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
Here. Commissioner john burton. Here. Commissioner gail gillman. Here. And commissioner doreen woo ho. All right. Item 2 is approval of minutes of the october 13, 2020 Port Commission meeting. So moved. Second. We have a motion and second and roll call vote, please. Certainly. [roll call]. Commissioner burton wasnt seated on the 13th. Ill go to commissioner gill million. Yes. Commissioner woo ho. Yes. Item 3 is Public Comment on executive session. Thank you. We will open the phone lines to take Public Comment at this time for executive session for members of the public and the operator will provider instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide pc. At this time well open the lines for anyone on the phone wanting to make a Public Comment on executive session. Press star 3. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments are limited to three minutes permission. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3
And roll call vote, please. Certainly. [roll call]. Commissioner burton wasnt seated on the 13th. Ill go to commissioner gill million. Yes. Commissioner woo ho. Yes. Item 3 is Public Comment on executive session. Thank you. We will open the phone lines to take Public Comment at this time for executive session for members of the public and the operator will provider instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide pc. At this time well open the lines for anyone on the phone wanting to make a Public Comment on executive session. Press star 3. The system will let you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments are limited to three minutes permission. The queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. Thank you. Do we have anyone on the line . At this time there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make Public Comment on executive session. Commissioner thank you. Item 4 is executive se
On the value of its new business, following the fall since it listed the most. We will be joined by the ceo. Reports amid rising u. S. Tensions and fears of backlash from the white house. More challenges may be growing closer to home. Lets get a quick check of the markets with sophie kamaruddin. Stocks with a subdued start, futures lower. Kiwi stocks higher by 0. 2 . At m a, andlooking south korea raising a red flag. In sydney, stocks hit a fivemonth high. Qantas hosting its first loss in six years and warning it will not make money in the next financial year. 2000 after retreating on the fed minutes. The index going since jumping the most since june on the fed. One analyst said he does not think positioning is stretched, but even with broad dollar weakness, asian currencies have underperformed, but record forex reserves are one key reason. Steady afteryuan retreating from a sevenmonth high, retracing gains it has seen since last month. Focus, callsira in for the central bank in turkey
Action now we are in the preparation but this is a big thing for the banks. You know the action we are in before now are becoming entireliness to take intoation for the reduced amount renault rallies on a plan to revamp with a plan with nissan and mi and. In hong kong, legislators debate a Controversial National anthem bill. A warm welcome to street signs this morning. European markets have been open about an hour now. Weve seen stocks advance. Going about 40 basis points higher we saw the risk on trade come higher in europe, we had travel and leisure going about 20 . A lot of reopening of the economies and airways with germany coming into focus to lift its warning for travel around europe in midjune. A lot of hopes around the summer months and the reopening all eyes on the European Commission we are looking to see whether they build on the french german agreement around a Eu Recovery Fund later today a lot of attention around the fiscal response. Weve heard from the ecb and the questi