As he names his taskforce to tackle the virus the 17 day lockdown comes to an end in wales its too early to say if its made any difference. Still struggling to get essential medication we reveal how most disabled people still cant access what they need, even during a pandemic. A great day for science and humanity. That sentence alone tells you what a big day this could be in the fight against coronavirus. Its from the head of one of the Drug Companies jointly developing a vaccine that trials suggest is more than 90 effective in preventing covid 19. The news has sent stock markets soaring although challenges remain and the World Health Organization warned the announcement alone would not be a complete game changer. The vaccines developers now want to apply for emergency licensing so that the vaccine can start to be given to people in general public outside of trials possibly before the end of the year. This report from jon donnison. Could this be the moment the world has been waiting fo
The us attorney general takes the unusual step of authorising federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud in last weeks president ial election. The uk Unemployment Rate rises to 4. 8 in the three months to september compared with 4. 5 in august with redundancies reaching a record high. The education standards body for england ofsted warns that some children have regressed in basic skills and learning during the pandemic. And coming up this hour. Researchers say the discovery of a two million year old skull in south africa has uncovered a new chapter in the story of human evolution. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Well bring more on the vaccine news in a moment, but first our breaking news that the chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat has died at the age of 65. He had suffered Serious Health problems for several years before contracting coronavirus la
Breaking news at the top of the hour. The s p 500, this close to a fiveyear high as the bulls finish out a strong first week of 2013. Welcome to the closing bell. Im emkrb krb along with Bill Griffith who will rejoin us in just a minute. Maria bartiromo is back on monday. Heres how were finishing the day on wall street. The Dow Jones Industrial average higher by 13 points, the s p at 1466. 26. We did it. It needed to close at 1465. 77 to hit a fiveyear high, so there, we have done it, and the nasdaq is higher by a little more than a point, 3,1 a 1. Bill, we did it, fiveyear high on the s p 500. Off to quite a start here and the s p closing at the fiveyear higher so were talking prefinancial crisis levels again. I mean, think about that. Prebear stearns and prelehman brothers. Will it last . Still facing the budget battle in washington. The fed may pull the plug on qe sooner than expected. Lets get right to it. With us is tim sprice and Brian Jacobson and Jeff Lieberthal of hightower an
The clock is ticking and power lunch is taking the ball. Lace them up. Halftime is over. Second half of the trading day starts now. Big weekend of football ahead. Big day ahead here on power lunch. Jobs, economy, fed. Is this the year finally of Rising Interest Rates . St. Louis fed president will join us first on cnbc to give us his view. If rates do begin to rise sooner than you think, which stocks should you buy . We will show you some smart moves, some smart places to put your money to work. And it is the hottest segment of, yes, the Tobacco Industry. Could it be a gamechanger for the companies that do business in that field . We will tell what you that game changer is. My partner sue herera at new york stock exchange. Sue, happy new year. Yes, you too, ty. We are finally back together again. Im thrilled about that. The markets not so thrilled right now, though. Kind of stuck in a range of that jobs data. Lets look at numberes with the Dow Jones Industrial average trading up about
Today there are 1,061. Thats 348 less. As of the beginning of january, fewer than 600 officers have been assigned to patrol about one million residents. That means that any given time there are only about 70 on the streets. Latest victims name hasnt been released. The woman killed on wednesday was 43 years old and leaves behind two children. Police have made no arrests. Live in san jose, Elissa Harrington, cbs 5. At least one person has been arrested in a Home Invasion robbery in san jose, as well. Its according to the mercury news. Officers say two or three men armed with knives tied up an older couple in their home near leeland high school on monday. The home was ransacked. Two cars were stolen. Both cars have been found. Was was driven in a rest one was driven know a reservoir. People in antioch are on high alert after a man tried to lure a boy into his car after school yesterday near sutter elementary. A fifth grade boy says a stranger approached him claiming he was sent by a Famil