Reporter neil, good afternoon to you. Start with astrazeneca. That is the top headline. It is covid19 vaccine as you mentioned having a good immune response in older results this is a phase two trial. Heefficacy will not be done untl they resume phase three trials you mentioned pfizer around biontech, they will file for their emergency approval with the fda form for the covid19 that tells us they are on track for the timeline they promised. Johnson johnson ready to have its vaccine ready for approval by february of 2021. Like i said, a bunch of different choices here. New york city in a little worse shape. Public School System is shutting down as of today. The stiffs Public Schools are taking a break, excuse me, because the coronavirus test Positivity Rate of 3 has been at that level for a seven day rolling average. It was reached on wednesday. The decision impacts over a Million Students and their parents and the city is trying to manage these cases and the weight that is placed on th
From the family and also what police are saying about this crime. Good evening. Dan. But johnson and justine police are joining the family tonight and asking for help and identifying who the attackers are behind going after this man and beating this man here in this parking lot. The victim at one point was in a coma, but his family says that appears hes making some improvements. San jose Police Released these images of 3 women wanted in connection with an attack on a man on halloween night. The victim jaime plan was pushing grocery carts at this food, max parking lot when he was badly beaten by another man he just out there doing his job i was in shock because i couldnt believe like how. People can be so cruel yes, a steel hae when cardi sister sophia describes him as a hardworking person and a loving father. Its unclear why he was attacked at the park more avenue store and since then plan has undergone several surgeries and is currently fighting for his life, its just pure evil. Polic
And also Johnson Johnson, just releasing the results from its phase three trials. Saying in its announcement it is 66 Efficacy Rate overall. 85 against severe disease. Still notably lessective than the vaccines from pfizer and moderna. What does the biden team say about that . The White House Press secretary just said this morning that President Biden is encouraged by the data coming out from j j but also said that the politicians will leave it to the scientists who we should hear from any moment. While were standing by. Lets bring in Elizabeth Cohen following the latest developments. So on this announcement from Johnson Johnson, what are they saying . Basically the bottom line here, kate, is that this vaccine does work well against covid 19, this j j vaccine. Im going to jump in. Andy slavic, one of the members of the Covid Response team is beginning the briefing now. On both the successes and the hurdles we face. I hope on these calls, that the public will get a regular and consisten
A live look there. We will take you there live just as soon as it starts. Right now though, the word of the moment is vaccine. Im at a Football Stadium thats part of the Charleston County School District. Its the second largest in this state. They are ready to give their teachers the vaccine just as soon as the state gives the green light. Already some people in the state getting their vaccines at drivethru sites which presents its own set of challenges. We will talk about that and learn about an ingenious solution from Mount Pleasants mayor. It includes an unlikely ally, chickfila. More on that in a moment. We will start in Charleston County. The School District is ready to roll out vaccines to its teachers. First, they need the green light from the state. I want to bring in jeff buroey. He is the Chief Operating Officer in the School District. 50,000 students. Jeff, first of all, i will put my mask on. We might be within the six feet here. Lets just start with the teachers. Again, So
Be done without any precedent in the time at least ive been on this committee which is about 25 years. And its being done i guess to show power and push someone through really abrogate the value of hearings that this committee should treasure and respect so i very much hope this does not happen if theres no need for and is going to create a lot of bad will the doesnt need to be created. Today was the final day of confirmation hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett judge barrett was not involved in todays hearings but it was still heated at times yes our washington correspondent Alexandra Limon joins us now live with details alexandra. And vicki good evening. And despite the opposition that we heard from Democratic Senators like senator feinstein there, the interactions between those senators and judge barrett were still pretty amicable all week long but today lawmakers did lose their patients with each other. Points. In the final day of hearings Democratic Senators continued to push agai