The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Laura am Laura Trevelyan in washington, d. C. , in this is bbc world news america. Pfizer says its new vaccine is almost 95 effective. We are not at theh f line yet. Yroughl 250,000 americans have died from the virus. Thony fauci he would like says the timing could not be worse for a slowdown. Dr. Fauci we are going in, obviously, a wrong direction at a very precarious time. Laura the boeing 737 max has been cleared for takeoffsearly 18 mon after it was grounded following two deadly crashes. Plus, the lost whaling station is a beacon of hope as the whales return ande thriv the antarctic. Welcome to world news america pbs and around the globe. There is yet more reason to be optimistic about the coronavirus vaccineop being dev by pfizer and biontech. It has passed safety checks, making it ready for ap
Eu Commission President calls for an end to the use of arms in the middle east as she arrives in london to discuss iran with british Prime Minister the use of weapons must stop now to give space to dialogue. We all are called upon to do Everything Possible to rekindle talks. There cannot be enough of that a fatal Ukraine International airline crash. Authorities invest gate the cause and the initial report suggests engine failure. Flush. Welcome to the program iran has launched more than a dozen miceles in iraq in retaliation for the killing of Qassem Soleimani the u. S. Says iran is enemy calling last nights attack on the troops a slap in the face. He has insisted the u. S. Military forces should leave the region ashe called their presence, quote, a source of corruption he insisted if iran were to resume talks, it would pave the way for u. S. Dominance but all is well according to a twitter message from President Trump after the a attacks. The u. S. Department of defense says the strik
Getting a break this morning but this global send in some 50 answer did agree temps and i think some rain mainly to the south later on today. 701, he will talk about this. That we figure out what that is on the bay bridge . It was crash new Treasure Island and you can see im sorry you were talking about whats happening at the toll plaza. Damage just someone trying to cut in line. People do that unfortunately and you can see it happening but the crash on the bay bridges nearing the life and its a minor crash but that means you are going to be in a little bit of a bigger back up at the bay bridge we will keep looking at it. It doesnt sound like a serious crash but anything on the bay bridge slows things down. In San Francisco northbound 101 traffic is ok approaching the 80s but pick san mateo but not a bad option. Looks all right heading to the area and there been no problems on 880 south. I want to mention that this topic commute is beginning to get slow on all the approaches to the wes
That theyre oblivious to the way children are being targeted by drug dealers online. Prettys biggest remaining payday loa n prettys biggest remaining payday loan provider is to close with thousands of complaints about its lending still and results. The families of six young people from vietnam say they fear they could be among the 39 who were found dead in a refrigerated container in essex. The brother of 26 year old farm char me says she has not been heard from since tuesday night when she sent desperate messages saying she was dying and could not breathe. Her last known location was belgium. A 26 year old man and a 19 year old woman havent been heard from either. Today Police Arrested two more people in connection with the deaths. A fourth arrest has taken place. Northern irish man was arrested at sta nsted Northern Irish man was arrested at Stansted Airport on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and on suspicion to manslaughter. The force made a fresh appeal. Suspicion to mans
Despite recent highprofile stumbles. We head to the auction house for the most expensive sweater of all time, the vintage green cardigan of the late musician kurt cobain. Lets get into some of these burning issues. With me are jason kelly, annie massa, and our other guest. Black rock increasingly catering to this shift toward private markets. How is blackrock positioning itself . Even the black rock is an indexing giant, they have moved toward investment. One cornerstone of that has been their attempt to raise this longterm private capital fund which they are targeting 12 billion in fundraising for. Lisa how successful have they been . As of april, only 2. 75 billion committed. They have a long way to go before they reach that goal, but they announce their First Investment over the fall. Lisa Erik Schatzker recently sat down with the black rock head of equities. Take a listen. I think we may see Companies Stay private for longer as a result of the availability of that capital, as a res