A as are by john has called it a complete. German Company Biotech and u. S. Pharmaceuticals giant pfizer say trials show their corona virus vaccine is 90 percent effective is the most promising data released from a large scale trial so far the vaccines are expected to be submitted to u. S. Authorities for emergency approval this month if its given the green light it could be rolled out into quantities by the end of the year. Austrian police have raided 60 properties in a move against people and organizations suspected of supporting islamic extremists Authorities Say the raids come after a year of investigations that are not linked to the attack in vienna last week prosecutors say theyre looking into suspected funding of terrorists and money laundering. This is g. W. News from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at g. W. News or visit our website thats steve w. Dot com. Today the drug maker pfizer and bio on tech announced promising news about their corona virus vaccine early Analysis Shows that it is more than 90 percent effective in preventing covert 90 it comes as the number of new infections in the u. S. And here in europe continue to reach new highs tonight good news a ray of light just before the pandemic pushes countries on both sides of the atlantic into what is being called the darkest of winters im from berlin this is the day. That we just received positive news in this for the newsweek theres been progress made for success and rushes off a student text message gets across home to some semblance of hope to use. His followers its clear that this vaccine even if approved will not be widely available for many months yet to come the economy will come back because people will start to feel normal again and challenge before us right now is still mans and growing hopefully we have someone in office who can help us get rid of the pulpit crisis and bring jobs back its not like people are not working because they dont want to they are having a tough time going to work. Also coming up after 4 years of Donald Trumps america for us president elect joe biden is promising americas european friends a Foreign Policy that puts partnerships and allies 1st and he is someone who has long and deeply valued our partnership with the United Kingdom with the e. U. With nato and with other nations that share our core values so i think youll see as. Significant shift in terms of us Foreign Policy. But to our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with a glimmer of hope the 1st Scientific Data pointing towards the end of the coronavirus pandemic today the u. S. Pharmaceutical giant pfizer and the German Company buying on tech reported that their vaccine to prevent coated 19 appears to be working early Analysis Shows the vaccine is 90 percent effective with no serious side effects stock markets on both sides of the atlantic soared on the news hitting record highs on wall street but both Companies Made clear today that even if all trials go well the earliest the vaccine would be available would be next year between now and then europe in the u. S. Face what political leaders are calling a dark winter the virus is spreading as quickly as ever with more and more people hospitalized and in intensive care. Germany is in Lockdown People in business is a facing tough restrictions at the moment strict controls are the only measure to keep the pandemic at bank one way there could be a return to Something Like normal life is if the vaccine becomes available gem and beyond tank has announced it is trying a medicine that could protect many people from the virus thats why episodes in until this point it was unclear whether a vaccine could be made that would actually reduce the infection or actually prevent infection right now it looks like it could work and that is encouraging and is German Health minister i may say that im very pleased its a german developed country said as i know it was of the name is Health Minister says to beat the pandemic at least 55 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated theres no question of making it compulsory that you would be often the vaccine 1st. Public facing jobs like medical workers and police seem certain to be near the front of the queue because of their level of risk. The elderly will be protected as a priority they are especially likely to suffer serious effects if they catch corona. But there are also suggestions that teaches and even the homeless should be among the 1st to be vaccinated the Health Minister wants white discussion about who should be 1st in line. Mr president whats important also to me personally is that this debate is not only a Parliamentary Political and scientific one but that we take this discussion to every lunch table to every workplace to every circle of friends and acquaintances and that is discussed in gemini. Tree at the indoors front the debate about priorities has begun and can continue until a corona vaccine is actually ready. And for more on this Major Development im joined tonight by Mohammad Munir hes a viral a just in lancaster in the u. K. Its good to see you again mr munir i want to ask you how significant is this news i understand that even at pfizer and beyond take that they were surprised that the results so far are this good oh yeah absolutely thank you very much for having me on the show i think it is really incredible news particularly youve got no respect lucians are really low i mean if we look onto the expectation of if the bodies like and the gates. Had been expecting 60 to 70 percent action and now its having 9090 percent action in the interval community is i think this is merely incredible news although this 90 percent has been kind of make it based on a small number of infection in the wall and yes yeah this is a really really convincing start and understand that we have to wait for the trials to continue and finish and basically pfizer in biotech are waiting to see if anyone gets sick right. Oh yeah absolutely so the total number of people that are involved in this trial there are only 40 suites follows and at least 164. 