Overnight. A new tragedy for Whitney Houstons family. Oversea, Prince William speaking out about the investigation into a famous interview his mother gave. And later whats going on here . Some news even Charlie Brown would celebrate. Good thursday morning, everyone. We begin with parents and teachers voicing concern and anger and frustration as more schools shut down because of the coronavirus. More than 250,000 people in the u. S. Have now died from this virus, and just yesterday we saw the highest single day death death toll since may 7th. Experts warn 200,000 more americans could die from the virus before the end of january. But as some hospitals reach a breaking point, we got some good news overnight about a potential third vaccine on the way. Overnight, a potential breakthrough for a new vaccine candidate. Oxford announcing promising results from its Clinical Trials finding the shot is effective for all age groups including older people who may have a limited immune response. The
Overnight. A new tragedy for Whitney Houstons family. Oversea, Prince William speaking out about the investigation into a famous interview his mother gave. And later whats going on here . Some news even Charlie Brown would celebrate. Good thursday morning, everyone. We begin with parents and teachers voicing concern and anger and frustration as more schools shut down because of the coronavirus. More than 250,000 people in the u. S. Have now died from this virus, and just yesterday we saw the highest single day death death toll since may 7th. Experts warn 200,000 more americans could die from the virus before the end of january. But as some hospitals reach a breaking point, we got some good news overnight about a potential third vaccine on the way. Overnight, a potential breakthrough for a new vaccine candidate. Oxford announcing promising results from its Clinical Trials finding the shot is effective for all age groups including older people who may have a limited immune response. The
Seen across the country. We will speak to raj patel, author stuffed and starved the hidden battle for the worlds food system. Then a betting pool . That is what managers at a tyson pork slaughterhouse set up a to bet on how many workers would get covid. Six workers died at the iowa plant. More than 1000 were infected. Finally, 2020 has become the deadliest year on record for transgender and gender nonconforming people. We will speak to tori cooper of human Rights Campaign. Vionce iibly toxic and all of these Different Things that make trans lives being devalued. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has cleared the way for president elect joe bidens transition after 16 days of delay that threatened to derail the incoming administrations preparations for reviving the economy and battling the coronavirus pandemic. Emily murphy, the trumpappointed head of the General Services administ
Morning, thevember imf is direct. There is real risk to any form of international recovery. They look at the pandemic data, they look at the gdp data, and they look at the lack of fiscal stimulus nation to nation. This time is different. These headlines are original before a g20 meeting, but we got to get right to this. This is a real wakeup call of the immediacy into december. Fromhan its an echo chairman powell and president lagarde over the last few days as well. I think market dispenser quick to untangle be shortterm from the longterm, to bear their hope in the sands of in the back end of 2021. I think what policymakers are suggesting is that the shortterm matters. It can shape what the longterm looks like area when you look at the balance of risks, they are tilted aggressively to the downside. Abramowicz, this headline, elevated asset values point to Financial Stability risk, and i am surprised that is a judgment by imf on where fixed income and equities are. Lisa this is somethin
Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages