the round up of the week's top stories british pharmaceutical john. and the makers of a sputnik v. job of agree to cooperate to find out that combining their vaccines will boost their effectiveness also we visited a sun to that is ready producing the russian shot. and to remind me different scene is being fulfilled here if things on this particular line for it she says 6000. goodbye russia china gate which.

since the pfizer vaccine requires 2 shots about 2500 john muir medical workers will get vaccinated from the first batch. well another us pharmaceutical company awaiting fda clearance on a vaccine as modern a the agency will consider it next thursday moderna claims that its vaccine. to be more than 94% affective the biotech company expects about 20 million doses air mark for the u.s. by the end of the month side effects noted were fatigue muscle aches and injection site pain after the vaccine's so be ready for that. now that we know a coronavirus vaccine is on the way the fbi is warning people to be on the lookout for vaccine. scams. yeah, it's happening. the worry of any telemarketing emails or website advertising for early access to a vaccine. fbi officials say that no american should have to pay for the vaccine so keep that in mind the agency believes that in some cases scammers might even use counterfeit vaccines which would be ineffective of course and potentially even dangerous. well the state of california is expected to get 327,000 doses of the pfizer covid-19 vaccine. bay area public health departments are expecting the first

pandemic with more than 3400 deaths recorded there on tuesday johns hopkins university said there were also more than 195000 new cases the pharmaceutical giant pfizer has announced that will supply the u.s. with 100000000 more cope at 19 vaccine doses by july. well the united states faces the prospect of a year end government shutdown after president trump threatened not to sign a massive coronavirus relief bill in a twitter video trump called the bill a disgrace he said he's asking congress to raise its stimulus payments to individual americans from $600.00 to $2000.00 democrats support higher payments but many republicans oppose them $900000000000.00 relief bill was passed on monday after months of negotiations trump is also a veto the $740000000000.00 defense bill this fight the bill having strong support in congress. and donald trump has been tweeting about the u.s. embassy being hit by rockets on sunday he says they came from iran he goes on to say that the u.s. was hearing chatter of additional attacks against americans in iraq then warned iran that if one american was killed the he would hold iran responsible so that's in one of

pandemic with more than 3400 deaths recorded there on tuesday johns hopkins university said there were also more than 195000 new cases the pharmaceutical giant pfizer has announced it will supply the u.s. with 100000000 more coben 1000 vaccine doses by july. the united states faces the prospect of a year end government shutdown after president donald trump threatened not to sign a massive coronavirus relief bill in a twitter video trump called the bill at the scrapes he said he's asking congress to raise a stimulus payments to individual americans from $600.00 to $2000.00 that macwrite support higher payments but many republicans oppose them the $900000000000.00 relief bill was passed by the house and the senate on monday after months of negotiations well how do you cast her joins us live now from washington d.c. so what happens now to the crew would really feel heidi. barbara it's interesting the way that this is being spun by the democrats who are seeing this surprise threat by president trump rather as an early christmas present why because democrats say that they have been the ones all along who have wanted this bigger stimulus che

success of operation warp speed with his background in pharmaceuticals and truly understanding the business. he spoke earlier on bill hemmer reports with johnin and the incoming surgeon general spoke after, let's listen. >> you could see that general vaccination where you can go to your cvs or walgreens or kroger, walmart, get your vaccinations just like your flu vaccinations for it could really be beginning in that late february and into march period. >> i think it's more realistic to assume that it may be closer to mid summer or early fall when the vaccine makes its way to the general population. >> brian: when i heard the former surgeon general and that may be future surgeon general make that statement, i fell off my chair. mid summer as opposed to mid spring? huge difference. >> no kidding. and i understand the political motivation to want to set the bar low and then clear it, but operation warp speed is set up has a turnkey operation with career officials, professionals with the public sector, private sector, u.s. military, and some of these great american companies like fedex, ups, cvs, walgreens. the system is in place if everything

minutes on c-span2, house speaker john e boehner talks about the transition to a biden presidency at 8:30 eastern. now more about the coronavirus pandemic, pharmaceutical company executives and cyber officials talk about securing the development and distribution of covid-19 vaccines, part of the aspen security summit. >> i'm pleased introduce my friend dina temple-raston who will speak to fbi assistant the beauty director, j and j achieve information security officer at eli lilly chief information security officer meredith harper. welce. over to you. >> thanks very much, nice to see you even virtually. you have everyone's bio, i don't think i need to reintroduce the panebut it is a way to look at the year in a context of cyber and healthcare and give us a different way to look at the efforts to get the vaccine to the public. have news that we will get to later, the new rk times reported cyberattacks related to cold storage of the vaccine have been gog on since august and it is unclear whether this is about ran somewhere or sothing more sinister but we will get to that in minute. what i thought we would do is divide the discussion into three parts, goin

john in michigan >> jim, i love the show. >> thank you >> i want to know your thought on kdf pharmaceutical. >> they do central nervous systemistorically is very differeicult. i like these guys. it is a very good speck. it is not a successful field of the big companies that are in it >> let's go to mike in florida mike >> hey, jimmy, i am concerned and i would like to know about the home builders in 2021. i got a handful of them and i am going to pick one. lenard >> people have always feel like we are at the end of the housing boom this time is the end because they feel the pandemic is going to end. >> i think lennar is a good company. doug in new jersey h >> how are you doing >> i am doing well >> i want to get your take on li auto >> i don't recommend with the exception of alibaba let me make it clear for people, the chinese handled the pandemic better than we did i am sorry, i don't think that's repertory. people are angry that i say it hey, i beg the differ. let's take one more. antonio in michigan >> hey, jim. i have been wondering for a why now what your thoughts are computing with the specific focus. >> i remember sit

