with oxford university. Importantly says it can be stored at frigid temperatures, making it easier to distribute the u. K. Health secretary, matt hancocks, is 100000000 doses are on order and it could start to be rolled out next month. John, how in london to talk us through that when it all sounds pretty good. Just one about the word and it can be up to 90 percent effective if you got more data. Yeah, its important that astra zeneca, the British Pharmaceutical Company that partnered with the university of oxford said this morning when they announced these res
A phone tapping scandal. Another record high for Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere. And theyre still growing despite industries shutting down during the pandemic. And in school the president s of african football and it has been banned for 5 years. Footballs governing body finding im guilty of breaching its code of ethics. Now astra zeneca say theyve developed a code with 19 vaccine for the world and a fraction of the cost of others in the pipeline. The british drug maker working with Oxford University says trials show it could be around 90 percent effective. It would cost around 2. 00 and a half dollars a dose and be stored in normal, frigid temperatures for 6 months, helping distribution. By contrast, modernise says its experimental vaccine looks to be 94. 5 percent effective. Well, it sits in a fridge for 30 days or a regular freezer for 6 months. The pfizer bio on tech vaccine is said to be 95 percent effective. However, it requires specialist deep freezing. Both madonna and pfize
Trump. Welcome everybody. I think we have some republicans leadership elections coming in. Can you see me, can you hear me and is working. Week social media oversight, i cannot wait have social media come to the committee and explained to themselves about their platforms. Thats on the 17th and there is a lot of support to take a hard look at social media platforms, the act is on and crossfire hurricane, he is going to appear remotely so i appreciatet him coming it will o is make an opening statement. Crossfire hurricane has been looked at in many fashions, the Inspector Generals report found 17 policies of violation regarding the way the crossfire hurricane operation was performed they rebuke the fbi and the department of justice regarding the application made against carter page, every person that we talk to, have been able to get a hold of, i know then what i knew now i would not have signed the carter page warrant application, counterintelligence investigation of the political peopl