Gatherings, infection rates have surged. Thats a lesson for western leaders struggling with plans for a covidsafe christmas. In liverpool, in britain, the military joined a vast trial of tests. If they work well, the idea is to test everyone in england every week. European i. C. U. Beds, spearvel iespecially in france d switzerland, are piling up. And the numbers are staggering. One person is dying every 70 seconds in the european region from covid19. Reporter sweden is no exception. It started out as an outlier with light restrictions, but the experiment has failed. Infections hit a record high this week, and deaths are spiking, too. At the same time, the worlds hopes are focused on the vaccine. Here is a shipment of chinas arriving in brazil, where it is being tested. The data so far show it is safe but not as effective as the two American European frontrunners. Meanwhile, World Leaders gathered this week on the mother of all zoom calls in a virtual g20 meeting. They pledged Fair Dis
Stocks are up, all of that to do with powell. The dollar weakness also to do with powell. Real trends in the euro and the pound. Tom no question about that. Right now our first word news in new york city, here is riddick gupta. A Ritika Ritika the longestserving Prime Minister in japans history is resigning after eight years because of health reasons. The government has provided few details. News reports that he has been undergoing treatment for a chronic digestive condition. He plans to stay on the job until his party picks a successor. President trump made his case for a second term and last nights Republican National convention. He promised to cut taxes, and create 10 million jobs in 10 months and turn the u. S. Into a manufacturing superpower. In the new term as president , we will again build the greatest economy in history, quickly returning to full employment, soaring incomes and record prosperity. Ritika the president also warned that joe biden cant be trusted to deal with the
Remedesavir, the most effective treatment so far. Tonight hospitals are sounding the alarm. So will there be enough if you get sick . Tonight a troubling warning in the bay area about a common treatment for the coronavirus. Its called remedesavir. Its made by Gilead Science in foster city, but now some doctors worry the supply is low. Ian cull has the late details. Reporter its one of the only drugs that is helping Covid Patients survive. But tonight doctors say remedesavir is in short supply. Were seeing that were on the edge. Were about to fall off the cliff, and i dont know when that point will happen yet. across the state in the last month, hospitals in San Francisco are running out of remedesavir. Dr. Peter chin hong is an Infectious Disease specialist at ucsf. Well be soon enough to the point where we have to decide on an ethical basis if five people or ten people come in at the same time, who youre going to give the last course of drugs for. Reporter one of the problems, they ca
Former National Security advisers bombshell book can the white house stop its release . A live report straight ahead breaking his silence the officer involved in the shooting of Rayshard Brooks in his first Public Comments about the case to nbc news total tragedy that a man had to lose his life that night. The officer accused of pulling the trigger going before a judge today while his fellow Atlanta Police protest calling out sick or refusing to answer calls. Officers are looking around going, i love my job i could be next. Where the case is headed next all that plus juneteenth it is that defining moment of freedom. Todays celebrations marking the official end of slavery in america. Taking on even greater meaning this year. Inside the legacy of the historic day and the push to make it a National Holiday today is friday, june 19th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody welcome to today. Nice to
Refrain from tearing confederate statues down, saying the state is working on removing them. Announced virginia continues to decrease new covid19 cases and hopes to enter phase two soon. Gov. Northam good afternoon, and thanks to all of you for joining us today. Its good to be with you again. We plan on this being a short briefing today. I want to touch on our health metrics, number one, reopening education, andr our revenue numbers for the month of may and what they mean for our Financial Planning as we move into the latter part of this year. First, i want to speak briefly to the ongoing protests and the confederate monuments. I have said that i believe the confederate monuments are divisive and glorify a racist and painful time in our history. Thats why we are working to monumente lee enrichment, which our state owns. The Richmond City council has also agreed that it will remove the other confederate monuments that are on monument avenue. We all came together to create a process to d