current affairs t.v. . just in. the united states becomes the latest country to approve the fine is a corona virus vaccine the elderly and get the fast jabs. and again i'm standing at a this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up president donald trump attacks the u.s. supreme court after it projects a request to overturn joe biden's victory. the 1st international aid convoy reaches the capital of ethiopia's war torn t. . and fighting climate change 5 years now since the paris agreement we take

a look at how close nations are to actually achieving goals. now the united states has become the latest countries approve the fires a biotech coronavirus vaccine imagine say use president on a trump says the fasters could even be administered within 24 hours with millions more set a nation wide distribution mike hanna has the story for us from washington d.c. . you have been followed immense pressure from the white house during the course of the day president trying to dish and also while wall between politicians and the da deliberations with a furious early morning tweet describing the f.d.a. still a big old slow turtle addressed in the f.d.a. commissioner he continued get the vaccines out now dr hahn stop playing games and see. start saving lives the white house chief of staff is understood to have

followed up with a phone call to the f.d.a. commissioner urging him to expedite the approval. first followed to rip you off the vaccine by independent health experts thursday you voted overwhelmingly to recommend emergency use authorization president trump has now welcomed the f.d.a. approval of really good news today our nation has achieved a medical miracle we have delivered a safe and effective vaccine in just 9 months this is one of the greatest scientific accomplishments in history it will save millions of lives and soon end the pandemic once and for all the vaccine manufacturer pfizer has said it will be able to roll out an initial $20000000.00 doses within 24 hours of approval in terms of guidelines drawn up by the centers for disease control the 1st recipients will be frontline health care workers and the elderly in assisted care facilities though

it will be left to the governor of each state to establish distribution protocols. the governor of new york state andrew cuomo said he was expecting 170000 doses by sunday or monday this will be enough to treat 85000 people in the 1st wave of facts of nations. a 2nd vaccine manufactured by madonna will come under review next thursday it too says it will be able to roll out 20000000 doses within a day of emergency use approval the virus continues to rage throughout the united states with more than 200000 new cases we've reported each week and some 3000 deaths a day being recorded and health officials warn that it will take months before the vaccine begins to have an impact on these stop statistics mike hanna al-jazeera washington well let's have more on this now with john hendren who's watching it for

us in washington d.c. john we all set to him much more from the afghan men but for now what do we know about how all of this is going to last and where exactly. well according to the c.d.c. guidelines the 1st people to get this vaccine will be the elderly and those people who've been looking after them in hospitals these are the doctors and nurses and other workers who have been responding to the coronavirus and right now we're going to hear a little more about exactly how that is going to roll out once we hear this vote that is ongoing right now but. after that happens we're going to start seeing regular people get those doses beginning we are told if everything goes well in about march april may and by the summer period. john i'm branes interrupt you there because we are just seeing now. the f.d.a.

commissioner that he is speaking about the vaccine authorization let's have a listen to what he has to say element including vaccines traditionally take years what we have seen this year is a historic partnership among the private sector academic researchers and the federal government to find efficiencies in our scientific processes as well as the dedication of time and energy toward a common goal which is led to the rapid development of truly innovative medical products but let me be clear efficiency does not mean any cutting of corners medical products are still undergoing rigorous study and clinical trials important safety checks remain in place the f.d.a. has review teams continue as they have always done to comb through the data submitted by companies regarding their medical products what's different during kovan 1000 is that developers researchers and regulators have found new and hopefully lasting ways to be dynamic and efficient at the f.d.a.

we have been applying a variety of resources and tools in our search for solutions and to support the nation's medical needs which has led to this if. we found ways to cut the red tape and reduce regulatory burden on medical products sponsors when possible one important tool we have used during this pandemic including for this vaccine action is the emergency use authorization or e.u. a created by congress specifically to provide us with the means to respond rapidly during a public health emergency for an easy way to be issued the f.d.a. is career scientists conduct a rigorous evaluation of currently available scientific evidence about a medical product. the f.d.a. must determine that the products known and potential benefits outweigh its known and potential risks for vaccines that have the potential to be given to millions of healthy americans we at the f.d.a. have set high expectations for yesterday's action on pfizer bio in-text covert

