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Today the drug maker finds her and buying on tekken else promising news about their corona virus vaccine early Analysis Shows that it is more than 90 percent effective in preventing kovac 90 it comes as the number of new infections in the u. S. And here in europe continue to reach new highs tonight good news a ray of light just before the pandemic pushes countries on both sides of the atlantic into what is being called the darkest of winters im burnt off in berlin this is the day. We just received positive news release for you. At theres been progress made for success in Russia Office to fish for national debt. To some semblance of health is found this far as its clear that this vaccine even if approved will not be widely available for many months yet to come the economy will come back because people will start to be normal again shall be forced right now is still mens and growing hopefully we have someone in office who can help us get rid of the pulpit crisis and bring jobs back to solid people are not working because they dont want to they are having a tough time going to work. Also coming up after 4 years of Donald Trumps america for us president elect joe biden is promising americas european friends a Foreign Policy that puts partnerships and allies 1st that he is someone who has a long and deeply value our partnership with the United Kingdom with the e. U. With nato and with other nations that share our core values so i think youll see a significant shift in terms of u. S. Foreign policy. But to our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with a glimmer of hope the 1st Scientific Data pointing towards the end of the corona virus pandemic today the us pharmaceutical giant pfizer and the German Company buying on tech reported that their vaccine to prevent covert 19 appears to be working early Analysis Shows the vaccine is 90 percent effective with no serious side effects stock markets on both sides of the atlantic soared on the news hitting record highs on wall street but both Companies Made clear today that even if all trials go well the earliest the vaccine would be available would be next year between now and then europe in the u. S. Face what political leaders are calling a dark winter the virus is spreading as quickly as ever with more and more people hospitalized and in intensive care. Germany is in Lockdown People in business is a facing tough restrictions at the moment strict controls are the only measure to keep the pandemic at bank one way there could be a return to Something Like normal life he said the vaccine becomes available gem and beyond tank has announced it is trying a medicine that could protect many people from the virus thats why upis until this point it was unclear whether a vaccine could be made that would actually reduce the infection or actually prevent infection. Now it looks like it could work and that is encouraging and his German Health minister i may say that im very pleased its a german developer he said as im daughters of the name is Health Minister says to beat the pandemic at least 55 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated theres no question of making it compulsory but who would be offered the vaccine 1st. Public facing jobs like medical workers and police seem certain to be near the front of the queue because of their level of risk. The elderly will be protected as a priority they are especially likely to suffer serious effects if they catch corona. But there are also suggestions that teaches and even the homeless should be among the 1st to be vaccinated the Health Minister wants white discussion about who should be 1st in line. But. Whats important also to me personally is that this debate is not only a Parliamentary Political and scientific one but that we take this discussion to every lunch table to every workplace to every circle of friends and acquaintances and that is discussed in general. And the debate about priorities has begun and can continue until a corona vaccine is actually ready. And for more on this Major Development im joined tonight by Mohamed Munir hes a viral were just in lancaster in the u. K. Its good to see you again mr mooney i want to ask you how significant is this news i understand even at pfizer in bio on tech that they were surprised that the results so far are this good. Oh yeah absolutely thank you very much for having me on the show i think it is really incredible news particularly of an already speculations were really low i mean if we look on to the expectation of defense regulates the bodies like f. D. A. And they have been expecting 60 to 70 percent action and now its having 90 put 90 percent of action and of an herbal community is i think this is meeting incredible news on though this 90 percent hows going to make it based on a small number of infection in the volunteers yeah this is a really really convincing start and i understand that we have to wait for the trials to continue incentives that basically pfizer in biotech are waiting to see if anyone gets sick right well yeah absolutely so. The total number of people that are involved in this trial there are only 40 suites follows and at least 164. 