Down days for the markets. Right now s p down by about 11, dow by 96, nasdaq off by about 47 we were so close to you dow 30,000 earlier in the week, but that seems to be slipping away a little bit 29,400 and change is where the dow is right now and again, down two days in a row, down again this morning and after yesterdays declines, all three of the major averages are in negative territory for the week a lot of things happening with covid and well talk more about that in a moment, but some of those concerns creeping back into what you see in the markets. If you are looking at the treasury market, the yield on the ten year right now is sitting just at about 0. 852 and the vix also spiking yesterday, probably a little bit on concerns about what happens as we go back into some of the lockdowns. The seesaw of good and bad news on covid. And well give you a bit of good news that happened overnight in the vaccine wars developed by the university of oxford and astrazeneca found to be safe. An
Emergency covert 19 meeting between chancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders in germany nearly 500 people have died and 28000 have been infected in a single day germany is considering a strict a lockdown to stem the pandemics 2nd wife. The glitz and glamour of the european film awards moved to the Digital Space for saturdays 33rd annual ceremony nominees and when a zoomed in from around the world best european film went to another round a scandinavian comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen about teachers who take to day drinking. This is d w news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram d w news ovies its d. W. Dot com. For. Welcome to in good shape coming up. Healthy hiking how to get the most out of the mountain trail. Smile which gentle bleaching method works best. And music is medicine the therapeutic effect of sweet sounds. A little welcome to in good shape what i realize is that more and more people now airing head why their nature but listen to this this is my music. When i a
Now as the fda begins approval of the first Covid Vaccine, and we take you inside the giant worldwide operation to distribute it. How one carrier plans to move billions of vaccines at temperatures well below zero. Swedens surge and the new restrictions now in place did their Herd Immunity Experiment fail the scare in the air. The windshield of this American Airlines plane cracked all over with passengers on board. And music with heart. Gloria estefans new mission and the heroic nurses who are stealing the show. Stand by me this is Nbc Nightly News with jose diazbalart good evening. As we hit more than 12 million covid cases today, the country finds itself in a perfect storm, a surging virus mixed with Colder Weather plus the strong pull of family and tradition. Were all making hard decisions about the upcoming Holiday Airports are crowded as many choose to travel to see family but hospitals are crowded, too, many at a breaking point it took nearly 100 days for the u. S. To reach its fi
Outstripping supply will look at who will get the 1st doses and the number of deaths in russia suggests the virus is taking a far greater told and the government is admitting we need an undertaker who tells us he is overwhelmed. Thank you so much for your company this hour the head of germanys Public Health institute says he expects the coronavirus pandemic to claim many more lives at a News Conference the president of the robert costa institute latar villar said germany has managed to stabilize the rate of new infections through restrictions in the past weeks but he stressed if they case load remains too high on mr mueller said he was particularly concerned about the rate of infections in care homes where increasing numbers of elderly residents are contracting the virus and he warned that hospitals are are coming under growing strain. And i mean who do you want to conquer noise in some regions were seeing hospitals reach the limits of their capacities and as a result for having to per
Military leaders and u. S. Allies and the senior figures in trumps. Republican policy have all warned of the dangers of putting too many troops out before the conditions are right. I think its extremely important here in the next couple of months. Not to have any earth shaking changes with regard to defense and foreign policy. Think up or ship, it is drawdown, and either afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake. Well, lets not get the view from iraq al jazeera somehow to feltons and back that the reduction of u. S. Troops in iraq to 2500. 00 is not that significant in light of the drawdown that already took place earlier this year. In january, there were 5000. 00 troops present in country that number was reduced to 3000 as of september and of course, the political and security context that precipitated this reduction was rather complex. Back in january, we had the u. S. Assassination of iranian general custom still in miami, as well as other iraqi officials, which prompted the parliament