$1000.00 vaccine the f.d.a. is career scientists conducted a fast but incredibly thorough review of a complex a request involving manufacturing data quality control data safety data effectiveness data and more are career staffs as scientists and staff have been working around the clock including holidays weekends and late nights to swiftly do this evaluation that meets our globally recognized high standards for review i know the meticulousness of the review that the f.d.a. has done i will absolutely take this covert 1000 vaccine pending availability and distribution because i have complete trust and confidence in the f.d.a. career staffs evaluation to ensure all americans can have trust and confidence in the carefulness of the f.d.a. as review we have made this review process as transparent as possible we held a public advisory committee on thursday about the pfizer bio intake application the

advisory committee can skin sis of external experts who reviewed clinical data from pfizer and bio intake submission and provided their own recommendations to the f.d.a. related to the data concerning the safety and effectiveness of the product the committee overwhelmingly agreed that the vaccines benefits outweighs its risks. we've also made clear through to guidance documents the information a developer should provide to us for their code 1000 vaccine helping americans understand exactly what data we would be looking at during our review process additionally yesterday we have also posted important information to health to help health care providers understand the benefits risks and proper use of this f.d.a. authorized vaccine including fact sheets for health care providers and that scene recipients instructions for use the letter of authorization to the requester which spells out the conditions under which the use of the product is authorized we also

intend to post the decision memorandum which outlines the basis of our decision all of this information helps the public understand the importance of our thorough and diligent review of the pfizer bio and tech vaccine it provides the necessary information to health care providers to understand if there are reasons certain people should not take the vaccine such as a history of allergic allergic reaction to any of the vaccine ingredients are transparency is arming health care providers with the tools they need to make decisions about what is appropriate for their patients this transparency should also help assure the public that this vaccine met the f.d.a. as rigorous standards for quality safety and efficacy science and data guided the f.d.a. decision we worked quickly based on the urgency of this pandemic not because of any other external pressure this decision was based on the strongest scientific

integrity and i am so proud of the work that our career scientists have done i'd like to conclude with an important reminder. while our federal partners are already taking steps to distribute this vaccine we remind the public to remain vigilant as inoculation will take time wear a mask wash your hands and remain socially distant when possible protect yourself the vulnerable and others thank you for joining us today and now i'd like to turn to dr peter marks our director for the center for biologics evaluation research for a few remarks well you've been listening there to your han he is the commissioner of the food and drug administration in the united states talking publicly ahead of that much anticipated rollout of the pfizer biotech vaccine that's just out in the coming hours he's clearly trying to reassure people about the safety of this this vaccine and also the meticulousness of the oversight of this whole process well

let's now go back to john hendren who's also been following this for us in washington d.c. john is there real concern about the uptake of this vaccine as they try to or all of those. absolutely there are many americans who are worried one of the common dinner table conversations here is will you take the vaccine when it's available and that's because a lot of people are concerned about how quickly this has been developed you heard dr steven hahn there say that no external pressure affected the way they came up with the approval for this vaccine well the president made that a little more difficult just a day ago on friday as you heard in mike hanna story a little while ago he ordered on to come up with an approval by the end of friday or be fired. on was trying to reassure the public there that none of that external pressure effected how thorough they were with approving that virus and by approving it on friday rather than approving it on saturday that doesn't get into anybody's

arms any quicker that's expected to happen on monday and tuesday and now what happens is this delicate choreography where those those vaccine doses are sent out everybody needs to have 2 of them on the fines or program and they'll be sent out across the country the initial doses will be in small amounts going to hospitals in big cities and rural areas like distributed across the country but that's really only anough right now to give it to a small number of health care workers and elderly people across the country there will be more who will need to get those vaccine doses and it's going to be a while before regular people who don't have co-morbidities diabetes other issues that make them more vulnerable to this virus are able to get that and any delay anything that happens in the supply line that delays that will cost human lives we've just reached 2 days in a row where about 3000 people have died of this virus and every day

