or more and thomas 20 is the head of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations welcome to d w thomas thanks for making time for us is a 30 percent profit margin ethically justifiable when prices for vaccines like that could prevent hundreds of millions of lives being saved. when you look at what's happened over the last 10 moms i think it's 1st important to acknowledge the amazing progress made is literally from 0 are to billions of dollars is we see light at the end of to tumble and your sizzix a huge commitment from companies such as pfizer buy and take as for senate car johnson and johnson and of tools to read it bring the vaccines to the people who need them i think people honestly do not fully understand the daunting challenge we have pretty courbet 19 global vaccine production was $5000000.00 doses a year including seasonal flu shots we are not talking about getting $10000000000.00 is just for carbon 19 desideria and this is only possible because of an unprecedented collaboration with indians here but also the industry from rich countries and

holders and sells pharma companies earlier we spoke to thomas quiney he's the head of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations here is what he had to say. i am by to jan and of making more progress at the summit which i just mentioned which was hosted by chance in my eyes we all from developing country met vaccine manufacturers and i remember as we committed to further expand access we don't doing both and there is jaska for i am concerned if you would suspend the patent you wouldn't get a single dose more it was amazing to listen to all the experts in manufacturing supply chains their concerns about bottlenecks in gloss wise bottlenecks in lippitt nano particles scarcity in role materials and how can we tackle the inefficiencies they are concerned about export prescriptions interventions nerve block the mobility neither from developing countries noir industrialized talked about patterns being a hindrance now to some of the other global business stories making news. sudan's prime minister and saudi arabia's crown prince have met to discuss investment opportunit

holders and selves pharma companies earlier we spoke to thomas quiney he's the head of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations here is what he adds. i am by to jan and of making more progress at the summit which i just mentioned which was harvested by chance in my eyes we all from developing country met vaccine manufacturers and i remember as we committed to further expand access we don't doing both and very easy also for i am concerned if you would suspend the patent you wouldn't get a single dose more it was amazing to listen to all the experts in manufacturing supply chains their concerns about bottlenecks in gloss wise bottlenecks in limited number of particulates scarcity in room with tears and how can we tackle the inefficiencies they are concerned about export prescriptions interventions nerve of the nobility neither from developing countries noir industrialized talked by patents being a hindrance now to some of the other global business stories making news. sudan's prime minister and saudi arabia's crown prince have met to discuss investment opportuniti

the sport's international federation and badminton england say they made "impassioned attempts" to gain but they found the uk government's legislation was "non—negotiable". paul frostick reports. then a further example showing the difficulties of hosting a multi—nation sporting event in the pandemic, all 12 players from indonesia will not be taking any further part in the all england championships. this is a huge blow to a nation obsessed by badminton. and then ezio won the mixed doubles at the esa event last year and all seven of the olympic gold medals have been one on the badminton court. but one positive covid—19 case on the teams light to the uk has brought their involvement to an abrupt halt. it has brought their involvement to an abru -t halt. . , �* ., abrupt halt. it wasn't their fault but they are — abrupt halt. it wasn't their fault but they are very _ abrupt halt. it wasn't their fault but they are very different. - abrupt halt. it wasn't their fault but they are very different. i. abrupt halt. it wasn't their fault i but they are very different. i think this is an unfortuna

meet their basic needs or let's speak to francesco bought this he is the president of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies and is via skype from rome mr ok thank you very much for being with us on syria is now entering a 2nd decade of war how would you describe the current humanitarian situation compared to other periods in in the conflict these past 10 years. i didn't get a call to go out and we don't know what press conference could be. just going back to news iraq sorry so the situation is really really desperate. holes or you or maybe not will be in several occasion to give us structure who are. not ira our big theme that the bailout of the people and mostly the prewashed there will be a shia militia in the media now do we i would say so who's that scary number are we concerned especially now that don't. see the same it seems that it doesn't disappear from the headlines of the. man and for us it's a huge reason of consent we do need the support that we see and people we of course continue to talk about the issues syria is facing here on al-jazeera tell us more a

