Rather than a covid friendly one, the global debate is whether santas sleigh will deliver vaccine for all. Stephanie, there are some interesting statistics on theirs. Joe biden has said it will be available for all Americans Free of charge and the british about i think about 335 million doses of seven different vaccines. What are some countries want to miss out altogether . Yes, thats the real question and it depends which vaccines actually get approved and across the finish line. Pfizers vaccine which they just across the finish line. Pfizers vaccine which theyjust acquired for emergency use in the us, that is incredibly difficult to distribute worldwide because of the extreme storage requirements for it. I need to be kept at 75 celsius. I think that will be incredibly difficult to roll out in low and middle Income Countries with weak Health Care System is incredibly difficult to distribute worldwide because of the extreme storage requirements for it. I need to be kept at 75 celsius.
Hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uks leading political commentators, bbc specialists, and foreign correspondents who file their stories to the folks back home with the dateline london. This week more vaccine options, more good news in the battle to combat coronavirus. But will its distribution be truly global . And as borisjohnson polishes up the british sword ready to rattle it again, is trump binding bidens hands . Joining us stephanie baker, an american, is Senior Writer with bloomberg. Janet daley, american by birth, but long resident in the uk, is a columnist on the sunday telegraph. With me in the studio, the bbcs diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. Welcome to everyone, good to have you back with us again. Theres a british joke from pre pandemic days about london buses which all come at once and could readily be applied to vaccines against coronavirus you wait for ages without seeing one, then they all come at once. Last week it was pfizer bi
As a national embarrassment. Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uks leading political commentators, bbc specialists, and foreign correspondents who file their stories to the folks back home with the dateline london. This week more vaccine options, more good news in the battle to combat coronavirus. But will its distribution be truly global . And as borisjohnson polishes up the british sword ready to rattle it again, is trump binding bidens hands . Joining us stephanie baker, an american, is Senior Writer with bloomberg. Janet daley, american by birth, but long resident in the uk, is a columnist on the sunday telegraph. With me in the studio, the bbcs diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. Theres a british joke from pre pandemic days about london buses which could readily be applied to vaccines against coronavirus you wait for ages without seeing one, then they all come at once. Last week it was pfizer biontech, this wee
Eventually become an illegal attempt at election interference by the president s most subservient ally in the senate. Watching the news that prominent republicans leaned on the georgia secretary of state, also a republican, exclude legitimate ballots from being counted from the blockbuster report. Secretary Brad Raffensperger said he is under increasing pressure recent days from fellow republicans, including senator Lindsey Graham who he said questioned the validity of legally cast absentee ballots in effort to reverse President Trumps narrow loss in the state. Raffensperger said he was stunned graham appeared to suggest that he find a way to toss legally cast ballots. Today a witness to that call has come forward. He works in the secretarys offense, confirming graham did pursue the line of inquiry raffensperger describes, adding he couldnt speak to grahams state of mind or his intentions. But secretary raffensperger says he believes it was perfectly clear what graham was trying to ach
Ill talk to gates about the latest on the disease and the vaccines. Also, iran, iraq, afghanistan, china, israel, yemen. A trump official says the intent is to set so many Foreign Policy fires that the Biden Administration wont be able to put them out. How will america recover on the world stage . I will ask former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Samantha power and Richard Haass of the council on foreign relations. But first, heres my take. The first time i met barack obama he struck me as different from any other politician i had met. He was smart, well read, affable and energetic. That isnt what made him stand out. It was the way he asked questions. Most politicians ask a question to answer it them is evans. After giving you a brief opportunity to respond, they jump in. Well, heres what i think. And proceed to deliver some packaged piece of wisdom they have recited dozens of times. But obama would ask a question to which he actually wanted an answer. He would listen and ask another que