is going to cost lives so distributing it especially when it needs to be at these very cold temperatures with a pfizer vaccine. across the us packed in dry ice there are so many things that could go wrong and that's one of the things that many americans are worried about we have these other couple of vaccines also under development that should help but it's going to be a considerable time with there are still questions about what do you do about people who are under 16 because this is really only but approved for people over 16 and then you've got people who have had bad reactions to other vaccines so there are going to have to be solutions still developed by the f.d.a. commissioner and other u.s. officials but this is a start and as you point out he's got reason to crow this was done in record time the fastest vaccine was created in the past was a month's vaccine that took 4 years really at complex that a school process still ahead john hendren there following this for us in washington

d.c. thanks so much john all staying in the u.s. the supreme court has rejected a legal bid from the state of texas to overturn the results of the presidential election and president had backed that lawsuit but want to throw out results in 4 key states that were all won by joe biden. reports. many legal experts in the us predicted this outcome the supreme court dismissed a bid by the state of texas to overturn the presidential election results much to the anger of trump who tweeted the supreme court really let us down no wisdom no courage trump and his republican allies wanted the court to set aside results in 4 states won by president elect joe biden michigan pennsylvania and wisconsin 18 republican attorney generals and 126 republican members of congress supported the lawsuit but in a short statement the court said that texas has not demonstrated educationally

called musical interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections biden's team celebrated the decision saying the supreme court has decisively and speedily rejected the latest of donald trump and his allies attacks on the democratic process this is no surprise dozens of judges election officials from both parties and trump's own attorney general have dismissed his baseless attempts to deny he lost the election trump and other republican organizations have 52 seats in various states they've achieved partial success in only one but legal analysts say trump may continue to try to overturn the election results i don't count now for trying to just do something else even though it probably won't get anywhere because it is over as of monday when the electoral college to me but we cannot be in the head down to think what he might try to do next but this was really his last day on there critics of trump say his refusal to concede defeat has damaged the

integrity of the u.s. electoral process and biden's victory will be officially certified by the electoral college next week victoria gate and be out there a. rival temperatures and other climate change related issues 5 years after the paris climate accord was signed. his u.n. secretary general antonio guitarist let's listen to them as pledge to cut emissions by 68 percent by 2030 compared to 9090 european union has agreed to cut their emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 compared to 9090 these decisions deserve to be emulated every country seat the financial institution and company needs to adopt plans to reach net 0 emissions by 20 c. 50 and start exuding them now including by providing clear short term targets key meeting sectors at the shipping aviation and the industry must also present and implement new transformational road maps in line with this goal acknowledged is one

or sides some the economic analysis is our ally renewable energy is getting less expensive we every passing day climate action can be the catalyst for millions of new jobs better health and resilient infrastructure but let us remember that this is it should must be just and also recognize that women's leadership is good for climate action. liberty to me clearly if you know small moaned your gratitude your president of the packet is objective. well you've been listening there to u.n. secretary general antonio caetera as he's addressing a virtual summit on the 5th anniversary of the signing of the paris climate a quarter number of leaders will be meeting that today to try to discuss how to ramp up their ambitions around carbon emissions targets we'll be following that for you right here on al-jazeera well as it is nice to mark the 5th anniversary of that according same weather events from droughts wildfires and super storms of all taken their toll and highlighted

a renewed urgent call for action so how is the wealth now placed in its battle against the climate crisis our environment at a club takes about. it was an extraordinary moment after endless years of negotiations nations of the world united in this common cause and the paris agreement was born that girl. had to evacuate but celebrations they were short lived within 18 months the accord was in deep trouble suddenly u.s. leadership was lost. the united states will withdraw from the paris thanks lima to court well in the 5 years since paris national commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions well they haven't measured up and time is running out remember the agreement ange to stop global temperatures

