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the world health organization says a staggering 230,000 cases of coronavirus were reported around the world on sunday. that is the most ever in a single day. the surge in new infections of course led by the u.s., which has confirmed now more than 3.3 million cases overall. since last week at least 33 states have reported a significant jump in new infections. now as the outbreak continues to grow the white house has been trying to undermine its own top infectious disease expert. president donald trump says dr. anthony fauci made many mistakes early on including telling people not to wear masks. now, that was back when masks were in short supply and he wanted first responders to wear them. well, now the u.s. surgeon general is saying the administration is trying to correct its own earlier messaging and believes the country can turn things around. the disease course is about two to three weeks. so just as we ve seen cases skyrocket we can turn this thing around in two to ....
hello and welcome to dateline london. i m carrie gracie. this week: new normal or old normal? in the united states, president trump wants the old normal back, though he likes to call it ?actual normal?. in china, president xi is already reaching for new normal, one which includes much tighter control over the people of hong kong. meanwhile what kind of normal do the rest of us want and what kind can we have against the ever present risk of a pandemic whose next move we can t predict? my guests on socially distanced screens: political commentator yasmin alibhai brown, michael goldfarb of the podcast first rough draft of history, and here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. welcome to you all. old normal or new normal, we ll come to that in a moment, but the world health organisation keeps telling governments it ll be hard to achieve any kind of normal without good testing. five months into this pandemic, ....
now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m carrie gracie. this week: new normal or old normal? in the united states, president trump wants the old normal back, though he likes to call it ?actual normal?. in china, president xi is already reaching for new normal, one which includes much tighter control over the people of hong kong. meanwhile what kind of normal do the rest of us want and what kind can we have against the ever present risk of a pandemic whose next move we can?t predict? my guests on socially distanced screens: political commentator yasmin alibhai brown, michael goldfarb of the podcast first rough draft of history, and here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. welcome to you all. old normal or new normal, we ll come to that in a moment, but the world health organisation keeps telling governments it ll be hard to achieve any kind of normal without good testin ....
and, later today, the pope will return to st. peter s basilica to celebrate mass. now on bbc news, it s time for dateline. welcome to dateline london. i m carrie gracie. and this week new normal or old normal? in the united states, president trump wants the old normal back, though he likes to call it actual normal. in china, president xi is already reaching for a new normal, one which includes much tighter control over the people of hong kong. meanwhile, what kind of normal do the rest of us want and what kind can we have against the ever present risk of a pandemic whose next move we cannot predict? my guests on socially distanced screens political commentator yasmin alibhai brown, and michael goldfarb of the podcast first rough draft of history. and here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. welcome to you all. now, old normal, new normal, i started there. we ll come to it in a moment, but first i ....