paul -- tom: paul hunter, thank you. hunter with the norwich medical school at the university of east anglia, truly an expert on this horrific pandemic. lisa, as professor hunter was speaking we saw deterioration in futures, -100 and the vix down to 31. markets on the move. lisa: the stimulus that washington seems to be coming to an agreement on priced in, not priced in a dramatic worsening of the pandemic and this new strain. what we are seeing across the board is a reversal of consensus trades. 2.4% and oilown having its worst day in months, idea ofost 6%, this mobility absolutely crushed by this virus. a plug for myt book of the year, "a new world map" on oil and are changing landscape. space, it is exceptional as you would imagine. it is price up and yields down. we are at four digits, .8 82 on the 10 year yield. i'm watching carefully, the .wo-year yield is below .11% please stay with us through the morning we will be doing much more data checks here with futures at -94. michael and our next hour. this is bloomberg.

or we spoke earlier with paul hunter who specializes in infectious diseases and epidemics and britain's university of east anglia and i asked him whether the u.k. had as some people have worried moved too fast with the vaccinations it has been fast but it's been fast for some very good reasons the 1st is that normally when we have a vaccine it takes years because you've finished one study to work out whether it's worth going to the next phase here those phases overlapped the other big reason is that not often you can wait for years in a vaccine study to get enough people who have the infection to be able to calculate the effectiveness. we have not been short sightedly of cases this year so we've been able to get those numbers much much more quickly than we would normally. i was infectious disease expert paul hunter speaking to data earlier in the united states acting president donald trump and his successor joe biden have both touted their plans for rolling out mass vaccination programs against the coronavirus they were speaking at separate events with the trumpet ministration still not

been going through the significance of the time and let's get some expert analysis from our guests paul hunter is professor in medicine the in orange medical school good to have your company paul 'd what is your reaction to this tie up between russian and british scientists combining is the keyword here the cold vaccines is it going to work do you think. oh i mean well i hope so i think i think it's a really good development i don't think it's missed many people but the pfizer vaccine has an efficacy of about 95 percent and the standard. oxford vaccine probably as presented vaccine as about 60 to 65 percent and one of the problems with the. i know virus the vaccines like this book nick 5 in the oxford is that there's always a risk that you can develop immunity to the carrier rather than to the target which is what you are wanting for now if you actually mix these 2 that seems so you maybe give one vaccine to start and then the other 134 weeks later then you get over this problem of developing immunity to the carrier virus and and hopefully increase immunity and then i think there's quite a lot

let's speak to professor paul hunter — microbiologist and professor of health protection.g us here. actually, we have not got that guest. let's speak to the shadow public health minister, alex norris. thank you for your patience. your reaction, then. what do you think should be done? let's start at the beginning. my initial reaction is relief that you're not going to ask me about microbiology, but it is important today, it is exceptionally concerning that the cabinet are having an emergency saturday meeting. we have seen throughout the week that infection rates are rising. it seems that the government's tier system hasn't worked. so we need to see two things out from the government, firstly immediate action to resolve the plan for christmas, because people rightly need to know because time is getting short. but we critically need a sober assessment of how these tiers haven't worked and what the government is going to do differently, so that they are going to work and we can avoid a national lockdown. what would you do differently? well, there is a challenge in the sense th

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or we spoke earlier with paul hunter who specializes in infectious diseases and epidemics at britain's university of east anglia and i asked him whether the u.k. had as some have wired moved forward too fast with the vaccinations. has been fast but it's been fast for some very good reasons the 1st is that normally when we have a vaccine it takes years because you've finished one study to work out whether it's worth going to the next phase in those phases overlapped the other big reason is that not often you can wait years in the vaccine study to get enough people who have the infection to be able to calculate the effectiveness. we have not been short sadly of cases this year so we've been able to get those numbers much much more quickly than we would normally. i was infectious diseases expert paul hunter speaking with david up with the early on well in the united states outgoing president donald trump and his successor joe biden have both touted their plans for rolling out next mass vaccination programs against the coronavirus that was speaking at separate events with the trumpet minis

