. >> reporter: nurses like alissa dickey have been preparing for this since march. >> it was hopefulwould not get to this point, but here we are. >> reporter: four of her family members have tested positive. now more than 100 of her colleagues are also positive. one floor down, ardith griffin is packing her bags for rehab. >> so they're going to get me my strength back. >> reporter: already battling c.o.p.d. and m.s., she's recovering from covid and pneunomia. >> i'm a fighter. i want to get this over with. >> reporter: her son, keith, is an administrator here who helped redesign the hospital for the virus. he converted the air flow in covid rooms and created pop-up preop rooms when they ran out of space. covid patients are now on four floors, and most of the i.c.u. >> they're upside down to help the oxygen. >> reporter: dr. hassan taha oversees the i.c.u. >> many-- unfortunately many of these patients can't talk. they're on ventilators. they're very sick. many of them may not live to be here tomorrow. >> reporter: some of dr. taha papatients who are envelope fans regret going to the

we're heard from journalist and economist paul but dickey believes some countries in need to rethink their priorities when dealing with the pandemic as an economist i look at trade offs and and to be honest measures taken in most of europe like the lockdowns do seem too much focused on trying to avoid infections at all costs rather than trying to find a balance between debt and other goals such as keeping the gandhi life avoiding poverty and maintaining individual liberties so i understand it's difficult for any government right now to take the right decisions but it seems too much could i think and towards trying to avoid infections in europe yeah we will most likely see civil unrest in crete over the next few months because of the lockdowns it will be a harsh winter everyone hoped after 1st lockdown with a relatively mild summer that the worst was over but now we started the new episode off of another lockdown and god knows how long this will take so what will be very jet engine for the rest of the year and also early next year for now if you look at the polls in holland most peopl

is in social media from ordinary afghans who have been reflecting presidential spokesman to dixie dickey said yesterday that there is a perception here in afghanistan that a joe biden victory will bring changes both in the pre peace process and the troop withdrawal now the peace process has not been going exactly as people had hoped for same thing with the u.s. taliban deal that was signed at the end of february it has done nothing here on the ground to reduce the file the violence in fact it has been doing exactly the contrary like you mentioned violence has been increasing by the day neither is any twit that appeared in my eyes is all this yesterday was by an afghan who said americans now got what they had hoped for now we're hoping that one day we will get what we hoped for and this is peace. more election reactions coming up we will look at why some world leaders are actually choosing not to congratulate the president elect and the polls are closed in myanmar but many say they have been denied the right to vote in their election. but. how i will start by focusing on the positive for

magnolia, a memoir of growing up in the south in the 40s and 50s, it's so good and deliverance by james dickey is another one that i absolutely am in love with . the trees, the field, those. all of thosehave been important to me lately . anything by eudora leslie area. >> i think i'm going to be shopping quail ridge right after this . okay, well again, it's so wonderful to see you and so wonderful to get to talk about kent state. i really again, want to thank quail ridge for setting this up. we are i believe there first like a virtual event area and we certainly as you heard will not be there last which is exciting. and thank you all for coming and for just being a part of this conversation. i hope you again get to read or listen to the book really soon. it will definitely change the way that you see thisworld . >> all my friends for selling and being here and all of you who i'm meeting for the first time and david, thanks for getting the time to do this and that you can quail ridge, one of the most fun things i did and i came every single was to have you and sell me already been there during