As the u. S. Has now eclipsed more than 10500000. 00 total cases. Since the pandemic hit its shores, california on thursday joined texas as the only states to have surpassed 1000000. 00 cases of the coronavirus at this point. So lets go ahead and we go time and check in on the trends and spread of the virus globally with our chief correspondent cya tab. And where are we friday . Brian . , youre exactly right. It hasnt just been the u. S. , but the world as a whole has suffered the worst day of the pandemic. So far, almost 12000 people died and more than 666000, new cases were reported just in the last 24 hours. And then the u. S. , like you mentioned, once again broke another record for new cases, more than 116000 new cases. And for the 10th, straight day in a row, more than 100000, new cases have been announced every single day and new cases are trending upward in every single state. In fact, no state right now is seen cases a decline. And here is to list the few Illinois River had mo
Than 100 Million People cast their ballots early, which means incould see the is turnout the print see the biggest turnout in president ial election. But we are seeing attempts to undermine it. Tols and texts attempting discourage and intimidate voters today. How keytalk about social platforms like facebook, twitter, and youtube are looking andrevent disinformation postelection civil unrest. First, a check on the markets, where u. S. Stocks rallied for a second day. Investors have been incredibly anxious leading up to this moment. Just how anxious were they today . Abigail not so anxious today. At one point, the s p 500 index up 1. 2 . Thehe close, up about 1. 8 , best day in about a month. Around anxiousness, the vix below 35. Some are saying that it suggests that it means that there will not be decision soon, that that is no longer the case. That the volatility investors are telling us that we are more likely to know who will be the next president sooner rather than later. We had bon
Economic recovery and Foreign Policy seems to be an inside the beltway issue and its likely not to figure prominently in Voter Preferences and choices in this election, results of the election, how the world evaluates the consequences of the actions. I think its pretty clear that were at a crossroads. Trump has played the role of disrupter, fundamentally altering the policies of his four postcold war predecesso predecessors. Embarking on what could only be described as a wholesale withdrawal or threat to withdraw from so many enterprises, the tpp, the paris climate, jcpoa, unesco and who. And not that disruption by definition is all the bad. Its bad if theres nothing else it replace it. If its bad if its followed by policies that dont serve the National Interest and its bad if its done for some sake tethered to political. Biden, on the other hand offers a much different approach, or we would expect he would, the return to more traditional. Whether it proves to be restoration of traditi
Its about 50 minutes. Welcome to rnegie connects, a virtual series of conversations and on issues of critical iortance. Tays conversation on how the world sees america is especially timely. We are on the cusp of one of the most consequenti elections in American History and even though the nation is preoccupied with covid and economic recovery and Foreign Policy tends to be an inside the beltway issue, its likely not to figure prominently in Voter Preferences and choices in this electction the resultof , that election will have a decisive impact on how america acts in the world and how the world evaluates the consequences of those actions. I ththink its clear that we are at a crossroads. Donald trump has played the role of disruptor, fundamentally altering the policies ofis for postwar, postcold war predecsors, embracing auoritarians, rejecting alliances and multilateral diplplomacy and embarking on wht caonly be described as a wholesale withdrawal or to or a threat to withdraw from so
Importantly i am really interested in how to evolve our Computing Technology so that it is more responsive to Public Policy needs. We need encryption to protect our email exchanges, our financial transactions, political speech that goes on. We hope privately online what it needs to. Governments for decades have ofn concerned that the use strong Encryption Technology would thwart the ability of Law Enforcement to conduct electronic surveillance. From a technical perspective, we look at that question and while acknowledging that encryption and pose some barriers for the police, we have shown through Technical Research that if you try to force all encryption palpable or have upkdoors, then you will end harvesting the security of the millions of people around the world to use the internet and Computing Technology, so well this is an ongoing debate, even governments trying to control encryption have acknowledged that they should not do so in a way that introduces systemic weaknesses. At tha