david wessel, we thank you for joining us. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour" west.e will return to judy woodruff and the full program after the latest headlines. the cdc issued a stronger recommendation for both passengers and employees to wear face masks on planes, trains and buses. the guidance is more specific than previous statements, and it comes as infections are surging again. all told, the u.s. has recorded 8.2 million confirmed infections and 220,000 deaths. the u.s. justice department today formally sued google for allegedly abusing its power in online search and advertisements. the lawsuit claims the search giant has effectively created a monopoly that harms competition and consumers. google called the suit deeply flawed. we'll have a full report, after the news summary. election day is now exactly two weeks away, and president trump is back on the road night. this time, in pennsylvania. earlier, the president warned again that a win by democrat joe biden would be a victory for the left-wing. >> the american dream, the great american dream, versus being a

we turn once again to david wessel, director of the hutchi center on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookings institution. so, david, welcome back to the "newshour". tell us what the overall projections are right now about what happens to the economy overall, if we don't see a sort of relief package in the foreseeable future. >> well, the economy was fueled by the care cares act which pasn march. the third quarter will show a big increase in growth. but without stimulus, that's going to level off and we'll level off with far fewer people working than were working before the pandemic. a couple of my colleagues at brookings estimate that with a $2 trillion package is roughly where mnuchin and pelosi are talking, we could get back on the pre-pandemic growth path by the end of 2021 or early 2022. but without any more fiscal stimulus, they estimate that it could be several years, perhaps a decade, before we return to the pre-pandemic growth path. so this is really a moment where it really matters. >> woodruff: help us understand, david, what sectors of the economy -- we heard some of thi