those numbers much much more quickly than we would normally that was infectious disease expert paul hunter speaking to d w earlier or germany is not of the u.k. when it comes to rolling out a vaccine german chancellor angela merkel born this way that the 1st corona virus vaccine may not be available here until early next year that was one of 2 sobering messages today one of the country's leading health institutions is now recommending a 2 week hard lockdown nationwide starting on christmas eve december the 24th the current lockdown would allow for an easing of restrictions between christmas and the new year. with the christmas shopping season in full swing many people are probably thinking more about presents than hospitals but statistics say more than 4000 patients are being treated for cope with 19 and germany's intensive care units due to a tiny number of infections saxony has taken a decisive step. sensually schools and daycare centers will be closed from this monday december 14th. germany's influential national academy of sciences leopold diena recommended that the holiday season be u

and professor of medicine, paul hunter from the university of east anglia. new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is now 16,236. 516 deaths were reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week, 427 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to sixty—three thousand and 82. well as concerns grow over rising cases in london, kent and essex, a decision is expected next week on whether to move any of those areas into tier 3 — the tightest restrictions. it also comes as the number of patients in england waiting over a year for routine hospital care is now 100 times higher than before the pandemic. here's our health editor hugh pym. covid case numbers are coming down in many parts of england, but they're going up in london and the south—east, especially among younger age groups, and there are fears that could spread infections to more vulnerable older people.

paul hunter is a professor of medicine peter smith an epidemiologist explain why a scientific cooperation between britain and russia is significant. one of the problems with the. i don't know virus the vaccines like this book make 5 in the oxford is that there's always a risk that you can develop immunity to the carrier rather than to the target which is what you are wanting for now if you actually makes these 2 that seem so you maybe give one vaccine to start and then the other 134 weeks later then you. get over this problem of developing impunity to the carrier virus can i think there's quite a lot of evidence that actually does work like that but and people have shown this works in other areas so to me the compound elation of the sputnik and the oxo that's because any back seat could well improve its efficacy a lot greater than the individual 'd vaccines apart now the problem with. biotech bank scenes is that they are card of a street which is going to make it very difficult to deliver in many parts of the world where it is both the oxford and the the russian vaccine have a much more e

or think you know a cog we spoke to paul hunter a medicine professor at snore each medical school at the university of east anglia and also peter smith epidemiology professor at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine explained why the british russian scientific cooperation is exciting if we can think. well one of the problems with the. i don't know virus that seems like this but nick 5 in the oxford is that there's always a risk that you can develop immunity to the carrier rather than to the target which is what you are wanting for now if you actually makes these 2 that seem so you maybe give one vaccine to start and then the other 134 weeks later then you you get over this problem of developing impunity to the carrier virus and i think there's quite a lot of evidence that actually does work like that but and people have shown this works in other areas so to me the compound a nation of the sputnik and the oxo that's presented vaccine could well improve its efficacy a lot greater than the individual vaccines apart now the problem with. biotech back scenes is that they are

make the job better well among the reaction we've been getting to developments was from professor paul hunter from the nora age medical school in the u.k. who explain to us why mixing the 2 vaccines could dramatically boost their efficacy . one of the problems with the. i don't know virus that seems like this but 5 in the oxford is that there's always a risk that you can develop immunity to the carrier rather than to the target which is what you're wanting for now if you actually makes these 2 that seem so maybe give one vaccine to start and then the other 134 weeks later then you. get over that problem but develop it into the carrier by this time i think there's quite a lot of evidence that actually does work like that but people have shown this works in other areas so to me the can combine nation of the sputnik and the ox so that's because any back seat could well improve its efficacy a lot greater than the individual vaccines apart. russia has joined a growing list of countries bombing flights from the u.k. now after the sky every of the new corona virus strain there it's believed to be up

i asked paul hunter, professor of medicine at the university of east anglia for his take.whether not the virus is there already. the problem with travel restrictions is that they only work if you don't actually already have the virus in country. we know that the virus in country. we know that the variant has been identified in denmark, the netherlands, reports i've heard recently in italy as well. and indeed, australia. and so onceit well. and indeed, australia. and so once it is there and once it is spreading, it travel restrictions are unlikely to provide any great additional benefit. and we do know that many european countries in recent weeks have seen quite dramatic increases in the acceleration of the epidemic. the most likely explanation is that they have already got this new variant and in most european countries haven't been able to look for this variant until the last 48—hour is. but if that mutation happened in september, why is it only now in the weeks of december and the latter weeks of december and the latter weeks of december and the latter weeks of november

