Away, we are learning to live with it. They are quotes. As i told him last night, we are not learning to live with it, we are learning to die with it. Ahead. A dark winter already, more than 200 20,000 people in the United States of america have lost their lives to this virus. 220,000 empty chairs at dinner tables across this country. My heart goes out to every Single Person who has had to e ndure the agony of saying goodbye to someone they loved over video chat, who could not gather their closest friends, even their full family to grieve together at a funeral service. Worse yet, a new study from Columbia University suggests that anywhere between 130,000 and 210,000 of those deaths were avoidable. Leading medical journal in america, frankly in the world, wrote an unprecedented editorial , to the best of my knowledge they have never written anything like this. They criticize President Trumps responsely incompetent and stated that he took a crisis and turned it into a tragedy. Covid19 dw
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us pollution and gulf indias capital delhi all year but winner sees the air quality drop to its lowest levels its a toxic soup that stings the eyes burns the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe and delhi now appears to be heading towards another surge in coven 1000. 00 Infections Health experts worry the smog could worsen the viruses spread and make it even more deadly near a charger he reports its the onset of winter and at the end she has engulfed the city. The air quality in delhi one of the most polluted cities in the world this is believed to do the rates during the winter as the called wins make it harder for pollutants to disperse. Baking and making industrial activity and the public body carried out by palm of the neighboring hed need to if they can fight in pollution levels in delhi every winter feed. This year theres an additional challenge. That doesnt leave that upon the knowledge it says that the did in tempera
Streets around the building, and ill explain to you how that happened and how the research was done at the library of congress, which is sponsoring todays event, its a wonderful institution, the beautiful buildings, they are such Important Research materials they are, and its all available free. Use Public Access library, its one of the things that make our nation great. And im very grateful to the library of congress, for bringing here, and for continuing to give us such a wonderful material. Now, this is a self selecting crowd, i know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is, but a lot of people dont so lets start by asking this question, how many of you know who francis breakins is . Oh yes, this is great. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security, please raise your hand . How many of you know someone who is receiving unemployment insurance, or who has ever received Unemployment Compensation . Okay, friends perkins work. How many of you know someone who
Iowa secondhe Congressional District debate. Your voice, your vote. Moderator welcome to the second Congressional District debate in cedar rapids. This is the first of a twopart set of debates. The next debate will be next thursday, october 15. Focus on a few different topics and we will tonight such as education, but still, weve got plenty of subjects to work through for the next hour. James lynch,y longtime political reporter with the gazette in cedar rapids, also to serve as moderators tonight. Audience. Hout an we are trying to keep it socially distanced with the candidates and now it is time to meet our candidates. Democrat rita hart is a former served as iowa state senator in the 49th district six years, covering clinton and scott counties. On the right, Mariannette Millermeeks, ophthalmologist from a tumwater ottumwa. Soft for 60ead a seconds to talk about why you are the best choice for this seat in congress. Ms. Hart thank you so much and it is a pleasure to be here. Im rita h
Down almost 3 at one point. Jack ma said to surge up the wealth table after a mega dual ipo. Expecting to raise almost 35 billion in hong kong and shanghai viewed Sheldon Adelson rolls the dice in las vegas. He is said to be extorting the sale of his flagship casino which cost more than 6 billion. Shery lets get started with a quick check of the markets right now. We are seeing u. S. Futures opening pretty flat after we saw u. S. Stocks falling the most in the month and the regular session. The s p 500 down 1. 9 . It was the biggest drop since early september. We have the ongoing fiscal stimulus impasse, now on its third month. We also have surging coronavirus cases. Boeing falling on chinas plans to sanction the company over sales to taiwan. We have the u. S. Approving another potential 2. 4 billion of antiship missile fuel to taiwan. The vix closing above 30 for the first time in almost two months. We saw strength in the u. S. Dollar. Take a look at oil prices. Wti rebounding a littl