We are watching this closely as it continues to move through. Its good to see the rain returning. Well track whats ahead as we go into the rest of the afternoon. The chilly air settles in. More on that coming up in a few minutes. Mike, this is having a big impact on the morning commute. It is, kari. A word of caution, leave with plenty of time and the rain and karis green will show up as green on ours a few minutes afterwards. They say its 95 effective. Pfizer adds the vaccine is effective for older people and has no serious side effects. The Company Expects to make 50 million dose this is year and more than 1 billion doses by the end of 2021. Pfizer said it was 90 effective and then on monday moderna said nearly 95 effective. Pfizers vaccine does need to be stored in extremely cold temperatures. Now this Morning Live Team coverage on all the covid19 developments overnight. More word on curfews. Cierra, if this is true and it works, this could be revolutionary. Reporter good morning, y
Max, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. This is two and half hours. This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between senators, witnesses witnesses and otheren individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconferencing reminders. Once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise please click the mute button until it is your turn to speak or ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. I again remind all senators and our witnesses that the fiveminute clocks still apply and you should, those remote, stall, box on your screen labeled clock that will show how much time is remaini
Appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind eastern that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals who are attending this hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. Members who are not wearing a Face Covering are not permit today remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. Let me ask make a few reminders of the hearings. For those members appearing in person you will be able to see members appearing remotely on the two monitors in front of you. On one monitor, you would see all members appearing remotely at once in what is known in w webex as mode. And on the other monitor seeing the person when theyre speaking, including members who are appearing remotely. For those members appearing remotely, you can also see each person speaking during the hearing as well as in person or remote if you have your webex set to active speaker mode. If you have any questions about this, please co
Its an honor to appear before the subcommittee on the oronavirus crisis. This morning, we wish the president and the first lady and every American Fighting covid19 a swift and complete recovery. We also mourn the losses of skyler, sheryl, jason and all the other victims of covid19. Thanks to the heroism of so many Frontline Health care workers, scientists and others we are making progress. This progress is possible in large part because of the incredible women and men at h. H. S. , the worlds finest scientists and Public Health experts. I want to say a personal thank you to each and every member of the h. H. S. Team who has contributed to this response. And i want to underscore my commitment to their work today. I started my first job at h. H. S. Nearly two decades ago. Since my first day on the job i have recognized and promoted the value of science and evidence and the Civil Servants who are so dedicated to our nation. That does not mean, especially in an unprecedented crisis, that t
Youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who became the supreme allied expired but the navy was an accident as well, one it, as a career . Guest somewhat. So, lets go way back. I grew up in a marine corps family. My father, george stavridis, proud colonel of marines, fought in korea and vietnam. I grew up in that environment, and so