Emergency use authorization next week. But there is a caveat, the efficacy of the j js vaccine dropped 57 from the highly contagious variant from south africa. Despite the travel van to stop that variant from coming over here, the new variant is already here. Two cases identified this week in South Carolina with two patients with no ties to each other and no travel history given that, signals community spread. During todays White House Briefing dr. Anthony fauci stressed the importance of vaccinating as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, before those mutant strains get out of control. Whether or not thats going to ultimately take over in the sense of being dominant is unclear by now. The projection that is made with regard to the uk is that probably by the end of march, the beginning of april, it actually will become more dominant in this country. The fundamental principle of getting people vaccinated as quickly and as efficiently as you possible can will always be the be
One veterans long struggle, and why a Defense Department employee is now speaking out. And murder hornet mission. How crews use dental floss and a vacuum hose to find and destroy the first nest found in the u. S. You heard them correctly. Dental floss and a vacuum hose. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Heres what we have to do. Were not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines. Therapeutics. The white house chief of staff mark meadows says the United States wont be able to get covid19 under control. They are admitting defeat. This is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of america. Mike pence will stay on the campaign trail despite news some of his staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. I think hes taking all the precautions. And my understanding is hes tested negative. Vice president mike pence plans to preside over the Supreme Court confirmation vote for Amy Coney Barret
Life. The image of Donald Trumps america today. In joe bidens america, you and your family will never be face. America has always been full of hope and resolve. Go and vote good morning, im Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to first look, president ial 2020 debate, Washington Post live, one stop shop for news and and analysis from last nights president ial debate and what a debate it was. This morning, to kick things off, im joined by chief National Correspondent and veteran political reporter and editor, dan, thank you so much for being here. Im going to dispense with the opening questions that i had and im going to read the opening paragraph of your fantastic column in which you write no one alive has ever seen a president ial debate like the unseemly shout fest between President Trump and joe biden. It was an insult to the public as well and a sad example of the state of of american democracy five weeks before the election. Go on. [laughter] well, i
It is hip to be square used to be at least. Lets check out u. S. Equity futures. Things are relatively flat and that isa good thing. A bit of a difference after the big swings weve seen. Right now dow futures up about 3, s p 500 up about 2, nasdaq up by 13. Of course this is after a done day for the m down day for the markets yesterday. Treasury yields are something to start paying attention to because we did see a pickup in treasury yields to the highest levels weve seen since june the ten year is yielding 0. 813 . And i know it doesnt seem like a lot, but it is the highest level weve seen in a while and there is so much that rides on that including mortgage pricing which has been a key part of what has been happening in the housing sector, a strong point in the economy so far. Lets get over to washington. Well talk about id call it a soap opera, but really it is a reality show and means a lot to so many millions before nancy pelosi says she is now optimistic that democrats may be abl
Down 600 points recently. We are not near a correction yet on s p, but we are getting there rapidly. I dont think this can be underplayed the virus, the pandemic is really front and center on a global basis, even with an america distracted by an historic moment. Momente and a historic that could possibly sway the election. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has thrust the Supreme Court into the political spotlight. Republican leaders in the senate are hoping to rush through a replacement with President Trump expected to nominate his pick this week. Democrats are warning of a constitutional crisis. If joe budden wins the election but a trump candidate is still confirmed to the Supreme Court. President trump is celebrating the tiktok deal, despite it falling short on some of its key demands. The white house gets a promise of new jobs sources have told bloomberg that tiktok is taking a