tamar mendelson of johns hopkins. we will note, of course, that the johns hopkins school of public health is supported by michael r. bloomberg. coming up, jes staley is out suddenly at barclays. his ties with sex offender jeffrey epstein costing him his job, or at least his description of that relationship to his employer. more on what this means for barclays. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: this is bloomberg markets. i'm matt miller. a shakeup at barclays over the weekend. ceo jes staley has stepped down after early conclusions from a u.k. regulator probe into his description of his relationship with jeffrey epstein. apparently, he wants to contest that description, and he and barclays have agreed that he will leave immediately. let's get more details from sonali basak. this was sudden and unexpected. jes staley is gone now. the new ceo is already there. sonali: he was made the treating chief. important for barclays, they were the last of the big european banks to be fighting with u.s. banks in that space. jes staley, t

that number comes from johns hopkins university. the world health organization estimates that the true figure could be almost 3 times higher than official reports from national health authority suggests. this is the johns hopkins tracker that we've been using throughout the pandemic. looking at the world wide numbers that you can see, they have the past 5000000, the virus was 1st identified and the chinese city of han, in late 2019. since then, almost a quarter of a 1000000000 cases of the crone of ours have been reported globally. the me or tell you to call 26 and the world's biggest producers have agreed to take greater action to limit global warming, warming rather ahead of a crucial climate summit in glasgow. club 26 is being described as a make or break moment for the planet. and the leaders so much gets under way shortly. g 20 leaders have commissioned to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees celsius. the 20 biggest economies are responsible for 80 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, but china's presentation ping is skipping the

i had taken the john hopkins university risk, calculator in 2021. i'm 79 years old. i was worried about my risk. it was a 99.96 percent risk. so not dying was a captain leader from johns hopkins university so i never get vaccinated. is that calculator in line with your thinking that i'm low risk and i have no comorbidities? >> the fact you have low comorbidities puts you at lower risk but your age puts you at higher risk t. most people survive fromthe vaccine is not just about preventing serious illness . that's something, that's the most important thing it does butif you can avoid it , with a safe and effective vaccine, why not cause even if you have a mild case and it's still something is going to disrupt your life. you'regoing to not feel very good for a couple of days and you're going to have to get tested . you're going to have to tell your contact that they need to quarantine.you're going to have to self isolate and all of that is something you can avoid and if you also just because you do not get severe, you can spread it to somebody else who may not be vaccin

he is a senior scholar at johns hopkins school of public health. he is draining us to talk about the latest news on the omicron variant. welcome to washington journal. guest: thanks for having me. host: what has been your reaction on the initial reporting of this variant? guest: my initial thought is that we have a lot of questions that need to be answered before we are able to accurately understand the threat that omicron poses. it underscores the need to be adept at sequencing variants and seeing how well our vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and how much more contagious this might be. there is a lot of noise in the early data that is going to take time to sift through, but it is important that we answer these questions host: -- questions. host: is it possible that boosters would be modified to deal with this variant? guest: one of the elegant features of mrna vaccines is that they can be modified on the flight these late. all you have to do is change the sequence in the spike protein. if there comes a time when you need to update the vaccine for

7 million of to what became johns hopkins university. the largest donation ever of its kind. and johns hopkins would start a first real medical school. before that medical was a night school, trade school concept. it wasn't about saving lives, there was no way to save lives, it was about protecting people easing them into their deaths. well, johns hopkins would be the first place where they would study how do we cure what kills us? doctors and scientists matched with precious capital born of wealth creation, which brings us to john d rockefeller arguably the richest man who ever lived. in his lifetime alone he gave away 530 million, 450 toward health care studies and matching doctors and scientists with capital so they could find cures to that which used to readily kill us. and all of a sudden, people who used to die once were living. people suddenly were able to die once, die twice, die three times. by what i mean, what used to kill them no longer killed them because they had advances born of economic growth. even in 1950, the biggest l

