just minutes ago the president signed a number of executive orders on the climate including a ban on gas and oil development on federal land. and an increase in conservation of land and water. the president committed to basing the country s climate policy on facts and science. not hearsay and conspiracy. he declared unequivocally that the climate is an issue of national security. a sentiment that is previously called bizarre. the stakes on climate change could not be any higher than they are right now. it is existential. we use that word too easily and throw it away. but we have a big agenda in front of us on a global basis. president biden is deeply committed, totally seized by this issue, as you can tell by this executive order. of course executive action can only go so far and these orders do little to curb the existential threat that is a warming climate. as the new york times put it this week, the programs and proclimations are supposed to signal that climate change
medical workers are getting this first dose of the vaccine as we speak protecting themselves against what will still be a long, deadly, and for them exhausting winter. they re sending a message to the rest of us that this vaccine is safe and it will save lives. a new online poll from abc news shows that more than 80% of americans are willing to take the vaccine. although a large percentage say they don t want to be among the first to do so. frankly most of them will not have to worry about that. right now there is only enough doses to inoculate a something number of the most vulnerable americans. but the time line is getting more optimistic. dr. anthony fauci said the general public could start getting shots in just three months. i have been saying my my calculation that by the end of mark, the beginning of april, that a normal healthy man and woman in the street with no under lying conditions would likely get it. there is still so much work to be done until that happens. t
emergency use authorization next week. but there is a caveat, the efficacy of the j & j s vaccine dropped 57% from the highly contagious variant from south africa. despite the travel van to stop that variant from coming over here, the new variant is already here. two cases identified this week in south carolina with two patients with no ties to each other and no travel history given that, signals community spread. during today s white house briefing dr. anthony fauci stressed the importance of vaccinating as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, before those mutant strains get out of control. whether or not that s going to ultimately take over in the sense of being dominant is unclear by now. the projection that is made with regard to the uk is that probably by the end of march, the beginning of april, it actually will become more dominant in this country. the fundamental principle of getting people vaccinated as quickly and as efficiently as you possible can wil
lives or were injured. he said by and large the vast majority of the men and women are decent honorable people. what did he mean by that? that is exactly what he meant. how can he take steps to unify the country while the impeachment trial is going on? well he can focus his efforts, which is exactly what he is doing, on delivering necessary relief to the american public and using his forum to talk about how he is going to reopen schools. how he is going to get shots in the arms of americans. how he will ensure that the one in seven american families who are. what is his message to republicans that say that the trial is undercuts any efforts. he invites republicans to help bring relief to the american public. talk about his agenda, president biden has been signing executive orders, speaking to the american people, focusing on the senate next week. how concerned is he that the senate trial will undercut his momentum? i think he has been clear that there is an urge
loans at this point. the - element of it? the bulk of it is | loans at this point. the concern element of it? the bulk of it is i loans at this point. the concern is sustainability, many countries in debt sustainability, many countries in debt distress at the moment due to the pandemic, so we need to look for an efficient the pandemic, so we need to look for an efficient composition of climate finance an efficient composition of climate finance to an efficient composition of climate finance to ensure it doesn t drive them finance to ensure it doesn t drive them further into debt. 30 finance to ensure it doesn t drive them further into debt. finance to ensure it doesn t drive them further into debt. so you are sa in: them further into debt. so you are saying because them further into debt. so you are saying because of them further into debt. so you are saying because of the them further into debt. so you are saying because of the pandemic, l them further into d