Despite coming from a poor family loves to become president. Challenges a. Credible story. Starts december 10th on t. W. Food. A big moment for a small biotech firm in germany and the world vaccine developed by buying tech now approved by the u. K. Marks a technological breakthrough and could be revolution for the entire Pharmaceuticals Industry well talk to our financial correspondent. Also on the show distributing that vaccine will be a big challenge well look at how germanys flag carrier is gearing up to fly around the world. And the vaccine cant come soon enough for the worlds poorest countries theyve been hit especially hard by the global slowdown. Welcome to the show im Stephen Beard and. Lead investors around the world welcomed the u. K. s approval of a Coronavirus Vaccine with asian markets gaining thursday on hopes that economic recovery would be around the corner but the vaccine developed by german firm biotech in partnership with u. S. Drug giant pfizer also represents a tec
Infections have occurred around my place. At any rate, i think we have no choice but to put some restrictions in place to improve the situation. Translator i think the campaign should not only be suspended in sa ppporo city but the whole of hokkaido. Nothing is more important than peoples lives. The Government Campaign called go to travel is aimed at revitalizing the economies. It has apparently been good for Hotel Room Occupancy rates in osaka city, where uncertainty is once again creeping into the tourism industry. Translator its really shocking. Theres no telling what will happen next. Were really anxious. Nationwide, a record 345 coronavirus patients were in serious condition on tuesday. The figure is twice as many as last month. Medical workers in some areas are feeling the strain. Seven of the eight beds for serious cases at this hospital in central tokyo are occupied. Officials say they cannot accept anymore. Translator its not just about the number of beds. We need special equi
[video clip] my mother was a college student, student of International Affairs who took a an interest in public issues. She could not vote yet that tenant farmers on our farm, some of whom were illiterate could vote. Host who was harry byrne and why does he play a central role in your story . Guest Harry Thomas Byrne was the youngest legislator in the tennessee General Assembly in 1920. He was a freshman delegate. He was up for reelection in the fall. He represented a small hill town in east tennessee, the republican part of tennessee. And he, although he voted with the antisuffragists and the nt ratificationists from the 19th amendment, was upper ratification and that tennessee General Assembly that summer, he changed his mind because of a q a letter he received from his mother we described in that clip. The mind, tilted the vote by one vote and that is how the 19th amendment was finally ratified. Host how did the vote for ratification of the constitutional amendment come down to tenn
Relief legislation. Why did try to move quickly because next vote. Or may have to be on the floor. But were waiting for senator duckworth and here she is. Lady of the hour. Okay, good afternoon everyone and i want to thank the senator skated duckworth joining me. Now i know this is a moment of Great National challenge. Covid19 is surging and people are dying and more people are getting sick than ever before. Families are struggling and businesses are shuttering. Peoples jobs. It is awful. Everywhere you go in this country. It is awful. So the elections over and the country is ready and eager to move to get us to move so that we can begin healing the process. The country wants us to know you got together get something done to deal with this covid19 crisis. But the Senate Republicans have continued denying the Election Results in their running america back, its a classic example was the chairman of the Judiciary Committee today. Crawling around to the states to try to intervene with the
Interest if he starts coordinating on the virus with the biden team. Like it or not, the president didnt win. The fall out this morning with ron klain, plus insight and analysis from our power house round table. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. We may not be surprised, but we should still be shocked. The Election Results have been clear for more than two weeks. Joe biden defeated donald trump. By recent standards it wasnt that close. More than 6 million votes nationwide. More than triple Donald Trumps 2016 margin in the key mid western battle grounds. Plus wins in georgia and arizona. 306 electoral votes. The same total trump called a landslide in 2016. Faced with those facts, the president and their allies have taken their baseless claims of voter fraud to court. Theyve lost 32 times. Last night in pennsylvania a judge dismissed their case with this words, the court has been presented with strai