00 people need to be in fact its nearly concluded the face retrial and as it stands now 94 people have been infected and this 90 percent of it is he has gained calculated based on those 94 people who when in fact if so this means roughly we are hoffman it will be basically a trial im although its in the beginning but if this figure of 90 percent even if it dropped to 70 percent or even 60 percent that is good enough to really break its last mission of the infection in the community this vaccine uses a new technology thats called messenger r. N. A. Technology explain that if you could to the layman to mean how does this work. So this is a relatively new technology has been around in the market for like 20 years but no vaccine has been yet for just 30 years and this particular technology how it works is that you take it in epic material off the virus and fold it in that into nano particles as a carrier that takes the messenger alternate which of the genetic material of the bottles into the body and that was sent into the immune cells and the other body then senses it and use that one as a regular and start d reducing the monoclonal antibodies as well as priming the t. Cells so both cell and the antibodies are prepared in case anybody get infected with the actual corona virus that would be neutralized by the final effect of this vaccine so were training the cells of the system here with this vaccine. Yes thats absolutely right so i think this i mean system is really the core part of any vaccines and different platforms are being used for example in addinall iris the the clone the carrier off their antigen is different its supported chimpanzee virus but when it comes to the modern it based vaccine. Theres maybe they are d based on that acknowledging and that if he has a carrier of it in the attic material injecting into the body of the body to hold that and start producing want a body wants out so its precisely to taming and planning the immune system so that it can tackle the original infection working effectively so where you are using this new technology and the sexiness being developed very very fast i mean a year ago no one was even talking about this new coronavirus they usually takes 7 to 10 years for a back seat to be developed before it can actually do to market are you concerned that in our haste here that corners have been cut i mean would you trust this vaccine now. Yeah well that is a really important question and i think one of the main reason that weve been waiting so long d for the call to be completed was we needed to look into whether these vaccines theres a record its because youve tested and proven to be safe and effective so although that seems to take a long time to really be at the stage near a chemical incidentally be deployed in the field this time of course the climb has been significantly short but that isnt always what he implied because there are definitely areas where you can pluck the pollen short by overlapping. Phase one and phase 2 and sometime merging phase one phase 2 trials but the actual critical step is really this phase 3 trial and thats why i always speak about the optimistic cautious ness about the reserves that we are being presented with in the phase 3 trials so i know this is sort of insane but yet a lot more need to be seen before we leave we can conclude on to the data and also the data that we are having is basically just based on the press release we dont have assessed for the actual that up until that that theres another level they believe we are difficult to make an independent are going to go assessment so lets watch how it comes out in the whole community the trial of the phase 3 before we will be in the positions well complete exclusively melissa the phase 3 minutes over the sort that we have positive news to talk about then as well mohammad moodier biologist in lancaster in the u. K. Mr meir as always its good to see we appreciate your insights tonight thank you and very much that will. Canada in the United States have a unique relationship and this bond will always be the Strong Foundation on which we build our shared future. I also want to take a moment to reflect on the historic milestone reached in the selection. This will congratulate president lecture i guess one week. History and you know we congratulate vice. President musharraf should be the 1st woman to hold out of this landmark achievement on both sides of the atlantic there is hope that president elect biden will reverse american Foreign Policy the u. K. Perhaps the closest ally with reason to worry biden is not a fan of brechts and especially the complications that breaks it brings to the peace in ireland now here in Continental Europe it is a very different story the leaders of germany and france were among the 1st to congratulate joe biden and come over here as on saturday when biden was declared winner of the president ial election german chancellor Angela Merkel said a message that was noticeably warm and welcoming that for more im joined tonight by the german lawmaker andreas nick mr nixon serves in the German Parliament hes a member of the chancellors conservative c. D. U. Party he also sits on the Foreign Relations committee in Parliament Mr niggas good to see you again what did you think when you heard that joe biden will be the next u. S. President. I think that the dominant reaction here im sure germany is clearly a major relief especially after the suspense of the last week. I think the ultimate. Feeling is that we will not face a 2nd term of President Trump which which probably would have gone from disruption to destruction of the International Order and transatlantic relations. And i think this is a place partly also the feeling in the United States and