Which could be a challenge for the president. He won wisconsin four years ago, but now hes bringing a message that the coronavirus pandemic is Getting Better when things in wisconsin are getting worse. Both president ial candidates land in wisconsin today, the state announced new restrictions this week to deal with an explosion of coronavirus cases. The New York Times reports half the nations cities with the highest covid rates are here. We can prevent the deaths of people in wisconsin by staying home. Reporter President Trump insists things are Getting Better. Its rounding the turn. Its rounding the turn. Reporter but yesterday 90,000 people tested positive, shattering the previous record of 80,000 just the day before. More than 9 million cases in the u. S. And more than 200,000 lives lost. Im not going to shut down the country. Im going to shut down the virus. Reporter joe biden criticized the president s crowded rally in florida. Spending more than just coronavirus, hes spreading di
And indoors the pastor says. The inside of the chapel in san jose is for many, a place to find peace. One reason 700 parishioners keep attending even as the church defies the Public Health order. It breaks my heart, frankly. There are a lot of people who need church. The pas tore says thats why hes continued unrestricted Indoor Services since may. Despite ten county violation notices and 350,000 in fines. The county currently allows places of worship to operate at 25 capacity or up to 100 people tot total. People are hurting. People are really hurting. We see it every week. Our job, my job, im called to help those people that are hurting. Flanked shoulder to shoulder by churches statewide. Only one wearing a mask. The group denounced the plans to seek a restraining order on Indoor Services there. That restraining order will, if it succeeds, place this church in a position where they have to decide are we going to bow down to cesar or obey god. The group is not against masks, social dis
countries will include the united kingdom, bahrain, canada, france, italy and spain, among others. this is notjust a us issue, this is an international problem and it deserves an international response. and that s why i m convening a meeting tomorrow, a ministerial meeting, with fellow ministers in the region and beyond to address this threat. for exactly what this shipping disruption might mean for the global economy, i spoke to hung tran, who s a seniorfellow at the atlantic council and also former deputy director at the international monetary fund. this area of the red sea leading to the suez canal is quite important in terms of the volume of trade passing through it. about 12% of global trade passes through the red sea, including 30% of the container shipping. all together, it accounts for about us$1 trillion per year of world trade, so it is quite significant, and a disruption there would cause damage to world trade. aside from avoiding this area, what can companies do
speaking in bahrain, the us defense secretary lloyd austin said participating countries will include the united kingdom, bahrain, canada, france, italy and spain, among others. this is notjust a us issue, this is an international problem and it deserves an international response. and that s why i m convening a meeting tomorrow, a ministerial meeting, with fellow ministers in the region and beyond to address this threat. for exactly what this shipping disruption might mean for the global economy, i spoke to hung tran, a senior fellow at the atlantic council and former deputy director at the international monetary fund. this area of the red sea leading to the suez canal is quite important in terms of the volume of trade passing through it. about 12% of global trade passes through the red sea, including 30% of the container shipping. all together, it accounts for about us$1 trillion per year of world trade, so it is quite significant, and a disruption there would cause damage to
Communicators congo a discussion of the communicators, a discussion of telecom in washington this fall. Joining us are three working reporters covering this issues, covering congress, sec, our other agencies. John hendel is with politico. Lydia beyoud is with event driven. And Tara Jeffries is with bloomberg bna. Before we get into these issues, i want to ask you all an opening question to see where we go. The influence today of some of the larger Tech Companies, and here in washington. Is it growing, is it outsized . Lydia thats a great question. We are seeing a pivot. In the trunk administration, away from wellrecognized influence by Tech Companies like google and facebook, towards skepticism. Influence under the Previous Administration is under a different light here. Tara i would agree. I think the trunk administration has not shown the same focus on tech groups and companies that the Obama Administration did. Thankfully, we are seeing conversations in congress about it as well, gi