johns hopkins would start the first real medical school. before that medical schools kind of a night school trade school concept that wasn't about saving lives. there was no way to save lives. it was really about protecting people, easing them into their death. so johns hopkins would be the first place where they would study. how delete your what kills us? doctors and scientists matched with precious capital board of wealth creation, which brings us to john d. rockefeller arguably the richest man who ever lived. in his lifetime look he gave away $530 million. 415 million of it was directed toward healthcare studies. matching doctors and scientists with capital so that they could find cures to that which used to readily kill us. all of a sudden people are used to die once were living. people were suddenly able to die once, i twice, die three times. by that i mean what used to kill them don't want with killing a because they had access to advances born of economic growth. even in 1950 the biggest line item on hospital budgets was bed linens,

what changed was economic growth in the 19th century johns hopkins made a fortune from the baltimore and ohio railroad and directed 7 million of it do what became john hopkins university the largest donation of its kind. johns hopkins would start the first real medical school before that medical school was kindbe f a night school trade school concept that wasn't about saving lives. lithere's no way to save lives. it's about protecting people, using them. it's the place they would study. this brings us to john theed rockefeller in his lifetime alone he gave away $530 million. 450 million was directed at the roots healthcare studies. matching doctors and scientists with capital so they could find cures to that which would readily kill us and all of a sudden people who use to guide one's were living. people were able to die once, twice, three times. what use to kill them was no longer killing them because they have access to advances born of economic growth. even in 1950 the biggest line item on the o hospital budgets s because they didn't have answers to what could easily kill us. let

amesh adalja, johns hopkins university, bloomberg school of public health. that school is supported by our founder, michael bloomberg, the founder of bloomberg lp and bloomberg philanthropies and owner of this broth cat -- of this broadcast network. later today, tune into our special coverage of the omicron variant and the impact these variants can have on the markets and business. that is, i guess 10:30 in berlin. still ahead, jack dorsey steps down as ceo of twitter. shares are giving up earlier gains, but there was a real pop at the top. we will about that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: this is bloomberg markets. time for our stock of the hour. huge initial rally abaded fast but the news is official, jack dorsey giving up his leadership post at twitter. why did investors buy the heck out of the stock after they found out the co-founder was leaving as ceo? >> i don't know. it is anyone's guess. at the end of the day, whatever the pop was, it didn't seem to be making a long-term impact. it is important to keep in mind that jack dorsey has a lot on his p

professor of meteorologist at johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health. so glad to have you on the morning where everyone is concerned about the virus again. what is your view into how serious this particular variant is? andrew: let me start by saying all the credit goes to south african scientists and scientists across europe for not only detecting this but using social media to spread all the information they have about this. we criticize social media a lot, and this is an example of how good it can be spreading the right information. just before thanksgiving, it became obvious in south africa there was a new variant that had an abnormally high number of mutations in the spike protein, which is the target for the vaccines being distributed globally. what happened is south african public health officials realized one of their pcr tests could serve as a surrogate for this variant. if you use that data, it seems this variant is increasing at an incredibly fast pace across areas of south africa and multiple provinces. that was the significant piece that cau

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that number comes from johns hopkins university, but the world health organization estimates the actual figure could be almost 3 times higher than health authorities suggest viruses. first identifies in the chinese city of war, hung in december 2019, almost 250000000 infections have since been reported globally. when a statement, the un secretary general, antonio good terror said this devastating milestone reminds us that we are failing much of the world. while wealthy countries are ruling out, thirds doses of the cool with 19 vaccine, only about 5 percent of people in africa are fully vaccinated. this is a global shame group to has this reports. people gasping for air, families torn apart, and governments forced to close borders and order. millions of people to be confined to their homes. the coven, 19 pandemic, have now killed more people than any other viral epidemic in the 21st century. but almost 2 years since the 1st case emerged in china's one province and a new coroner virus spread rapidly across the globe. effective vaccines, developed at a record pace, seemed to be having some

