Major breakthrough. Good evening. Im julie haener working from home tonight. Im a frank somerville. Researchers at Oxford University have been testing the drug and they say that if the steroid had been used from the beginning of the pandemic, probably thousands of lives could have been saved. 10 months is a smith has talked with medical experts today and the drug is widely available and not that expensive. Yes, frank in fact i did speak to a stanford doctor on the front lines of the pandemic who is cautiously optimistic but says she would like to see the data behind todays findings before putting the steroid to use. At Stanford University doctors in the intensive care unit treating the sickest covid19 patients are taking a closer look at the drug dexamethasone to help improve patients chances of survival. Dr. Leandra rogers specializes in pulmonary and critical care. One of the most important things about the study is it seems to help very sick patients with covid19. Reporter on tuesda
S p 500 and nasdac all hitting record highs, the record close for the dow since election day 53rd under President Trump. The dow less than 700 points from 24,000 after just passing the 23,000 mark. Investors liking the Senate Clearing a big hurdle for tax cuts last night after approving a 4 trillion budget in a marathon voting session setting the stage for one of President Trumps Main Campaign promises, tax reform but first the president responds to the fire storm involving democrat fredric ahad wilson with march Maria Bartiromo. Maria were you expecting that . President trump he is a very elegant man. Hes a tough strong four star marine. Youre a four star marine youve got Something Special to start off with okay . General mattis, general dunford, he was so offended because he was in the room when i made the call and so were other people and the call was a very nice call. He was so offended that a woman would be somebody would be listening to that call. At the littlely couldnt believe
This is over and everybody can go back about their business and employees can go back to their business, which is what everybody really wants. Reporter well, lets hope that comes to pass. That was this morning. Now, the update on the talks, there was serious give and take all day. Official. Sources telling eyewitness tonight. Become available. Were live in newark, new jersey. The strike would be huge. Shoppers not shopping, workers not getting to work. Tim . Reporter bill, planning is key to be everything for both commuters and businesses. Lunch at havana was busy at times square. Plenty of staff on hand, too. If a new Jersey Transit strike occurs, this and many other businesses could be greatly impacted. Hour or two earlier to make it in on time. We really dont know. There are a lot of unknowns here. Reporter Restaurant Owner jeremy marren says he has 20 Staff Members and managers who must commute from new jersey. Scheduling and other costs could become complicated. The possibility of
But she found him a block from home. I said april gel, wake up. He wouldnt wake up airport angel wake up. Wake up. I called my son. Reporter Carbon Monoxide car deaths happen in a minute. And people become sick so fast, the minute they realize they are in trouble, they cant get out. Great guy. Reporter Edwin Morales junior is ginels step son who was called by his mother after she realized ainge angel was in the car. Probably came to the car, you know, he put his phone to charge. The plow truck came down the street. At times he even tried to escape, it was too late. Reporter you dont feel like there is a question that he had a heart attack or anything. No. I think he was plowed in. Reporter an autopsy on his body was performed earlier today. Still no definitive word from the medical examiner, though, to the family as to exactly what the cause or manner of death was. Were live in sunset park. Back to you. Thank you. The storm cleanup from that storm, a bold proclamation from new York Cit
He flew out. He flew. They couldnt get him. They tried to get him but he was flying. I guess he got some wings under his shoes. Reporter this is Surveillance Video of that suspect flying jumping across the turn turnstile. I hope he should repent, you know because he destroy his life. Young kid, maybe 17, 20. Who knows . Reporter and just to give you an indication how modest carmen is when she returned home from work, she told her family she fell at work and thats how she cut her face and they didnt know what happened until detectives showed up at their home. If you know anything about this incident, take a look at the call crimestoppers at 1800577 tips. Reporter what a mess this is. We have all lanes shut down on the new england thruway because of this jackknifed tractor trailer. It happened at exit 12. Thats on the right side of your screen. Thats the only thing getting through here. You can also see that i can show you the guy came up on the snowbank, thats what caused this accident