Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome the Health Protection agency with Accurate Information when those threats arrive. As the head of the agency, doctor redfield has been one of the leading voices in this pandemic sharing and issuing publichealth guidance and about how to safely return to work, school and daily life. Cases are spiking across the country and as a result we are seeing some states resort to different types of lockdowns like we saw in the initial and americans everywhere are hungry forer information and guidance about how to navigate the Holiday Season and an uncertain winter. We will address all of these issues and more and take questions from the audience as well. Without further ado, doctor redfield, welcome. What can we tell the audience about the state . G thank you for having me. We are at a very pivotal time in this pandemic. We have a significant number of jurisdictions in the stas that are in what we call the red zone and lasted a lot longer than say the spring and s
Now at 11 00, flames ripped through a berkeley Apartment Building, sending up smoke that could be seen for miles tonight. And a covid19 cocktail proven to battle the virus, and approved by the fda, but new concerns over whether or not americans will get any of the approved vaccines. I get the skepticism. Much of the bay area is under a mandatory curfew. But our people going to abide by the rules . New and streaming, smoke can be seen still afterfirefighters knocked down a large apartment fire. Flame was seen shooting out of the windows, it is still under construction and no one was living inside. Betty is at the scene with more on how the fire impacted business. Reporter fire crews have been able to contain this fire, but they will be here through the night pouring water and watching for hotspots. Just blocks from the campus of uc berkeley, a massive fire erupted after 5 30 this evening. It has been apocalyptic, thats all i can say, ive never seen anything like this before. We saw the
Vaccines. Virus deaths hit a record in the u. S. And in italy. And finding a compromise, opec agrees to slowly add more oil year after days of tense talks. Saudi arabias Energy Minister called the process of excruciating. Welcome to the program, everybody. Welcome to the European Market open. It has just gone 7 00 here in london. German factory orders rising 2. 9 month on month. The estimate was for an increase of 1. 5 . That was better than anticipated. Factory orders arising year on year, 1. 8 . The estimate was 0. 2. We have seen a continuation of growth coming through. We will see what momentum is like in the further winter months. Another story out of germany, potentially more interesting, perhaps. Germany has agreed to extend a to preventr bankruptcies as the economy is hit by the second wave of the pandemic. Germany is extending its 37 billiondollar backstop for Credit Insurance by another six months in the month of june. The industry will surrender 60 of remittance to the gover
Pfizers chairman admits that theyre not sure if someone can transmit the virus after vaccination. And call it a box office reset, warner bros. Will release films simultaneously in theaters and streaming platform hbo max it is a seismic change, carl, in the economics for those related to the film business and well certainly be willing to and happy to take a closer look and discuss it. Yeah. Fascinating change in the economics there. But, guys, jobs numbers, the story of the morning, jim, not just the number itself and the trend it outline, but the degree to which it is going to color the debate on capitol hill today and maybe next week. I think it is enough ammo to say, look, we have to do something, there is some areas of the economy that just are cannot be sustained. Dont forget, these numbers are ahead of what will be a gigantic eviction notice that more than maybe more than 13 Million People get in january. I think this number is just enough to be able to say, lets compromise it is
With Critical Science and active information when those arrive. Dr. Redfield has been one of the nationss leading voices during this pandemic, sharing new information, issuing Public Health guidance, and advising americans about how to safely return to work, school, and daily life. Him at whatto have is sadly a Pivotal Moment in this crisis. Right now, as you know, cases are spiking across the country. As a result, we are seeing some states resorting to different types of lockdowns like we saw initially with the virus. Americans everywhere are hungry for information and guidance about how to navigate the Holiday Season in an uncertain winter. Dr. Redfield will address all of these issues and more and we will take questions from our audience as well. Without further ado, dr. Redfield, welcome. What can you tell our audience about the current state . Dr. Redfield thank you very much for having me. We are at a very pivotal time in this pandemic. Unfortunately, we are experiencing a substa