Australian singer helen reddy won a grammy for her 1972 feminist anthem, i am woman. This morning, her family says in a statement, reddy has passed away at a celebrity care home in los angeles where shes been living with dementia. Helen reddy was 78 years old. Turning now to the race for a vaccine against covid19 and a promising now study about one of the potential vaccines in development. Dr. Ali, thank you for joining us. A new study is out this morning on one of the potential covid19 vaccines and how effective it could be for older people. What are you hearing . This is a very good question, mona. Because im a geriatrician, i see this all the time. Older adults traditionally have a more hard time trying to mount an immune response with a vaccine. Thats why vaccines are not always effective. You see, as we get older, the immune system weakens, we have fewer tcells and less working bcells. So the phase one trial results were published in the new england journal of medicine showing tha
Police in texas are looking into what sparked a massive fire at an apartment complex under construction. The smoke and flames were visible from ten miles away and witnesses say the heat was so intense some of the windows cracked. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion but no other injuries were reported. Turning now to a couple of new studies shedding light on how the coronavirus spreads and whom it infects. One of those studies is raising concerns about the safety of flying. I spoke earlier with dr. Logan garalovian. Thank you for joining us. With the holidays approaching, theres a new study on the risk of getting covid19 while flying. What are the takeaways . Really what it says is that if youre in an airport, first of all, they are equipped with strong hepa filters that capture particles and clean and overturn the air every few minutes. With studies previously that showed cases where International Travel without a mask had about over a dozen cases of people around the perso
Weve got to turn this around. One of the nations leading Public Health experts, dr. Jha is back with us live. In the hot seat. Judge Amy Coney Barrett set to be grilled by senators this morning including vp candidate Kamala Harris after a heated start to the hearing. By replacing Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg with someone who will undo her legacy, President Trump is attempting to roll back americans rights for decades to come. An abc news exclusive. Breaking her silence. India, the daughter of dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg, speaking out for the First Time Since breaking free from the socalled sex cult nxivm and its leader Keith Raniere. He is a predator. Saying she was recruited in a secret society by a famous actress starved and brainwashed. How her mom rescued her. Youll see it only on gma this morning. A hikers terrifying Close Encounter with a cougar. No. I dont feel like dying today. The six heartpumping minutes caught on camera of the Mother Mountain lion stalking and lunging at
[ cheers and applause announcer tonight, on late night with seth meyers, Alicia Vikander, creators and stars of pen15, maya erskine and anna konkle an all new closer look. Featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening, im seth meyers and this is late night. We are hoping youre doing well tonight. Lets get to the news. During a press conference last night, President Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses to former Vice President joe biden and said, quote, well have to see what happens. See what happens for someone who wants to be a dictator, you sure sound like a spectator. You are coming off like Ryan Seacrest on american idol. Well see what happens after the break. I think the mistake was phrasing the question that way. You should have asked, if joe biden wins, do you commit to playing even more golf . Thats right, President Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses to former Vice President joe
We are getting our first look at mans brush with death we are getting our first auto look at a mans brush with death at a Railroad Crossing in london. He barely avoids an oncoming train after slipping past the guardrails. British Railroad Officials are using the incident to remind everyone to stay safe and not do what that guy did. And there are new warnings about a new danger in areas of california devastated by wildfires. Those areas could see dangerous mudslides during californias rainy season which begins next month and extends through april. Some areas are considered to have a 60 to 100 chance of a mud slide. They can be triggered by as little as 50 minutes of intense rain. The race for the white house and President Trump wanting to hit the campaign trail as soon as possible as he pushes for another inperson debate with rival joe biden, but how likely is that to happen . I spoke earlier with politicos National Political reporter alex thompson. Alex, thank you for joining us, House