was it for the ages reduced to beethoven's 9th symphony before the world starts to simmer down? oh, and b.t.w. . do you know this is g.w. news and these are our top stories. federal authorities in the us have told joe biden, the presidential transition can begin after president donald trump directed his team to cooperate in the handover process. the move comes as biden's cabinet nominees begin to take shape with foreign policy veteran anthony blinken as secretary of state. and former secretary of state john kerry as his special climate change. and boy astra zeneca and oxford university in the

united kingdom say their new coronavirus vaccine could be up to 90 percent effective. it can be kept for a frigid temperatures. unlike other recently announced vaccines. astra zeneca says it will have 200000000 doses available by year's end. china has launched an unmanned mission to bring back rocks and desperately from the surface of the moon. it's the 1st mission by any nation to retrieve the lunar samples. since the 1970s, the probe is expected to return with material down to help scientists learn more about earth's nearest neighbor, including how it was formed. this is the news from berlin. follow us on twitter and instagram or visit our website. dot com. the world is starting the 3rd week in a row with news of yet another promising coronavirus vaccine. today,

astra zeneca became the latest pharmaceutical to announce that its vaccine is effective at preventing covidien 19. astra zeneca has vaccine has important advantages with a price tag of just a few dollars. it is now the front runner in the race to end the pandemic. by protecting everyone, everywhere i'm bringing off in berlin. this is the day we plan to begin supplying fighting an opinion with hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine supply in 2021. we wanted it actually 12, not just behind the times as the crisis would be much nearer the antarctic. this could be going to the bear creek understood to be the brought up to the present. i think they're appropriate to

both the fact that the building can actually get all i can safely. thank you. thank you for what you've done. also coming up there are reports of an historic secret meeting in saudi arabia, the 1st face to face between the crown prince and the israeli prime minister, the saudis denying that the meeting ever happened. benjamin netanyahu is denying nothing. i have never commented on these things over the years and i do not intend to start now with you, our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of our viewers around the world. welcome. we begin the day once twice, 3 times with vaccine hopes. this is the 3rd monday in a row that the world has been given. a reason to think that the end of the

coronavirus pandemic may be near 2 weeks ago. it was fines are in by on tech one week ago it was mcgurn a. today it was astra zeneca that announced promising data about a vaccine that prevents coated 19. just say that hopes are high, would be an understatement. according to trial results, all 3 vaccines are exceeding expectations. their effectiveness is 90 percent or better. and astra zeneca is the 1st promising vaccine that due to its low cost, could be delivered globally. a pandemic prevention for every man and woman, regardless of geography or income. these tiles hold a promising formula for ending the covert. 19 pandemic globally, a cheap, effective, easy to distribute that scene. we have to get a lot of people and i did. we're not thinking about it, but it's nations working in terms of one person, it's time we have to think about vaccinating communities,

populations reducing transmission within those populations so that we really get on top of this pandemic. and that's what it now looks like. guns have the ability to contribute, share, and have written a big way. the vaccine was developed at the u.k.'s university of oxford using the i don't know, virus platform. researchers took a common cold virus that infects chimpanzees, genetically engineering it to trick the human body into thinking it has been infected with the virus that causes told that 19 are producing an immune response., yet over 24000, volunteers took part in the clinical trials in the u.k., brazil, and south africa. although the late stage trials showed the a done, a viral vaccine is less effective in preventing infection than the m.r. in a vaccines developed by maternal and pfizer biotech. but does that indicate it's better at preventing hospitalizations and severe cases of covert 19, but people are not getting sick with this vaccine. which means that ultimately,

even if you were to get ill, you have moral symptoms. and so i think that's incredibly important because it will keep ospital bugs free and people won't be dying from this in this virus. and that's not the only advantage. unlike the m.r. in a vaccines, it can be kept at normal, frigid temperatures, making it easier to distribute, especially in developing countries. it can also be manufactured at scale, meaning it can be produced in much greater quantities and at much lower cost than its rivals. but i think this will be a truly global for in terms of its deployable and its accessibility. it's going to be probably more affordable than most of those for the lincoln countries. astra zeneca has pledged it won't make a profit from the vaccine during the pandemic. if it gets regulatory approval, the firm says it's ready to produce 3000000000 doses next year. and for tonight,

