Condemned the u. S. Secretary of states unprecedented visit to an illegal israeli settlement. And the occupied Golan Heights. He stammered, and all your support returns to spain and says hes tired of always being blamed for problems at barcelona. Welcome to the news i could have a Company British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its a vaccine is showing promise and protecting those groups that are most at risk from the coronavirus working in collaboration with the university of oxford. The vaccine shows a strong immune response in those aged over 70 in its phase 2 trials. Its the 3rd western drug maker to report positive news on the vaccine front. In the last 10 days, even as cases continue to rise. Charlie angela reports more good news in the fight, to get corona virus this time from the u. K. , after 99 percent of volunteers, given the oxford astra, zeneca vaccine developed antibodies to cope with 19. These are the results from the phase 2 trials using 564. 00 in tis result in
Lini. A film that brought harsh controversy to new york. Our story also has to do with a quiet street in connecticut, where a young man, a minister for jehovah witnesses, went from door to door where the photograph record, which he played for anyone who cared to listen. That phonograph record too caused controversy. Two disputes, each of which went to the United States Supreme Court. There these cases of the film and the phonograph record became a chapter in the history of the United States constitution. Each and interpretation affecting many people. A crucial decision. In 1921, new york state adopted a system of film censorship. Henceforth, before a film could be shown in the state, at any place of amusement charging admission, it would have to have the states approval. During the next 30 years, the examinedeviewers almost 50,000 films. Most were promptly approved. In some cases, the board asked for cuts. A few films were banned outright. For such cases, the law provided an appeal pro
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
There is a potential of a third vote now, we will not know whether that is happening, but maybe we can work it so we can tagteam the chairmanship. Senator blumenthal i think is back with us. I will make certain he and i can trade positions so we can both vote. If that happens. The committee is reconvened. Mr. Gilman, if you are available , you have about a minute and a half left. We heard your testimony to that last point and we would love to hear your concluding remarks. Can you hear me . Mr. Gilman . Can you hear me . Yes sir. Myi am going to pick up testimony from where i left off . Yes, sir. Ok. I was determined to make isolation gowns because we had the equipment to cut and sew them. I quickly got a sample from a local hospital, design my own pattern, research the materials the gowns were made up, and built a prototype. I sent it to yell new haven hospital, they evaluated it and awarded me an order. There was a surge demand. Hospitals needed more gowns than they could buy from the
Runs just under two hours. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being with us, or being near us, at least in the technology since. I welcome all of you to todays hearing that weve entitled, examining the response to the covid19 pandemic. The subcommittee at the sound of the gavel will come to order. As the nation continues to fight the unprecedented Public Health crisis, americans worked to protect against further spread of the virus while trying to maintain a certain degree of normalcy, including maintaining a job and earning a paycheck. There is not a corner of the u. S. Economy that has not felt the impact of the pandemic todays discussion will talk about the harmful effects on the Manufacturing Sector. During this pandemic, many in the Manufacturing Community have adapted their operations to help provide products needed to prevent the spread of the virus. Distributionlesale company that pivoted to manufacturing face masks in response to a dire National Supply shortage, or a cart