Cleared for takeoff after 2 fatal flights. The boeing 737 max safety approval in the United States they are struggling to pfizer says it will request emergency approval for its coded 19 vaccine in the coming days. The vaccine developed with its german biotech has shown consistent results over various demographics with no major side effects. Final results from the pfizer biotech vaccine trial show a 95 percent success rate in all age groups. The highest of any candidate in late stage clinical trial. So far, the company says it could have 50000000 doses available by the end of the year. But its distribution is complicated by the need to store the vaccine at temperatures of minus 70 degrees celsius. We have confident that if, if we continue across the current of 8, it could, could happen that we get not what it was until mid of the stand to, to provide 1st millions of doses of experience to the region to get an approval on october. But theres growing concern that wealthy nations will quic
Will be spending quite a bit of time together starting shortly and i very much support that. But today first i have the privilege of introducing for the first time to this room the 71st secretary of state mr. Tony blinken. Thank you good afternoon. Let me start by saying they first ambition is to be known as the man who brought the price to the state Department Briefing room. That at least is mission accomplished. In all seriousness, thank you everyone for joining me here today, this is my first full day on the job as secretary of state and to restate what i said before it is an honor to be in this job and im gratified the president trust me with his responsibility. Im incredibly excited about the work ahead. Especially working with limited women about the state department. I serve the American People and represent our country to the world. I want to spend a few minutes with all of you today right from the start, how important i see the work that each and every one of you does. Some of
Introducing to the first time the 71st secretary of state, mr. Tony blinken. I turn it over to him. Sec. Blinken thank you, good afternoon. Let me start by saying my first ambition is to be known as the man who wrought net price to the state briefing room. That is a mission accomplished. In all seriousness, thank you everyone for coming here today. This is my first full day on the job as secretary of state. And to restate what i said before, it is an honor to be in this job, and i am gratified that the president seemed to fit to entrust me with this responsibility. I am incredibly excited about the work ahead. Especially working with the men and women of the state department. To serve the American People and represent our country to the world. I want to spend a few minutes with all of you today. I want to say how important i see the work that each and every one of you does. Some of you may know that i started my career as a journalist. It was something that i took tremendous pride and
The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and latino residents are infected with the virus at three times the rate of their white neighbors and they are nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine h
Welcome to the National Press club. I am lisa matthews. Vice president of the club and Associated Press u. S. Video assignment manager. The killing of george floyd by police in minneapolis on may 25 convulsed the nation in black lives matter protests and renewed an urgent outcry for Police Reform. At the same time, our nation has struggled to contain the coronavirus, which has struck communities of color disproportionately. Today, we welcome Congressional Black Caucus chair, representative karen bass, a democrat from california. She has devoted her decade in congress to issues of crimin al justice and disparities in health care. Representative bass chairs the Judiciary Committee subcommittee on crime and was passed by House Speaker nancy pelosi and judiciary chair jerry nadler, shepherding the George Floyd Justice in policing act, through the legislative process. The act, which passe d the house in late june, bans chokeholds and no knock warrants, as well as lowering the legal barriers