U. N. Secretary. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Were delighted to have you both. So, let me start with you, if i may, doctor. Could you give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected and what kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that are most affected. Thanks again for having us. I think to just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary munoz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. And as you ask, and rightly so, what is the global landscape. Let me start with my own continent. Africa accounts for only 2. 3 of the 270,000 hours of electricity generated. Asia is only 7. 8 . Its africa but also south and central america, its 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa, 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and Central Africa america are just 4. 9 , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy
95 points higher. You know liz mentioned this down the stretch of her show, russell 2000, the small cap stocks, dow transports they both closed at records today as well. That is kind of day. A lot of green and really big day for stocks. Im Connell Mcshane. We welcome you to after the bell. Those are the numbers at the close. Time now for the news thats happening at this hour. We have fox Business Team coverage with Jackie Deangelis in the new york newsroom, blake burman reporting from washington, also get to Hillary Vaughn in wilmington, delaware, president elect biden just wrapped up there remarks on the economy but blake, lets start with you. That is the big news today. That Moderna Vaccine. Tell us about it. Reporter they expect, connell, moderna does to apply for the eua, emergency use authorization in the next couple weeks. Maybe distribute the covid19 vaccine by the end of the year. When you look at numbers on the Clinical Trials it is about as good as they hoped for. Here they a
Hospitalizations over the last couple of weeks and it is an indicator. Of what may come thankfully, though because at the beginning of this pandemic they so heavily prepared for a surge that never fully came to fruition here in california that they really do feel prepared going into what looks like this 3rd surge in cases now all that work really has allowed them to feel more prepared at john muir, they have plans to upscale the number of icu beds dramatically so that theyll be able to convert regular units and isolation units pretty rapidly. Over at ucsf the Hospital System is said to be stockpiling remdesevir as they anticipate a shortage of that treatment. Theyre also banking up on masks and pp e as well doctors say because of how prepared they are this time around they dont want this threat of another surge to deter people with other Health Issues from coming into the hospital and seeking the help they need. You initially when everything started many months ago. We emptied out the
Medium and the public sphere. Force for and do a shout out to begin our classes weve done before. Can i have natalie ryan come up here please. Natalie and ryan, theyre gonna give you a shout out special shout out to start class. Why dont have a seat. Natalie a previously worked for npr. You are now working with a get off the boat organization. Which you told us about and we are really proud that you are supporting that democracy and doing social media. Ryan is in the process a building up to tell us how long the polling lines are. Which is just incredible so bring in again that democracy media in the public sphere. We need those apps my husband is in line right now. 70 minute wait areas. People are gonna need this app that ryan is creating. Do you both you get a hat. We have some different prizes today. Hes got a hat on the front says cspan 2020, but wait on the back says hashtag and filter. You each get a hat. We each get something that you clean screens and microfiber merry go. Thats
The next president ial debate. The white house still refuses to release key details on the president s health as President Trump returns to the oval office calling his illness a blessing, touting that experimental antibody cocktail for helping him beat the virus and now says he wants everyone in the country to get access to it. All of this as the seriousness of the white house outbreak escalates. A new report that white house staffers may have exposed thousands of people to the virus. Sounding the alarm. Dr. Faucis urgent warning that the number of american lives lost to the virus could double if things dont improve. Plus, a former cdc director calls the Trump Administrations handling of the pandemic a slaughter as hot spots surge across the country. Wisconsin forced to prepare a Field Hospital as their Emergency Rooms overflow. Hurricane emergency. Overnight delta strengthening in the gulf after wreaking havoc in mexico. Now louisiana, mississippi and texas all bracing for the powerfu