paul hunter, epidemiologist and professor in medicine at the university of east anglia.uk travel is a guideline in terms of containing the virus? well, i think i can certainly understand why they've done that. the issue is very much whether the viruses there already. because the problem with travel restrictions is that they only work if you don't actually already have the virus in your country. we know the variant has been identified in denmark, the netherlands. reports i've heard recently in italy as well. and indeed australia. and so once it is there and once it is spreading, travel restrictions are unlikely to provide any great additional benefit. we do know that many european countries in recent weeks have seen quite dramatic increases in the acceleration of the epidemic. and the most likely explanation is that they have already got this new variant. but in most european countries haven't been able to look for this variant until the last a8 hours. we, although you said we've known about this since september that's not the case. the mutation happened in september. but

professor paul hunter is a professor of medicine at the university of east anglia.s will be closed, many hospitality venues will be closed. there will also be at the same time some downward pressure on transmission of the virus in the community. the critical thing, the one thing that has not been spoken about here and it really should be foremost, is if you have symptoms, don't go. whatever the bills are, if you have symptoms of covid, if you live with somebody who has symptoms of covid, or if you have tested positive in the last few days or have been in contact with such a person— don't go and don't let other people come to your house. it is absolutely crucial that even though i think we can meet each other safely over the short period of time, we won't if people who have symptoms who are at high risk of spreading the infection actually do make those trips. one of the aspects of this is the transport bit? absolutely. first up i should not be beyond our ability as a country to manage our transport system so that we don't end up with huge numbers of people crammed in

i have no idea whether or not he's going to name special counsel for hunter biden but we certainly don't have this with them. paul, what is his response to the criticism that the news about the hunter biden investigation criminal probe after the election when the people and justice knew about it before and should have disclosed it? kim: well, that didn't happen. bill barr didn't apologize for keeping it quiet. he pointed out there is a long-standing rule at the department of justice that you don't take these investigations, you don't make them public about high-profile officials in a run up to an election. you don't really do it ever. he couldn't imagine a scenario where you would be presented a dilemma if you had evidence beyond a reasonable doubt of a very serious crime against a candidate, that does not seem to have been the situation in this case. he further said there is good reason for that rule, it exists to protect against the department of justice bureaucr bureaucrat, politicizing the department with an investigation and pointed out they are just to in effect an election. paul: fascinating stuff. you can

hunter biden deserves theern sae justice paul manafort out. >> sean: no matter what happens but the investigation, at least zero experience hunter will always have something to fall back on. breaking this week, despite no real experience in the art world it appears that zero experience hunter was able to land a solo show at a prominent new york art gallery. i wonder how we got that. i'm sure it's his great talents. of course, the biden family is not the only liability inside the democratic party. house intel, eric swalwell had a year's worth long relationship with the reported chinese spine named christina fang. it swalwell to the state refuses to answer a single question about whether or not the relationship was more than platonic, which could make a difference. fang has been accused of sleeping with many politicians across the country. it raises the question, what, if anything, did he divulge in terms of state secrets being on the house intel committee to this spied that he was hanging out with an awful lot. we don't have an idea, and this is been hidden from theou amerin people for long time.

paul: federal prosecutors in delaware probing the business dealings of president-elect joe biden son hunterining multiple financial issues including whether biden and his associates tax and money laundering and business dealings in foreign countries most notably china, were backward dan henninger, kim strassel and bill mcgurn. kim, congratulations you wrote about this in the e-mail before the election and were roundly criticized by the herd of independent minds in the mainstream media. congratulations on your vindication but what do you make about the new news about the tax investigation? kimberly: what i make of it, as we pointed out this was a legitimate issue that they missed in the run-up to a very consequential presidential election. don't forget as some of these stories came out, we have the uniform cry from the media claiming it was russian disinformation. it wasn't, was verifiable and it raised some profound concerns about the degree to which hunter biden had spent years selling access to his father or other political officials and what we don't know yet, what kind of problems that

