Peters, and delivering the opening statement, a minute to acknowledge the United States passed another milestone that we have lost 200,000 americans to covid19. Our hearts go out to their families, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, children, grandchildren and grandparents. Americans everywhere must fight to stop the virus from spreading, to protect millions more from experiencing this loss. As members of congress we will go to republicans, all united to be our part. We turn to opening statement, unlike every hearing, in the u. S. Congress economic committee, simply explore economic issues. We will focus on Public Health. With the closing of coronavirus is in march causing unemployment in april, democrats reset some of those Public Health experts in the country. Two all two nobel prize laureates, 5 former chairs of the president s council of economic advisers and 3 were president of the National Economic association over 2 dozen in all. Every one of them have the same urgent mess
Were putting them on ventilators earlier than usual so. There is some good news the speed of new infections in spain is waning but that could change. Whatever the case madrid is back under lockdown a great deal of europe is reintroducing restrictions as infection spike is imposing a curfew from saturday parts of the city and now hotspots in germany daily coronavirus cases have hit a new high since april rising hospital raids have Health Officials wide in the u. K. The governments reviewing measures in iceland pubs clubs and arcade holes and gyms are closed there are fears the latest wave of infectious could be much higher than the 1st and paris has shot at spas but there is resistance. To. This is pathetic. When you look at whats happening with public transport people are crammed together in metros and buses. Is a 3rd i think its stupid its a political issue the government is constantly manipulating people left right and center with economic interests. Running an economy and keeping a
The german language head nodding off this keeps me and little but you need to entrap lets say you want to know their story the lights are fighting and reliable information for margaret. These are the doctors and nurses at the front line. The 2nd wave is here. Spains capital madrid is europes new coronavirus hotspot but medical staff say theyre ready. They are going to back him on something not in truth i sharpened our treatment here we have more experience in what to do and when to do it. But i dont were getting patients into intensive care. Hair as soon as possible. And if he were putting them on ventilators earlier than usual. There is some good news the speed of new infections in spain is waning but that could change. Whatever the case madrid is back on the looked on a great deal of europe is reintroducing restrictions as infection spike is imposing a curfew from saturday nights of the city and now hotspots in germany daily coronavirus cases have hit a new high since april rising ho
Contentious issues republican Vice President mike pence and his democratic challenger harris clashed over the trump administrations response to the pandemic the fairest slamming the Coronavirus Task force in the white house other points of contention where the position of the Supreme Court justice seat and to the topic of abortion as well as the ongoing unrest throughout the United States. And we do have a Team Analysis here tonight with carolina chinmoy in washington d. C. And Stacey Bivins of from our us Election Team here to tell us more they want to start with you carolina because so much of the lead up to this debate tonight was dominated by the question of president Donald Trumps health after he spent 3 days in hospital with a covert 1000 diagnosis do you think of Vice President penns was able to shift the topic away from that tonight. Maybe maybe away from donald trump and. Infection with kobe at 19 but not from depend damn it claire did dominate the debate because it affects al
You with us. But what Economic Forum has just published its annual report on regional risks for doing business and not surprisingly the coronavirus pandemic has left its mark based on a survey of over 12000 Business Leaders from 127 countries the report has unemployment topped the list just like previous reports have done like the one from the International Labor organization massive job losses due to the pandemic are expected to negatively impact businesses for the next 10 years fiscal issues until recently the main risk factors dropped into 3rd position followed by Cyber Attacks and social instability the report is part of the Global Risk Initiative which aims to find Sustainable Solutions for Global Environmental challenges and that also includes the impact of a pandemic that earlier i spoke to the managing director of the world Economic Forum assadi as a haiti in geneva and i asked her whether the result of this report comes as a surprise. You know its not really a surprise in the