Up 95 points. The dow better by 393 points. Perhaps on investor belief that the worsening pandemic will shake congress fists open leading to, perhaps, the passage of a relief package. But as millions rush to get tested, rapid covid testing suddenly under fire from billionaire Tesla Ceo Elon musk who claims he took four tests with confusing results. So were bringing out one of the breakout stars of the netflix dock you series pandemic, dr. Jacob glanfeld, what he wants to hear from the president as the development of a covid19 vaccine inches closer to reality. And the coronavirus isnt elon musks only problem. Theres a new player on the electric vehicle front carving out its own ev beast face. Yes, thats right, the ceo is here in a fox business exclusive. Yes, the company is publicly traded. Well tell you who it is. All right, but first a fox business alert, just as americans rush en masse to get covid tested this hour, teslas ceo, elon musk, is on the attack. Did you see what he treat t
Distributed, how will be it done. All of this at a time were hearing about four 45 minutes from now president elect biden and Kamala Harris will detail their own economic plan. What theyre calling their Building Back better plan. I dont know what that means but they have got a lot of union heads there as well as the chairman of gm, the chairman of microsoft, the head of target. Again, virtually, if not in person. So well be monitoring that. When that comes up about an hour 45 minutes from now. Meantime more on this excitement around moderna and what it poses to offer right here. Jackie deangelis own that. Jackie. Reporter good afternoon to you, neil. The vaccine news certainly fueling the markets today. 94. 5 efficacy. That is what moderna is saying. We had excitement from pfizer and biontech last week. The market is saying we would expected or less efficacy. This is a really important number. People are wondering what happens next. How do i actually get the virus, excuse me, the vacci
For kenya, faso in west africa is heading for the polls. But extremist violence means many voters wont be able to cast their ballots and play richardson welcome to the show. Readers of the worlds wealthiest countries are meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. The online gathering is dominated by efforts to end the covert, 1900 pandemic. And to deal with its economic fallout, china has pledged to step up International Cooperation over the virus while russia is offering to make it sputnik vaccine available to countries that need it. Opening the Virtual Summit, a saudi king, solomon called for equal access to vaccines. We have a duty to rise to the challenge together during this summit and give a strong message of hope and reassurance to our peoples by adopting policies to mitigate this crisis. The theme of our presidency is realizing opportunities of the 21st century. For all follow the covert, 19 pandemic has forced us to adjust our focus rapidly to face such repercuss
Now to cover energy needs. Solar energy would then account for a quarter of the countrys power. I would post the number of orders for new solar park is growing fast. Whats behind the boom . In the last decade, solar modules have decreased in price to around a 10th of what they were originally. We can now produce electricity in germany for 4. 00 to 0. 06 per kilowatt hour. You cant do that in a coal fired plant or Nuclear Power station, even after the initial investment has been paid off. Back to germany because the owner of park project 10 years ago, the operating company was one of the biggest Nuclear Power producers in the country. They still burn coal fired plants, but that will soon be a thing of the power these new Energy Sources will have to fill the gap. Theyve become a central pillar in our portfolio. Since 2012, weve seen growth in all new and renewable segments, including wind both offshore and onshore, as well as solar. These technologies will account for about half of our o
Businesses and camps out on travel as it struggles to contain a covert, 1900. And i the rising sea levels, the new satellite blasting off shortly aiming to keep track of one of the most challenging f. Effects of global warming. I source says its behind a rocket attacks in afghanistans capital that have killed at least 8 people. The interior Ministry Says dozens more have been injured. The attack came just hours, before u. S. Secretary of state might bump held talks with Afghan Government and taliban negotiators in ca, to ask capital doha. Earlier this week, the pentagon said it would soon pull about 2000 troops out of afghanistan. Begins our coverage with this report from couple schoolgirls running for their lives. After rocket lands near their school, part a record needed attack on the capital. Kabul was more than 20 rockets landed in residential areas near the green zone, where many embassies are based. It was a little after 8. 30 in the morning when the 1st rocket landed in the Afgh