been slated for a couple of days and their timetable has been fairly strict throughout this, but there is plenty of room for manoeuvre. they don t normally sit on a friday but i think they are expecting to speak to him. not that many people behind me today, but we have seen over the past four weeks, we have seen protesters, plenty of media, so we can expect all of that tomorrow as well, but his testimony crucially important, and he has received plenty of criticism from civil servants, advisers, scientific advisers, to name but a few, who said he showed nuclear levels of confidence in dealing with the crisis and he will certainly want to face some of that criticism down. but interesting, yesterday, we had from michael gove, the chancellor of the duchy of is that, that brilliant name in british politics, which basically means he was in charge of the cabinet office, and he was pretty defensive of matt hancock, who he said showed wisdom and foresight in many of the decisions he h
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Single day. Researchers from the university of washington suggest the deaths will continue to rise unless more americans start wearing a face covering. At least 30 states have paused or rolled back their reopening plans. Dr. Anthony fauci says while its hard to predict how much longer the crisis is going to last hes cautiously optistmist theres going to be a vaccine by the end of the year. A few testing sites have closed in florida as a hurricane is headed that way. We know, as we see on the screen, the category one storm headed up potentially the east coast of florida and we see the impact on other states of the eastern sea board. More on the projections from the cdc. Lets go to polo sandoval. Good morning, to you, polo. Reporter good morning to you. One of the big areas of the focus is across the river in the state of new jersey. They experienced almost 2,000 brand new covid cases over a fourday period this week. That is deeply concerning for local officials. Governor phil murphy say
Top of the hour, good morning, everyone. Im poppy harlow. Im jim sciutto. Two of the nations top medicalec perts will testify in just a matter of minutes. Thats a live picture from the hill. The director of the National Institutes of health and the Surgeon General will address the role vaccines play in preventing Infectious Disease outbreaks and protecting Public Health, but this morning there is a new obstacle in the race for a vaccine. Drug giant astrazeneca is completely pausing its global trials of their Covid Vaccine after one of their volunteers became unexpectedly sick. This halt, they say is normal. Its a normal precaution as the company gathers more data to find out what it was that made this person sick. The National Institutes of health made their plea for more testing. Their message, test, quote, as many people as possible. Lets begin with our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Well get to the news which is really significant in a moment, but just explain why ast
Leggings to fit them. Hello, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. Its getting hard to keep track of how many people in the Trump Administration either have the coronavirus orare in quarantine in case they have it. The president himself, freshly back from hospital but technically in isolation for another week, is reportedly itching to get back into the oval office. And its notjust the white house thats a covid hotspot. The pentagon too has been hit by the virus. Several of americas top military officials are now quarantining after the vice commandant of the coast guard tested positive on monday, and dont forget the senate, which has been temporarily closed after three senators tested positive. The status of the Us Government in a pandemic, a month before an election. Heres our north america editorjon sopel. Dramatic music plays. When donald trump left the white house last friday, he appeared dejected, fearful. But wow, his return last night couldnt have been more d