Im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Seven months into the coronavirus outbreak, what do we know . According to new data from the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the number of people in the u. S. Who have been infected with the virus could be 6 to 24 times higher than the number of reported cases. How is that even possible . About 40 of infected people do not have symptoms, but they can and do pass the virus to others, many who never seek a test. But the current surge is straining our testing system. Labs are overwhelmed, and in some places, it can take 47 days to get results. A positive result triggers the work of contact tracers, who work as part of our Public Health system. Their job is to contact those exposed and help them isolate. Meet contact tracer, sivanthy vasanthan, who says her goals are to stop the spread, and calm the fear. My name is sivanthy vasanthan, i am a remote contact tracer and im based in new york city. Contact tracing is one of the few tool
Coronavirus vaccines produced neutralizing antibodies in all 45 trial patients. One analyst just gave it the highest price target on the street he will join us. Power lunch starts right now welcome, everybody great to be with you the Federal Reserve has released its beige book for a closer look at the economic recovery well have more on that as we dig through the headlines. We want to get it to you fast, we want to get it to you right we want to go to bob for a check on the markets hello there, tyler. We are sort of right in the middle of our 40point trading range in the s p 500 weve been stalling out at the 32, 33 level thats where we started the year thats where the june recent highs were were having trouble getting over that. The s p this week, about a 100point range. The good news, optimism on vaccine. The bad news is the reopening reclosing story is murky, causing a lot of stocks momentum apple up tech down today. Travel stocks, you see the optimism on the vaccine front, travel st
Up next a confirmation hearing for u. S. Postal service governors and other judicial nominations to the d. C. Superior court. During this meeting members of the committee asked nominees questions concerning the health and safety of postal workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. This morning we will consider two nominees for the governor of the United States Postal Service, don lee moke and william zolers. Well consider three nominees for the judicial system to be associate judges in the superior court of d. C. We do have brief introduction of each. Donald lee moke served as president of the Airline Pilots association and captain with Delta Airlines for 31 years. He also served as an officer in the United States marine corp. Thank you so much for that service. William zolers serves red stone llc, hes the chairman and ceo of yrc until 2011, prior to that served in Senior Leadership positions with rider incorporated and Eastman Kodak company. Mark robins serves in office of general counsel
Reigniting the National Debate over Police Brutality and has sparked a federal investigation. The Law Enforcement officer, has within their latitude of scope of duty, the ability to use the right amount of force. But not Excessive Force. Not Excessive Force as defined by the law. A tense situation in minneapolis tonight. Good evening, im christina run down. Im frank somerville. Those protests are spread around the country, including here in the bay area, but none of them with the intensity of minneapolis. This is video from the Third Police Precinct in minneapolis in just the past 90 minutes. Its been the focus of all the protests and tonight the building, as you can see, was set on fire. There are hundreds of protesters surrounding the precinct. Police officers were seen abandoning it, but there has been no sign of any firefighters as of yet. You can see people piling wood and cardboard at the entrance to the building and throwing fireworks as the fire burns out of control. The damage
Welcome, everybody, to our hearing. Both those in the room and those that arent in the room. Before we start, i think its important, again, to note whats going on all around us, and that is the acknowledgement of Racial Injustice that has gone on for far too long in our country. I certainly support those who are speaking out and making their voices heard in a peaceful manner to bring about change. While change does not always come easily, i want to remind those watching this hearing today that change is possible. In december 2018, the first step that i first introduced became law. And i worked in partnership with several republican and democrat senators. Senator durbin was the lead person for the democrats. This law is the most significant criminal Justice Reform in a generation. A lot of people didnt think it was possible but we did it by working together, in a bipartisan way. But also working together in other ways to address racial disparities. Such as in health care, the c. A. R. E