from rising 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels ideally one and a half degrees but average global temperatures are right now as i speak at 1 point one degrees and climbing and the impacts of a warming world there are already shocking displacing millions and costing billions extreme weather events are becoming all too familiar from superstorm to record wildfires from heat waves to devastating floods ice packs they've continued to diminish at both poles with the current decade the warmest on record it sounds bad it is bad and yet despite it all suddenly there's an opportunity president elect joe biden he's pledged to return the united states to the paris agreement the world's 2nd biggest emitter of greenhouse gases back at the table and the number one a matter that's china responsible for 28 percent of global emissions they promise carbon neutrality by 26. other countries have followed suit japan and south korea

committing to net 0 by 2050 joining the u.k. the e.u. and next year the united states and hopefully more to come out of the tragedy of the covert pandemic suddenly major economies are eyeing a green recovery with trillions of dollars in stimulus funds available i think yes we are in a moment i would say in a turning point moment in history and it said in my view it's a great opportunity very few either since very few generations have the opportunity to become so relevant for history overall it doesn't mean that it is going to be easy on the contrary i think these boots on our shoulders and even be there for sponsibility the thing is nation's political action is one thing implementing policies to ensure new found hope is not misguided well that's quite another but never will there be

a better opportunity to realize the goals of the paris agreement and to put the brakes on the worst effects of climate change and you can also want to extended interview with executive secretary of the un framework convention on climate change patricia espinosa he was just hearing from there that's at 830 g.m.t. on sunday right here on talk to al-jazeera. speaking to chandra bhushan he is the executive director of i forests the international forum friend vironment sustainability and technology he says while many countries are using 2050 as a benchmark as you just heard the u.n. secretary general mentioned there a few minutes ago addressing that summit that countries rather need to focus on making changes in the short term. someone else countries have been. saying that it would become emissions by 2050 now the number of research just are projecting 0 point one degree and 2.2 degree based on current use of dark but we all understand

political insight and why it is important to give a greater good god get every got douche is in got history it is much more important to give fight your dog it so that we can measure it big and very slight you can see but the countries are taking action or not and therefore i think this mess is that is going out does that yet on track to 2 point one actually is quite damaging i think you could have to give this message with lot of disclaimers the fact is the current dark extent countries have put on the table is for 3.2 c. now just to i just wanted to clarify this point but to paint the picture the fact is 2.2 degrees is is an upload of i'm and it's very difficult slider is sight just to actually project it would ha we're just going to get back people at 3.2 degrees because even longer i mean to say b. can give you a broader picture of what is going to happen but at the end of the good there are

committed is what we're going to devastate a key point to be used i think in the sendai of scientific debate we missed that picture of the most wonderful community which is already suffering and is going to devastate and then israel and people have been voting in a referendum organized by opposition due to one wider and follows last week's parliamentary elections in which president nicolas maduro regained the power of the national assembly quite as referendum asks where it is whether they want to end the jurors will hold a new presidential elections. iran has executed a dissident journalist convicted of fueling anti-government unrest during nationwide protests and 270-2018. was captured by the revolutionary guard and 2019 off the years in exile he was the founder of a modern news a social media channel with more than a 1000000 subscribers was accused of stoking violence through that channel through

those protests. the 1st international aid convoy has arrived in the ethiopian city at the center of recent fighting in the northern tier a region a convoy of trucks from the red cross will distribute medicines and other supplies to hospitals and medical aid ethiopia's army has captured the city and declared victory while the rival fight is from the people's liberation front have vowed to fight on well jeremy england is the head of operations in ethiopia at the international committee of the red cross he tells us more about the types of supplies being brought. we managed to get 7 trucks in with our convoy today after day on the road those trucks are containing and medical supplies primarily to support the regional hospital there i do regional hospital and several other hospitals in the regions and pharmacies. we also carry some fuel and non-food items housewives and some of supplies and communication equipment for the operation there but the main priority is to carry medicines surgical supplies and just