that is where we stand right now according to johns hopkins university. let's go back to our phone lines and talk to edgar calling from bridgeport, connecticut. edgar, good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, edgar. caller: thank you. i just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to talk. they are saying that if you give vaccinated you will be ok but it seems the whole country of coba cha was vaccinated but they have breakout cases. israel says those vaccinated are still contracting the virus. host: edgar, let me make sure you understand what you are saying. no one has said getting a vaccine means 100% you will not get the coronavirus. what they are saying is it will be less severe if you have the vaccine. caller: but the problem is you are still able to spread it. so it is not stopping the spread. you know what i mean? i think we are never going to stop a new variant, because i don't think the government wants to lose control of what they have now, what they gain with this new vaccine. they managed to take advantage of the situation and put m

we have been enthused by johns hopkins university. there is some distinguished vintage at johns hopkins. one of them is a professor of public health at the bloomberg school. he is truly one of the world's experts, with a focus on southeast asia and thailand. thailand a few days ago began to open its borders. they seem to be pushing against zero-tolerance culture of asia. can they be successful at that? >> they were spared early on. it was kind of striking. but they had a serious wave of delta. they seem to be coming out the other side of that. they are a tourism dependent economy. they are trying to balance the public-health imperatives, control immunization, and mitigating the economic impacts. we will see how they do. tom: we talked about one person being sick at shanghai disneyland and tying down 30,000 people for testing. really likely math. -- ugly math. explain the futility of that approach. chris: what you are seeing is a tension between the idea that you want zero transmission and the idea that if you have high immunization ri

that number comes from johns hopkins university. the world health organization estimates the actual figure could be almost 3 times higher than official reports. the virus was 1st identified in the chinese city of hon, and december 2019, almost 250000000 infections have been reported since then globally in a statement. you and thank you, general antonio, good parish. that said, this devastating milestone reminds us that we are failing much of the world. while wealthy countries are rolling out 3rd doses of the cove at 19 vaccine, only about 5 percent of people in africa, a fully vaccinated. this is a global shame. crank up with this report. people gasping for air, families torn apart, and governments forced to close borders and order. millions of people to be confined to the homes. the coven 19 pandemic, has now killed more people than any other viral epidemic in the 21st century. but almost 2 years since the 1st case emerged in china's won province, and a new current of virus spread rapidly across the globe. effective vaccines, devel

hopkins university, but the world health organization is estimating the actual figure could be almost 3 times higher than official reports. the virus was 1st identified and chinese city of who had in december of 2019, almost 250000000 infections have since been reported globally. in a statement, the un secretary general and 20 guerrero said quotes. this devastating milestone reminds us that we are failing much of the world, while wealthy countries are rolling out. 3rd doses of the coven, 19 vaccine, only about 5 percent of people in africa are fully vaccinated. this is a global shame. more on the pandemic later here on the news i including her families, have been reinstated in australia, where parts of international border finally reopen. also head to south africa, holes local elections and was looking like the biggest test yet for the governing a n c party. and in the sport with labeling system the to 20 will, comp is new zealand school a crushing when the indian ah about the wind pick up in many places in europe is up until this point. although the weather has been covered in the at

kawsar talaat is a health expert at the johns hopkins university and dr. james perrin is the former president of the american academy of pediatrics. thank you both very much for coming to "the washington post alive -- "the washington post live." jonathan: thanks for joining us, i am jonathan caphart. look at what interviews we have next week, go to washingtonpost .com. i will see you next week. thank you again for tuning in. >> former defense and national security officials discuss efforts to combat disinformation . live coverage from the american enterprise institute begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or full coverage on c-span now, our video app. the group climate power, made of progressive and democratic activists holds a news conference about climate goals and social spending plans. live coverage at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or full coverage on c-span now, our new video app. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. ♪ >> buckeye broadband supports c-