i'd like to welcome back to the data for john campbell. he is an independent health analysts in the u.k. . he has become a sought after authority on social media and all questions about this pandemic. dr . campbell, it's good to see you again, and it's good that we're meeting under such encouraging circumstances before we discuss astra zeneca. let's consider what researchers have achieved in less than a year. i mean, we're talking about 3, promising vaccines aren't it really is quite incredible. and when you think about the pfizer medellin or max, it is there are quite a lot of money going into them, especially the middle. but the oxford after seneca vaccine has been done on a relatively small budget. and it is important to realize, brett, that this is going through all the stages, the normal vaccine or normal medication will go through. it's just been compressed into a small spirit period of time. so even though this is been very quick, it hasn't been skipping stages all the stages or been done correctly. it's just a very impressive piece of science followed by

a very impressive piece of research logistics. and we hope followed up by a very impressive piece of allowing this vaccine to be, to be used to the authorizations and hopefully followed by a very efficient rollout as well. and plans are in place for all of those things. so i'm actually really, i thought actually quite relieved this morning when i heard this news. very good news all around. good news. talk to me about what distinguishes the astra zeneca vaccine from the vaccines, from madonna and pfizer, by on 10. well, the pfizer, pfizer biotech and a video about state national institute of health flexi, both based on this messenger r.n.a. way of doing things completely new way of making vaccines. both seem to work that the oxford astra zeneca is based on as you correctly said, it's a, it's a cold virus that causes colds. in chimpanzees, it isn't a dino virus genetically modified. so that weighs injected into the body. it will express the same proteins. you find on the surface of the star's kuroda virus to

vaccine, for it will make the antibodies and stimulate t. cells. the big difference, as you've already alluded to, is the pfizer vaccine must be transported at minus 70 degrees centigrade. now this can be done in advanced countries, but it's difficult, but it can be done. and even in the doing a back seat needs to be transported in freezing temperatures. where is the oxford astra zeneca about it is just that normal fridge. temperature is the way we keep most of our vaccines. so here it is remote area. we could, for example, you could just get your cool box out, put in some ice box, put in your vaccine and go off and do a day's vaccination with a very, very low tech approach. this is something all health care professionals are already know how to administer. so is really ready to just hit the road. it says a nice low tech, easy to administer vaccine. where does this vaccine does it need any fine tuning it? and i'm thinking about the scene here because i understand that if you want to get 90 percent efficacy, you have to take the half those 1st right. isn't it interesting?

yeah. so if you give the full dose the full dose is $50000000000.00 viral particles, but they found that if you gave half dose 1st of all $25000000000.00 viral particles, if you gave that 1st a half dose followed by a full dose a month later, the efficacy, there was 90 percent, 90 percent of people difference in infection rates compared to the experimental group and the control group, if you gave the full dose twice, then yes, because the way it was only 62 percent combining those 2, it worked out at 70 percent efficacy. so i strongly suspect that they'll be doing further research into the half dose, followed by the full dose to get the 90 percent. because that what we don't know who was the be fascinating to find out what happens if we give to half dose is? does that mean? yes, because it goes over 90 percent. we simply don't know that because the work hasn't been done. but the other thing about this, it would give heart the viral dose for the 1st half the dose of viruses up to the

dose of the vaccine for the 1st dose. that means we can have 25 percent more people vaccinated for the same volume of vaccine. so it's actually really quite encouraging results. however, i don't pretend to be able to explain it in terms of immunology, but it's practically a good thing. it's really a case of less is more in case the vaccine dose. what we're who stands to benefit the most from this vaccine. i mean, at the beginning of the program, i said this is maybe the 1st global vaccine that we have against this pandemic. so please, you brought this up, bring that pfizer in a big donor vaccine or both to play. and you can say, this is wrong. we spoke to both declare it to be for profit vaccines. these are commercial companies, they intend to make some money out of this. but the oxford astra, zeneca vaccinate, have declared that they will do this for a non profit basis. as long as the pandemic lasts. so they are going to be putting this magazine out at really low cost. now that buys a vaccine, it looks like it's going to be around about $20.00 euros a dose. then they did

a vaccine and more like $35.00 you are there steps? where is the austin astra? zeneca maxi, it appears. it's going to be slightly 3 euros. so it's like a 10th of the price down and of coffee basis. and as well as that box that just as editor have teamed up with $20.00 partners around the world. so this virus is going to be made in india and shoojit mounts, for example, is going to be made, industry is going to be made is south america. we believe is going to be manufactured is sweden, quite a few european countries because they've sort of franchised down the manufacture of this. this is, this is really a niigata tarion virus. so it can be made in different places for local distribution at low cost. it really is quite, quite an unimpressive humanitarian thing that you're in. yeah, it is. like you said the beginning of the program. excellent news is a great way to start the we dr. john campbell as always at the campbell. it's good talking with you. we appreciate your insights. thank you for your what illustrate