00 people need to be infected to nearly conclude the fair trial and as it stands now 94 people have been infected and this 90 percent of it is see has been calculated based on those 94 people who when in fact its so this mean roughly we are all 3 it will be basically a trial im all goods in the beginning but if this figure of 90 percent even if it dropped to 70 percent or even 60 percent that is good enough to really break the false mission of the infection in the community this vaccine uses a new technology thats called messenger r. N. A. Technology explain that if you could to the layman to me how does this work so this is a relatively new technology its been around in the market for like 20 years but no vaccine has been yet for just 30 years and this particular technology how it works is that you take the genetic material off the virus and fold it in that into nano particles as a carrier that takes the missing your alternate which of the genetic material of the models into the body and that was sent into the immune cells and the other body then senses it and use that one as a savior and start d producing new monoclonal antibodies as well as planning the t. Cells so both cell and the antibodies are d prepared in case anybody gets infected with the actual thrown of i guess that would be neutralized by upon the fact of this vaccine so were training the cells of the immune system here with this vaccine. Yes thats absolutely right so i think this i mean system is really the core part of any vaccines and different platforms are being used for example an adult virus the the clone carrier of they antagonists defend its supported chimpanzee virus but when it comes to the modern abase vaccine. Theres they are d based on that equality and that is the as a carrier of it in that it will kill injecting into the body and the body will sense that and start with using one to. So is the size it needs to to main and planning the immune system so that it can tackle the initial infection working effectively so were you are using this new technology and the 16 is being developed very very fast i mean a year ago no one was even talking about this new coronavirus they usually takes 7 to 10 years for a back to be developed before it can actually do to market are you concerned that in our haste here that corners have been cut i mean would you trust this vaccine now. Yeah well that is a really important question and i think one of the main reason that weve been waiting so long d for the call to be completed was we needed to look into whether these vaccines theres a record its because you tested and proven to be safe and effective so although the vaccines take a long time to really be at the stage where chemical is going to be deployed in the field this time of course the climb has been significantly short but that isnt always what he implying because there are definitely areas where you can park the pond short by overlapping. Theres one in phase 2 and sometime merging phase one phase 2 trials but the actual critical step is really this phase 3 trial and thats why i always speak about the optimistic cautious ness about the results that we are being presented with in the phase 3 trials so although this is state sponsored convincing but yet a lot more need to be seen before we really we can conclude on to the data and also the data that we are having is basically just based on the press release we dont have assessed for the actual that up until that theres another level it will be really difficult to make an independent assessment so lets watch it in the whole community while the face free before we will be in the position to really compete with exclusively the phase 3 minutes over the sort that we have positive news to talk about than as well mohammad moodier barbarella just like esther in the u. K. Mr meir as always its good to see we appreciate your insights tonight thank you and very much that. Canada and the United States have a unique relationship and this bond will always be the Strong Foundation on which we build our shared future. I also want to take a moment to reflect on the historic milestone reached in the selection but 1st of all congratulate president lecture i guess one with. History and you know should we congratulate. Him on how it should be the 1st woman to hold out of this landmark achievement on both sides of the atlantic there is hope that president elect biden will reverse american Foreign Policy the u. K. Perhaps the closest ally with reason to worry biden is not a fan of braggs especially the complications that breaks it brings to the peace in ireland now here in Continental Europe it is a very different story the leaders of germany and france were among the 1st to congratulate joe biden and come alive here as on saturday when biden was declared winner of the president ial election german chancellor Angela Merkel said a message that was noticeably warm and welcoming for more im joined tonight by the german lawmaker andreas nick mr nixon serves in the German Parliament hes a member of the chancellors conservative c. D. U. Party he also sits on the Foreign Relations committee in Parliament Mr niggas good to see you again what did you think when you heard that joe biden