Described it. Heavy bombardment from forces the saying that explosions can be heard through the north of the city. The Prime Minister abu ahmed, he spoke perfectly, just told us do not have a mission to bombard terence, appealing to people. They said that the effort to bring to justice, what they described would be criminal clique of the t. T. S. , will not entailed discriminatory bombardment refuting the claims of their leadership. Their own Supreme Leader is vying retaliation for the killing of a top nuclear scientists. Tehran is blaming the assassination on israel. Gunman burst of vehicle carrying on friday has more from tehran. There is a general sense of shock and disbelief that this could actually take place in the country. But we heard from president hassan rouhani. He issued a written statement earlier on saturday in which he blamed israel, and also said that the countrys nuclear and defensive programs will move forward despite this assassination. He said that this will only in
Good afternoon. President elect biden and i just met with some of our nations business and union leaders. Together they represent millions of workers across our country. And some of americas leading technology, auto and retail companies. We had an important conversation about the impact that this pandemic has had on workers. Especially essential workers, frontline workers, who have risked their own health and the health of their families and many whom have given their own lives to keep us safe and keep our economy running. And we all know that this pandemic and this recession have hit communities of color particularly hard. Black americans and latinos are threetimes as likely to contract covid as others and more likely to die. Native americans are more than four times as likely to be hospitalized as others. And last month, the Unemployment Rate for black americans was almost twice the rate of others. And we have also had a conversation about the impact this pandemic has had on our econ
The year dow is set for a record close, approaching 30,000 with 59 minutes left of trade. Up 1 2 on the dow sara 29,830 currently. Coming up todays show, we are waiting president elect biden to make some comments on the economy. His economic plan that should come any minute. We will take you there live. In the meantime, a rare interview with operation warp speeds dr. Slaoui he will weigh in on the moderna news and what the rollout will look like. Plus the positive vaccine theus with mark moabious his eye on emerging markets. And mike wilson saying next year will be all about earnings we will discuss with Morgan Stanleys chief u. S. Equity specialist mike santoli joins us. Meg tirrell has the latest on covid19 news. Eamon javers will go over president elect biden speech on the economy when we get there. Lets start with mike santoli. We below on the s p 500 where we were this morning, by about a third of a percent below last monday mornings high about a third of a percent but looking at
The freeman foundation. By judy and peter blum kler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected need and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. A breakthrough in the race for covid19 vaccine. Nearly 95 effective. Pretty intensrelief. It has been a arng, cap long, hard run. It could be easier to deliver to the millions who ne the u. S. Is still worst hit by the pandemic. Infectious past million. We are expecting president elect joe biden to speak in wilmington as he moves toward with his transition into the white house. Sweden rethinks its approach to the pandemic. Prthe minister says this is the new norm. Dont go to gyms, dont go to libraries, do not have cancel them. The french president phones the new yorkimes accusing them of legitimizing violence. Well hear from the journalist he spoke to. Very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and all across the globe. Weil start in delaware where president elect joe biden is about to start spe
From wilmington, delaware, this is 35 minutes. Vice president elect harris good afternoon. President elect biden and i just met with some of our nations business and union leaders. Together they represent millions of workers across our country. And some of americas leading technology, auto and retail companies. We had an important conversation about the impact that this pandemic has had on workers. Especially essential workers, frontline workers, who have risked their own health and the health of their families and many whom have given their own lives to keep us safe and keep our economy running. And we all know that this pandemic and this recession have hit communities of color particularly hard. Black americans and latinos are threetimes as likely to contract covid as others, and more likely to die. Native americans are more than four times as likely to be hospitalized as others. And last month, the Unemployment Rate for black americans was almost twice the rate of others. And we hav