how quickly vaccine development is improving the overall narrative, germany is now expecting the 1st vaccinations to be administered nationwide by mid december. at the same time, the nationwide partial lockdown. it's expected to stay in effect into the new year a glimmer of hope in germany. their 1st coronavirus, vaccinations could take place within weeks. but i want to quickly begin to offer vaccinations as soon as a vaccine is available. unless there's a reason to believe that we can stop at the latest, at the beginning of next year, maybe already at the end of this year. and that is, and you know, it was vaccinations will be rolled back in 2 stages starting lisbon marble people the need is urgent. the latest partial lockdown has failed to cut infections. by the way, tathata belies the daily rate. it means that we have not yet managed to bring the

numbers 5 to a low level. we have basically only managed to get past a fresh step so far. studies to stop the exponential increase of infections and we are no stevo. but our numbers are very, very high fight some patience is wearing thin, leading to enter a long down protests and fears the far right is instrumental izing tensions. but many of germany's 16 federal states doubling down saying the partial lockdown must be extended and intensified with tighter caps on gatherings. with christmas, just weeks away, the pressure is on. chancellor meets state leaders on wednesday. then if this is one time it has been almost 3 weeks since voters in the us went to the polls to select a president. it has been 2 weeks since the ballot count showed joe biden winning

the popular vote and the electoral college. and yet president remains in denial, refusing to admit that he lost refusing to allow the transition of power to begin pressure on the president to accept reality is building today more than 100 current and former national security officials signed an open letter calling on republicans to stop enabling trumps intransigents saying that his baseless legal challenges to the election are now in danger of national security. this is what they writes. we are former senior national security officials who served in republican, administrations under presidents reagan, george h.w. bush, george w., bush, and or donald trump, or as republican members of congress. we believe that president trumps refusal to concede the election and allow for an orderly transition constitutes a serious threat to america's democratic process. and to our national security. we

therefore call on republican leaders, especially those in congress to publicly demand that president trump seize his anti-democratic assault on the integrity of the presidential election., are, let's take the story now to washington d.c., our correspondent stefan simons, joins me now from our bureau. good evening to you, stefan high level pressure from outside for the president to give up his challenges . and we've got high level implosions taking place within the president's own legal team. talk to me about how bad the infighting is rights president trump is going to trace it under huge pressure to actually allow a transition. because again, as you pointed out in this, quote, national security is at stake here in the eyes of many, many, many, and then you have on the other side, as you called it, rightfully so. the implosion of the legal i fers and the legal team basically trump

and this is the elite strike force team. who is the elite strike force team that is rudy giuliani, jenna alice and sidney powell and apparently sidney powell is not part of the team anymore. yeah, the legal team distancing itself from sydney, powell will reportedly be cause for conspiracy theories went too far even for the wife of rudy giuliani and this is what was said of the president just last week. take a listen to mannion voting systems. the smartmatic technology software and the software that goes into other computerized voting systems here as well. not just a minion were created and billions in venezuela at the direction of hugo chavez to make sure he never lost an election after one constitutional referendum came out the way he did not want to come out. all right,

just to fund the deceased hugo chavez business and the us presidential election. so how far would you say we are from the twilight zone right now? or? and if there is something beyond a trial, it's all of them. we're past the twilight zone and we're actually behind that or beyond that in my view at least because that's just, i don't have almost any worse nor have any observer c.r. . most observers and joel is in the washington press corps here for, for, for this they are no words to describe this in any way or form, legitimately or seriously. i mean, you heard it's hugo chavez. hugo chavez died in 2013. the latest comment with now the punch cards in, in those demonic dominion machines are, cia makes no sense in the powell. remember one tidbit he is the lawyer

all for michael flynn. lost all credibility from observer. so by observers and apparently so even rudy giuliani couldn't go that far in outlandish claims of what's going on here with this election. and then we've got president elect joe biden. he is drawing to move forward with this transition confirming that he will nominate tony blinken to be secretary of state. talked to me about what we know about lincoln and what his nomination says about biden's foreign policy plans . i think here we need the kindergarten and now we're talking between adults are under adults here. so tony blinken is a former well known and well worst. obama aide. he was former national security advisor, a worse deputy secretary, secretary of state under obama. so with this, with his nomination, joe biden,

