We thank you for joining us for our virtual Headliner Program on the potential crisis in the college vote this fall. Thurgood marshall jr. And paul low, founder and president of the campus election engagement projects. While covid19 continues to spread across the country, how americans vote has become a critical issue as politicians debate debate the verses constituents one has emerged as a critical block, the voting rate more than doubled from 19 in the 2014 election, to 40 in 2018. In a poll of 4000 students, conducted august 9 through 12, funded by the knight foundation, 71 percent of students say they are absolutely certain they will vote. So ident i is democrats are the most likely to be absolutely 81 ,in they will vote at followed by republicans at 74 and independence at 63 . That includes that assumes that collegeage voters will be able to vote and that their votes will be counted. Covid19 has upended education in general and has caused disruptions on campuses across the country
Biontech delivering millions of doses of a potential vaccine for covid19. Well kick it off with Edward Lawrence in washington. Reporter melissa, very big news for pfizer and the vaccine. We could have three vaccines in circulation by end of the year. First one by astrazeneca, they hope by october. Moderna and pfizer follow by the end of the year. The governor of connecticut toured a pfizer plant in his state. Senior Vice President for drug safety and development for that facility says pfizer focused on doing the next studies and getting that data to the fda for a safe and effective vaccine. Governor ned lamont says it will be widely distributed. Listen. We continue to hit the metrics we need. We continue to get the fda approvals. We continue to do this safely. We have a real opportunity by end of this year to be able to go to cvs or the local pharmacy to get a Covid Vaccine just like you get a flu vaccine. Reporter a clue how governors think the vaccine could be widely distributed, wit
A National Record of 59000 cases in just one day one day across the United States one of the worst hit areas by far is the state of florida it is contributing 9000 cases a day. Or put a different way 15 percent of all cases nationally in fact just this morning that jumped to 11000 a day which would make it 19 percent if my math is correct of all the cases nationally 19 percent of all the cases are coming from florida consider this florida is just one of 50 states in the United States so thats a pretty big share there has been a suggestion that large numbers by themselves they dont really matter the president for example he said the numbers are only going up because more people are being tested floridas governor he also minimise the reason for alarm stressing that those that are being infected right now are just young people and young people tend to not need hospital care. Half the cases are in their early thirties or below and in then of the ones that are over that theres a huge bulk o
Global markets are slipping as concerns grow over a possible 2nd wave of coven 1000. 00 will beijing reported a cluster of new cases after nearly 2 months without new infections will chinas capital reinstated some restrictions including security checkpoints while both schools and sports venues also close after an outbreak tied to a huge market well this comes as south korea also continues to see a rise in new cases especially since the government has not enforced stricter social distancing guidelines. From the area in the virus is spreading particularly through. Senior citizen youre making your best efforts in training that people who have had contact with confirmed virus to know that we are still going to be heading up i dont read. Those are. The words or utilizing. The macedonian in the metropolitan area of. India also saw a jump in new cases in recent days this is despite the extended lockdown the country has the 4th highest number of cases in the world with more than 332000 the cit
Kloots. What does she know, as Ghislaine Maxwell sits in jail. Whether shell cooperate in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. How some of the greatest cultural sites are turning to new technology in the pandemic to let tourists return safely. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The growth is exponential at this point. You know, weve been breaking record after record after record all the last couple of weeks. The staggering 40 out of 50 states are seeing Coronavirus Infections on the rise. Florida surpassing more than 200,000 covid19 cases. More hospitalizations, more icus and respirators and more fatalities. 99 of which are totally harmless. President trump told a crowd on the National Mall those covid19 cases are, quote, totally harmless. We must take this seriously. Tony award nominated broadway star nick cordero has died from complications of the coronavirus. If i live my truth im living just for you remains found in texas are confirmed as missing ft. Hood s