A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Well brazils president be forced to take a coronavirus a risk that. Hes dismissed for months as a little how will he deal with the fallout from the worlds 2nd largest covert 19 outbreak this isnt a story. Hello and welcome to the program. Brazils president spent months downplaying the coronavirus pandemic. Refused to wear a mask dismissed lockdowns and said his athleticism would protect him now hes one of the 1600000. 00 brazilians infected with covert 19 only the United States has more infections and rio de janeiros famous copacabana beach has become a memorial for the nearly 70000 brazilians have died so far cemeteries are struggling to find space for the dead hospitals cant cope but also remains defiant he wont state governors to reopen shops and factories to restart south americas largest economy despite the rising total of inf