paul's story has had a remarkable impact. in scotland sir tom hunterease people from alzheimer's. some things never change. and of the things that never change are a father's love for his son. and a son's love for his father. so please, take good care.” son's love for his father. so please, take good care. i will. thank you so much. i don't know what to say. thank you. as well as raising money for charity, paul's a tune was also recognised by possibly the greatest living composer of musical theatre. mr harvey, this is a stephen sondheim. and ijust wanted to thank you so much for the compliments you gave me, and also thank you for that lovely tune you invented. which i can't wait to steal! wow! thank you. wow! dear, oh dear, oh dear. i didn't think there was any more surprises. a great man himself. the great man himself. wow! tell him, for him, he can have that a tune with pleasure. any else i charge for it, but, you know... wow! 0h, charge for it, but, you know... wow! oh, my goodness. 0h, charge for it, but, you know... wow! oh, my goodness. oh, dear!

paul: all right, dan, thank you. when we come back, huntera criminal probe as questions swirl around his foreign business dealings, plus, a federal judge finally dismisses the case against michael flynn but not without some parting shots. ♪ to all the people who realize they can du more with less asthma thanks to dupixent, the add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. dupixent isn't for sudden breathing problems. it can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as 2 weeks and help prevent severe asthma attacks. it's not a steroid but can help reduce or eliminate oral steroids. dupixent can cause serious allergic reactions including anaphylaxis. get help right away if you have rash, shortness of breath, chest pain, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection and don't change or stop your asthma treatments, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. are you ready to du more with less asthma? talk to your asthma specialist about dupixent. if your financial

. >> time to move on from hunter biden and our apologies as senator paul was speaking about eric swalwell in the house, but we are talking about hunter biden. and hunter biden even came up with the topic in the cybersecurity hearing that is going on. >> yes, one of the things that we know, harris, is that there ought to be a more thorough investigation of what is happening with hunter biden indeed as special counsel would be in order. so that we could find out, this is two years into a federal tax evasion, and tax affairs and money laundering investigation. of hunter biden and the biden incorporated. the american people deserve answers, because big tech and big media were in cahoots with the biden campaign and they swept all of this under the rug and did not want people to know about it. there is a tremendous amount of buyer's remorse. people saying if i knew this, i would never have voted for joe biden, so, yes. answers should be forced and forthcoming. if it takes a special counsel, do it. >> harris: i will move to this now, more heavy hitters are going to georgia ahead of next month's

paul hawkins reports. bounty hunteray. he's all yours, bounty hunter. showcasing his versatility, he also played another character in the empire strikes back... ..the imperial officer here, who manhandles princess leia. he also appeared twice as smithers in three james bond films. smithers, how's the arm? coming along very nicely, thank you, sir. there were also appearances in bbc sci—fi tv series doctor who, and the 1963 film summer holiday alongside singer sir cliff richard. but it is star wars which jeremy bulloch will always be known for. creator george lucas saying bulloch brought the perfect combination of mystery and menace to the performance. mark hamill, who played luke skywalker, describing him as the quintessential english gentleman, a fine actor and delightful company, while daniel logan who plays the modern day boba fett in the tv series spin off said, "rip, legend, may the force always be with you." over the years boba fett became a cult figure with star wars fans, and so too did jeremy bulloch, making reg

he was best known for playing bounty hunter, boba fett, in the empire strikes back and return of thejedi. our news reporter paul known for was boba fett, who is on the left—hand side in this picture here, the bounty hunter, the mandalorian bounty hunter in the star wars films. not one of the main characters. for people who've never watched star wars, you've heard of darth vader, princess leia, luke skywalker all the rest of it but not the bounty hunter probably. he appears in two of the original three films, the empire strikes back return of the jedi, and he doesn't appear in many scenes, doesn't have many lines. the voice was actually done by another actor, like darth vader. jeremy bulloch didn't do the voice but he did play the actor and likewise as dave prowse who played darth vader, ha had to have some physical presence on stage. the way the character moved et cetera. so he actually based it on clint eastwood's the man with no name, that infamous western character, because both had gaits, both moved slowly, the way they held their guns — he based it on that. so that's what he's best known for. there's actua

