nobody writes much about sydney sauers. sauers, however, except for a couple interviews, cia interviews which were originally classifi classified, sauers was a very interesting guy because he had a very sharp tongue. so some of his more unvarnished opinions are very interesting but it's a very small body of work even on him. and if you go to the truman library and sauers remained a good friend of truman's until the end of his life, if you want to see the sauers papers they're one linear foot of paper. so the only one who wrote very much was leahy and delivered, of course, but clifford waited until the 1980s to write his memoires. so you're sort of left sort of scrambling. these people are very opaque and it's very frustrating to see how little you really can find out about them. and that's why i think he's underappreciated. at the time when he was confirmed as director of the cia in the fall of 1947, it was a unanimous vote in the senate to reconfirm him. so they actually -- they actually held him in very high regard. as i

lauren sauer them a thank you so much for joining us.andemics best-case scenario, and are we living it? lori: i think the worst-case scenario is that states continue to reopen and they don't have a reality check on what that means for the cases sweeping across the country. we are seeing broad increases in cases across the country and states continue reopen activities. i heard someone say the other day that we are done with coronavirus, but coronavirus is not done with us. people are going back to as time.and that is not the tom: you are in critical preparedness. what have we learned about masks? give me a straight story on masks. lauren: there continues to be a lot of talk in politicization of masks. it is making it hard to do the public health measures we need. we are learning more about masks every day, seeing the efficacy and seeing that my mask protects you and your mask or text me and all the masks attacked the vulnerable people in our community. they are an important public health measure when we still don't have a lot of options.

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francine: thank you for their briefing, lauren sauer of johns hopkins.berg check out for the latest and you can tune in every day for an inside look at the covid-19 with johns hopkins experts. the market seems to have looked through the beijing number of cases and the fact that schools have re-shut in beijing to focus. more news on stimulus, monetary and government. the dollar is fluctuating, along with crude oil, and i'm also looking at treasuries nudging higher. overall, there seems to be investor optimism towards risk assets reflecting bets that the new outbreaks will not lead to government pullback from the gradual reopening of their economies. keene, jonathan ferro, and lisa abramowicz for more "bloomberg surveillance." this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ credibility for the of policymakers to follow through on the commitments they've made. >> the market has gotten really negative about the prospect of future inflation. >> you are going to have a pretty big decline in real disposable income in the third quarter, and the reason is you pack so much of that stimulu

like sauer is a paramedic he also began feeling unwell at 1st he thought he was coming down with flu in fact he had measles. the initial symptoms are similar for teeth a sore throat a cough at this point the virus is highly contagious. measles is an airborne disease. alex our went to his g.p. who prescribed antibiotics for a sore throat because the initial symptoms of measles are not distinctive it is often diagnosed late antibiotics don't help alex our felt worse and worse. the crop of all complete your body waste away i've never been run over by a steam roller but i imagine that's what it would feel like you can't do anything you're running a high temperature you've got no appetite evolution weights you sweat like crazy you can't sleep but you're not really awake either i felt helpless that's when i knew i had to do something it's possible. he called an ambulance and was taken to hospital there he developed a skin rash and doctors finally diagnosed measles alex our spent a week in hospital in an isolation room he had a temperature of over 40 degrees celsius and he developed an eye

sauer, from the john hopkins bloomberg school of health, of course supported by a spirit -- bite bloombergp. latin america's largest economy grapples with the coronavirus and prepares for an impending recession. >> brazil has asked -- extended its easing cycle. they slashed benchmarks by 75 basis points and 2.25% as the pandemic tin used to weigh on the economy. our markets reporter is on the line from sao paulo. it seems the move was expected but the question is what happens next after the bank indicated the june cut. >> that's correct. , the rate cut was expected what was interesting is they left the door open. they said they would cut rates again now and then stop. the economic crisis made them change their minds what they are saying is there might be space for an additional rate cut, so this language is additional. what sort of implication are we looking at for the market? it will likely weigh on the brazilian currency tomorrow. let's remind that falling interest rates are one of the reasons why the dow is the worst performing currency in the world -- why it is the worst performing we

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. >> reporter: erica sauers is the director of education and employment at first place for you. her organization provides services and houses more than 400 foster youth around california . since the corona virus hit half of the young people they serve have been laid off or furloughed. they have seen dozens of people apply for housing. many are stuck on wait lists >> for the foster youth they might be losing that access to the school housing, but they are also really losing that access to the income to even rent a room or even go in with a roommate and get an apartment . >> reporter: homelessness isn't the only issue facing former foster kids. some have children of their own to care for. many have mental health challenges and food scarcity is more common for them >> there is a huge crisis right now and a huge gap >> reporter: lawmakers have recognized this problem. governor gavin newsom last month announced a $42 million investment into services for foster kids some of that will go to kids aging out of the system. the as implement filtering is asking for an additional $4 million

as you mentioned the mayor of the city of miami, francis sauers, sayisauer eds is very concerned which begs the obvious question would he consider reinstating the stay-at-home order? here's what he said. >> all options have to be on the table. you know, when we see our hospitalizations go up, our icu beds go up, our ventilators are going up, still with sufficient capacity but going up, it's worrisome. we do have that tool in our toolbox if we need to but we're hoping we don't have to because of the devastating impact it has on our economy. >> reporter: this as mayors across southeast florida are you having enforcement. here in miami beach where i am, according to city officials, they have closed at least four businesses due to covid-19 violations. in the city of miami the officials there can now fine people for not wearing masks in public and in miami-dade which accounts for 25% of all cases in the state of florida, they are sending teams to hot zones to educate the public about social distancing and also wearing masks. this as the state of florida reports two consecutive days of more

. >> reporter: erica sauers is a director of education and employment at first place for youth. organization provides services and houses more than 400 foster youth around california . since the corona virus hit half of the young people they serve have been laid off or furloughed. they have seen dozens of people apply for housing. many are stuck on wait lists respect for the foster youth they might be losing that access to the school housing, but they are also really losing that access to the income to even rent a room. to even go in with a roommate and get an apartment . >> reporter: homelessness isn't only issue facing former foster kids. some have children of their own to care for. many have mental health challenges . food scarcity is more common for them . >> there's a huge crisis right now and a huge gap. >> reporter: lawmakers have recognized this problem. the governor last month announced a $42 million investment into services for foster kids. some of that will go to kids aging out of the system. some lemon phil keating is asking some for an additional $4 million to help