population now relies on aid to meet its basic needs francisco orca is the president of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies and he says that have been very limited resources to provide people with adequate health. one of the basic their example that they think that you need to your is that if you go too far forward for i'm going to say he is not if you're that i'm glad he's going to not reach the host be doubts that bentley that we're scanning all towards think about the medicines and drugs that they need to regenerate on maybe $180.00 or so the magazines that so this situation about the head that is who really really they get why not the. system is not able to call but we do need of the people and then i would like dogs of the wound if you could give for food they said that many i will let it roll forward because i have no other opportunities. to do to buy but they're not a. big big feast that my ideas while we are already in. for the support that also that i like they do lead by example richard a jacket is that needs to go to all the money that insulation in our ca

still remain at the back of the queue for me to al-jazeera johannesburg well the head of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers an association says intellectual property or ip. is not the reason for supply shortages but there's anybody who knows about backs in manufacturing and was addressing. the ip is not bottlenecks. to capacity the scarcity of rheumatiz kansas city of ingredients and it is about to do so as you've been hearing india and south africa once a waiver on a w t o agreement that agreement is known as trips the 1995 provision sets basic global standards on protecting copyright industrial designs patents and trade secrets for example a patent for a new drug must be enforced for at least 20 years and during that time competitors are restricted from making using or even selling it now countries can decide what to protect and allow some exemptions to the rules the issue came to a head in 2001 that's when developing nations argued the restrictions made v. treatment too expensive particularly in sub-saharan africa the w t o then declared that jury national emergencies cou

thomas cueni is director general of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers andcome to the programme. should covid vaccinations be patented free? life should covid vaccinations be patented free?— patented free? we are all in this together. basically - patented free? we are all in| this together. basically even eight months ago this was thought impossible. scaling up covid—19 vaccine production to more than 10 billion doses, this is more than a tripling of global vaccine capacity precovid. taking the patent away would not solve the problem but taking the patent away would be disruptive because we need calibration, we are all in this together. manufacturers from industrialised as well as developing countries. we are concerned about the problem is that there are but we want to solve them. patterns are not the problem. solve them. patterns are not the problem-— solve them. patterns are not the problem. you say patterns are not the — the problem. you say patterns are not the problem _ the problem. you say patterns are not the problem but - are not the problem but what

country with a population of more than 18000000 people as big al jazeera the iran now the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies as warning of a deadly gap in global plans to roll out coronavirus vaccines president francisco rocca has told a virtual pass conference that although vaccines are great news the pandemic is far from over. so i want go now if you wish to drop it developmental out of a penis right you being created as a sign of becoming again the bit but we cannot afford to stop if the fantasy world of virus spread and not we came out there for this fantasy or people in the us and its social money consequences we must not confuse the beginning of the end we get actually and. and even the end of a given day meeting that each ward not equate that with the end of the problem there is much more to do so let's bring in dr marty slots wired davis she is an infectious disease physician at john cochrane v.a. medical center and joins us via skype from sent louis missouri dr marty great to have you back on al-jazeera said i thought city is warning of a deadly gap and g

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from the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and association that they're sayingthat it's not intellectual property rights that is the issue they're saying that the bottlenecks are kept per city and that the scarcity over all materials and ingredients so it's that rather than the know how what would your answer be to those points well i'd say there are lots of issues to be addressed in scale up in some of those are and some of the upstream components but that does not mean that intellectual property is not a barrier and people typically think of. intellectual property mainly in terms of painting right but trade secret rights or or the secret you know recipes that that the companies are protecting and again that's the complex manufacturing know how the formulas for the regions the actual biological resources themselves. producing the vaccine products so the companies are partially right but mainly wrong the upstream capacity certainly has to be mobilized it's a lot of factors to be brought to bear there are needed investments to expand it repurpose capacity but at

