dr victor mattson professor of economics at the college of the holy cross with a specialty in sports economics and our sports correspondent stephen chris thank you both for being here steve i actually want to start with you here what are we currently seeing with covance impact on sports well brett i mean it goes without saying obviously football we're in mid football season which tried to start up it's a disaster for the n.f.l. and college this weekend alone we're seeing already 6 major games most notable 3 top 10 schools being canceled at oklahoma state florida and cincinnati are 3 of the top 10 schools that have games that are now canceled but up to this point now it's only been about $56.00 weeks there's already $32.00 total postponements cancellations of college alone and we know what's going on with the n.f.l. every day you hear of new outbreaks on several teams most notably the titans who have $24.00 positive cases but then we're also seeing an issue like today for example with the indianapolis colts in the n.f.l. had 4 positives but they were false positives after they were re

infections in the country so the central government feels justified for issuing the state of emergency mattson the alert level in paris cafes in bars are closed strict hygiene rules have been introduced in restaurants alcohol consumption in public spaces is prohibited as are large parties the latest measure is even curfews and more restrictions may be coming. or lynn is counting on a curfew bars restaurants and shops must now shut down between 11 pm and 6 pm no more than 5 people are allowed to meet up once and parties are considered to be the prime culprits of a pandemic are human so i actually wanted to celebrate my 20th birthday today and i was really looking forward to it with a curfew it's really a pity that you can't live here as free laydown. with the future of the pandemic be decided in big cities. let me ask that question straight on to will the battle against corona be decided in cities and if so why. well i mean we we see the rise in cases now in the cities that there's a lot of reasons for that people living closer together but also due availability of testing maybe the population

man jailed for murdering a journalist on a homemade submarine after a failed escape attempt peter mattson was cornered by armed police close to the prison where he's serving a life sentence on the outskirts of copenhagen he was found guilty of killing a reporter kim wall in 2017 on board his self built submarine on the baltic sea he appeared to be wearing a fake explosive belt when he was apprehended after 5 minutes outside the jail now it's a risky maneuver that's only worked once before but the scientific value could be massive within the next few hours a deal cyrix rex space probe will attempt to land just briefly on a moving asteroid to snatch a tiny amount of dust and rock what a manages to pick up from asteroid to benue 320000000 kilometers away could tell us much more about how planets are formed victoria gate of reports. a historic moment is on the horizon of the nasa cyrus rex mission it's about to briefly touch down on the surface of asteroid banding together a sample of rock something nasa has never done before this is the culmination of a lot of work it's probably one of the m