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hopkins university tracker, that many experts believe the actual number is higher. the u. n. is described, the vaccine roll out to poor countries, particularly those in africa were only 5 percent of people have been inoculated as a global shane. in ethiopia, the prime minister ahmed is calling on citizens to fight the rival to grind forces after they took the key towns including dessie and come bolger. but to grind, say, they've joined forces with an aroma rebel force and a considering marching on the capital. and a $21.00 story building in nigeria has collapsed killing at least 3 people, dozens more fear to be trapped in the rubble. the building is reported to have been under construction, not yet clear what caused the collapse that been recent efforts to demolish or reinforce unsafe buildings in the city with more than 80 demolish this year. were witnesses next looking at australia as bush fires and that climate warning to the world? that's it for myself in the team here in london, we'll see you tomorrow in affluent distress. some neighborhoods are wrapped by soci

he is interviewed by an epidemiologist at john hopkins university. watch book tv every sunday on c-span2 or watch online anytime at booktv.org. ♪ watch on our new video app, c-span now. leo shane, deputy editor of the military times, is with us to discuss what faces veterans in the v.a.. has things changed under the biden administration? guest: it's hard to tell. the president came in during the pandemic. that has dominated most of the operations and decisions at the department of veterans affairs. we had a chance to sit down with the department head earlier in the week and he has pointed to their transparency, their message of inclusion, trying to broaden benefit and find ways to cater to more women veterans, more minority veterans, lgbtq veterans. but really, the covid issues have dominated everything. they have dominated the reopening of hospitals

johns hopkins would start the first real medical school. ... us? doctors and scientists matched with preciou this bringss us to john d rockefeller, the richest man who ever lived. in his lifetime alone, he gave away $530 million. for 50 million of it was directed toward healthcare studies. matching doctors and scientists would capitol so they could find cures to that which used to readily kill us. all of a sudden people who used to die once were living. people were suddenly able to die once, twice or three times buyback, what used to kill them no longer was killing them because they had access to advances born of economic growth. even 1950, the biggest line item in hospital budgets was that defendants and they didn't have answers. where as more and more can can come upus we with answers for. this consideration of whether debate went, i made sure to read the new york times every single .ay i did because i wanted to check against my passion from day one, i wanted the other view to moderate mine. what you find is when you breathe deeply the new york t

jonathan: professor and epidemiologist at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health. good morning. lisa abramowicz, jonathan ferro, matt miller. in your equity market, down 11 on the s&p, negative two tens of 1%. euro-dollar down 7/10 of 1%. lisa, help me sum this up. instructions in austria and potentially more to come in germany. lisa: you are seeing the incidents of hospitalizations and deaths start to climb dramatically and how do you account for that at a time when there is a huge resistance to getting vaccinated for a large port -- large part of the population. jonathan: making it compulsory in austria -- lisa: good luck. will they be able to implement that in any real way? jonathan: it is for them to follow through. you've said how difficult this would be to replicate elsewhere. matt: it would be incredibly difficult in germany because you have such a huge anti-vaccination, anti-science contingent there. it really looks american, which brings us home. it would be impossible to implement something like that here. austria is a special case in terms of a country.

adalja, with great respect for you and johns hopkins, how far out is the dowser perspective?

yesterday was a magical day for us speaking with peter and the good people of johns hopkins. what it is about is the dispersion of our capital. going from a rockefeller university down to baylor college over the years. going out to nebraska to a first-rate program at the university of nebraska medical center. this is really serious adult stuff about special pathogens. you are looking at an unvaccinated population. my working number is 13 times greater. it omicron a special pathogen that will get this nation vaccinated? >> we think about special pathogens we think about the tools in the toolkits that allow us to treat, manage, save lives of patients that get those special pathogens. we are waiting to see what will happen with the vaccines around omicron. we know some of our tools work. our tests work. masks work. a lot of our treatment will still work on omicron. we may need boosters to improve our ability to protect people against this variant. right now we could see getting your vaccine is so critically important. tom: do you with all of your resources including at johns hop

paul: the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health is supported by michael r. bloomberg, founder of bloomberg lp and bloomberg philanthropies. we are tracking the fallout of the global supply crunch. >> let's start with the top supply chain stories of the day. the world's biggest supplier is finding that labor shortages are limiting its production and raising costs in developed nations. though the issue impacts operations in europe, canada, and australia, the situation is more acute in the u.s. which is seeing labor shortages across the logistics chain. the pacific maritime association which negotiates labor agreements the largest ports in the u.s. is warning that the federal vaccine mandate will worsen the supply chain crisis. the rule is set to take place in january and the organization says as many as 40% of the workers are not vaccinated. the congestion in ocean shipping lines has resulted in a booming demand for air cargo which bypasses port bottlenecks. they will be chasing sales when leasing companies and carriers gather for the dubai air show on sunday.