week the games are due to be held in just over 4 months time all this comes as the international gymnastics federation council's its all around world cup event scheduled for tokyo next month the competition would also have acted as a qualifier and test event for the games. well again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour a brazilian supreme court judge has thrown out the criminal convictions of former president luiz inacio lula da silva it allows the popular politician to run in next year's presidential election the e.u. parliament has stripped 3 catalan separatist politicians of their immunity from prosecution in catalonia as former leader corliss puja ma and 2 others are wanted by spain for organizing an independence referendum huge mass spoke shortly after that youth parliament vote he said the trio will be fighting the parliament's decision. you just said they sure you've been finally. we have lost where you need to be. but do be very many. more than that. and this regime. president alassane ouattara is ruling party has been declared winner of saturday's parliamentary elections in ivory coast whil

week the games are due to be held in just over 4 months time all this comes as the international gymnastics federation council's its all around world cup event scheduled for tokyo next month the competition would also have acted as a qualifier test event for the games. well again the headline.

britain a tokyo olympic games quota place with victory in the women's skeet at the international shooting sport federationation world cup in india. hill represented team gb in rio in 2016. there was a dramatic finish in rugby union's premiership — as leaders bristol needed two late tries to secure a 28—21 win at northampton saints. it extends their lead at the top of the table to seven points from exeter in second. nick parrott watched this one. franklin's gardens is a tough place to visit, with northampton unbeaten at home since november. but bristol are their bogey team. there was little separating the sides until midway through the first half, when henry purdy suddenly came hurtling through to open the scoring for visitors. if that try was all about quick jinking, the next was pure quick thinking. stephen spotted an opportunity and took it. but instead of building on that momentum, the pendulum started swinging the way. started swinging the other way. nick broke through before half—time and a stroke of good fortune for george furbank early in the second half saw the saints leading. they looked to have

ash soni, who's vice president of the international pharmaceutical federation, told me how widespreadyou from my own experience and colleagues i have spoken to, who have said they have seen quite a significant number and have had to turn people away every day who don't necessarily meet the criteria. they are claiming to be social care or health care workers. they are key workers, and in many cases they have been working throughout the pandemic but don't realise that actually what they are doing is, they think they are entitled under social care but obviously they are not. so these are innocent mistakes? these are not deliberately fraudulent? it is difficult to assess. i'm sure some of them are definitely trying tojump the queue but i'm sure in the majority of cases these are not attempts to commit deliberate fraud. but people are worried. they are the people that have been face to face with the public for the entire last year who feel that they have been classified as key workers, so assume that because they are classified as key workers that they would be entitled to a vaccine as wel

originally as a union representative at the international federation of professional technical engineers local 21. most of our staff, actually, come from that and later on as a senior ranking official in the department of human resources. with that, i would like to invite ms. isen to make an opening statement and then i'll turn it over to committee members and then we'll open it up for public comment. ms. isen, if you are there, the floor it yours. >> thank you, chair peskin. members of the committee, thank you for allowing me to speak with you today. i am honored to serve the city and its officials and employees as human resources director. the nomination and i hope support and confirmation from this board of supervisors to service the city's human resources director is the culmination of a long career in public service. as a union representative and as a public servant. i am a career long advocate for public service and for effective and equitable government operations and services. i would like to describe the qualities and strengths i believe that i bring to this position and my thou

let's speak now to ash soni, vice president of the international pharmaceutical federation, which representshis, ash? difficult to tell, i can tell you from my own experience and colleagues i have spoken to, who have said they have seen quite a significant number and have had to turn people away every day who don't necessarily meet the criteria. they are claiming to be social care or health care workers. they are key workers, and in many cases they have been working throughout the pandemic but don't realise that actually what they are doing is, they think they are entitled under social care but obviously they are not. so are entitled under social care but obviously they are not.— are entitled under social care but obviously they are not. so these are innocent mistakes? _ obviously they are not. so these are innocent mistakes? they _ obviously they are not. so these are innocent mistakes? they are - obviously they are not. so these are innocent mistakes? they are not. innocent mistakes? they are not deliberately fraudulent? it is difficult to — deliberately fraudulent? it is difficult to asse

