Welcome to the Health Organization press briefing on covid19. We have with us as always the w. H. O. Director general ted, mike ryan, executive director and doctor maria, they take the lead for covid19. Doctor will begin with an update, then when he has finished his opening remarks, i will open the meeting to questions. If youre connected by zoom, please use the raise hand icon to get into the queue to ask her questions, if you connect by phone please hit 9 to indicate you want to ask for questions. I will apologize right now to all those who miss out. We have more than 260 people on the line already connecting and asking questions. So we have to restrict this briefing to announce with our speakers who are meeting the response and can get back to the other demands of their time. I will now hand over to doctor. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are. The pandemic continues to take a massive toll, not just on health but on so many parts of life. Yesterd
Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Borisjohnson will urge nato leaders to put on a united front today as they gather to mark the 70th anniversary of the partnership. President donald trump is among the 29 allies holding talks amid growing divisions over natos future. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. Donald trump may have arrived for a meeting of nato leaders, but the big question is whether he will be able to resist saying anything about the general election. White house Officials Say the president knows he shouldnt wade into other countries politics, but the conservatives have made sure he wont have a one on one meeting with borisjohnson to avoid pictures that could be used by his opponents. This evening, the Prime Minister and the 28 other nato leaders will be guests of the queen at buckingham palace, for her reception to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance. But the smiles may be rather forced. For when they meet tomorrow at an hotel in watford,
Were going to speak to woodman ourselves in an exclusive interview to talk about the outlook for the company and that gopro drone crash over the weekend. At the padres diamondbacks game as a matter of fact. Toll brothers losing Early Morning gains after a weak number for new home sales. We have a debate, bull and a bear, talk about whether these housing stocks are worth buying right now. But we begin with amazon Shareholders Meeting taking place today in seattle, talk of a potential stock split. Believe that when we see it. Deidre is at the meeting there. What happened today . Reporter hey, guys, well, wrapped up just over an hour ago. A lot of happy investors. Amazon stock run up 40 in 12 months. This was interesting. One shareholder noting that amazons stock is approaching a thousand dollars a share. Noted that its less and less accessible to a younger and middle class investor, so she asked jeff bezos why it seemed amazon was going the way of berkshirehathaway, and whether he consid
Okay, thank you at that end, i mentioned that im supportive of the provisions you have include in the recent treasury report. I hope that the Federal Reserve is taking some recommendations seriously. Have you read the report yet or are you aware of it yes, i have read the report and there are many very useful and productive suggestions that mirror things you have been thinking and doing ourselves with respect to tillerian the rate we are always looking for ways to reduce the burdens that are very useful there are a few points where we have a different view, but a lot in it that is very useful. I look forward to working with you on that while our branch of the government is a check on the executive branch and agencies, we want to work with you to try to improve the ability of our banks to be able to do the job of helping our communities grow. Ive worked with the committee in the past. My district has been caught in purgatory for the last five years. The agency has blocked the merger and
Thats very relevant to what you afford so hard and so i want to talk about the book in the broader economic context of china and just a word about hank paulson. I know something about policymakers behind the scenes and i dont think anyone went through a stressful it period as treasury secretary as you did and put this country on a footing for the future, this country in the world. I just wanted to say its a privilege for me to be here was someone who is writing here about his effectiveness and as a policymaker in his long experience with and dad with 100 visits to china going back to the cls goldmans. With the of the private sector and the Public Sector together as he assessed the greatest economic rival and the bankers who until recently believed the banker of u. S. Debt. Secretary paulson thank you very much for being here. Andrea, thank you. Its my great pleasure to be here with you because i have a mired the job you have done for a long time and i think you will for being here. Im