Major drug maker reports encouraging findings for a covid vaccine. We will speak to dr. Saad omer, the director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. Then nine months into the pandemic, we look at how many hospitals are failing to provide adequate ppe to doctors and nurses. We will talk to jean ross, copresident of National Nurses united. We have been calling for this protection for Health Care Workers, not just for many months now, but also, if you recall, since the ebola crisis hit our shores. And sad to say, we are still very lacking. Amy plus, Central America has been devastated by backtoback Climate Changefueled hurricanes over the past two weeks. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States recorded nearly 167,000 new coronavirus cases on monday, the third highest daily toll of the pandemic. The official u. S. Death toll, already the highest in the world, is rapidly approaching 250,000 with
Major drug maker reports encouraging findings for a covid vaccine. We will speak to dr. Saad omer, the director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. Then nine months into the pandemic, we look at how many hospitals are failing to provide adequate ppe to doctors and nurses. We will talk to jean ross, copresident of National Nurses united. We have been calling for this protection for Health Care Workers, not just for many months now, but also, if you recall, since the ebola crisis hit our shores. And sad to say, we are still very lacking. Amy plus, Central America has been devastated by backtoback Climate Changefueled hurricanes over the past two weeks. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States recorded nearly 167,000 new coronavirus cases on monday, the third highest daily toll of the pandemic. The official u. S. Death toll, already the highest in the world, is rapidly approaching 250,000 with
This is the first time china has had to stop trading. What is going on there . Chinese stocks slammed overnight. Their first trading day of the year slammed because of a factory output number. A manufacturing number in china weaker than people thought, showing for ten months in a row, factory activity in china has been shrinking that. Spread around the world quickly. Shanghai, the stocks were halted at 7 down. Tokyo fell. Then they spread to europe, frankfurt down 4 . Paris down and london, as well. Selling, dumping of stocks around the globe. Buying safe havens, like gold and bonds. There is a second factor here. China is the big driver, just like last year. China was a driver all year. China, the driver to start this new year. There is a second factor. Saudi arabia and iran, deepening, dangerous tensions between the two countries. Boiling into this sort of global unrest, global tensions, and thats keeping stock Market Investors having them heading for the exits here. Its interesting
Ra rans preef will be here. Whether ted cruz is eligible no run for president , watch this. Do you believe senator ted cruz is a natural born citizen . I dont know, to be honest. I would seek a declaretory judgment, if it i was ted. What does that mean . You go to court. Which court . Gu you go to federal court to ask for a declaretory judgment. You go right in without a court case. You go right in. You go in quickly. If ted should eek it out, and i hope it doesnt happen, and he has this cloud over his head, i dont think itll be possible for him to do very well. Senator cruz responded directly telling reporters he wont take any legal advice from donald trump. Watch this. It is not anything thats going to happen. And im not taking legal advice any time soon from donald trump. My response when donald tossed this attack out there was to tweet out a video from fon zi from happy days jumping a shark and to move on. This is the silly season of politics. Theres a reason for it. Joining us now
Ra rans preef will be here. Whether ted cruz is eligible no run for president , watch this. Do you believe senator ted cruz is a natural born citizen . I dont know, to be honest. I would seek a declaretory judgment, if it i was ted. What does that mean . You go to court. Which court . Gu you go to federal court to ask for a declaretory judgment. You go right in without a court case. You go right in. You go in quickly. If ted should eek it out, and i hope it doesnt happen, and he has this cloud over his head, i dont think itll be possible for him to do very well. Senator cruz responded directly telling reporters he wont take any legal advice from donald trump. Watch this. It is not anything thats going to happen. And im not taking legal advice any time soon from donald trump. My response when donald tossed this attack out there was to tweet out a video from fon zi from happy days jumping a shark and to move on. This is the silly season of politics. Theres a reason for it. Joining us now