. >>> new this morning, the international gymnastics federation announced that artistic all around worldtokyo was canceled due to the pandemic. it was to serve as a test event for the olympics. it's due to current travel restrictions and measures taken by the authorities to limit the rate of infections in the country ahead of the olympic games. >>> and chains are required for drivers in the sierra, unless, of course, they have sn tires. in kingvale, one man has been helping people to klain up for four decades to help prevent the really terrible traffic jams on the summit. >>> the time is 6:45. let's check with gianna to see how the morning commute is shaping up. it's not snowy but it's wet out there. >>> yes, and be careful with the wet and slick surfaces. mary will have more on the rain. 880, i'm tracking significant delays in both directions. as len mentioned moments ago, there is a fire burning, two rvs on fire at 12th and 17th, and that is causing smoke to billow across the freeway, and, of course, the visual distraction is creating backups both directions, and you will see delays no

. >>> happening now, the international gymnastics federation cancels its artistic all-around world cupevent was planned as a test event for the olympics this summer, instead, tokyo 2020 organizers say that they would hold a national gymnastics event on may 4th, this is to see how the progress for the games is going. the 2020 olympics are scheduled to start july 23rd. remember, you can only watch them here on nbc bay area. >> i'll be there. >>> coming up next action more schools reopening their doors today but in this case not for the youngest students. high schoolers in one district are going back for the first time in a year. a live report on what they had to do to make it happen. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> 6:55. a quick look at top stories and pleasanton. businesses there hopeful that the state is ready to move alameda and solano counties into the less restrictive red tier later today. as soon as tomorrow, restaurants and movie theaters could reopen indoors at 25% capacity with a maximum of 100 people. gyms and fitness centers can reopen at 10% capacity indoors. >>> palo

silvia dall�*angelo is senior economist at the international business of federated hermes.crystal ball and wondering when we might see and wondering when we might see a recovery of the uk economy. what are your thoughts? 0bviously 2020 was a dramatic for the uk economy and contracted by 10% which was the sharpest contraction in 300 years and looking forward there are some positive elements including the vaccine roll—out including the vaccine roll—out in the uk is leading leading developed countries. in the uk we have also witnessed significant monetary policy accommodation. which will limit the shortfall on the labour market which will help fight the pandemic and so looking at this year forecasts will be revised up and most are looking at growth of five or 6%, outperforming likely european ones how quickly should the chancellor start to get some money back in the government's of those, as it were, from taxpayers? well, ithink of those, as it were, from taxpayers? well, i think it is way too early and there is the message that the chancellor conveyed the last budget and as a

international. next a federal judge in the united states has called on the supreme court to reconsider laws protecting the media from prosecution when commenting on a defamation case load silberman played that news outlet to become dangerous and they're heavily skewed to one side of the political spectrum. the increased power of the press is so dangerous today because we're very close to one party control of these institutions the new york times and washington post virtually democratic party broadsheets nearly all television network in cable is a democratic party trumpet a democratic party trumpet i mean what an exaggeration it's not like they treated his inauguration as the 2nd coming of christ contrast on display the night was so stark i mean those lights that are that are just shooting out from the lincoln memorial along the reflecting pool i love you like almost extensions of joe biden's arms embracing america well they were just excited once i was actually in the white house they started throwing the tough qu

that the torch relay will begin behind closed doors on march 25 it all comes as the international gymnastics federation canceled it all around the world cup event which was to take place in tokyo on may 4th the competition would also have acted as a qualifier and test event for this year's games the $2900.00 world championships will instead be used to determine extra entries into the individual all around competitions. germany's world cup winning national football coach york in lurve will step down after the upcoming european championship love took over the job after the 2006 world cup and led the germans to the 2014 title along the way he has also won the fever confederations cup and reached the semifinals at least in 4 major tournaments the euros are set to take place in june and july in italy said they are league leaders in tamil and restore their 6 point lead at the top of the standings on monday with a one the win over atalanta in his closest rivals for the title ac milan and you venters one day matches on saturday and sunday so it was important for him to to win here and scream scoring the games

