i'm claire richards and welcome to the show. well, december is beginning with a race for a function in corona, virus vaccine. us a drug is asking for emergency approval of its covert 1000 vaccine in both europe and the united states. now it could be in use in the u.s. within a week. but as product would be the 2nd drug likely to receive special authorization following another developed by pfizer and its german partner bio on tech. finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the corona virus pandemic. with madonna filing for emergency approval of its vaccine. on monday it could get the green light before christmas. you end the year? yes, that our advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. it is highly possible, that between the 17 and christmas you know, the product is approved. if the u.s., food and drug administration gives the go ahead, inoculations could start within hours led by u.s. vaccination, logistics chief general de stuff seems to going to mean on those. he is a baby under a year. so as soon as we

i'm claire richards. and welcome to the show. covert 19 has dominated headlines this year, but there is another pandemic that still affects millions of people worldwide. now, united nations figures show that certainly 8000000 people are living with hiv last year. he only 700000 of them died as a result of their hiv infection. prevention and treatment measures are showing promise in the last decade, the number of new infections has decreased as has at the number of aids related deaths. yet experts predict that trend will reverse this year because of the covert, 19, a pandemic, and lockdowns causing a shortage of hiv medication. then it's estimated there could be an additional $1400000.00, a deaths caused by hiv. as a result, in south africa, one in 5 people has a new drug, however, is raising hopes for more effective prevention. as our correspondent adrian krishna reports from cape town for almost 2 decades, the nonprofit organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv. like here in the cape town

hello i'm claire richards and welcome to the show. germany has reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic 962 people have died from or with the virus in the last 24 hour period alone let me show you how quickly these numbers have been rising over the past few weeks now on a november 4th that is 7 weeks ago today germany registered 151 of covert related fatalities 3 weeks later that number had risen it to 410 and now at the latest a record high according to the public health agency the overall number of deaths stands at almost 28000 we'll get more on the rising death toll in a moment but 1st this report from one of germany's hardest hit regions saxony where it's not just hospitals that are struggling to cope. they have been working round the clock at mice incriminatory. the current virus means they've had to deal with many more bodies this year. for part this year with coffins have covered 19 victims inside with a safety precautions in place it's nearly impossible to have direct contact with the d

i'm claire richards and welcome to the show 6 weeks after the us presidential election the electoral college has confirmed to democrat joe biden as the winner of last month's election by it and now has a majority of the 538 electors gathered in states across the country as well as the capital washington to formally vote for the next president in a televised address after the announcement biden told americans their democracy still works just by accusations of voter fraud from president. it is march sincere hope we never again see any was subjected to the kind of threats and abuse we saw in this election you know this battle for the soul of america democracy prevail we the people voted faith in our institutions help the integrity of our elections remains intact and now it's time to turn the page as we've done throughout our history to unite to heal as i said this campaign i will be president for all americans and the news comes as president donald trump announced of the resignation of attorney general william a bar that's following tensions over trump's unfounded claims of election fra

claire is sticking around for more. news that rudy giuliani discussed a pardon for him with donald trump as we learn about new details about the pardon and sweeping scope of mike flynn, the broadest since richardardon and now a top trump alley is pushing for a donald trump self pardon. and plus as president-elect joe biden rolls out his economic team, republicans are singling out one ever his nominees for harsh criticism and getting called out for their hypocrisy and a rebuke from the head of the fda after the wouse demands to know why he hasn't moved faster to approve a vaccine for coronavirus. "deadline: white house" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. we're just getting started. an official message from medicare. did you try it yet? comparing plans? oh yeah. they sure can change year to year. i found lower premiums - and lower prescription costs. and those new insulin savings! hundreds of plans, $35 a month. that'll save you money. so uh, mark? on medicare.gov now. open enrollment ends dec 7th. comparing plans... ...really pays. paid for by the u.s. department of health & human services. special guest flo challenges the hand models to show off the ease of comparing rates with