From House Democrats. Its such a body blow to our democracy. Just how far reaching was this effort by the Justice Department . Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is trying to mend fences and build bridges. As President Biden is welcomed back to the club at the g7 summit in europe, he is also preparing for a closelywatched summit with russian president Vladimir Putin as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. The president will take questions from reporters this hour. We will bring that Press Conference to you live when it happens. In the meantime, the president s priorities here at home from infrastructure to Voting Rights have run smack into the reality of a 50 50 senate. And late this week, a stunning new revelation prompted an uproar on capitol hill and beyond. We learned the trump Justice Department seized Cell Phone Data from the former president s political enemies including members of congress. And joining me now exclusively is the House
Years ago today on the american access to believe role in german politics. Despite the many crises shes faced, the often nicknamed the mother of germany is now more popular than ever. And a president ial election in west africa, large by extremist violence to people in turkey. Now faso, head to the polls today. But a growing Islamist Insurgency means many voters wont be able to cast their ballots. On a call for leaders of the worlds wealthiest countries are meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. The virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end the kono virus pandemic and deal with its economic fallout. A draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for a Fair Distribution of covert 19. 00, vaccines and testing. So that poorer countries are not left out debt relief as also likely to be extended denied the opportunity for face to face pageantry. This was how so dia rebiya opened the g 20 a 7 plane fly over of riyadh to mark the 1st ever summit ho
Well, we expected leaders to sign adjoins declare a declaration later today. And then we will see how strong the language will be there with regards to covert 19 and Global Access to vaccines. However, its important to stress that many of them said here set in the day a Virtual Conference Video Conference, that its very important to coordinate their efforts. And that it is very important for everyone to have x. And access to their vaccine. French president mccall stressed that this is a test for g. 20. We just heard german chancellor Angela Merkel talking about the importance of strengthening international organizations. The only one, however, who didnt talk about the Global Situation was you asked president donald trump, who praised cheese economy and his administrations efforts to develop a vaccine to support companies, develop a vaccine. And his message to the leaders was basically, he wants to tax needs u. S. Citizens 1st. Right out. Whats on the agenda today . Climate change expec
Supporting the occupation and pakistans Prime Minister visits afghanistan for the 1st Time Since Taking Office and pledges to help promote peace there. And joining us go with sports, as leno messi returns to spain and says hes tired of always being blamed for the problems of oslo. No thank you very much for joining as we start this news hour with the coronavirus pandemic and the race to find a vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those aged over 70. The vaccine is being developed in partnership with oxford university, and its now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings that a positive news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to rise. More than 2000000. 00 cases have been before today in africa, but low rates of testing means the caseload is thought to be much higher across the continent. In the past cases of increased compared to
Also in ethiopia, where the government says its moving forward on its final offensive against fighters around to graze main city and palestinian leaders condemn the u. S. Secretary of states unprecedented visits to an illegal israeli settlement and the occupied Golan Heights. Welcome to the program. We begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and the race to find an effective vaccine. British, a pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2, trial show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. It says people over 70 who have been tested have shown a strong immune response. The vaccines being developed with Oxford University and its in the final stages of human trials. Now in the last 10 days, 2 other drug makers, pfizer and madonna, reported their back scenes are more than 90 percent effective in late stage trials. Well, globally cases have surpassed 56000000. There have been more than 1300000 deaths worldwide. 250000 of those in the u. S. Making it the worst affecte