that the torch relay will begin behind closed doors on march 25 it all comes as the international gymnastics federation canceled its all around world cup event which was to take place in tokyo on may 4th the competition would also have acted as a qualifier and test event for this year's games the 20 $900.00 world championships would instead be used to determine extra entries into the individual all around competitions. germany's world cup winning national football coach york in live will step down after the upcoming european championship love took over the job after the 2006 world cup and led the germans to the 2014 title along the way he has also won the fifo confederations cup and reached the semifinals at least in 4 major tournaments the euros are set to take place in june and july. eventers will need to overturn a 21 deficit later if we're to reach the quarter finals of the u.a.e. for champions league they'll go into the 2nd leg of their last 16 tie with porto trailing from the opening tie they were eliminated in the last 16 of the competition last season cristiana rinaldo is set to return to the s

. >>> happening now, the international gymnastics federation cancels an artistic all-around world cup event for the olympics this summer, instead, tokyo 2020 organizers say that they would hold a national gymnastics event on may 4th, this is to see how the progress for the games is going. the 2020 olympics are scheduled to start july 23rd. remember, you can only watch them here on nbc bay area. >>> we have more ahead for you on this tuesday morning including the rise in lays ear tacks on aircraft, just as air travel is dropping dramatically. the alarming new numbers coming up, next. >>> plus -- planning a spring trip to joshua tree? up next, the warnings from rangers before you pack up the kids and the dog and head south for a road trip. you're watching "today in the bay." my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it, lowering my blood sugar from the first dose. once-weekly trulicity responds when my body needs it, 24/7. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. it i

this is the international a senior u.s. federal judge has accused practically of the country's entire media from t.v. to newspapers and radio of being puppets of the democratic party the public appears to agree with most now saying let's support political positions rather than inform . the increased power of the press is so dangerous today because with very close to one party control of these institutions the new york times and washington post a virtually democratic party broadsheets nearly all television network and cable is a democratic party trumpet a democratic party trumpet i mean what an exaggeration it's not like they treated his inauguration as the 2nd coming of christ well they were just excited once i was actually in the white house they saw this throwing the tough questions at him. not to my corn crisis that me just not all that but they did go wild of those weird c.g.i. hands or maybe they were just expecting the other president and our president harrison i took a virtual tour of vaccination centers on a i will admit th

already leaders call it a wake-up call ahead of federal elections in september. international condemnation of myanmar's military following violence in yangon. the army imposed martial law in part of the city. the missing face of syria's revolution. >> i am a human rights activist. >> she was kidnapped by armed men seven years ago and is still missing. dw news retraces the steps she made before she disappeared. i'm brent goff. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, welcome. in the race to vaccinate, this is not what europe needs. nearly a dozen countries, including germany, france, italy and spain, suspended use of the astrazeneca vaccine over fears the shots could cause blood clots. both the european medicine agency and the world health organization say there is no evidence linking the vaccine to clotting problems. >> another setback in an already troubled vaccination campaign. germany, france, italy and spain became the latest european countries to stop administering the astrazeneca vaccine over fears it causes blood clots. to keep up confidence in the vacc

according to federal internal control standards, managers and executive branch agencies are responsible for managing fraud risk and implementing practices for mitigating those risks. when risks can be identified and mitigated, fraud might be less likely to occur. this management is a formal discipline practice for addressing risk, and we do see it to an acceptable level. in addition to our previous recommendations, we anticipate making full recommendations on progress with ppp and idle with oversight in our march 2021 report to be issued next week on the federal covid-19 response. sba agreed with the recommendations stating it would implement fraud risk assessments for both programs, and an oversight plan for idle. this concludes my statement, i would be glad to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. you did it. thank you. let me talk a little bit about the witnesses here today. each member will have five minutes for questions. with that, i will now recognize myself for the five minutes. now, as i stated earlier, the trump administration failed to implement -- and ppp has led to

