influential purchasing managers index china's economy has the recovered much faster from the pen dimmick the most western economies. goes takes over as director general of the world trade organization today she will be the 1st woman and the 1st african to run the ws yo supporters hope she will breathe new life into the troubled organization which faces a ray of challenges. over south america now we're a has for years been one of the continent's best performing economies no more the pandemic has seen the return of soup kitchens as increasing numbers of earth wayans become dependent on food donations. 5 volunteers work in the soup kitchen at why every day they turn groceries like these peppers into a delicious meal for the needy. has been working here for a year she used to work at a restaurant until she was fired without notice. the month last march right at the beginning of the pandemic i was laid off i didn't receive unemployment benefits and i had to struggle through because i worked in the restaurant off the books. today they've made pastor with vegetable source the food is provided b

plans to ease restrictions texas is lifting its mask mandate in an attempt to return to a pre and dimmick normal as early as next week but public health officials a warning it is still much too early. one shot and the worry is gone several states have begun rolling out the single dose johnson and johnson vaccine the 3rd now approved in the country with the world's worst coronavirus death toll on that scientist go do it because it just takes so much pressure off of you worrying about any. formal thing to biden administration is now asking states to prioritize vaccinating teachers in hopes of reopening schools quickly but the president says it will be some time before the pandemic is over why do i think for your back to the. question given the nature of that because you don't know for sure but my hope is by this time next year we're going to be back to normal but one very big city is pushing to reopen a lot sooner texas governor wants to put an end to the pandemics economic damage. but the active next wednesday. all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100 percent also i mean in doing

chills you touched on this just a little bit but we talk about recovery are we looking at this pen dimmick as something that will be recovered from in a matter of years or could this prompt a more fundamental shift in the way people travel that would affect tons of. the further distance we've heard so far from the aviation industry is that they do expect a recovery they expect at some point in the next several years that the house and your levels will really recover to pre-credit virus levels but it will leave a lasting scars on these companies even for looked so they've lost tens of thousands of jobs to and thousands of planes so it will have lasting consequences all right charles lane in frankfurt thank you very much. let's look now at some of the other global business stories making headlines. siemens energy will join the german blue chip index dax later this month the company a 2020 spin off from industrial giant siemens combines oil and gas technology with renewable energies like on an offshore wind parks in the dax that were placed consumer goods firm buyers or. the south korean econ

us president joe biden assumed office under the backdrop of pain dimmick mass unemployment a broken immigration system calls for a higher minimum wage demands to address college loan debt and more as domestic and foreign policy pressures mount the by the administration is hard at work to meet the moment despite unprecedented obstruction from republicans in the senate. after making good on his promise to deliver a 1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package to the american people biden is now addressing the things that work in that package things like jobs child care and education. the proposed 3 trillion dollar infrastructure and jobs package will focus on domestic issues like universal pre-k. national child care and free community college tuition. but that's just the 1st part the 2nd part of the package includes investments and repairing the nation's roads bridges waterways and rails it also seeks robust investments in upgrading buildings to meet environmental safety standards. child care and early childhood education investment have long been ignored as priorities even though politician af

we were not expecting a resurgence of the appa dimmick. right now, people are younger than the last time. amy: here in the u.s., the centers for disease control and prevention is warning of the potential for a rapid rise in new covid-19 cases and deaths. on monday the u.s. recorded nearly 70,000 new coronavirus infections, a more than 10% rise in cases from a week ago. cdc director rochelle walensy said she's concerned about asr "fourth wave" of disease across the u.s. >> we have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of where we are in so much reason for hope. right now, i'm scared. amy president biden urged : governors and mayors across the u.s. to recommit to requiring mask wearing and social distancing. biden also said 90% of u.s. adults will be eligible for a vaccine by mid-april. he in new york, governor andrew cuomo has expanded vaccine access to everyone 30 years and older beginning today. the move came as a state judge ordered new york to immediately offer a covid-19 vaccine to all incarcerated people, because t

dimmick that's is like my saturday night.ts on the kennedy program for those watching at home. kat here's a next question, what came first joe biden or the slinky? >> the slinky. so for now i'm sorry joe biden. >> that's close by year. kennedy: slinky invented in 1943. >> i got a really hard one. before that something to secure navy ships on we all really excited for fleet week this year i'm not alone. kevin, what came first joe biden or the discovery of pluto? >> pluto. so far that is correct kevin is now the lead with two points. the object formally known as planet pleader discovered in 1930. all right, one more round, chris arrigo. what came first, joe biden or the soda can? >> the soda can. so far no chris it was joe biden. he showed up in 1942 the soda can and you factored by reynolds metals company. [inaudible] it was used to package a diet colder called slender rela. if they did that i probably give them kevin's $20000. what came first joe biden or sliced bread? >> joe biden. kennedy: no sliced bread and 19208 bakery i

back to the conversation we were having a few months ago about what is going on with zoom post ben dimmickst pandemic. some of the biggest names in retail out with numbers this morning. here with the details, emma chandra. emma: the biggest of those names, target, coming in with some impressive comps and margins. not being rewarded in the market this morning. we also heard from kohl's. they did offer an updated sales outlook. abercrombie & fitch doing well in digital. on tour brands -- contour brands, they own lee and wrangler, it seems like even though we spent the last year wearing at leisure, we are -- wearing athleisure, we are still living in a denim world. they really added a number of multichannel shoppers this past year, some 12 million of them. they also increased their profit margins, despite seeing more and more shoppers shifting online and the cost associated with that. sales through the roof, up some $15 billion over the course of the last year. to put that in context for you, that is more than the increase in sales in target for the last 11 years combined. what was also inter

announcing plans to ease restrictions texas is lifting its mask mandated attempt to return to a pre and dimmick normal as early as next week but public health officials a warning it is still much too early. one shot and the worry is gone several states have begun rolling out the single dose johnson and johnson vaccine the 3rd now approved in the country with the world's worst coronavirus death toll on constraints go do it because it just takes so much pressure off of you worry about getting. hormone thing to biden administration is now asking states to prioritize vaccinating teachers in hopes of reopening schools quickly but the president says it will be some time before the pandemic is over why do i think for your factory i'd be cautious to give an inch of that because we don't know for sure but my hope by this time next year repeat back to. one very big state is pushing to reopen a lot sooner texas governor wants to put an end to the pandemics economic damage. but the active next wednesday. all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100 percent also i mean in doing this state wide mask ma

taliban fell in 2001 it and pakistan are the only 2 countries in the world where polio remains in dimmickmany people particularly in telecom held areas opposed the polio vaccination drive skepticism flourished after the cia used a fake hepatitis vaccination campaign in the hunt for osama bin laden blacks in the but out that. these female polio vaccination workers were coming here as part of a vaccination campaign maybe they were followed because from that side 2 gunmen attacked them then they left the area. afghanistan is experiencing an increase in targeted killings of government employees civil society members activists and journalists it was $700.00 targeted killings just last year in jalalabad earlier this month 3 female journalists none older than 20 were gunned down in the street on tuesday it was the street for 2 of the woman this was the last act marking the wall to record children in this house had been vaccinated ballasts. chinese state media say the country's been vindicated speier w.h.o. reports investigating the origins of the corona virus pandemic a scene of experts visited