signals to the world that trump shenanigans in foreign policy are over and that at least this is how joe biden approaches this, that they are over. and that he is installing people who are actually well worse and have a background and experience in foreign policy. that also means that probably the biden administration will do a lot of repair work. and blinken is the right guy. the right man for this says the biden campaign, because he is really well versed is not this the foreign ministry in germany, or france, or anywhere in europe or in the middle east or in latin america or in asia. they know tony blinken, they have dealt with him before they know what to expect. and again, the big signal is to get people in my administration with background, with experience, and with vision, who also have this, this tremendous experience and who can repair, repair, the scorched earth. even in foreign policy,

the trumpet administration has left behind, at least this is how the biden administration or by future private ministration and biden campaign sees that orange to fund all the story for us in washington. stefan, as always, thank you. if it's true, we are talking about history in the making. israeli media is reporting that prime minister benjamin netanyahu held talks with the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin soundman in saudi arabia. on sunday, an unnamed israeli official was quoted saying netanyahu was accompanied by the head of israel's spy agency. the mossad. in an interview with the wall street journal, a saudi official confirmed the meeting, but the solti foreign minister tweeted that the meeting did not happen. prince salmond did meet with u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe in the city of the yom,

of pain has been traveling with members of the american press pool during his mid east tour. but he left reporters at the airport when he met with the crown prince. the jump administration has brokered deals between israel and bahrain, the united arab emirates and sudan. but a deal with saudi arabia has so far remained elusive through what is going on here for more i want to bring in try to parse the he's the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible state craft in washington for his good to see you again, and i'll ask you what everyone, what everyone's been asking, who's heard this story? which switch, do you believe? did this meeting happen or did it i suspect it is quite likely that it did happen as also quite predictable that the saudis with deny it projected mindful of the tensions that exist within the royal family. as to whether there is wisdom to such a move. clearly we know that current king is opposed to it and that it is much less

forgiving with the israelis are doing to the palestinians. whereas m.p.'s seems much more eager to move in this direction in particular. and of that significant challenges m.v.s. is going to be in washington under, by the creation. it seems quite likely that he would likely have such a meeting in order to use it to his favorite in washington. we have seen that you ease decision to recognize israel did not do anything to promote peace in the middle east, but it quite a lot to improve the u.a.e. standing in washington. the hot and let's assume that this meeting did happen. what is the, what's in it for the israelis? well, you know, to know those perspective being able to show that major outer powers no longer have a problem with these radio occupation of palestinian territory. is something that

vindicates his strategy, which is that occupation and expression is ok. and eventually the rest of the world will simply accept the fact that israel is taking at large and arthur part of control over palestinian territory. whereas these really left for quite some time have been making the argument that occupation is not sustainable. that it was a threat to israel and that the arab world and other neighbors will never accept it . and so from his perspective, this makes a lot of sense, but i think there's a broader issue that is at play here which has less to do with the palestinian issue and less to do with iran as well. which is the key thing that is reigning the saudi is the u.a.e. and these ratings together is their interest in keeping the u.s. as security umbrella for better in the middle east. meaning that the united states remains militarily committed to that region. the greatest threat that they've been facing at the last 50 years is the american public, is tired of the u.s.

being in the middle east and wants to get out and measures of this kind, creating these alliances and using it to collectively fresh pressure. washington to remain committed to the middle east is something that we have seen that the israelis and the saudis and the u.a.e. have done before even sure of this formal recognition. so good. can you imagine that the crown prince, it's in his interest to basically sacrifice the fate of the palestinians in order to have the israelis allied with him as a bulwark against iran. so that the americans can sit, continue to see the iranian threat. is that what you're saying? part of it. i mean iran is very much used as that collective threat in order to justify this, but the bigger issue i think is to keep the u.s. invasion. that's part of the reason why these to be countries where the only countries in the world that were all poles to the iran nuclear deal. because it meant that the tensions between the united states and iran would reduce,

which would enable the united states to have an easier time starting to withdraw its troops from the region, which was what the recording that the or against sacrificing the palestinian cause . something that the saudis and the u.a.e. and others have already done for quite some time is just getting much more open and formal now. and what about that big weapons deal? we've got about 30 seconds left. the big weapons deal between the u.s. and saudi arabia that happened after trump took office. yes, so that's another element that the g.c.c. countries are using to keep the united states committed to their security. if you buy a $60000000000.00 worth of american weaponry, whether you like it or not, whether washington eisen or not, there is an implicit security at sea that is extended when you purchase that and of weaponry. and that is what needs countries and using mindful of the fact that they do not have formal defense pacts with the united states. you know, it's a very good point for the party is always good the thought with your insights tonight. thank you and your well, the day is almost done,

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