for the koufax procurement programme-— programme.ly if you would, there has to be, whatever- programme. briefly if you would, there has to be, whatever the - there has to be, whatever the fallout of however you think the european union managed with the vaccination programme, there was a lot of raised eyebrows as to the procurement of the vaccines. but ultimately poorer nations do need to get their hands on the vaccine because everybody needs to be vaccinated otherwise covid just continues. it’s vaccinated otherwise covid 'ust continues— vaccinated otherwise covid 'ust continuesfi continues. it's a matter of self-interest. _ continues. it's a matter of self-interest. this - continues. it's a matter of self-interest. this is - continues. it's a matter of self-interest. this is not l continues. it's a matter of- self-interest. this is not some kind self—interest. this is not some kind of benevolent act. to have the vaccine — of benevolent act. to have the vaccine circulated anywhere in the world _ vaccine circulated anywhere in the world

so far that has been merely with poor nations or to put their faith in koufax they were told w.h.o. mechanism to provide the developing world with enough jobs to inoculate 20 percent of the population free of charge a levy in colombia even goto in the shortlist and guess what or the single dose has yet been delivered but you don't see politico raising a fuss about kovacs being too good to be true. a huge winter storm sweeping through the southern us has killed at least 36 people in texas one of the hardest hit states millions of people are still facing water and power shortages freezing temperatures have caused water pipes to burst leaving millions of texans without access to clean running water of course have also been forced to stand in lines for food as shops run low on supplies the texas governor has blamed the power grid operator for the massive outages saying it failed to prepare for the storm operator though has stated that significant progress has been made in restoring power meanwhile people online took the opportunity to mock republican texans caught up in the storm that's

need to approve it 1st and 500000000 doses have been promised to less wealthy countries through the koufax skiing it does have a lower rates of stopping infection than other vaccines but it's thought to be effective against more contagious strains and the company says it has a 100 percent effectiveness rate in stopping off with lies ations and deaths gabriel is on the us the latest developments from washington the big difference with the johnson and johnson vaccine is it is only one shot to get it and then be vaccinated that's different from the moderna and pfizer vaccines which both take 2 different shots spaced out about $20.00 to $30.00 days apart also the johnson and johnson vaccine does not need to be stored or transported at freezing temperatures so that will make it easier to move around and get out to places and into the arms of people that need it as you know the pfizer and moderna vaccines both need to be kept in complicated freezing storage temperatures bottom line though is is that health officials here in the u.s. say all the vaccines do the job. the f.d.a. has just announced

has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international koufax scheme 600000 files were flown in from india kovacs aims to get vaccines to the most vulnerable people and share them fairly among nations. caught in germany has convicted a former syrian security agency officer in a landmark case related to the torture of protesters. are found guilty of helping facilitate crimes against humanity and jailed for and the home. security has been stepped up outside a military court in beirut where 32 anti-government activists standing trial and supporters are holding a sit in the queues to face charges of terrorism and theft stemming from protests in tripoli in january the terrorism offense carries the death penalty it's the 1st time it's been leveled against demonstrators a worsening economic situation is the main reason for the year long protests is with the protesters outside the court in the lebanese capital. clearly activists are seeing this as an escalation a turning point in the ongoing struggle or the divide between the state and the people tight security here a few dozen

. >>> today mayor london breed and health director koufax will w be --. >>> also today. is the beginning of the second senate impeachment trial. of former president donald trump. jobina at the live desk with all the details how this historic case will be playing out. >> over the course of the next two days, each side will make the case for and against former president trump's single charge of inciting the deadly riot attt the capitol. dan abrams is weighing in on gma new this morning. >> you are going so see a lot of video. you are going to see them trying to tell a story about what happened starting even before election day where president trump starts talking about voter cr becomd that incendia,e leingp to 6 itself w he says. >> trump's defense team will argue his words are protected under the first amendment. keep in mind here incitement of violence or insurrection falls outside of those constitutional protections. a conviction may will unlikely. most gop senators support for trump calling --. a second vote could prevent him from running for office again. abc news wil

