With norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news on a potentially Game Changing vaccine against coronavirus, at the same time infections of the virus in the u. S. Are now growing by the millions. Tonight the Biotech Company moderna says it has developed a vaccine that is nearly 95 effective and capable of preventing severe illness. The company says with emergency approval from the f. D. A. It could start giving the shots to highrisk patients and healthcare workers as soon as next month. Well on wall Street Investors reacted enthusiastically, pushing u. S. Stocks to new highs, even as experts warn the country is plunging deeper into a deadly and dark winter for the pandemic. And as we come on the air the u. S. Has surpassed 11 million cases. Thats a million new infections in just one week. That is two million since the beginning of this month. And hospitals, well, they are reaching a brea
The foretwoity was an intent. I think thats something that we should all explore. Thank you. I have worked on legislation. Its a little late in this session under your tenure that would create guardrails and prevent these kinds of failures and abuses. I think your comments were appropriate. We allow companies to still do they have to provide Real Transparency which they dont always. Have to reward workers not just shareholders. Senator brown ill close with a statement. We saw earlier this year the pandemic crashing our families, hospitals, and the economy. How the market seized the up. The s. E. C. s recent report on interconnectedness in the market offers insights but no real policy recommendations. I know that you and vice chair and represent duty pute secretary money market reforms were not good enough. It is clear your successor, the next banking regulators will need to reduce risk from interconnectedness and excessive leverage. The economy may in the future will depend on it. Than
Brake lights as well. It is a slow ride as you work past Treasure Island. If you are going counter commute expect a few brake lights. Theres a broken down vehicle just as you get on the bridge. Its block that Left Shoulder by causing a back up there as well. Busy in both directions as you head through there. Also taking a look at traffic on 80 westbound before highway 4. They are just clearing the crash out of the right lane. Things moving better. We have a new accident just into the traffic center. South 880. Live news desk and lets go live to miami, florida where voting has been underway for about two hours now. You can see people socially distancing there. Casting those votes. Some of them have been waiting in line for a couple of hours before the polls opened. We are off and running. The poll also be open until 7 00 p. M. As we have seen some most states florida has seen a Record Number of early votes. Lets take a look at this new video. This is former Vice President on his way rig
Hours, even though were starting cooler, the extra sunshine compared to yesterday and no threat of wet weather todayeans temperatures jump m back to the low to mid 60s in most neighborhoods. Mid 50s along the coast. Still expecting wet weather tomorrow. Well talk about that coming up. Could the u. S. Be headed to a National Lockdown . Experts are split on the idea. We do have an answer from dr. Fauci. Jobina fortson has more on what he is saying this morning. Thank you. As the u. S. Faces a massive surge in cases, dr. Anthony fauci says americans need to wear masks distancing to avoid another lockdown. He was talking to Robin Roberts this morning. The idea of a four to sixweek nationwide lockdown has been floated to control the spread of the virus. Dr. Fauci says it doesnt seem likely to happen. There is no appetite for locking down on the american public. But i believe we can do it without a lock john. I really do. Help is really on the way. You know, if you think of it metaphorically
Wisconsin. Now he has two 53 electoral votes. President trump has 214. There are five key battleground states, they are pennsylvania, georgia, north carolina, nerve a carolina, nevada and arizona. The president leads by slightly more than 23,000 votes in georgia. Alaska has yet to be called but it heavily favors President Trump. Faith abubey joins us from washington, d. C. Good morning. Yes. This race is still way too close to call. In a key battleground states, but this morning the Trump Campaign and the Joe Biden Campaign both projecting confidence. This morning the counting continuing with former Vice President joe biden saying he sees victory ahead. Im not here to declare what we won, but when the voting is f done we believe well be the winners. Reporter projections show hes likely to win in michigan and wisconsin and just 17 electoral votes shy of the presidency. His Campaign Setting the record for most votes of any president ial candidate. Weve won with the majority of the americ