my nomination is supported by the national fraternal order of police, the international association of chiefs of police, federal law enforcement officers association, major county sheriffs, the national county sheriffs association, major cities chiefs, and more. as events on january 6 make plain and clear, our democracy and constitution did not protect themselves or it is people of good conscience who do. i am deeply honored for the chance to return to work with my fellow nominees and with the incredible women and men of the justice department to uphold our constitution and federal laws in pursuit of justice for all. thank you again for this opportunity and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome. i think one of the worst legacies of the obama presidency was the politicization of the department of justice during the eight years of the obama/biden presidency. the department of justice has a long history of being a political off exercising fideliy to law, of not being used as a partisan weapon to target the enemies of whichever administration is in power. the obama-biden administrati

whining pallas the terror is from the brazil institute at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars he says the federal government has failed to handle this pandemic despite its know how of managing disease outbreaks. well i think the responsibility of president bush on our what is federal government has created that's how to create the situation brazil is not currently be treated as a threat to its me or emotions it should not have been right there didn't happen didn't need to happen that way and you know this will cost more most amounts of obviously that's to brazil this is sad because brazil has a tradition in its public health system to combat them it's science in brazil it starts from that essential vehicle so it is a day when it's totally unnecessary that this should be held to have to be reduced should actually be the mobilizing help troops need for brazil is a great producer of that seed but you have to have plenty you have to have government in order to get it so it's a tragedy and we are born to see this war no other month more important detail it doesn't bear no it is not on the richest sure

investigations about secret contacts with the russian government that internal investigation got put on hold. not unusual, federal case tends to put on ice any other investigation into the same conduct. now, surprise, when president trump pardoned mike flynn for his federal crimes in november or last fall, one of the surprise consequences of that pardon is that it unfroze what had been that pentagon investigation into mike flynn secretly and potentially illegally acting as agent of foreign countries and take secret payments from our foreign adversaries. when flynn got pardoned, there was no more reason to defer that investigation into the federal criminal case, that's over thanks to the pardon. pardon allowed internal investigation at pentagon to start back up. which it did. now know the report on flynn is complete, from the "washington post" tonight, quote, the defense department's internal watchdog has concluded a long delayed investigation into michael flynn, focuses on accepting money from russian and turkish interests before joining the trump administration, a potential violation of the constitution's emolum

regional elections party leaders are calling it a wake up call ahead of federal elections this coming september and international condemnation of me and more is military following sunday's violence in the end gone tonight the army has imposed martial law in parts of the city. i'm off it's good to have you with us in the race to vaccinate this is not what europe needs now nearly a dozen countries including germany france italy and spain have suspended use of the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine over fears the shots could cause blood clots however both the european medicines agency and the world health organization say there is no evidence linking the linking the vaccine to clotting problems. another setback in an already troubled vaccination campaign germany france italy and spain became the latest european countries to stop administering the astra zeneca vaccine over fears it causes blood clots. and then. to keep up confidence in this vaccine we now have to give our experts in germany and the european union time to review these recent cases they must also clarify the question of whether the benefits of vaccinat

our nation, unless we get our act together with respect to focussing on ai in the federal government and internationalecurity, and we make hundreds of recommendations for the among and the white house to follow. >> but right now, eric, you do point out in the report china has twice as many super computers as the united states. you point out that it's 5g program or the outlook is much, much stronger. you point out that the chinese use more data. they have four times as many people. all this -- i mean, this sounds like it's already happening, that they are moving ahead. >> they are planning to move ahead. we have a chance to save it. we continue to be the innovators globally. we continue to have the strongest and best companies. china is already a lead in facial reck mission, no surprise there, as well as in electronic commerce. they aspire to be leaders in synthetic biology and they're almost certainly very far ahead of us in 5g. they are a significant global competitor to the west and to america. they're organized in a central planning way. and ai tends to benefit from having large sets of data and lo

