Worlds 1st companies to merge and see authorization for the coronavirus vaccine. We begin where there are warnings of an escalating conflict and unfolding humanitarian crisis. The United Nations has called on warring sides to stop fighting immediately. So more aid can be delivered and refugee safe zones can be set up the government and the Peoples Liberation front. Both accuse each other of killing civilians in airstrikes and indiscriminate attacks during a 2 week long offensive. If European Forces say theyve taken 2 major towns on friday, and as they advance towards the tea grain capital, the uns Refugee Agency says is preparing for as many as 200000 people to seek refuge in sudan. So far more than 30000 have fled the humanitarian workers say millions of children are at risk, and refugees are in serious danger of an outbreak of disease. Here morgan is in gallery of state in sudan, near the border with here and has more now on the conditions children are facing just 2 weeks ago, while
Covid infections. More than 187,000. As the new surge grinds on, we are closer to a vaccine that could end the outbreak. Pfizer announced it asked for emergency use approval of the vaccine candidate which the company says is 95 effective in large scale trials. We hope that they will review the data and give us the green light so we can start distributing the vaccine. Reporter moderna is expected to send data to the fda later this month. Astrazenica says it is showing strong immune responses in older adults. No corners were cut in the rush to production. The process of the speed did not compromise at all safety, nor did it compromise scientific integrity. Reporter states are puttinger restrictions in place as they try to slow the spread cdc recommends against traveling. The best way to stay safe is to stay at home. Covid19 sites are struggling to keep up with demand. We have seen long lines. In los angeles lines around the building. Five people are recovering from minor injuries after a
Gdp to be negative this the First Quarter of 2021. It is friday before a holiday week 59 minutes left in the session down a quarter of a percent on the s p 500. No gobbledy gook coming up for the next two hours here either. Coming up on this show, instead we are going to dive into the latest on the coronavirus and pfizers push to get emergency use authorization for its vaccine with the fda commissioner and pfizer board member dr. Scott gottlieb. Plus, new york city shutting st. Louis down the head of the Teachers Union in new york will be here to weigh in. Lets check on futures mike santoli tracking the margaret as always meg tirrell with the latest on pfizers vaccine and bertha comes has the latest on what President Trump just announced. Mike santoli, lets start with you. Not disturbed so far by the news last night about the treasury pulling the funds from the fed. If you look at the pattern here, it is about a flat week as well. Trading just below the highs we hit on monday. Before t
Of catching the virus is going down. The likelihood of a no walk down christmas is not. Im for golf in berlin. This is the day if you cool the corona situation in germany is still very serious and the numbers are wearing me high and we havent reached the plateau yet. We expect gross domestic products to shrink by 5 point one percent in 2020. Hindsight it, when we dont trust our hospitals to be in for around this year, we have more people in intensive care than in april. And the numbers have doubled in each of the past. 2 weeks, regrettably economy problem also coming up is the u. S. President planning to order all american troops to leave afghanistan by years end, socalled, Islamic State and the taliban. They appear ready to fill any void with violence. Everyone was screaming, but suddenly it was quiet and we heard someone saying a prayer behind the door that was the suicide bomber right before he blew himself up. Its only thanks to god that we got out alive. And to our viewers on p. B
Here on cspan. Is the Health Care Reporter focusing on the pharmaceutical biotech industry for Business Insider and joins us via zoom for a deep dive into the topic of Coronavirus Vaccine. It has been hard to keep up with the news of the past two weeks. Take us through what you expect in the coming days and weeks. What we should be watching for this week. Guest thanks for having me, john. That makes two of us as far as trying to keep on top of everything. As far as the current state of play, these past three weeks we have seen three crucial positive readouts of data from leading programs. The first came from pfizer, the second came from moderna, and the third one this morning just came from astrazeneca and the team at oxford. These are three leading vaccine front runners, all three in late stage studies appear to be effective, the first to 95 effective in preventing covid19. Thatnity is expected to do late november, early december. That will set up an fda decision, all eyes turning to