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Flights. we will fly vaccine. that will have to overall the planning and safety analysis for the flights and what were able to do now is were working with vaccine makers to ensure that we can fly these vaccines around the world. one of our 777 aircraft can actually fly a capacity of about 1.1 million doses of vaccine on a single flight. so there is an important opportunity that united airlines can you our logistical and technical and safety expertise to step up, be a link in the chain. >> bill: ...

Just one of these things. it is mind boggling and an abdication of actually justice. thank you all for getting us started up ahead. the uk has just approved the pfizer vaccine and they ordered 40 million doses. some folks out there will get vaccinated as early as next week. will this push the fda and the u.s. to move faster? and later, the coronavirus hot spots face ago patient surge and bracing for even more. i felt like... ...i was just fighting an uphill battle in my career. so when i heard a...

Disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. we must absolutely ensure that when we do vaccine distribution and community outreach, that those communities are not left behind. i think thats going to be critical. the second part, the longer run, is that there are broad issues of systemic racism in our country that have landed us where we are, and they have to be addressed. everything from housing policy to other social policies that have really created the context for the pandemic hitting certain...

These patients every day. thats whats going to run out. >> vaccines are on the way, but how soon? this morning, my interview with dr. anthony fauci. plus, transition politics. president-elect biden starts forming his cabinet. >> its a team that reflects the fact that america is back. >> even as president trump continues to cite nonexistent fraud. >> its going to be a very hard thing to concede, because we know there was massive fraud. >> how much is president trump trying to intentionally tie ...

Drugs. nearly three tons worth, they tell us. >> were going to walk in right now, and you see from florior t ceiling, bags and bags of marijuana thats been captured, either taken off boats that were coming through cuban waters, drug smuggling rounds or found smugglers who would ditch the drugs in the ocean and found later or turned in. what i can tell you is the smell of the drugs in this room is completely overwhelming. its just overpowering. much if not all of the drugs that cuban officials sa...

Are nurseries of stars. i imagine astronomers have been dreaming since they first looked at the stars about some way to get rid of all these pesky clouds in the turbulent atmosphere. so thats really what hubble was about, so if you could put a really high performing telescope above all of that it really opened great doors to astronomy. we launched on april 24th and with a few hiccups and bumps got hubble deployed on day two of the mission, and then as planned returned to earth on the fifth day. ...

To kangaroo island came over. it is important the park is open because it is a major tourist attraction and the island has two main industries, farming and tourism, so you need have both industries flourishing for a good economy. right, thats your lot for this week. coming up next week... to the batmobile! christas here to look back at some of our favourite trips to north america. laughter from ice canoeing in canada... so how do you feel right now? i need to sit down! ..to paddling around the w...

And the outside of the crematorium was full of coffins made out of cheap wood because there were not enough coffins in the city for the amount of dead people. this is the new normal, if you can afford it. the high—speed burial. only three family members can attend. it lasts just ten minutes. i was thinking, "oh, this is incredible, this is like an express funeral via the web," but those people there at the cemetery clearly were the lucky ones who were able to at least bury their loved ones bec...

Coming from the mainland. we were able to reopen again after covid—19. south australia was really lucky, the july holidays are really busy. holidays were really busy. south australia could only travel within a state, so it is awesome to support people who have never been to kangaroo island came over. it is important the park is open because it is a major tourist attraction and the island has two main industries, farming and tourism, so you need have both industries flourishing for a good econo...

>> good morning. sunday showdown as a push of the president and angry push baback >> we are hours away from a vote on health care reform. >> tensions are high. the stakes could not be higher. >> i have learned about this, which is that you have to be there when the votes are going on. when you are the vote counter, you have to be there. i went up on the senate side, up constitution avenue. there were protesters there. >> pass the bill. pass the bill. >> kill the bill. kill the bill. >> i was in ...