In moscow you watching all the international with me. Wherever you are welcome to the program. Cases in germany seeing hospitals in the country stretched to the limit the number of patients in intensive care is up 40 percent compared to the spring to all of the latest. German hopes for a loosening of coded restrictions over the Christmas Period look in doubt as cases of the virus remain high across the country on sunday the states. Became the final region to be categorized as an at risk area meaning the whole country is now in the highest risk level according to the scale used by germanys Public Health authority the Robot Institute in the south the state of bavaria declared a continuation of a state of emergency is blocked by the fact remains that the numbers is simply too high the figures must come down to the Health System because its already a threat its not just the number of people who have coronavirus which is causing problems its also the intensity of the illness in those that h
Acknowledging the American Association for their additional support. Im here now for the next 30 minutes with Brandon Wales sampras charity Infrastructure Security Agency for what i hope its going to be a fascinating conversation about the election, about the covid pandemic, about the state of cybersecurity and infrastructures charity and Critical Infrastructure across the country. Brandon thanks so much for joining us today. Thank you so much for the presentation but im very happy to be here to talk about important the important work that our agency is doing. Today is december 3. It is hard to believe exactly a month ago on november 3 we were sitting down as the country to watch the first Election Results roll in. It feels like we as a country with about 25 years in the last month and i would imagine for you this is felt somehow even longer than that. I want to start off today by taking you back three weeks ago on ers day after the election. You put out a statement that i want to quot
Pandemic rch record highs with no signs of slowing down. Researchers are now warning the u. S. Death toll may near 540,000 by april. Today we will speak to one of the worlds leading Infectious Disease doctors, paul farmer, the cofound of partne in health. All of these epidemics find their way to exploit social disparities and inequalities and take their greatest harvest among the pr anvulnerab. E qstion ware aski is does that need to be the case . And of course, the answer is, no, it does not. Amy dr. Paul farmer will talk about the pandemic, health care inequality, and his new book fevers, feuds and diamonds ebola and the ravages of history. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States has set yet another world record for daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and deaths with over 216,000 infections confirmed thursday and more than 2800 deaths. Nearly 101,000 people are hospitalized with covi
It a Seismic Shift fulfilled. Not just a Game Changing distribution plant the next year the past fans rejoicing and cinema down in the dumps. Welcome to the program. Venezuela holds parliamentary elections on sunday but the opposition is boycotting the vote call by president Nicolas Maduro Opposition Leader the head of the National Assembly claims the polls will be rigged to strengthen mature of his grip on power and this follows years of turmoil that have seen venezuela become increasingly isolated and desperate. An epic predawn line for gasoline in venezuela shortages widespread hunger broken down institutions all made worse by International Sanctions yet despite it all president Nicolas Maduro has clung to power his nemesis speaker of the assembly and selfproclaimed president one guy though now working from home 37 years old hes made a career out of denouncing maduros policies hes organized the National Referendum after the vote aimed at invalidating the upcoming elections. Of actio
About the transition to a biden presidency. This is live coverage on cspan2. Political aspects that are still unfolding but were facing a lot of challenges that require that the kind of continuity that a country is known for, one government can hand over to another government, the landscape in the tools that are necessary to do with these issues especially in the middle of the pandemic and our hearts go out to all those who are affected around the world by the pandemic and we hope the 2021 would be a brighter year. Thank you for joining us and i will turn it over to toni. [inaudible] as we wait for toni i will just say that all the presenters that i have described have deep reservoir of experience on the legislative side of the aisle. Theres toni right there. Welcome. Shes actually at reading right and were delighted to have you join us. So over to. Thank you. Thank you, stewart. I really appreciate its an honor and privilege to be here. Meridian has been very much a part of my persona