Saying china is the greatest threat to democracy worldwide. The u. S. The bloomberg u. S. Dollar index. Crude getting a lift after an opec agreement that came through. Theyre going to be keeping curbs in place in terms of production but we could see on a month by month basis some of those curbs being removed. Agrees to ease cuts more gradually. Gold about 1 10 of 1 lower. Bitcoin using some of its sheen and declinings extensive 1 . With all that in mind, lets find out what is happening in new york. Karina we start with the news on pfizer. It slumped on reported may ship only half of the vaccines it planned to this year. Issues supply chain will cut it to 50 million. Anthony found she is taking the u. K. For rushing to clear the pfizer vaccine. Moderna claims it shows what it claims is durability. Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is calling for a smaller more focused stimulus package for the u. S. Economy as democrats scale back demands to find a route forward. The base
Watched his son slip away. And movie mayhem. Delays in big releases force hundreds of movie theaters to temporarily close. Well show you how the big chains are trying to cope with an industry in crisis. Crisis is the word. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I learned so much about coronavirus and one thing thats for certain. Dont let it dominate you. Dont be afraid of it. President trump returned to the white house where he immediately began recording a message for the nation without a mask. Saying that, you know, dont be so concerned about all this essentially. Theres a lot to be concerned about. 210,000 people have died. White House Press Secretary kay league mcenany became the latest in the president s circle to test positive for covid19. Im very blessed to have a mild case. The white house has blocked new guidelines that may have delayed a Covid Vaccine being ready before election day. The Texas Police Officer is charged with murder in the killing of an u
In tehran, the American Embassy is in the hands of several hundred iranian students. 52 americans were being held hostage in iran, during an Election Year and there was no end in sight. It must be made clear that the failure to the release the hostages will involve increasingly heavy cost to iran and to its interests. In 1980, jimmy carter and his staff believed that if they could show progress in freeing the hostages that would be enough, that would take him over. Larry is director on of the university of Virginia Center for politics. What they did not count on, is that the promises from the cy before the tuesdays election. So, basically americans were told right before they went to the polls, that it was either hopeless or they had better try somebody new who would try new things to get the hostages back. So that was an october surprise that jimmy carter thought was going to help him, but it reversed. It helped reagan instead. 1980, might have been when the term october surprise was
Area cities thousands of people doing what they can to try and escape the heat. We have a team of reporters tracking the high temperatures but our coverage begins with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who has more on the heat advisory, this is a dangerous weather. Yeah, very hot weather out there. We havent seen the heat wave like this all summer long very impressive were going to see this was going to be one for the record books and look at the numbers outside right now a 101 degrees right now in san jose one 03 in morgan hill 106 in livermore one 06 in dublin 94 in alameda 102 degrees in san mateo you dont see get that hot there very often how about 92 on the coastline in pacifica 96 thats going go down as a record in the San Francisco, a 106 in concord one o 9 in fairfield right now a 106 in the napa valley look at the north bay just covered in triple digit heat all around certainly thats a concern heat advisories are up for many spots inside the bay, he warnings are up for m
Next crucial primary, how Bernie Sanders and joe biden are making the final pitch to voters and this morning a first of its kind move by twitter. How the social Media Company is responding to a message from President Trump. Plus, wrapping up her royal duties, duchess Meghan Markles message to women. And traffic trouble. The astounding amount of time americans are now wasting in traffic and what its costing us. And could it be the new exercise trend . Yoga while drinking beer. There could be a benefit. Well, good monday morning. Im trevor ault in for kenneth moton. And im zohreen shah. We begin with the coronavirus emergency. The number of cases in the u. S. Surging over the weekend spreading to 34 states. At least 22 americans have died. Thousands of people remain stuck on that cruise ship off california. The ship is expected to dock today in oakland. Overnight amtrak confirmed someone who rode a train between chicago and st. Louis last week is likely in infected and the family of a mi