American singer songwriter bob dylan sells his entire song catalog and whats being called one of the biggest ever publishing deals. The u. S. Has seen its deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic since april and Health Experts are warning the worst is yet to come nearly 2000 americans have died each day in the past week the countrys top Infectious Disease expert says the winter holidays surge hasnt even hit yet as people prepare to travel and get together for christmas. What we have now is a challenge ahead of us of the bleak months of december in january where we have a baseline of inspections that literally is breaking records every day with the guts of number of infections number of hospitalizations and numbers of deaths the numbers are really stunning we can do something about it but thats something right now is Public Health measures i mean hospitals in california could run out of bags in their intensive care units thats why the governor there has imposed lockdown in parts of th
Does he have the ability to do this, do you agree with the decision . Sen. Schumer i agree with the decision and i know that he will check things out legally. Thank you, everybody. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] a we take you live to discussion on fiscal policy in the Incoming Biden Administration and congress, hosted by the brookings institution. Size i think is ambiguous and policy occur through a political process. I would rather see something that is a little bit smaller but that could pass this week or next week, rather than wait for something that is a little bit until, but will not pass february. If you look at the output gap, i think a trillion dollars is a reasonable figure for the next round of stimulus. I think democrats should be willing to take a couple hundred billion dollars less than that. Republicans should be willing to take a couple hundred billion dollars more
With the cares act in march and prevented the covid pandemic from doing even more harm to the economy and welfare of americans than it did. The cares act is essentially been spent, many people are about to lose benefits. Unless Congress Acts. And unless Congress Acts fiscal policy soon will be a drag on growth. They are still more than 11 Million People still unemployed by the official count. Most economists and certainly those gathered here today agree more fiscal support is necessary. Following that discussion, we turn to an issue predating the pandemic him one that persists. How to think about the federal debt and very low Interest Rates. Its growing and unsustainable rate. There is sentiment among comp economists for doing anything about that right now. When is a debate about how and how best to address that Going Forward. Had to balance the risk and cost. And too little Public Investment. We look at that issue with the paper posted on our website. By two veterans of economic polic
Each term aches landfall in the u. S. State of florida after killing dozens of people in Central America. Where the transition to a joe biden presidency in the United States is gathering pace with some key decisions already made the president elect has announced this task force to tackle what he says this is top priority the coronavirus pandemic is cochaired by dr David Kessler who served on the bush and clinton administrations on sunday biden visit a Church Cemetery where Family Members are buried including his late son donald trump spent the day playing golf and side washington and is still refusing to concede defeat his campaign is planning legal challenges and states vary hes dismissing the counting of votes where World Leaders including israels Binyamin Netanyahu and saudi Arabias Mohammed and sound man have congratulated joe biden while former u. S. President s and republican george w. Bush also sent his. Swishes well heres some more of what george bush had to say in that notes p
And Republican Leaders flying in from michigan to meet president trump, who is seeking to overturn his election defeat. And paul reese in stock car boy swedens touch coronavirus strategy is coming under pressure amid a steep roys increases. Welcome to the program. We begin in east africa, where there are warnings, an escalating conflict, and unfolding humanitarian crisis will devastate ethiopia and sudan. The u. N. Is calling for an immediate cease fire and preparing for up to 200000 people to flee the military campaign in ethiopias northern t. Great region. If european Government Forces say theyve taken 2 major towns, axel and as they advance towards the to gray and capital, its been 2 weeks since Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner ordered the offensive accusing to grand leaders of trying to destabilize his government. Hundreds have been killed, although its difficult to confirm details. Since communications have been cut and more than 30000. 00, people have now fled into eas