Towards the end of this year or early next year but until weve actually got data on whether the vaccines actually do protect against kovac 19 i think it would be unwise to distribute vaccines very widely because we we dont want to distribute a product that that essentially doesnt work so we need to see the results from those large scale trials in which some people are vaccinated some people get a placebo and then we look for a difference in instance between the 2 the 2 groups if we dont have that sort of data its going to be very difficult to make judgments about whether a vaccine is effective or not peter smith former chairman of the w. H. O. Global Advisory Committee on vaccine safety thank you for your time. Ok measure. And thank you for joining us on r. T. This tuesday is stay with us for our exclusive interview with the armenian president coming up right after the break. Ok lets just say i dont know about that get a list of all the ill just. Keep im going to want to make one quiet
More on here and now. One righteous man samuel battle and the shattering of the color line in new york is a new book that tells the courageous story of the first black new York City Police officer. Now, samuel battle broke the color barrier on the police force, enduring hostility on the job and on city streets. Joining us today pulitzer prizewinning journalist and the author of one righteous man, arthur browne. Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. Thank you for having me, sandra. I appreciate it. This book really is a walkthrough history, through new york city history, in a lot of ways and even the countrys to a smaller extent. What drew you to sam battles story . Okay. In 2009, an amateur historian had known about sam battle and known that hed been the first cop on the new York City Police force, that hed broken in in 1911. He persuaded new york city to place a sign up on the intersection of lenox avenue and 135th street. The daily news did a little story. They called h
Who allegedly led police on a high speed chase this morning. Take map it happened around 130 this morning. Officers say the car didnt stop at a stop sign and then sped away at more than 90 miles an hour when police tried to pull the driver over. The car eventually crashed at the intersection of southwest and commerce boulevards. Cu police managed to initially catch two passengers. Both minors. But the driver ran away and was later arrested. Peggy cu happening now. A solar plane on a world Record Mission is just off our coast at this hour. And should land in the south bay later tonight. Live heres a look at the progress of the plane. Which took off from hawaii on thursday. Its going to fly over the Golden Gate Bridge in a matter of hours. Before landing at Moffett Field. Boxes nbc bay areas Marianne Favro is at Moffett Field with more details on this ambitious flight. Terry ots now to continuing coverage of the death of prince. The late icons closest friends and family gathered at his p