In other words will life go back to normal anytime soon and what will the quote unquote new normal even be meanwhile american states have been left to their own devices to deal with this virus in the absence of any coherent National Policy or guidance some states were spared a major outbreak and others have waffled between crippling shutdowns on one hand and flamboyant disregard for the threat on the other so is there a key to getting all of us all 8000000000 of us around the world out of this crisis and if so what is it my guest today has spent his life studying Human Progress the power of ideas as change agents professor paul romer won the nobel prize in economics in 2018 and he was the former chief economist of the world bank he was part of a major Rockefeller Foundation report just released titled a National Testing and tracing action plan he joins us today from his home in connecticut paul thank you so much for joining us as i mentioned the Rockefeller Foundation just issued a rep
Contain a spike in toronto virus infections and the number of cases in the u. S. Passes 4000000. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program China has ordered the United States to close its consulate in the western city of chengdu the tit for tat move comes after washington told beijing to shut its consulate in Houston Texas earlier this week further escalating tensions between the 2 nations. And journalist bolling r. Is standing by for us with the view from beijing mathias what more can you tell us. Thats pretty much what we know china has ordered the closure of the consulate in chengdu this is one of 5 consulates the u. S. Has in the chinese mainland and this was expected 2 days ago the u. S. Surprised china by ordering the closure of the consulate in houston and this is now the response that china has 2 days later for its part the United States says that that was due to concerns regarding intellectual property that a close that consulate china has promised retaliation since earlier in the
Tucker editorial direction and to toot for Economic Research and who must cohost an investigative journalist but swan lets start with the latest on the turn and this vaccine we know that 30 to 30000 people will take part in this trial but what do we know about how this trial is being conducted. There we know a couple things you did a great job of breaking down here how this all works and the reality is mcgurn is not the only one doing this pfizer is very close they say theyre conducting their own 30000 person trial thats a lot of people to be testing these vaccines i do want to Say Something about mcdermott though when you look at mcdiarmid they obviously have a relationship with the National Institutes of health that is different than other indices and the reason for that is because the in i signed the contract back in december that contract was to begin studying coronaviruses not this particular strain but coronaviruses in general and developing essentially. Artificial. Or in a seque
Patents taking matters into their own hands bolivians bring all sit in cylinders for covert hit family members as hospitals run out of supplies. Ok lets begin with the escalating tension between the United States and china beijing has ordered the u. S. To shut down its consulate in the southwestern chinese city of chengdu the Chinese Foreign Ministry Says its had to head back and what its calling an unjustified act on tuesday washington gave beijing 72 hours to leave its consulate in Houston Texas china has called the move a violation of International Law but the u. S. Says its necessary to protect American Intellectual property the u. S. Secretary of state mike pump aoe has now doubled down on the allegations describing chinas houston. And so thats a hub of spying or katrina use joining us live from katrina this wasnt entirely unexpected but why did they choose the consulate in chengdu. We havent heard specifically a response from the Chinese Government as to why its chosen turn do th
A back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u. S. Elections on a just. Have relations between the u. S. And china soured to the point of no return chinese need is threatening retaliation for the closure of its consulate in texas from trade to security and human rights will the superpowers find room for compromise this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on iran come on its being described by some as a new cold war relations between the u. S. And china unraveling quickly in the latest spat chinese diplomats have been given 72 hours to shut down their consulate in Houston Texas President Donald Trump accuses them of spying and stealing intellectual property Chinas Foreign Ministry is threatening retaliation for what it calls malicious londa roselyn jordan has more. Its a scene straight out of a spy film employees at the chinese consulate in houston burned documents before theyre force