in my former professor friends who tweeted that it feels like a collective exorcism. That is. The reflection of the relief that is there but to be sure i think it will be also we will be facing some troubles of the plains once we have that emotional connect will be on. That collective exorcism that is what i have not heard today i want you to take a listen to what the german chancellor going to what she said today about the new administration by end the friendship of our 2 countries is one that has stood the test of time for many decades and many people here and there live in this german American Friendship it is a treasure that we must preserve that we must cherish and we must pass on to new generation whose europeans and americans of germans and americans we are allies in a town india we share common values from the dignity of the individual from the rule of law and democracy and we have common interests as well i mean the United States of america and germany as part of the European Union must stand together to tackle to make the Church Challenges facing us in this day and age we must stand side by side to cope with the test that is the pandemic we must fight against Global Warming we must fight against terrorism stuff. And stand side by side for earthen Global Economy and for free trade i think this is the foundation of icepacks science of the atlantic and mr nick that you know it was a long soundbite but we wanted to play the entire thing because the german chancellor today she made a point to emphasize what used to be a given when youre talking about u. S. German relations does that speak to the damage that the relationship has sustained under President Trump. I think it is no question that. Everyone who is. Keen advocate of the Transatlantic Alliance was cold wrong footed over the last 4 years it has been a challenge and so rationally and emotionally and its partly. Ongoing in terms of reflecting the deep divisions that weve seen in the american electorate and so far as who would also have to closely monitor the progress that President Biden can be can achieve on the internal reconciliation of the United States we have to also face was all the relief that we treated the feel at the moment it was a trump was not reelected trump is and has not been rejected as clearly as we might have all hoped and so europeans will have to monitor wasnt quite carefully for the next 4 years with eternal development of the United States is flowing you know thats a very important point you make more than 70000000 people voted for donald trump as you say america did not reject reject trump has and will germany ever be able to trust the u. S. Again as it did before the error donald trump. Well i think there are some fundamentals that are also moving forward in a world that is changing. We have to. Accommodate to a situation where we have a government in washington d. C. Europe is no longer the prime focal point in the prime sciutto of u. S. Activities there is much more perspective on the Asian Pacific again its up to the europeans as a take more responsibility for their own security and also for stability in the neighborhood and i think that is true as he in a in a much more positive cooperative transit denigration was a put the biden at ministration and it may be even more so if one day in the future we face a more challenging partner. Again you know you speak of security on saturday a lot after biden was declared the president elect vote on issues tweeted an invitation to mr biden to attend the next Munich Security Conference that takes place in february of next year this really speaks to how much europe is yearning for a return of u. S. Involvement in u. S. Leadership again would you agree with that. Absolutely and i think given that the security conference this year would probably only be able to take place in a virtual form and it would maybe make it even easier for the President Biden to address this audience American Leadership is indispensable in this world but i think it is also absolutely a that we as europeans have to take more responsibility our selves not in confrontation with the United States but incorporation and it is certain division of labor and it would be i think europeans and germans would take to draw their own conclusion if they felt this was an invitation to complacency but it is an invitation to seem too strong a corporation based. On ship to valueless on coal interests but nevertheless will also have some work to do for example regarding the whole china issue to find common ground. On the strategic challenges Going Forward. We know that president elect biden plans to rejoin the paris climate agreement one of the 1st things he plans to do he wants to restore the Iran Nuclear Deal and he says he wants to refocus on u. S. Ties with europe i mean this is what you have been wanting for the past 4 years is it enough to pick up from where relations were 4 years ago. I think you you you you know if it takes a step in the same route again after 4 years but it. Its clearly a return to what we have been relying on for many decades but again we should on both sides not underestimate that that we are dealing with different challenges Going Forward was slightly different perspectives but what is reassuring that was a fight an administration with a 4 policy team that will be coming in that we know pretty well there will be a different policy of dialogue a different quality of mutual appreciation and that i think is a good