Joe biden set to receive his first president ial briefing. President donald trump still trying to convince the country the election was stolen. But a former official sets the record straight. There is no indication or evidence there was any sort of hacking or compromise of election systems on, before or after november 3rd what chris krebs is saying about being fired by tweet for speaking out tensions high overnight a funeral held for irans Top Nuclear Scientist assassinated in a targeted hit, irans leaders are now vowing revenge and to carry on his work. Monday mess, a fastmoving storm targeting the eastern half of the country with strong winds and rain and yes, even snow. Al has the forecast. And 9 billion spent on black friday alone, setting the stage for what could be the biggest cyber monday ever. This morning, where the deals are today. All of that and plus amazing escape. And there is a big fire there. A racecar bursts into flames and the race driver is emerging from those flames
Effective in preventing the disease. Pres. Trump thank you very much. This is a very big announcement, the biggest ever concerning drugs and drug pricing. So today i have to tell you its a great honor for me to announce that my administration is issuing two groundbreaking rules to very dramatically lower the price of prescription drugs for the American People, especially for our cherished seniors. Were pleased to be joined on this occasion by secretary of health and human services, alex azar, and administrator of centers for medicare and medicaid services, seema, thank you both. And thank you all for being here. I appreciate it. The unprecedented reforms were completing today are the direct result of the historic drug pricing executive orders i signed in july. Statutorily we had to go through a very long process and we got it done. I was very proud to have gotten this done. We were pushing it very hard. As we did with the vaccines and other things. The first action will save american s
Released results of its latestage trial. The Pharmaceutical Company said that its Coronavirus Vaccine is up to 90 effective, depending on the dosage. It plans to seek emergency use authorization from the world health organization. Astrazeneca becomes the third drug maker hoping to distribute a vaccine following pfizer and moderna. Meantime the u. S. Has recorded 20 Straight Days of at least 100,000 daily covid cases. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university. On friday, infections hit a new daily record of 196,000 cases, but there is hope. The First Americans could be vaccinated in just weeks. Bofta yimam is in washington. So, bofta, it is great that it looks like we have a vaccine on the horizon, but you have to make sure you dont catch the virus first. And a lot of people are ignoring the cdcs recommendations to stay home for thanksgiving. Reporter thats right, annmarie. 50 million americans are expected to travel for thanksgiving, and experts warn that crowds at airports could lea
He seems to be unmuted. There were problems. Commissioner scott are you unmuted thank you everyone for being patient. Well cap up with our technology. Can you hear me now . Yes. I heard everyone in test mode. Steven, can you hear me . Yes. Thank you very much. As the board is aware we annually engage in a selfevaluation for the board of directors and also an annual evaluation of the executive director. The Governance Committee met a week ago to review both documents as well as a time line for both processes. As you know, we initiate the selfevaluation first and then follow that four weeks later or so with the executive directors evaluation once we received the executive directors selfevaluation. In reviewing both documents, we did not make any changes in the executive director document. We did modify in the board selfevaluation document a couple of questions. We eliminated one question and we modified the wording on another. So those changes are contained in the attachments sent out in
Warning the days ahead will be e en worse. Tonight the u. S. Is shattering records set in those first unimaginable days of the crisis. On tuesday, the country reached another new high of infections in a single day, more than 136,000. Things are now so dire in places like missouri and wisconsin, at least one out of every three people tested is positive. More than 1,400 people have been killed by the virus in just the past 24 hours. E most to die in oneie in one day in months. The death toll is now growing so fast, one model says it will reach 400,000 by february. Tonight, hospitals across the midwest are running out of beds and protective gear. College Football Games are being canceled. And schools, including syracuse university, are shutting down as cases there explode. And without the president speaking out, the nations governors are now stepping in. As we come on the air, new yorks governor is just the latest to reimpose restrictions, forcing restaurants to close trictions,limiting p