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of thejohns of the johns hopkins of thejohns hopkins university centre for security. around 62% of voters in switzerland have backed their government's covid strategy, including a covid certificate showing proof of vaccination, recovery, or a negative test. switzerland is currently battling a surge in infections and the certificates are currently needed to access bars, restaurants, and football matches. the war in ethiopia has reached a critical point, with tigrayan rebels from the north claiming they're advancing ever closer to addis ababa, as they prepare to clash with government forces near the capital. the conflict, which began just over a year ago, has pitted combined groups from around the country against the prime minister abiy ahmed, who last week announced he would lead his army in battle. it has created a humanitarian disaster, and torn the country apart, with little sign of any resolution. our africa correspondent andrew harding sent this report. a late night roadblock in ethiopia's capital and a hunt for rebels from the northern region of tigray. these pat

hopkins university. with the numbers rising, california is among several states taking steps to make booster shots more widely available. >> if you think you will benefit from a booster shot, i encourage you to go out and get it. supply is available. >> reporter: the california state department of public health is directing healthcare providers not to turn away fully vaccinated adults who want the covid booster shot six months after their second dose. the cdc recommends booster shots for seniors, people with chronic illnesses, and people who work in high risk jobs and the "washington post" state officials and the biden administration want to expand the eligibility but the cdc wants to examine the data first. in colorado, where covid cases are spiking , the governor signed an executive order declaring colorado a high risk covid state , making all adults eligible for the booster. >> we want to provide the best care to our patients but that is more difficult. >> reporter: 95% of the state's icu beds are ful

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that is according to johns hopkins university. the highest in the world is in the u.s. with more than 766,000. >>> more frustrations for people flying american airlines. the airline canceled more than 380 flights today. since friday nearly 2300 flights have been canceled. american blames weather issues and staffing shortages. the company said it was being proactive to minimize inconvenience. three weeks ago you might remember southwest canceled more than 2,000 flights over several days because of weather and air traffic control issues. >>> i am anne makovec at the live news desk. following the latest right now on the united nations conference on climate change, president biden spoke there earlier today and said the u.s. is back at the table and called on other countries to step up to the plate. >> will we seize enormous opportunity before us or will we condemn future generations to suffer? this is the decade that will determine the answer. >> this is going on in glasgow scotland. leaders from almost 200 nations planning to reduce global carbon emissions to zero by 2050

take a look at this line graph using data from john hopkins university. the red line is the united states. the purple line is the united kingdom. you see a surge by the delta variant. most countries saw a rise in october. but cases in the u.s. started going down. head to nbcbayarea.com/coronavirus. you will find what you need to know about vaccinations, boost booster shots and where you still need to wear a mask. >>> an early investor in the theranos company says he got angry when he asked for information. holmes wouldn't return his e-mails. he decided not to sell partly because elizabeth holmes talked about an epo in the future. he says because he believed the company's claims about its revenue. >> revenue projections for every startup are a grand theatrical fiction. and every startup investor takes the projection and cuts them 80% at least if not more. and that's not what happened here. >> eisenman also admitted to the jury to reaching out multiple times to the prosecution team itself to ask questions about the case against holmes. he said officials ask

hopkins. there has been rising hospitalization numbers and parts of the west and increase cases in the north. >> in europe, even in countries that have higher vaccination rates than we do, they are going through a massive winter surge and i am worried about the holidays. >> aaa predicts nearly 53.5 million americans will leave home to see family and friends for thanksgiving and health officials say the gatherings could lead to more virus cases. >>> a tentative labor agreement has been reached between kaiser hospital workers and the union today, averting a strike. 30,000 kaiser workers threatened to go on strike monday after labor disputes. the alliance of healthcare union and kaiser permanente deal includes annual wage increases, health and retirement benefits, and also bonus opportunities. this will be a four year contract that will cover roughly 50,000 kaiser employees in more than 20 local unions. >>> two people hospitalized after a shooting in oakland this morning their 89th avenue shortly