judy hunter we miss you. ben meyer, paul cutting.l bernius, gina fellows, phil loccisano, and lj, your name is not on this list but without you we would never get it off the ground. love you, miss you guys. can't wait in 2021 when we can all be in a room together, shake hands and hug, but for now we're staying apart, staying safe and celebrating wisely. thanks for joining us, everybody, and to our viewers, thank you so much. i hope you have a safe, peaceful, quiet weekend. stay safe, stay healthy, i'm christine romans. "new day," is next. >>> this new variant from the united kingdom has been identified here in the state of california. >> it is very likely the vaccine induced response will protect you. >> of course, we need to be doing a better job, but all vaccine programs start somewhat slow. >> the president is going to be leaving his florida club earlier than expected and going book to washington. >> do you believe that families struggling in america should get up to $2,000? democrats do. >> i won't be bullied into rushing out mor

paul manafort in final days of 2020. we explore this morning. and examining the hunter biden investigation, doj reportedly mulling whether to appoint a special counsel. what we can expect ahead. and a look at markets this christmas eve, futures are in the green this morning, take a look at them there. the dow to open 14 points higher, nasdaq up 15, the s&p 500 up 9 after mostly higher performance yesterday. markets boosted by stimulus optimism and increase in vaccination. meantime beijing versus alibaba, the chinese government announcing antitrust suit to jack moss ma's empire. your holiday travel checklist. how to stay safe this christmas season ahead of busy day of travel. mornings with maria is live right now. jackie: good morning, everyone, let's take a look at where we stand in europe this morning, take a look there. the ftse 100 down 13, cac quarante up by 6 points, the germany markets are closed and investors are standing by for the finalization of brexit deal which could come down asal as this morning, dax index in germany closed for the holiday. in asia overnig

. >> senator paul -- >> it separately fox news has obtained june 2017 correspondence between hunter biden and he john maine, the of cfc. urging him to quickly send a fund to operate with the bankruptcy efc. some allies are saying it may be time for us special counsel to look into business dealings concerned that the bite in the administration may not be interested in a serious criminal investigation. >> i am absolutely going on a special counsel to look at all things hunter biden to see if he presents a conflict for the biden administration regarding his business dealings in ukraine. >> the current regulation say the attorney general, or cases where he's recused, the acting attorney general will appoint a special counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted and when it is an "the public interest closed well. ." >> to me it's a last resort, but in this case, if we don't see action prior to president trump leaving office, the special counsel may be warranted. >> one of the top democrat said it is not needed. >> i hope the selection of atto

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above all what people want when they see the hunter biden scandal and joe biden involvement is they want that the treatment should be equal. so when paul manafort did a lot of the similar things through a special counsel through the mueller investigation and they threw the book at him. they gave him basically life in prison. i think that was too much. i'm not a big fan of special investigators or special counsels there is one way to go through the normal procedure and have justice. there is already an attorney or u.s. attorney that is investigating this. why don't we keep him on, you know, biden fires that person and puts a person in their place it's going to be hard for anybody to believe it's going to be objective and fair trial. leave the u.s. attorney that's already investigating hunter biden, leave him in place and don't remo him from office. typically all of them get removed and replaced by the next president. >> martha: great point. >> they ought to leave the u.s. attorney in place that's actually investigating hunter biden now. >> martha: wouldn't that send such a clear message that you really don't want to get in the way of th

. >>> well, the delaware computer store owner who received hunter biden's laptop for repairs is suing twitter for defamation. john paulc is his name. he charges that twitter unfairly branded him a hacker which led to negative businesses and reviews that were negative and personal threats. he's now demanding $500 million in damages and a retraction from twitter. joining me now to talk about it, sara carter or, investigate i have reporter and fox business contributor. you know, i read through the lawsuit, it's very persuasive. this is a strong defamation case against twitter, and thank god somebody finally sued twitter. and i hope he wins. but here is -- i mean, because they ruined his business by falsely accusing him of being a hacker. >> right. gregg: here's part of the lawsuit. plaintiff, as a direct result of defendant's actions and statements, now widely considered a hacker. and on the same day defendant categorized plaintiff as a hacker, plaintiff began to receive negative reviews of the business as well as threats to his person and property. you know, sara, isaac didn't hack anything. he had custody of the laptop