This is levittown, pennsylvania, a new suburban community of 60,000 people, midway between philadelphia and trenton, new jersey. With a giant Shopping Center, winding lanes, it is typical of communities all over america where families are pursuing the American Dream to fir their children a better chance at life. Levittowners are people of modest means. Theyre mostly young people. A large proportion are veterans. There are a few agencies and while many have had social churches, they have not adequately served the community. Most are proud and happy in their new environment. For many, it is the first house of their own and it represents a major financial investment. Social life is mainly confined to visits with the neighbors. Occasionally there are communitywide residents. Its too early yet for most residents to become identified with the broader aspects of community living. Levittown is built by one man for whom it is named. Like Many Developers he set the initial policy and provided th
Community of 60,000 people, midway between philadelphia and trenton, new jersey. With a giant Shopping Center, winding lanes named for flowers and trees, it is fairly tip kohl of communities all over america, where families are pursuing the American Dream to give their children a better chance in life. Levittowners are people of modest means. Nearly all are young people. A large proportion are veterans. There are a few social agencies, and while many religious groups have established churches, they have not yet had time enough to develop programs to adequately serve the community. Most levittowners are proud and happy in their new environment. For many, it is the first house of their own and it represents a major financial investment. Social life is mainly confined to visits with the neighbors. Occasionally there are communitywide events. Its too early yet for most residents to become identified with the broader aspects of community living. Levittown is built by one man for whom it is
This is the exact moment where Boris Johnson may be about to speak to eu leaders. We understand that most of it is virtual. We are expecting the Prime Minister to give his response on whether he is continuing to negotiate. There was that selfimposed deadline on october 15. We dont know whether he is happy with the progress or whether he thinks even if there is not progress, he still wants to give it a shot. Tom there is your update this morning. Lot, like about the map of the fisheries. Its like a big deal, right . In the north . Francine i remember being a young reporter a million years ago showing up in brussels and actually going to at the time, it was not much to talk about, but our editor said watch out for fisheries, because nobody talks about them. Its always a fishing problem, as we see with brexit in 2020. Tom there we are with your update. Ritika gupta just nodded off. Lets start the show with the bloomberg first word news in new york. Ritika good morning. President trump and
Am Kathleen Hays in york, welcome to daybreak asia, related stories this hour, monthly suggests the recovery is continuing. The Bloomberg Economic saying recovery above three point five percent. Nancy pelosi says a deadline for stainless steel well President Trump calls for a big spending package. Central bankers worn support will be needed for some time to come and new zealand stocks rise in the kiwi strengthens after the historic victory. Labor has the seats to govern alone, but she is considering a new coalition. Haidi taking a look at markets in asia we are setting up on a pretty cautious note when it comes to trading in the trading week here in asia, however we are looking ahead to Third Quarter gdp out of china with investors and traders came to see what the expectations were for this study growth were to continue. We are expecting numbers of about 5. 5 when it comes to economic expansion. This is our way of seeing into the first couple of minutes here in sydney just about two pe
Around the country. So when is it safe to reopen our economy . One leading medical expert joining us from boston in a moment. Could there be a second wave . We will talk to an Infectious Disease doctor in the second half of the program. Our phone lines are open. If you are a medical professional or medical student, 2027488002. We begin with the numbers from john hopkins university. Now around the world 3. 8 million cases of coronavirus. The death toll is now expected to surpass 267,000. Joining us from boston is dr. Jeremy faust an Emergency Room Physician at Brigham Womens hospital. Thank you for being with us. We want to begin with your op ed in the Washington Post with this headline the metric that could tell us when it is safe to reemerge. What is that metric . Dr. Faust the metric that has been discussed the least but matters the most is what is called excess mortality, or excess deaths. That is simply the number of people who are dying in comparison to the usual rates we know abo