he is interviewed by an epidemiologist at john hopkins university. watch book tv every sunday on c-span2 or watch online anytime at booktv.org. ♪ watch on our new video app, c-span now. leo shane, deputy editor of the military times, is with us to discuss what faces veterans in the v.a.. has things changed under the biden administration? guest: it's hard to tell. the president came in during the pandemic. that has dominated most of the operations and decisions at the department of veterans affairs. we had a chance to sit down with the department head earlier in the week and he has pointed to their transparency, their message of inclusion, trying to broaden benefit and find ways to cater to more women veterans, more minority veterans, lgbtq veterans. but really, the covid issues have dominated everything. they have dominated the reopening of hospitals, full operations. they have created a backlog of benefits that's probably going to take at least a year, probably a little more to draw back down. if you give the report cards, i would give them an inc

amesh adalja of johns hopkins university. the center for health security, talking about the latest news on the covid vaccines and the variant that has broken out in south africa, and more. all of that ahead here on the program. ♪ >> this week on the c-span the supreme court here is a case to release trumps call records. we will have live coverage of two hearings. eighth senate commerce subcommittee hears from consumer safety advocates on holiday product safety concerns. also, janet yellen and jerome powell testify before the senate on their agency's use of covid relief funds. they return wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. that will stream live at c-span.org and on the app. also, on c-span three, the u.s. supreme court hears arguments in dobbs v jackson women's health organization, a case on a mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy you can watch artful coverage on c-span now. headed to c-span.org for scheduling information. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> abraham lincoln and his wife

the pandemic has now claimed 5 million lives globally, according to johns hopkins university. nearly two years after the first outbreak in the chinese city of wuhan, covid-19 remains a leading cause of death around the world. reporter: a family broken apart a covid-19. james watches as his uncle is lowered into the ground ju days after he buried his father and grandmother. >> we are traumatized. it is not so easy. some people who were with them two weeks ago and they had no issue, then all of a sudden, in the span of 10 days, theare all gone. reporter: this funeral is in kenya, but grief has touched every corner of the globe. . in under two years, the virus has cut short the lives of 5 million people. . from mass grave sites in brazil to over field hospitals in the u.k., the world has learned a new meaning of loss since the pandemic began. the world's wealthiest were not spared. the u.s. has the highest official death toll of any country. tate and his pregnant wife turned down the vaccine, and then she fell ill. >> things got worse and worse. we started really worrying, worrie

according to the latest available data from johns hopkins university, the number of 2021 coronavirus deaths has doubled last year's total number of deaths. the cdc says as of today, more than 777,000 people have died this year. in 2020, over 85,000 peopler iffished >>> clashes erupted in europe as thousands took to the streets to protest against new covid lockdowns as cases surge across the continent. some of the protests turned violent. in the netherlands, police opened fire on protestors. the clashes come as austria enters another national covid-19 lockdown today it's expected to last for at least ten days for people not fully vaccinated >>> switching gears now to week 11 in the nfl. listen electric finish in los angeles to cap off a wild sunday in the nfl >> great move there. each more. all the way in for the touchdown! >> ekeler ran for two touchdowns and caught two more to keep the chargers in the drivers seat but in the fourth, pittsburgh erased a 17-point deficit and takes the lead with under 4:00 to go. but justin herbert wouldn't let the steelers rob l.a. wins 41-37. >>> aro

hopkins university. health experts fear the true death toll, though, may be much higher. the united states has recorded the most deaths of any county with nearly 750,000 people dying of covid. it's possible children 5-11 years old could be eligible for the vaccine by early next week. the cdc director has to sign off on the plan. >>> new york city left high and dry after a firefighter sick out. thousands of firefighters in new york city called out sick today in an apparent protest of a vaccine mandate that took effect today. the commissioner says firehouses remain open, but 18 of the 350 units are out of service and many are understaffed. the president of the uniform firefighters association of greater new york says it has yet to be seen if fire service is impacted. >> you know, we're here today because of a mandate that was put on the, you know, our members, but also on all new york city employee, given nine days to make a life-changing decision on their career or whether or not they can take a vaccine,