first of all, there is the so-called koufax facility said up by the vaccine alliance and the coalition for epidemic preparedness, and they will start delivering vaccines slowly but surely at the end of this month. and that's specifically set up at the meeting, you know, that was launched by the line of the eu to provide vaccines, former am vaccines, to low-income countries. secondly, the african union has not waited for others. and through their africa medical supply platform has no concluded contracts with suppliers. but the problem, again, is that the vaccines are not yet there. and -- they're coming. thirdly, i think that we should really have the difficult discussion, the sharing of vaccines in high-income countries. i mean, i totally understand that countries have to safeguard the lives of the citizens. so like -- i arplowed the european unions -- applaud the european unions, deals with pharmaceutical companies to have vaccines for all of its citizens. however, the uk, the eu, canada, they all ordered far more vaccines than they need in their countries. and we should start sharing

memo up there in case you want to peruse it which my family dealt with something like the battle of koufax. >> well, that's in louisiana. >> well, i know louisiana because i was born and raised there. i got kicked out so i had to come up to pennsylvania. >> let me speak to what lincoln wanted to do. we often think of lincoln as a great reconciler, and he what is, but he also had a very stiff back of principle. sometimes people talk about people as a pragmatist. i'm a little uncomfortable with that because being a student of philosophy, american philosophy in particular i know what pragmatism actually means as a technical definition and he was not there. he was a very practical politician, but he was not a pragmatist, and he believed that the fundamental root of american identity lay in the declaration of independence and what the declaration of independence says. he made a comment in 1858 as part of his campaign against stephen a. douglas for the illinois senate seat. he said about half the people of our country today with people from some place else. they are poem from germany, from franc

grant koufax will provide an update on the pandemic.ive at 11:00 this morning on abc7news.com and our free connected tv app. >>> sierra high school in san mateo is switching from in person to distance learning for the next two weeks because someone who was on campus last week later tested positive for covid-19. parents were notified on friday, and students on campus were sent home once word got out. sierra tells us the transmission didn't happen on campus, the faculty and students who have close contact with the individual were informed that they were potentially exposed. some faculty and staff will need to quarantine and that's why the school is transitioning to virtual classes until february 22nd when some in person classes are scheduled to resume. >>> marin county health officials are touting their reopening of classrooms as a success story. >> this week will reach an important landmark with schools, 1 million combined days in school, physically in classrooms, for children across marin since we began reopening on september 8th. that

given about 28000 doses arrived on saturday the country has ordered 2700000 more through the global koufax ski a recent increase in cases has filled up intensive care units and has led to a shortage of oxygen cylinders. or the creative arts pandemic prune the profits of the world's flower industry or growers in zimbabwe were already struggling before the outbreak and now their country is in his worst economic state in years but farmers are refusing to give up her with us reports now from the town of concerts. overseas demand for fresh cut flowers plummeted last year because of covert 19 and that's affected zimbabwe's biggest rose export company. managers say orders dropped to about 50 percent but this year they say demand is picking up. zimbabwe has high levels of unemployment and more orders mean more jobs on an average day on a summer's day rather riccarton area between 100230000 stems a day we have 700 labor force who are working from 621132325700 people on cutting so it's a nonstop operation more than 20 years ago flower exports brought in a lot of foreign currency for the country but

you had the koufax massacre. you had the wilmington insurrection.new was coming. if this can be applied now, it seems like a good idea. the issue will be, one, since it's civil what court will it be in? then ultimately what the consequences are? if the end result ends up being financial, that rudy giuliani is bankrupted or donald trump has to spend a lot of money, it's not the most satisfying result, but it makes sense because lots of other organizations have taken out white nationalist groups by bankrupting them. if that's the result, this might be an effective first step. >> we can't grow numb to the fact that we're talking about action that was done in concert with -- i hate to use the word collusion, i'm scarred by the mueller investigation. this was donald trump and rudy giuliani working with white supremacists. i feel like that can never be normal. donald trump telling the proud boys to stand back and stand by, sure, it created a backlash, but donald trump never walked it back. he's never condemned any of these groups, neither have most of the