make with more than 3400 deaths recorded there on tuesday johns hopkins university said there were also more than 195000 new cases the pharmaceutical giant pfizer has announced it will supply the u.s. with 100000000 more covert 1000 vaccine doses by july. and the united states faces the prospect of a year end the government shutdown after president donald trump threatened not to sign a massive coronavirus relief bill in a twitter video trump called the bill a disgrace he said he's asking congress to raise a stimulus payments the individual americans from $600.00 to $2000.00 democrats support higher payments but many republicans oppose them the $900000000000.00 relief bill was passed by the house and the senate on monday after months of negotiations i'm also asking congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation and to send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a covert relief package and maybe that administrator will be me several times he joins us live now from washington d.c. so she had what now for the covert relief bill. well a conference call has bee

subscribe to the john on you tube to catch all the other interviews from this season and for online exclusive content merry christmas and a better 2021. for. has changed lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. based drugs the people who are chronic pain killers and believe that their prescription his work. the remedy. to. the. dependency of addiction to opiates to long term use that really isn't scientifically justified and i'll study actually suggest that. the long term effects may not just be absence of benefit but actually the because we want to. look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings except where such conflict with the 1st law show your identification for should be very careful about artificial intelligence and the point of view screen is to create trusts the shia. only take on theories chozen with artificial intelligence where some of. the obama must protect its own existences only exists. in the headlines this lunchtime argentina's president warns a smear campaign and trade war against the sputnik that is hampering global distribution as a country stars deliveri

the john on you tube to catch up on the other interviews from this isn't and for online exclusive content merry christmas and a better 2021. johnny pain has changed many american lives and pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. based drugs it's not the people who are chronic pain and believe that their opioid prescription is working for them and the remedy to be certain to do no price at the. grocery dependency and addiction to opiates to long term use that really isn't scientifically justified and i'll study actually suggested that the long term effects may not just be absence of benefit but actually that they might because they want to. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to get out of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. it would be very difficult to forget the year there's about it and indeed during 2020 change was the norm. elusive many years reflected on what has been. the focus should be on what may never return. americans love. this was a fundamental part of how our political leadership and our country at large understood the bargain you get a hope and then you know rebel right as the things y

johns hopkins study, quote, the u.s. ranked first overrule. that sounded right. america was after all the country with the best pharmaceuticalompanies, research labs, health institutes. but by march 2020, these advantages seemed like a cruel joke as covid-19 tore across the u.s. and the federal government mounted a delayed, weak, and erratic response. by july, with less than 5% of the world's population, the u.s. had over 25% of the world's cumulative confirmed cases. per capita daily death rates in the u.s. were ten times higher than in europe. was this the new face of american exceptionalism? these ills of government are an american, not a democratic, disease, meaning not a small "d" democratic disease. this is not a problem because we're a democracy. many other democracies handled this pandemic effectively, better than any dictatorship. that list includes countries run by political parties of all stripes. fareed zakaria ends this lesson with a note of warning about america's potential future. quote, america is successful enough never to collapse, but it could slowly edge downward, muddling along with a haphazard mix of dy

john well now about of. china has arrived in indonesia 2 days after the government approved its use by a buyer pharmaceutical company signed a back is already conducting human trials that and they infections have seen record numbers in recent polls with several politicians testing positive as well indonesia has the highest number of cases and deaths in the southeast asia region. well there's plenty more ahead here on this news hour including we follow the plight of if european refugees who fled fighting interested on looking for safety. they regard presidential election but we were filled with. donald trump repeats false claims of fraud as his 1st public rallies of the presidential election. in south africa in england are forced to abandon their latest cricket contest after more coronavirus case. of venezuelans are choosing a new congress and an election boycotted by the opposition the u.s. e.u. and west latin american countries are calling it a sham vote they say it will enable president nicolas maduro is ruling socialist party to take over the last state party currently controlled by the opposition but the

pharmaceuticals would have been trying to unify the country on the covid. if we're going to have a war on it, let's do it united in a way that franklin roosevelt would or johnennedy, instead we got donald trump's mixed messaging about the response to the coronavirus on a daily basis to the point we all became dizzy in 2020. >> i mean, you wonder if mike pence or really any other more conventional politician might have looked at something like this crisis, as so many politicians have done, and seen where the good of the country intersects with what is good politically, which is to unite and to try to create a united front that would have benefitted a president running for re-election. >> early on in 2020 donald trump when covid hit acted like herbert hoover, spent two months doing nothing. we could have saved tens of thousands of lives if president trump acted sooner. here we are at the end of the year, 2020, he is acting like herbert hoover do nothing now when we are under cyber attack from russia and seems to be unconcerned about it. meanwhile just today, trump is saying he is not sure masks work. we watched donald trump hold a rally in tulsa, oklahoma ove

minutes on c-span2, house speaker john e boehner talks about the transition to a biden presidency at 8:30 eastern. now more about the coronavirus pandemic, pharmaceutical company executives and cyber officials talk about securing the development and distribution of covid-19 vaccines, part of the aspen security summit. >> i'm pleased introduce my friend dina temple-raston who will speak to fbi assistant the beauty director, j and j achieve information security officer at eli lilly chief information security officer meredith harper. welce. over to you. >> thanks very much, nice to see you even virtually.