A double blow for afghanistan. A deadly bombing coincides with International Donors cutting aid. Pandemic pain for londons iconic black cabs. More than a fifth of them off the road. A new team with a very different vision and a renewed commitment to lead the world again. That is the message from u. S. President elect joe biden as he unveils top members of his administration. The president elect spoke surrounded by the men and women he has picked to be his Foreign Policy and National Security chiefs. It comes as bidens margin of victory continues to grow. Pennsylvania and nevada have become the latest states certify the president elect as the beginning as the leader. The latest from wilmington. President elect biden was unequivocal as he presented his National Security appointments and nominees. It is a team that reflects the fact america is back, ready to leave the world, not retreat from it. Once again, sit at the head of the table. Ready to confront our adversaries and not reject our
Progressives once at that, pushing people to go ahead to vote in georgia, become temporary residents and then leech. That is against the law. You cant do that there. Well find out how widespread that is. The read from the secretary of state says it is more widespread as you know, but none of this was going on in the big election a month ago. Jackie deangelis following all the biotech news and remedy news and vaccine news and how soon do we see it news. Jackie. Reporter good afternoon, neil. Things are moving quickly indeed. Pfizer biontech filing for covid19 vaccine approval in europe. Boris johnson is talking about administering the vaccine in the uk in a matter of days. This morning the fdas stephen hahn at the white house, the white house is concerned that the fda might not be moving fast enough. President trump tweeting yesterday, moderna now applying for emergency vaccine approval. Usfda must act quickly. The next steps are these. Fda outside advisors will meet on december 10th, n
Some signs of nervousness is also showing for the banks. Bonds are rallying a little bit so that means yields come in and that weighs on the bank so thats a little bit of a pause in the cyclical rally. How does the market really react to what the economists are seeing . They say we will be good in the second half of next your but have a really tough spot between here and there. Have the markets price that in . Abigail the markets do not appear to be pricing it in all that much. As you know, some of the longer term charts are starting to show the possibility that equities in particular are stretched and there could be some sort of sharp pullback for the end of this month or the beginning of next year. That could very well reflect the air pocket the jobs report for november is very disappointing suggesting december and january could be worse. It appears theres some sort of awkward middle ground in the First Quarter of 2021 and maybe beyond. The optimism that the vaccine will bring to the
[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person at those appearing distantly. We look forward to the testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the thirdparty administrators are in administering the mission act. Also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation as well. Almost every member of our committee though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us almost every member of the committee will be participating. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs, relating to the Veterans Community care program and the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers. Io i scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While v. A. Officials were invited to part
And yet the number they gave us was they admitted zero was not a number. They do not hesitate to give a 150 billion tax advantage to the wealthiest people in our country. And yet, the use family. By the way, all of this is stimulus for the economy. There is no care about people as there is some people who do. You should understand that it is stimulus to the economy, people spend this money immediately. Inject into the economy, create jobs. And that is what has helped the economy. In this Third Quarter now that money is fading. That was responsive 5 million americans who are exhausting their benefits. Osha and liability. For us is not a subject is not a provision. Its not an item. It is an ethic. Workers will be safe in the workplace. Especially the time of the pandemic could not only make them thick but also, their families, if they bring that home. So we have a list of concerns, just give us your answer fraid then you can way the equities if we dont like this or we dont like that, wha