basis to Work Together on on addressing these challenges in the next 4 years under a snake a member of the German Parliament as well as Parliament ForeignAffairs Committee mr nic we appreciate your time and your insights tonight as always thank you thank you tonight. All the voters out there you have to do what youre doing. As everybody who won by historic numbers. And opposes got it knowingly wrong they got it knowingly we had polls it was so ridiculous republicans they have voiced their disapproval of the pollsters yet again while President Trumps claims are not based in fact his dissatisfaction with the an accuracy of preelection polling numbers its shared across the political aisle you may remember in 2016 the pollsters predicted Hillary Clinton would become president in 2020 they predicted a clear biden win even suggesting a landslide victory as you know there was no landslide the one person who did call it correctly is the person who has called every president ial election correctly since 1904 im happy to welcome back to the show tonight the professor of perfect president ial predictions Allan Lichtman this delusion is a history professor at American University in washington professor its good to see you again i kept that title for you i thought i hope you approve and i guess i should change it at American University im going to title your oh ok well i have to give you congratulations. On getting this prediction right again. President trump however hes promising to challenge the Election Results and he wants to prove you wrong how do you see that playing out. Well i think that is the sole purpose for challenging to prove whitman wrong theres no doubt about that now of course the challenges are absolutely frivolous and we have witnessed the worst moments in president ial history since the selection never in the entire scope of president ial elections going all the way d back to the 18th century has any losing president or any losing candidate so you baselessly and falsely undermine the integrity of our democracy by claiming an election was rigged by fraud when there was not a single credible example of any fraud much less widespread fraud even Richard Nixon when he lost by a hairs breath margin in 1960 resisted calls to challenge the election even though it was there was some real reason to do it back then what he said on not going to undermine american democracy and he gave a very. Gracious and noble concession speech as did al gore after he lost the presidency by 537 votes in florida in 2000 i want to talk with you about the polling numbers in just a moment but while were talking about President Trump there is concern that President Trump will not leave the white house voluntarily on january 20th. Do you can you imagine that happening mean that he that the president having to be forcibly removed from the white house do you think it will come to that. No i dont think he wants truly youth primarily because he doesnt want to lose all the protections of the presidency when hes facing multiple possible criminal prosecutions i. R. S. Audit and god knows how many civil suits including one that accuses him of Forcible Rape but look here is a coward he cant even look people in the eye and fire them hes got to do it through others or through twitter he is not going to barricade himself in the white house and call on the white supremacist militias to keep them there and he may never concede the election but thats irrelevant legally by becomes president we got less of trumps concession yes yes he did he fired the defense secretary did a market espers also by tweet and you mentioned you know firing not in in person let me ask you about the polling numbers the polling numbers were off this time as well. What does that mean moving forward what should what should the u. S. Do when election time comes around again and the man for numbers starts to emerge. Not those numbers my advice to all of you my friends in journalism is never again publish or comment at a horse race all on that its one candidate against another they were terribly wrong in 2016 when i get my keys to the white house were right and i could trump to win and they will worse in 20200 they claim to have fix their problems they were 2 unfixable problems with calls one polls are not predictive theyre snapshots and no snapshots change and how do you know they change you keep taking new polls into you hit the election secondly the errors in polls d are vastly greater and much more systematic than they would tell you they tell you well maybe the error is a plus and minus 3 percent thats cure statistical sampling error that doesnt take into account multiple other types of error the fact that Response Rates are so low that i have to wait their samples to get a representative Sample Response errors people who conceal the truth or have made up their minds really but tell you something and most critically errors and estimating will likely voters vote in 2016 and in 2020 theyve underestimated trump likely voters these are not fixable areas you should take the calls and do with them what the Great British philosopher david hume said you should do with works of superstition consigned them to the flames and nate silver the great compiler for polls should stick to sorts that it will we will see if that indeed happens as we get closer to 2024 professor alan has been joining us tonight from American University in washington d. 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