Christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as you said in the beginning here its really no surprise to anybody the economy did not do well contract at 3. 5 percent as you said the worst its done since 1946 so its been a long time since the economys contracted that much in a single year and that came off of the 2. 2 percent growth that we saw the year before in 1900 the bottom line here is this is basically every sector was down because of the coronavirus with th
This is a boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss. In washington coming up u. S. G. D. P. Close out 2020 at its worst rate since 1046. 00 and shrank by 3. 5 percent and the game stop saga continues as robin hood and other Major Trading partners are stressed in trading as the battle between wall street and small investors continues well explain what this means for future trading with the us pros with christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as y
Transition of power. President trump, president elect biden, whose conferences and event coverage at cspan. Org. Thank you so much for being here. It is an honor to be here. I was delighted to read your book which i have decided. First book ive ever written. It must be challenging to create factual accounts of the pandemic, talk about that process. I can understand why people would think, why are you writing this . Im writing about the things we can fight about, i did really a step back, im not fighting about these as they unfold, not fighting about this or that government, im not talking on that but im standing back and saying okay, why a pandemic and why now . That is something to do because youve been reading my work, you know, ive been fighting a book, weve been saying this will happen, these are the viruses need to worry about what we need to do. So obvious the predictions were and we havent done all of the things we need to do so this was kind of the moment to repeat all of that
About the process. I can understand people why would you write about this, it hasnt happened yet regularly took a step back and not ready for things as they unfold, im not talking about global trade what i am doing is standing by to say okay, by a pandemic and why now . Something i could do because you know i like many others, writing books, weve been saying will happen, hes of the virus is we need to worry about, this is what we need to do. She started so obviously the protections were there. This was kind of the moment to repeat all that stuff at a time people didnt really understand and would make sense to the message might really come home to the people. Emphasizing the warning about the pandemic, leaders have frequently overlooked in this one quote was very enlightening, some assistive they are providing the rescue. This is something that came to you as your writing the book . It is kind of postcolonial but i think it is a deeper issue than that. Prevention is not that texting, pe
Renewed threats of sanctions. As many wonder whether donald trump will take ever more extreme measures before handing over the white house. We speak to the head of a top israeli hospital thats ordered russias sputnik vivax seen as the anti covert job goes through final phase trials. We are pretty sure the idea of a very good morning to you. Its 8 am here in the russian capital, and youre watching r. T. International with me. Becky, aaron, its great to have you with us. In the moscow has begun dispatching peacekeepers to monitor the cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan. Russia brokered the deal a week ago to stop the bloodshed in the disputed region of new go karabakh. Well, these are the latest pictures of russian equipment, hundreds of vehicles and some 2000 personnel, landing and on media. The mission will last 5 years with an Automatic Extension in for a quiet. Hes one county and is on his latest upon a time to russias peacekeeping. Headquarters and more i get to see you how mu