The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Laura am Laura Trevelyan in washington, d. C. , in this is bbc world news america. Pfizer says its new vaccine is almost 95 effective. We are not at theh f line yet. Yroughl 250,000 americans have died from the virus. Thony fauci he would like says the timing could not be worse for a slowdown. Dr. Fauci we are going in, obviously, a wrong direction at a very precarious time. Laura the boeing 737 max has been cleared for takeoffsearly 18 mon after it was grounded following two deadly crashes. Plus, the lost whaling station is a beacon of hope as the whales return ande thriv the antarctic. Welcome to world news america pbs and around the globe. There is yet more reason to be optimistic about the coronavirus vaccineop being dev by pfizer and biontech. It has passed safety checks, making it ready for ap
Im stan deaton with the georgia historical society, and were so glad that youve joined us today for our special program. We are joined by dr. Andrew denson western Carolina University. The theme of this years Georgia History festival is about the importance of place in georgia, and were going to be really focusing today on the experience of the cherokee people in Georgia History. What happened to them and the way that georgians have remembered their history and their experience particularly with removal coming forward all the way up into the present. I want to welcome dr. Denton to our program andrew welcome and thanks so much for being here with us. Thanks, dan. Its a really good to talk with you all. Let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. Hes a professor of history at western Carolina University where he teaches courses on native american and United States history. He participates in their Cherokee Studies Program as you might expect he is the author of this book pub
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Phil has the rest of the weather for the uk. A very good morning. A cold, bright day to many cup parts of the British Isles but in the nicks, snow has been falling and continues to fall in some areas. In the mix. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of homes are without power in england and wales, as overnight snowfall has brought down power lines. Western power says 14,000 properties are affected, from cornwall to sheffield. Meanwhile, parts of the mi, m5 and m42 motorways are also affected by snow. And some flights were diverted from Birmingham Airport after the runway was shut for a short time. Lets get more from our news correspondent andy moore. This really has happened in the last few hours but its causing a lot of chaos in certain areas. Overnight, an unusual combination of heavy rain turning to snow and that has caused quite a few problems. First of all, with the western Power Distribution company dealing with lots of different problems across the south west and midla
Diesel and petrol cars wont be sold from 2030, part of a green Industrial Revolution to tackle Climate Change and create jobs. Across the world, it is the uk that is leading the world in tackling one of the gravest problems that this planet faces. A 65 year old man has been arrested in belfast in connection with the birmingham pub bombings in 197a. 21 people died in the ira attack. The lost whaling station at the end of the world now a beacon of hope as the whales return and thrive. The pharmaceutical company, pfizer, says its latest data suggests that its Coronavirus Vaccine is even more effective than first thought, with the jab working well across all ethnicities and age groups. The firm says the vaccine has passed safety checks, and is now ready for approval by authorities around the world. So what are the next steps for the vaccine in the uk . Health secretary matt hancock told mps last week that the nhs will be ready to roll out the new vaccine if it gets approved. He said he has