Partnership with the new england journal of massachusetts. Here we are days away from the close of 2020 and we are at an inflection point. While the news around vaccines are promising the daytoday headlines are as grim as they have ever been. An american is dying of covid19 every 90 seconds and we have recorded 4 million new covid19 cases in november and more than 1 million cases in december just nine days into this month. Covid19 has just passed Heart Disease as the number one killer of americans. As of this morning more than 286,000 americans have died due to covid19 and in just one day, just one day yesterday, we lost 2600 of our fellow americans to covid19. To put those numbers into context we are experiencing a tragedy on the scale of pearl harbor every single day, right here at home. From an Economic Security standpoint we are facing the greatest threat to Value Creation since world war ii. If there were ever any doubt about the seriousness of this virus these facts should cast t
First Vice President ial debate. What to expect, coming up. Markets are higher, take a look at futures, a gain in the triple digits this morning, the dow industrials up 129 points, nasdaq up 43, s p 500 higher by 13. This after markets fell yesterday after President Trump walked away from the stimulus talks with Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The president tweeting no more stimulus talks until after the election. Causing an afternoon reversal. The dow industrials down 376 points at the close, the nasdaq lower by 177 and the s p 500 down 47. Briefing bracing for impact, hurricane delta churning toward the gulf coast now, some Southern States declaring a state of emergency. Raining reining in big tech, lawmakers weighing whether or not top tech firms should be broken up. Getting away from it all during election week, the 5 underground adventure to get away from it all making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets this morning look like this on the heels of ga
Covid19 and other biological threats facing the u. S. Good morning. Welcome to the hearing [inaudible] emerging threats and capabilities. In a moment in accordance with house rules and relations the host will mute all participants other than german [inaudible] and all participants are asked to keep themselves muted when not actively engaging in the discussion which should help limit echoes and other asruptions. When the yield back i do not renumber to retweet themselves others will doo so to limitit efforts and background audio background audio. Members and witnesses are responsible for unwitting himself anytime they wish to w e heard. It may take a few seconds for your microphone to be t unmated. If you are on the computer you can view the timer by reaching your personal view in the upper right corner of your screen for the active speaker and you can also pin the timer by right clicking or hovering your cursor over the timer and pressing that contact icon. With that, we are ready to b
Tweets. Pentagon and state Department Officials reviewed u. S. Readiness for a biological attack. The response to the coronavirus and foreign adversaries using chemical agents. They appeared before two house subcommittees. Theill come to the hearing Armed Services subcommittee on capabilities. Rules andnce with regulations, the host will mute all participants. All participants are asked to while notelves muted engaged in the discussion, which should limit echoes or other disruptions. In instances in which members yield back, but do not remember to remute themselves, we will do so. Members and witnesses are responsible for a new think themselves. It may take unmuting themselves. A timekeeper will monitor the time for the hearing. If you are on the computer, you can view the timer by switching your personal view to grade or active speaker and thumbnail view. You can pin the timer by hovering your cursor over the timer. With that, we are ready to begin. Please count down from five so the
After the black Health Care Worker was killed in our home by police. The white house approves a disaster declaration for oregon where several wildfires are burning out of control. And scientists want to keep the antarctic glass here is a breaking free threatening a large scale rise in sea levels. The United Arab Emirates and baccarin have both signed u. S. Brokered deals to normalize ties with israel its been described as a betrayal by the palestinians but donald trump says it represents the dawn of a new middle east and predicted more countries will follow the move White House Correspondent Kimberly Hauck of reports. Its not the. Peace deal of the century between israelis and palestinians still u. S. President donald trump hailed the signing of the Abraham Accords at the white house as an historic day after decades of division and conflict we marked the dawn of a new middle east. The agreement signed between israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain formalizes relationships already