Map showing e spread of the pandemic, that april 17th brin peak, the july 20ifth summer peak, the low point between summer and fall of september 19th and so far in the fall, e fall peak two weeks in november over 2 million cases, the total at that time 12,772,000 total cases but the headline is how the surge, inside usa today they write about that and a quote from matthew fox, professor of epidemiology at Boston University school of Public Health, he says it was inevitable it was going to get to the mountain states and when it got there there were so many susceptible people it was ready to take off. Matthew fox said we learned this time and time again in a reaction that pays off, wait until the spread is already substantial at that point your measures to contain the virus are really shutting things down completely. He also said it would be foolish to try to pin widespread outbreaks on single events such as the sturgis motorcycle rally, rather he said small get togethers make the spread
Addition to the pandemic relief and fighting the coronavirus, what else should be a priority. Republicans, one line, democrats, one line, independents and others,. One line you can also send us a text. Include your name and where you are texting from. And onter, cspanwj facebook. We will hear from a couple of members of Congress Later in the program. We will ask them both about the status of a potential pandemic relief bill. We will also show you some of the highlights from last nights cnn interview. First, a piece from page of washington journal using data from johns hopkins. The whole front page, if you go online, you will see the interactive map showing the spread of the virus across the country. The april 17 spring peak, july 25 at summer peak, the low point between the summer and fall of september 19. So far, in the fall, the fall peak to describe, two weeks in november, over 2 million cases. Over 12 million cases. The bottom line is how the surge engulfed. They write today, about
The system . Michael no. He repeated that comment today as his parts of efforts to Tell Congress they need to do more in terms of lending programs, more in terms of fiscal support. Strategy oferall letting inflation run hot or is designed over the longterm to try to help by not cutting off credit to the economy when it starts to reach the lower levels , when Economic Growth starts to help the people he was talking about, which is what they did in the last expansion. Where theill take a long tipecd first 300 billion 300 Million Dollars will go. Andlked with their chairman ceo, brian moynihan, about that program. We have a billion dollars across 1 billion across those programs. One is entrepreneurship, one is educations and job creation, and another is health. You have the healthcare crisis, which affected these communities more than other communities, and that has been statistically proven. We have been doing a lot. Recently, we announced 25 million would go in nearterm health and issue
Fall on year and below analyst expectations. They confirmed plans to exit thermal. U. S. China relations sour even further. Jing says the tax lets take a look at how we are shaping up for this asian trading day. U. S. Futures within shouting distance when it comes to the regular session of that february record but then retreating by the close. We are seeing not much happening when it comes to active futures contracts. The nikkei 225 looking weaker going into the open. Chicago futures trading there. The topix in the meantime remains the bestperforming market in august. We will see if it continues those gains today. Ftse futures looking like we will open up higher by. 4 . The data calendar for the day, we get the rba august meeting minutes, looking into the details of their bond buying as well as the renewed assessment of how that new victorian lockdown will barter economy in those Monetary Policy settings. Also watching crude, we are seeing weakness, just holding over 42 a barrel althou
Military presence there to monitor turkeys activities in disputed waters. A very warm welcome to you at 11 pm here in moscow and this is r. T. International with me niki aaron. Now the e. U. Is top diplomats have agreed to slap sanctions on bella ruse of what they claim was the falsified election under violence during the ensuing protests well meanwhile those arrested in minsk during a week of antigovernment demonstrations have started to be released since the outbreak of the Unrest Police have faced allegations of excessive brutality earlier today president Alexander Lukashenko said he didnt have a problem with the conduct of the Security Forces although he urged them to take a softer line when meanwhile protests continue with the countrys capital once again the main focus these are images from the square in front. The main government building some protesters rush to hug and have flowers to Security Forces after they laid down their shields cast off the crowds of demonstrators converg