Thanks for joining me this hour. People around the world are hoping there will be a Coronavirus Vaccine soon but one of the biggest global vaccine researchers astrazeneca is pausing one of their trials after a volunteer fell ill. It affect ad participant in the uk. So u. S. Medical analysts explains the importance of pausing the trial. Youre supposed to see, you know, if there are any side effects, any issues. Sometimes its related to vaccines. Sometimes its just happening at random. The fact that they paused the trial that they are taking the time to evaluate what happened thats exactly how things should function. I want to go live to london. Nic robertson is here with the latest. Explain to us what we know about why this trial, phase three trial was suspended for the moment. Reporter a normal pause to be expected, routine is how experts describe it. Astrazeneca saying that they discovered one person in their study and we under they have about 50,000 people right now worldwide who are
Pandemic, election and Supreme Court. On the same day the coronavirus death toll surpassed 200,000 americans, President Trump said the pandemic driven surge of mail in ballots and the legal battles to follow mean a new Supreme Court justice must be confirmed before election day. We begin with coronavirus. Three source tells cnn fda is considering new rules that all guarantees of a vaccine have to wait until after election day. The president has said repeatedly the vaccine could be ready by then. The administration is face an erosion of trust after several decisions driven by politics. Fda want extra time to northern people taking part in the trials. The data will determine the announcement. I would trust the cdc. And i would trust the fda. The fda commissioner has made it very clear that hes going to make sure that the in trenches scientists who look at these type of things all the time, thats what they do for a living, they are going to be the ones making the recommendation. Expect mo
Foreign actors could spread disinformation about 2020 Election Results and warn citizens to be patient. Good to have you with us. Lets start here in the United States where donald trump is making his first Public Comments about a tragic milestone. On tuesday the u. S. Surpassed 200,000 People Killed by the coronavirus. Thats 200,000 people who have left behind grieving families. U. S. President donald trump is calling it a shame. But hes blaming china for the deaths. Well, i think its a shame. I think if we didnt do it properly and do it right you would have 2. 5 Million Deaths but its a horrible thing. Should never ever happened. China let this happen. The original numbers were around 200,000. If you do it right, if you did a good job and the public worked along and if you didnt do it right would you be at 2 million, 2. 5 million, those were the numbers. This should never have happened. Never should have come out of china. Should never have left it happen. And that death toll is expec
Lets talk about pennsylvania. We know its so important. If biden wins, its over. He wins the presidency. But trump must win pennsylvania otherwise theres no way he could win. Lets start here and then we can break down the vote and today could be the decisive day. Well hear from the secretary of state next hour. Shal update us on the vote total and the other thing is the push back from the Trump Campaign. Well do the math right now. As you noted joe biden at 253 this hour, President Trump at 213. That would do it. That would do it. Joe biden thinks he can come back and get georgia. Joe biden leads in arizona and nevada. That would be gravy if he could hold the commonwealth of pennsylvania. Hes trailing right now but the president s lead has been shrinking every time we get votes. And many of them, most of them are in blue counties, philadelphia and the suburbs around it. This is why its so important because if biden can do this and if biden can hold here and hold here not only is he win
An international reset is already under way. Americas back. Were at the head of the table once again. I have spoken with over 20 World Leaders and they are all literally really pleased and somewhat excited america will reassert the role in the world and be a coalition builder. But president elects plan message today that americans must share the sacrifice of staying home to get through this crisis moment. And going somewhere is something that the cdc advises americans against this holiday. A new study says the vast majority of americans remain susceptible to the virus so every second spent in an airport or a gathering of ten or more people is a second to put yourself and your family at risk. The numbers today are just plain awful. Another 172,000 new infections. On tuesday. Another 2,000 american deaths and 88,000 americans are in hospitals. Remember, most people have still not gotten this virus which is why dr. Fauci cautions a postholiday covid surge might be even worse. The one thin