hopkins university tracker. many say the actual number is much higher. the u.n. secretary general says this devastating milestone reminds us that we are failing much of the world. while wealthy countries are rolling out third doses of the vaccine, only 5% of people in africa are vaccinated. this is a mobile shame. we have this report. reporter: people gasping for air, families torn apart. and governments forced to close borders and order millions of people to be confined to their homes. the covid-19 pandemic has killed more people than any other viral epidemic in the 21st century. but almost two years since the first case emerged in china's wuhan province and the coronavirus spread rapidly, effective vaccines deadlocked at a reppert -- record pace seem to be having some impact. >> at the moment, the average number of daily deaths worldwide is lower than we were seeing last year. a lot of that could be attributed to a combination of vaccination, people understanding how covid infects people, and what they have to

that number comes from johns hopkins university, but the world health organization estimates the actual figure could be almost 3 times higher than health authorities suggest. the virus was 1st identified in the chinese city of hon. and december 2019 was 250000000 infections. have since been reported globally and will finish with the celebrations going on right here right now in doha, marking 25 years since the launch of our just sarah, addressing the ceremony, former country and the a 100, been heavy for us on these that the network can become a transformative for us, especially in the arab world, will began as an arabic language, satellite news channel in 1996 is now a global multi media network with its own air and online in multiple languages. jamal shall take a look back at the history of the media network and the obstacles and challenges. it's based on the time of its launch in 1996 all to 0 was seen by many as merely a drop in a media ocean dominated by mostly western news channels and outlets 25 years later that drop has caused ripples the world over forcing a synonymy of change

. ♪ >>> earlier tonight i spoke to johns hopkins university history professor leah wright regur, "l.a. times" op-ed columnist elsie granderson, and abc international correspondent terry moran about the implications of this verdict. lz, let's start with you. a resounding guilty verdict today. did you have any doubts and think it might possibly go another way? >> of course. i, i live in america. regardless of how much the video showed, regardless of the testimony. i just have seen too much, we all have, not to wonder if this was going to be a guilty verdict or thought. >> leah, when i was speaking to attorney ben crump earlier today, he said, jim crow isn't dead yet but we're gaining on it. today's verdict, was it a watershed moment, do you think? >> this is huge. but it's huge for a number of different reasons. it's huge because while it doesn't bring justice, real justice would be ahmaud arbery still alive, it does bring a sense of accountability. it's a watershed moment because we have a jury in the south that is predominantly white, all but one black juror, presided over by a white

it is the highest number of daily infections since late april, according to johns hopkins university, poland has more than 3000000 confirm cases in just over 77000 deaths. its health ministry is considering tighter restrictions. infections on the rise to in the netherlands prompting the reintroduction of face masks. the government is also expanding use of a corona pass showing proof of a covered 19 vaccination or a negative test results. it'll now be needed to enter many public spaces, such as museums and jims. infections have been rising since most social distancing measures were dropped in late september. the u. s. is given a final approval to face as curve 19 vaccine for children from the ages of 5 up to 11. president biden has called the movie turning point in the fight against the virus, the f. d. a had already said the shot is safe for that age. group a similar dose smaller, those rather than normal, was recommended. now, officials at the cdc have given a green light for it to be administered to 28000000 children charts. you say the corona virus pandemic has led to a rise in chi

we are the big story to day 5000000 people have no died from coven 19 at number comes from johns hopkins university. however, the world health organization is estimating the actual figure could be almost 3 times higher than that higher than the figure. the health authorities are suggesting the virus was 1st identified in the chinese city of who hand in december of 2019, almost 250000000 infections have since been reported globally. in a statement, the un secretary general antonio terrorist said, this devastating milestone remind, reminds us that we are feeling much of the world. while wealthy countries are rolling out 3rd doses of the curve, 19 vaccine, only about 5 percent of people in africa are fully vaccinated. this is a global shame is priyanka grouped up people gasping for air. families torn apart, and governments forced to close borders and order. millions of people to be confined to the helms. the coven 19 pandemic, have now killed more people than any other viral epidemic in the 21st century. but almost 2 years since the 1st case emerged in china's won province, and a new curren

