In the next 30 minutes a low turnout as polls close in venezuelas general election which the opposition has dismissed as a fraud and crunch time for brett sick talks the e. U. And the u. K. Push for a trade deal to prevent chaos at the borders next year. Welcome to the program millions of people across the u. S. State of california harbor pairing for harsh new lockdown rules to come into place in the next few hours the stay at home borders places restrictions on the opening of restaurants salads and stalls while also limiting gatherings the measures come in as the state reported its highest ever number of infections more than 30000 in a single day the recent surge in infections and prompting fears some hospitals could run out of i. C. U. Beds while covert 19 is now killing more than 2000 people a day in the u. S. Health officials are hoping the approval of a new vaccine will happen quickly the food and Drug Administration is set to meet on thursday to review it how did you castro how s
The freeman foundation. Blby judy and peter kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Source. Thousands of peoe in the u. K. Haveit been injectedh a covid19 vaccine. The 90yearold margaret was the first to gett. I am thankful for it. It is free and the best thing that has happened. And joe biden has introduced his health team that will fight the pandemic and set out a threepoint plan. Masking, vaccination, opening school. These are the goals for my first 100 days. Donald trump has held events on the vaccine rollout, but used it to repeat unsubstanated claims he won the election. Next administration will be the trump administration. You cannot steal hundreds of thousands of votes. You cant have fraud and deception and all the things they did. There is no evidence that happened on that scale. Boris johnson will go to brussels for dinner with the president of the European Commission to unl
Meteorologist kari hall breaking down why thats causing concern as today in the bay begins right now. Good morning and thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Of course mike is keeping his eyes on the road. Lets start with the forecast for today. And this morning a very foggy start. Yes, we are seeing that in the south bay as well as other parts of the bay area as we wake up, take a look at our live camera in san jose. Its foggy and its chilly so we are going to see that for the next couple of hours and then turning very mild as we go into the afternoon with some sunshine. Taking a look at our breezy winds picking up for tomorrow. We are going to stay dry in the forecast as we start out with some cold temperatures and the fog this morning. We do have concern of freezing fog. Well talk more about that cong up in just a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Kari, the fog is the topic of one of the chp reports. As we look at the
The new Lockdown Craze sweeping the globe. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Major trials of a new vaccine have shown its effective against some new variants of covid 19, helping to reduce fears that they might prove resistant. Novavax is an american jab but its being produced in the uk. Its also easier to roll out than some previous vaccines since it doesnt need to be kept at ultra low temperatures. The news came amid a deepening row between another vaccine maker, astrazeneca, and the European Union over shortages. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Once again, science has triumphed in the fight against coronavirus. The Us Firm Novavax has released results of its british trial showing the first proven efficacy against the new, more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trail throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid recorded were the result of the new variant. The results showed the vaccine was 95 effective agains