Current rate of hospital admissions continues, the 2,000 inteive care beds in belgian hospitals could be full by midnovember. Woodruff and, its friday, mark shieldsnd david brooks weigh in on the barrett confirmation hearings, the dueling town halls, and the approaching election. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Fidelity wealth management. Consumer cellular. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. The john s. And james l. Knight foundation. Fostering informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president ial candidates were back out on the campaign trail today, just hours after their primeti
Important question, the cdc tracks flu every year all i am so pleased to moderate this important session. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan Public Health policy research and Advocacy Organization based in washington, d. C. The covid19 pandemic is an immense challenge. Envision a nation that values the health and wellbeing of all. Since the spring of this year, we have held a series of webinars focused on the impact protecting older adults from the arm of social isolation. How the pandemic is concentrated in many gaps. We also cohosted a congressional briefing on advancing Racial Equity. It should go without saying that this is an unprecedented pandemic. The likes of which has not been seen in this country. Seenve certainly disparities in past Public Health emergencies. The pandemic has greatly exposed trust for Americas Health has been advocating. Calling for data disaggregation. We are also focusing on other issues. Calling for investment in Public Health infrastructure. This includes i
Said this is the kob 4 congressional debate the candidates working to earn your vote are democrat oxchitl torres small interpublic and Yvette Herrell. Muttering tonight kob 4 chris ramirez. Thank you so much for joining us tonight are those that are watching on kob 4 are listing from her network of Radio Partners across new mexico welcome. Tonights the first time democrats oxchitl torres small interpublic and Yvette Herrell have have debated in the same rapada candidates have agreed to social distancing measures. Therell be no handshaking tonight the candidates are distanced from the crew inside of her studio. This raises a rematch from 2018 when taurus mall narrowly defeated herrell and we are excited to have an opportunity to give both a platform to make your to voters. The candidates have agreed to all the rules. Candidates will have one minute for opening remarks two minutes to answer each question 90 seconds for Closing Remarks. Moderators may enter up to candidates who exceeds th
Max, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. This is two and half hours. This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between senators, witnesses witnesses and otheren individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconferencing reminders. Once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise please click the mute button until it is your turn to speak or ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. I again remind all senators and our witnesses that the fiveminute clocks still apply and you should, those remote, stall, box on your screen labeled clock that will show how much time is remaini
Cities krs the u. S. From the urban institute this runs an hour. Were about to hear some very good Economic News after recordbreaking declines in economical activity in the Second Quarter of 2020, well be see eyepopping consensus, 25 growth in the third quarter. We should not lose sight of what that means for people who are still struggling and the fact that we still have a deep hole to climb out of. Much has been written about the kshape recovery. Workers at the low end of the distribution who dont have options to work from home and for whom federal help has already been paid in a way. Weve seen who will owedout downtowns with fewer workers coming in, buying lattes. What does that mean for city revenues . One estimate suggests its in highrent zip codes, highrent districts, employment is still at 45 of precovid levels. So we are about to explore these things today. We also have a blog my colleague and i have a black about what this means for cities and each industrys mix and, of course