here is david dowdy, who's from johns hopkins university, which we quote so often is it possible microns and expect thing? yes, but is it probably far more likely that it's not also? yes, another thing, the important thing he says here, scientists have a duty not to oversell and we are doing exactly that. he is criticizing some of his colleagues, maybe not where he works, but certainly around the world who are, in some cases, maybe scare mongering. angry cats is a professor at the harvard university and she point soon, several rama pasa was referencing this earlier south africa itself. he said, she says, we know what we know about that because south africa has invested in advance genomic sequencing. we are them a debt of gratitude, not punishment, backed up by toyota rivera, who's in the center for epidemic response and innovation that the group which actually discovered this in south africa. he says, the will should provide support to south africa and africa, and not discriminate. or isolated to give my site a rough highlighting there if you want some other perspective and perspective i

reaching a grim milestone: 2021 has now surpassed 2020 with more covid deaths according to johns hopkins coronavirus resource center. sudan's prime minister abdallah hamdock was released from house arrest today and reinstated as the country's leader four weeks after a military coup deposed him and other members of his government. hamdock appeared in public for the first time since his arrest and signed a deal with sudanese military leader, abdel fattah al-burhan, returning hamdock to the leadership of the government until elections are held as early as 2023. the deal also guarantees the release of all other political detainees and the return to a power-sharing agreement between civilian groups and the military. there were more protests today and pro-democracy groups and two major parties condemned the deal, saying it still leaves the country under military oversight. the agreement between hamdock and the military comes just days after 15 protesters were killed in demonstrations against the coup. international olympic committee officials said today that chinese tennis player peng shuai sp

hopkins university tracker. but many experts say the actual number is much higher in a statement. the ones actually general said that this devastating milestone reminds us that we are failing much of the world. while wealthy countries are rolling out, 3rd doses of the coven vaccine, only about 5 percent of people in africa are fully vaccinated. this is a global shape, bianca group to reports. people gasping for air, families torn apart, and governments forced to close borders and order. millions of people to be confined to their homes. the coven, 19 pandemic, have now killed more people than any other viral epidemic in the 21st century. but almost 2 years since the 1st case emerged in china's won province and a new current of virus spread rapidly across the globe. effective vaccines, developed at a record pace, seemed to be having some impact. at the moment, that average number of daily depths worldwide is lower than what we were seeing last year. and a lot of that could be attributed to a combination of vaccina

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in other news, more than 5000000 people have now died from cove at 19, according to the johns hopkins university tracker. but many experts believe the actual number could be much higher. the u. n is described, the vaccine roll out to poor countries, especially those in africa. any 5 percent of people have actually been inoculated as a global shame. jamini government, so say who see missile strikes have killed at least 8 people in india, 22 others in merritt province. the strikes hit, a religious school at a mosque south of the city. it follows developments on sunday, an announcement from the saudi led coalition that it killed more than $200.00 hu fees in merit this week. at 21 story building in nigeria has collapsed killing at least one person. dozens of people are thought to be trapped in the rubble building is reported to have been under construction. it's not yet kale. what caused the collapse and the right to an abortion in the u. s. is in the balance. a supreme court justices here arguments over in the a total ban on the procedure in texas democrat lead justice department is brin

that number comes from johns hopkins university. but the world health organization estimates the actual figure could be almost 3 times higher than health authorities suggest. let's take you back to our top story now. cope 26. joining us to discuss this so from medford is kelly simms gallagher. she's a professor of energy and environmental policy and the director of the climate policy lab at tufts university. and it's good to have you with us only user. it doesn't look good this or does it major players like president c and putin on they're the ones who are aren't given themselves, particularly ambitious targets. are you concerned this? well, i am a little bit concerned that that of the targets that have been announced, ah, many of them are quite untethered to concrete, domestic action plans at home a serve. for example, while we've had new announcements from russia and saudi arabia, that they will achieve. net 0 by 2060. they don't have an action plan for how they're going to get from, you know, where they are today and 202-1220. 60

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