Good afternoon. President elect biden and i just met with some of our nations business and union leaders. Together they represent millions of workers across our country. And some of americas leading technology, auto and retail companies. We had an important conversation about the impact that this pandemic has had on workers. Especially essential workers, frontline workers, who have risked their own health and the health of their families and many whom have given their own lives to keep us safe and keep our economy running. And we all know that this pandemic and this recession have hit communities of color particularly hard. Black americans and latinos are threetimes as likely to contract covid as others and more likely to die. Native americans are more than four times as likely to be hospitalized as others. And last month, the Unemployment Rate for black americans was almost twice the rate of others. And we have also had a conversation about the impact this pandemic has had on our econ
The year dow is set for a record close, approaching 30,000 with 59 minutes left of trade. Up 1 2 on the dow sara 29,830 currently. Coming up todays show, we are waiting president elect biden to make some comments on the economy. His economic plan that should come any minute. We will take you there live. In the meantime, a rare interview with operation warp speeds dr. Slaoui he will weigh in on the moderna news and what the rollout will look like. Plus the positive vaccine theus with mark moabious his eye on emerging markets. And mike wilson saying next year will be all about earnings we will discuss with Morgan Stanleys chief u. S. Equity specialist mike santoli joins us. Meg tirrell has the latest on covid19 news. Eamon javers will go over president elect biden speech on the economy when we get there. Lets start with mike santoli. We below on the s p 500 where we were this morning, by about a third of a percent below last monday mornings high about a third of a percent but looking at
Them out . Palami, welcome to comfort zone. Good to be here. I want to look at 1st, the governments handling of the pandemic in recent months. We know that a vaccine now appears imminent, but after a decade of conservative rule, britain was woefully unprepared to deal with this. Pandemic any pandemic, wasnt it . Despite numerous warnings and dress rehearsals, why was your party asleep on the job for so many years . Well, i think what we saw with the pandemic was that the vast, vast majority of countries found themselves unprepared for it. And the reason for that, the fundamental reason for that was that the nature of the pandemic wasnt quite what was previously expressed is expected. What was generally expected by most countries was something that resembled blue. I realize it was different, but look at the figures before the coronavirus hit, the u. K. Had just 6. 6 intensive care beds per 100000 people. Thats fewer than latvia, fewer than cyprus, half the number that italy had, and abo
From wilmington, delaware, this is 35 minutes. Vice president elect harris good afternoon. President elect biden and i just met with some of our nations business and union leaders. Together they represent millions of workers across our country. And some of americas leading technology, auto and retail companies. We had an important conversation about the impact that this pandemic has had on workers. Especially essential workers, frontline workers, who have risked their own health and the health of their families and many whom have given their own lives to keep us safe and keep our economy running. And we all know that this pandemic and this recession have hit communities of color particularly hard. Black americans and latinos are threetimes as likely to contract covid as others, and more likely to die. Native americans are more than four times as likely to be hospitalized as others. And last month, the Unemployment Rate for black americans was almost twice the rate of others. And we hav
Possible, who is manacled really, what moves. And also who talks to people who follows her along the way, admirers and critics alike. How is the worlds most powerful woman shaping her legacy . Joining us from eccles last stop in the race for a Coronavirus Vaccine is not just a matter of saving lives. Its also a matter of saving face for some world leaders. As news broke this week, the 2 vaccines have reached 90 percent. If we can see the incentive to speed up trials is growing. Russia and china are already rolling out their back scenes to the public before final testing. Is that safe . What if you could see rate is high enough level of scientific says acceptable separating fact from fiction is challenging. Its becoming like a bidding war 1st, the it success of 90 percent reporting the same figure for its 1st candidate that was monday. Then the vaccine is actually 90 percent effective, protecting people from it. Its raising eyebrows among skeptics. But its also raising hopes that well h