Speaker who we aree so honored o have with us, senator tammy duckworth. Senator duckworth probably needs no introduction to most of you watching. She is an iraq war veteran, a purple heart recipient, former assistant secretary of the u. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and napa yes, senator for the state of illinois. For both of us working in our security, certainly for those of us who are women in National Security, when you think about people who are breaking down barriers ahead of you, store duckworth is the top of the list when the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom cup first u. S. Senator to give birth while in office, and particularly relevant to todays event the firsts member of congress was born in thailand and the first asianamerican who was elected to congress from the state of illinois. In addition to the work shes done of defense and Veterans Affairs, senator duckworth spent a lot of time thinking about the military cha
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Secretary of states unprecedented visits to an illegal israeli settlement and the occupied Golan Heights. Welcome to the program. We begin with the latest on the current virus pandemic and the race to find an effective vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. It says that people over 70 whove been tested have shown a strong immune response to the vaccines being developed with oxford university. And its in the final stages of human trials. In the last 10 days to other drug makers finds and modernity reported. There vaccines are more than 90 percent effective in the late stage trials. Globally, cases have surpassed 56000000. There have been more than 1300000 deaths worldwide. And 250000 of those are in the us, make you the worst affected country by far, charlie or july has been following developments from london. Just published its phase 2 results, which were based on a group of 560. 00 volunteers. Is i
Condemned the u. S. Secretary of states unprecedented visit to an illegal israeli settlement. And the occupied Golan Heights. He stammered, and all your support returns to spain and says hes tired of always being blamed for problems at barcelona. Welcome to the news i could have a Company British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its a vaccine is showing promise and protecting those groups that are most at risk from the coronavirus working in collaboration with the university of oxford. The vaccine shows a strong immune response in those aged over 70 in its phase 2 trials. Its the 3rd western drug maker to report positive news on the vaccine front. In the last 10 days, even as cases continue to rise. Charlie angela reports more good news in the fight, to get corona virus this time from the u. K. , after 99 percent of volunteers, given the oxford astra, zeneca vaccine developed antibodies to cope with 19. These are the results from the phase 2 trials using 564. 00 in tis result in
Lives health system, and the death toll in uganda rises to 16 up to protest against the arrest of Opposition Leader bobby wind and palestinian leaders condemn the us. Secretary of state, unprecedented visit to an illegal israeli settlement on the occupied Golan Heights. And he just came in to go to a sports returns to spain and says hes tired of always going to blame for problems at barcelona. Good to have you company. Welcome to the news. We start with the corona virus pandemic and the race to find a vaccine for tisha pharmaceutical giant astra. Zeneca said its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those aged over 70. Now the vaccine is being developed in partnership with oxford university. And its now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings. The good news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to rise. More than 2000000. 00 have been reported in africa, but low testing rates mean the actual