Reason we are all throwing dinner parties in a parking lot. Right now things are looking pretty dire. There have been over 11 million recorded cases in the u. S. And onethird of all americans know someone who has died of covid19. And with the holidays just around the corner there is both good news and bad news. The bad news, of course, is that you wont be able to spend time with your extended family. The good news is you wont have to spend time with your extended family. And this morning there was also some really good news. This morning another potential breakthrough in the battle against covid. A vaccine developed by moderna showing a 94. 5 percent efficacy rate in a trial with 30,000 participates. One big difference between the Moderna Vaccine and one developed by pfizer that also reported very promising results in early trial, moderna says its vac even doesnt need to be expect at extremely low temperatures to remain stable. That could help with shipping and driksz. Trevor yes, peop
In person and you want to change your background, you have to physically move to another location. We look at teaching in the time of krone arks Michael Kosta faces death and aunt becky gets a full scholarship to prison. Welcome to the daily distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor you know, when im feeling down, nothing makes me happier than hearing some good news. Also prozac works, but since the state says im no longer allowed to write prescriptions because im not qualified, heres our good news for you in our ongoing segment, a ray of sunshine. Lets kick it off with weed, aka marijuana, jazz, spinach, nelson manedibles. For many people, it has been an important way to get through the coronavirus lockdowns, but, now, it turns out it might also be a cure for coronavirus itself. A study in canada has prompted the idea that marijuana can help cure covid 19. Researchers at the uni
This morning and cbs evening news. She is a graduate of villanova universitys law school, and she pa passed the bar exams in new jersey and pennsylvania. A and so paula is an attorney, and so i turn the it over. Yes, i am a recovering law r lawyer. And this is a topic that i am very excited to be at the important issue, and have the panelists take a few minutes to introduce themselves, and talk about this work, and specifically what kind of work they are doing. Andrea, i would like to start with you. Would you introduce yourself and talk to us about what brought you into the field and what you do day in, day out. Thank you. Thank you for having me here today. And it is an honor to be here with you guys, and thank you for understanding how important it is to have survivors speak on this issue. It is different than a few years ago and it is exciting to share with you, what we are doing here in atlanta, and i am a survivor as you well know. I entered the life 20 years ago and i have been
Trafficking victims. This is just over one hour. Ofhere they come, the task introducing our panelists will fall she is a lawyer turned journalist covering Legal Affairs for cbs news. She has spent the last four years in cbss washington bureau, covering the department of justice, fbi, and Supreme Court for the network. She regularly appears on cbs this morning and cbs evening news. She is a graduate of law school in 2008 and passed the bar exam in new jersey and pennsylvania. She is able your and journalist. She is a lawyer and journalist. Paula thank you for that introduction. This is such an incredibly important topic and i am sorry it does not get more media attention. I am more than excited to be here today to talk to all of you about this important issue. I would like the panelists to introduce themselves, talk about what kind of work they are doing. Andrea, i would like to start with you. Talk to us about what got what brought you when and what you do. Andrea thank you so much for
Already exposed to some kind of instability in their lives, and there was a time when Law Enforcement across the country would say that cant be a Trafficking Victim because she was pretty prosecuted. They are now saying let me look at the trafficker exploited the vulnerability. There were times when Law Enforcement across the country would say a jury in my district will not believe an undocumented woman who knowingly came to this country illegally and did some knowing she would prostitute because thats just an illegal prostitute thats not going to be a sympathetic jury. Now we are seeing people say wait a minute, there is somebody behind this who facilitate that whole smuggling and prostitution scheme by manipulating this victim and knowing that she was not inclined to speak out and would not turn to authorities for help precisely because of those attitudes. Thats what we are transferring when data time one case at a time when survivor anytime and i look for to continuing to do that. T