you know, the recording from the control tower at mineta san jose international airport is now under investigation. by the federal aviation administration is just very unprofessional and as a highly skilled professional, it's tough to hear these things commercial airline pilot and aviation expert captain laura on settler calls the pilots actions troubling. the captain says when it comes to being in the cockpit. there's no room for distractions. >> every now and again, we might have a stock mike or transmit over the wrong frequency at times. but when we run in the jets. its business, all the time in always public who has a full. >> within the recording. the pilot is heard without context. ripping on the people traffic and the way of living in the bay area. close air traffic control at one point points out to the pilot that their microphone was hot going on when it opened on my it appears they were on our way you don't have cold. southwest airlines has turned down requests for interviews about the unidentified pilots remarks but did say our corporate culture is built on a tenant of treating others with concern and

point of fact, cdc as a federal agency, really they only control travel at the international borders. so, that means they need the canadians and the mexicans to agree to it and the british and the japanese, right. it is a big deal. if states want to say we do not like this. we are going to continue to demand testing coming in. that is not the federal government's role. i think they thought that it was the next step. that is my reading of it. i would expect in a couple of weeks we will get clearer guidance on that. alex wants to know if fourth of july festivities will be able to open? >> that is cutting it close. i would say more towards the end of july, it might happen. >> we have a viewer that wants to know if your second dose is being delayed will the vaccine still be as effective? >> absolutely. in fact, it probably works better if you wait longer. >> all right. don't panic if you are delayed a few weeks. sandy wants to know if you have to still wipe down your groceries. >> no. give it up. >> hand sanitizer. >> that doesn't hurt. we probably cut way down on influenza. it almost dis

into keep regional elections party leaders call it a wake up call ahead of federal elections this coming september and international condemnation of mean mars military following sunday's violence and young dawn tonight the army has imposed martial law in parts of the city. plus the missing things of syria's revolution. i mean. you heard this from hospice she was kidnapped by armed men 7 years ago and is still visiting u.w. news retraces the steps that she made before she disappeared. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you around the world welcome to in the race to vaccinate to this is not what europe needs now. now nearly a dozen countries including germany france italy and spain have suspended use of the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine over fears the shots could cause blood clots however both the european medicines agency and the world health organization say there is no evidence linking the vaccine to clotting problems. another setback in an already troubled vaccination campaign germany france italy and spain became the latest european countries to stop administering the astra zen

it begins an eventful week as people start to lean towards a federal reserve meeting march 17. on internationalay, we have been flattered by our team, who's got nuts important voices. abby joseph cohen on the markets, and now deborah fuller, from the number one microbiology platform in america, known as the university of washington, and their school of medicine and microbiology, where she provides important research leadership. we are thrilled she could bring us up to date. there are so many looking at the clear and present. you and your leadership at washington are trying to figure out where we will be on covid two years from now, five years from now, and even out to 2031. how do we prepare for the next virus? deborah: right now we are doing great, but we are constantly battling new variance coming out . already, the manufacturers are updating their vaccines to combat the next one to come. we are in this cycle that would be similar to flu, where we have to constantly get another update , and always lingering in the background would be the potential that a new variant could emerge that could ca

locally, statewide, federally, and internationally. we have international partners, as well. is about the information flow for sure. >> i want to get to 9/11. it is the 20th anniversary. imagine that. i was in congress then walking to the dome of the capital which was then the seat of the intelligence committees and most people think the intended target of the fourth and -- fourth plane that went down in pennsylvania. i want to get there, but can we stay on the border for one second? the joint chairs and task force ideas, is it being employed there? you mentioned narcotics. my theory is the cases -- is a lot of peoples families doing violence in central america, but that is a piece of it. that is the pushback here. the pro-factor is the drug trade here in the u.s. and the corruption around drugs in mexico. i am wondering if that is right and if you think the coordination of various agencies is making a dent in that. rep. katko: it depends. it starts with leadership in the white house. we have had a dramatic change in the way we see the border in this white house. i can tell y