Reporter neil, good afternoon to you. Start with astrazeneca. That is the top headline. It is covid19 vaccine as you mentioned having a good immune response in older results this is a phase two trial. Heefficacy will not be done untl they resume phase three trials you mentioned pfizer around biontech, they will file for their emergency approval with the fda form for the covid19 that tells us they are on track for the timeline they promised. Johnson johnson ready to have its vaccine ready for approval by february of 2021. Like i said, a bunch of different choices here. New york city in a little worse shape. Public School System is shutting down as of today. The stiffs Public Schools are taking a break, excuse me, because the coronavirus test Positivity Rate of 3 has been at that level for a seven day rolling average. It was reached on wednesday. The decision impacts over a Million Students and their parents and the city is trying to manage these cases and the weight that is placed on th
In fact, why most political scholars kind of hate the Electoral College. Its not popular among the Political Science set. Youll get a whiff of George Edwards book which hopefully youve read most of it, if not all of it. You get an argument against the Electoral College. He lays out all the comments for it, which is helpful for allowing each person to sort of make up their mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. So this is really i do a whole week on this one because its how we elect the president but very few americans understand the full extent of the process. At the very least if you take a course in the american presidency, you should walk away understanding how the process we use to select our chief executive officer works, but also because its also really important in how it structures how elections turn out. Just like how we started our discussion of president ial nominations by talking about the history of nominations processes and taking a relative
So today well talk about the Electoral College, what it is, how it works and why most scholars kind of hate the Electoral College and its among the Political Science set which homely youve had so far and you get a fullthroated argument against the Electoral College and it is a useful, instructive book because lays out all of the common arguments for it, as well which is helpful for allowing each person to sort of make up their mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. So this is really i do a whole week on this one because its how we like the president and few americans fully understand the process. At the very least if you take a course in the american presidency you should walk away understanding how this process we use to select our chief executive officer work, but also because it is really important in how it structures how elections turn out. Just how we started our discussion by president ial nominations by discussing the history of the nominations pr
Morning for all of these lawmakers. Bring us up to speed on whats going on now and what it means for americans who need help in the pandemic. Reporter i thought when i woke up this morning i thought it would be over and its still going on. Voterama is still going on. Marathon session to try to pass amendments for budget reconciliation. First step that needs to happen so that they can pascoe individual 19 relief without any support. Now the senate doesnt do this very often. It shows how important it is. There was one amendment that all senators agreed on except for rand paul. Targeted stimulus checks for the next round of covid19 relief. This comes as 10 senators were clear with biden they want to continue this dialogue. They want to continue talking about covid19 relief. They have concerns about his 1. 9 trillion package. They want something smaller. They want something more targeted. They sent a letter to him hoping to continue that conversation, but janet yellen has been clear, she s
Welcome to the Virginia Senate similar mark warner and republican candidate, and you might be possible for the Northern Virginia chamber of congress, and nbc board report. Streaming on nbc washington. Com a few things are a bit different because of the pandemic and myself are all in separate locations, as you can see the audience, and said they are joining us virtually via zoom thanks to the Northern Virginia numbers. Provide an opportunity and on issues important to virginia voters the most pervasive in the last one hour and begin with one and a half minutes opening. From each candidate in our panels and i will post listen to the candidates, these questions determined by nbc news and the palace if not reviewed by the candidates or any debate partners. Each candidate will have one minute to respond in a candidate answering first will get an additional 32nd rebuttal. As moderator, i reserve the right to follow up as needed. Then we will conclude with one minute closing statement. This t