will be the next u. S. President. I think that the dominant reaction here im sure germany is clearly a major relief especially after the suspense of the last week. I think the ultimate. Feeling is that we will not face a 2nd term of President Trump which which probably would have gone from disruption to destruction of the International Order and transatlantic relations. And i think this is a place partly also the feeling in the United States and in my former professor friends who tweeted that it feels like a collective exorcism. That is. The reflection of the relieved that is there but to be sure i think it will be also we will be facing some troubles of the plains once we have that emotional connect will be on. That collective exorcism that is what i have not heard today i want you to take a listen to what the german chancellor Angela Merkel what she said today about the new administration by end the friendship of our 2 countries is one that has stood the test of time even over many decades and many people here and there live listen german American Friendship is a treasure fight that we must preserve that we must cherish and we must pass on to new generation whose europeans and americans of germans and americans we are allies in a town india we share common values from the dignity of the individual from the rule of law and democracy and we have common interests as well i mean the United States of america and germany as part of the European Union must stand together to tackle the made jet challenges facing us in this day and age we must stand side by side to cope with a test that is the pandemic we must fight against Global Warming we must fight against terrorism stuff. And stand side by side for earthen Global Economy and for free trade i think this is the foundation of i spat the science of it and. Im listening to you know it was a long soundbite but we wanted to play the entire thing because the german chancellor today she made a point to emphasize what used to be a given when youre talking about u. S. German relations does that speak to the damage that the relationship has sustained under President Trump. I think it is no question that. Everyone who is. Keen advocate of the Transatlantic Alliance was cold wrong footed over the last 4 years it has been a challenge and so rationally and emotionally and its partly ongoing in terms of reflecting the deep divisions that weve seen in the american electorate and so far as you who would also have to closely monitor the progress that President Biden can be can achieve on the internal reconciliation of the United States we have to also face was all there really is that we created the field at the moment that was trump was not reelected trump is and has not been rejected as clearly as we might have all hoped and so europeans will have to monitor wasnt quite carefully for the next 4 years with eternal development of the United States is flowing you know thats a very important point you make more than 70000000 people voted for donald trump as you say america did not reject reject trump has and will germany ever be able to trust the u. S. Again as it did before the error of donald trump. Well i think there are some fundamentals that are also moving forward in a world that is changing and. We have to. Accommodate to a situation where we have a governs in washington d. C. Europe is no longer the prime focal point in the prime sciutto of u. S. Activities there is much more perspective on asia pacific and its up to the europeans as a take more responsibility for their own security and also for stability in the neighborhood and i think that is true i think even in a much more positive corporatist transit denigration was a put the biden at ministration and it may be even more so if one day in the future we face a more challenging partner. Again you know you speak of security on saturday night live after biden was declared the president elect vote on issues tweeted an invitation to mr biden to attend the next Munich Security Conference that takes place in february of next year and this really speaks to how much europe is yearning for a return of u. S. Involvement in u. S. Leadership again would you agree with that. Absolutely and i think given that the security conference this year would probably only be able to take place in a virtual form and it would maybe make it even easier for the President Biden to address this audience American Leadership is indispensable in this world but i think it is also absolutely a that we as europeans have to take more responsibility our selves not in confrontation with the United States but incorporation and it is certain division of labor and it would be i think europeans and germans would take to draw their own conclusion if they felt this was an invitation to complacency and not it is an invitation to seem too strong to a corporation based. On ship to valueless on call interests but never less will so we have some work to do for example regarding the whole china issue to find Common Ground on the strategic challenges Going Forward. We know that president elect biden plans to rejoin the paris climate agreement one of the 1st things he plans to do he wants to restore the Iran Nuclear Deal and he says he wants to refocus on u. S. Ties with europe i mean this is what you have been wanting for the past 4 years is it enough to pick up from where relations were 4 years ago. I think you you you can in effect take a step in the same route again after 4 years but its. Its clearly a return to what we have been relying on for many decades but again we should on both sides not underestimate that we are dealing with different challenges G