basic items that are necessary for the hospital to function the hospital main reference hospital in the kili has been unable to function fully. developed interruption of supplies for over a month now they are dealing with a large number of trauma patients in mccallion so you've seen is a number of wounded persons and also displaced persons coming into that city and the city's only residents being deprived of power water communications for over a month so they've obviously been requirements for floors to support. doctors that had to choose between different patients who they could treat with diminishing supplies and without the ability to disinfect correctly so we were very very concerned about the situation macquarie were delighted to see that 2 convoys arrive there from the government of ethiopia with food and some additional medical supplies in the last week and together with our convoy we hope that begins to ease

some of the pressure. of kabul as international airport has come under attack with a series of rockets killing at least one passenger and afghan government spokesman says the shells were fired from a vehicle on the city's outskirts now one has yet claimed responsibility. now hong kong media tycoon pro-democracy activist jimmy lie has appeared in court to face charges for violating a controversial national security law when i was seen at the courthouse and handcuffs and chains he was detained earlier this month and also denied bail police accuse him of creating with foreign forces lies the publisher of apple daily which is seen as the last media outlet there critical of the government now if convicted he could face a life sentence in prison well a muslim cleric in indonesia has turned himself into authorities for breaching covert 1000 protocols rizzi actually have is accused of organizing gatherings that

attracted thousands of supporters he's the leader of the islamic defenders front a group that has a history of vigilantism and also has long advocated for the adoption of islamic law in indonesia just to washington reports from the capital jakarta. the recent shihab is seen by many as a polarizing figure in indonesia after ignoring police requests to come in for questioning he turned himself into authorities over accusations of preaching covert 19 protocols. today god permits i can come to the jakarta police to attend to the investigation into me in accordance with the law was returned to indonesia last month after 3 years of self-imposed exile in saudi arabia thousands of supporters showed up at the airport to welcome the leader of the islamic defenders front or f.b.i. back to jakarta since then he's been involved in several events that drew large crowds including his daughter's wedding i mean that they believe members that

promoting this are because he didn't come for questioning when we all sit in the 1st time all the 2nd time we stated that we would a raised him but today he has come here. result is accused of ignoring covert 1000 protocols by hosting larger vents in a country with more than 600000 confirmed covert 900 cases but human rights organizations say they concerned there is more to this case than just health violations we have an increasing concern about increasing crackdowns by indonesian government to work the islamists or those perceived to be a slum is said to ready cause. and you know those who are not in not aligned with the government met the narrative all nationalism. in its early years the f.b.i. was accused of beating lanty isn't targeting nightspots western embassies and some

minority communities f.b.i. is considered a hardline organization by many and although its membership is significantly smaller than mainstream religious groups its leaders are able to organize large demonstrations. when thousands took to the streets in 2017 to protest against the governor of jakarta a christian ethnically chinese man of allegations of blasphemy. was seen as a key figure in the demonstrations that were viewed as a challenge to indonesia's secular identity. before travelling to saudi arabia research was charged under the country's pornography laws those charges were later dropped now he could face 6 years in prison for violating covert 19 regulations the concern over this next period will be precisely how the government manages what it clearly it's clear that they see them as a political problem. how they manage the perception that they're actually using our goals to repress a group of political reasons rather than actually broken the law or days ago police

shot dead 6 alleged supporters of rizieq police say the men were armed with guns and a sword but indonesia's national human rights commission is investigating the incident and whether the killings will fall and police in jakarta say they will continue their own investigations into research jessica washington al jazeera to counter. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. has become the latest country to approve the pfizer biotech coronavirus vaccine for imagine c. use the president says the fastest could be administered within 24 hours with millions more set for nationwide distribution and the u.s. food and drug administration commissioner stephen hunt says rigorous checks have been carried out to make sure the vaccine is safe to use we have bought our high stan.