Pandemic rch record highs with no signs of slowing down. Researchers are now warning the u. S. Death toll may near 540,000 by april. Today we will speak to one of the worlds leading Infectious Disease doctors, paul farmer, the cofound of partne in health. All of these epidemics find their way to exploit social disparities and inequalities and take their greatest harvest among the pr anvulnerab. E qstion ware aski is does that need to be the case . And of course, the answer is, no, it does not. Amy dr. Paul farmer will talk about the pandemic, health care inequality, and his new book fevers, feuds and diamonds ebola and the ravages of history. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States has set yet another world record for daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and deaths with over 216,000 infections confirmed thursday and more than 2800 deaths. Nearly 101,000 people are hospitalized with covi
1 10 of 1 . Minor gains for the australian and china markets for the shanghai composite. Situation with regards to the equity markets, what about some of the other Asset Classes and play . We can have a look at those. Take a look at the oil prices, retreating at the moment. You need currently, what, 41 essentially for a barrel of wti, 41. 09, moving to the downside. Stockpile to the upside. Gold not much of a haven, dollar index moving to the upside, the dollaryen currently stronger. It has been moving quite rapidly to the upside. . 11 currently for one greenback. The sec is pushing ahead with a plan that could see chinese come these kicked off of u. S. Exchanges. The intent to cap crackdown on companies that dont comply with rules that require an audit. That could hurt big names like alibaba and baidu. Tom, it looks like the sec is in a hurry. What is it proposing . Tom absolutely. The since we are getting as they are stepping up their preparations for this new Legal Framework that ag
As joe bidens running mate. Bidens pick, historic. She is the first black female and first indianamerican on a president ial ticket. This news was overwhelming. Those of us who worked on her campaign, i cannot, as a woman, as a woman of color, as an indianamerican, i cant tell you what this feels like. Im just so happy. She was among several women biden was considering for the vp position including Elizabeth Warren and karen bass. In a tweet biden explained why he picked harris saying she worked closely with his late son beau when he was attorney general of california. I watched as they lifted up working people and protected women and kids from abuse. I was prout proud then and im proud now. But things havent always been so warm between the running mates. Last year harris went after him on the debate stage. You acknowledge you were wrong. The two rivals, now friends. Seen here photographed together for the first time today as running mates. It is a moment she said shell never forget. S
A mix of excitement and reluctance of support in the bay area for oakland native Kamala Harris, joe bidens pick for Vice President. The game plan just changed in san jose for teachers at the last minute. And a homicide here. Ill tell you what we know. A stretch of toasty triple digit days ahead. Ill have more on the heat coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tonight, a historic decision. Joe biden choosing bay area native and california senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. If elected, harris would be the first woman Vice President and the first black or Indian American candidate. Biden tweeted the news saying, i have the great honor to announce that ive picked Kamala Harris, a fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the countrys finest public servants. And harris tweeting in response, im honored to join him as our partys nominee for Vice President and do what it takes to make him our comm
Kamala Harris Actually began her career at the Alameda County d. A. s office and elected San Francisco District Attorney. So for better or for worse, people here in the bay area know her policy, style, and work very well. Oakland native senator Kamala Harris is stirring up mixed emotions across the bay area after locking down her position as joe bidens running mate. I talked to my mom tonight. Reporter Christine Pelosi is chair of the democratic chair house caucus. Her mother is nancy pelosi. We talked about how great it was for the country. Reporter pelosi and harris met as law students. Ive seen her grow and develop over the years, but also taking that same approach of trying to mentor young women, trying to lift up other people. I know its a lot of controversy around kamala, especially with her as the d. A. Of San Francisco. Reporter Felicia Jones is the founder of the justice for mario woods foundation, who was shot and killed by San Francisco Police Officers in 2015. We attempted