approving muni railway fare changes, various fare changes, extending discounts of pre-paid fare media, fare increases in excess of the automated index plan for all other passes. increases based on the sfmta's indexing plan for passports, cable cars and authorizing all fare changes to take effect the first day of the next month that is at least 30 days after the fy2021 budget takes effect pursuant or according to the extended deadline for the board of supervisors review as adjusted by an emergency declaration of mayor. acting a z the board of directtors and the parking authority commission approving additional increases to various fines, fees, rates and charngs. amending the transportation code division 2 and increase and decrease payment penalties, special collection fees, boot removal fee, transportation code and vehicle code penalties, color curb painting fees, towing and storage fees, community service processing fees and various fees. i won't read through all of them. >> very good. >> sorry. and i think there is a few more things in here. approving the site l vi analysis of the im

>> fareed, i think there's three stages.e'll see probably for the next month or two continued decline. we'll see many, many more people out of work. probably twice the excess unemployment, maybe three times the excess unemployment that we saw during the financial crisis. then relatively rapid recovery from dismal to terrible, gradual recovery from terrible to normal, and then a somewhat differently structured economy where many more people are going to be working at home. there's going to be much more online commerce, and much less -- much less traditional retail. we'll see a world where i suspect this will be a bit of a blow to the gig economy, and we're probably going to see some bringing home of production to the united states and some reduction in the amount we're exporting as globalization recedes. >> governments already are spending extraordinary amounts of money. the treasury department is going to borrow $3 trillion this month. is there a limit? what is a world look like that is as laden with debt or is that somethin

>> fareed, i think there's three stages.ll see probably for the next month or two continued decline. we'll see many, many more people out of work. probably twice the excess unemployment, maybe three times the excess unemployment that we saw during the financial crisis. then relatively rapid recovery from dismal to terrible, gradual recovery from terrible to normal, and then a somewhat differently structured economy where many more people are going to be working at home. there's going to be much more online commerce, and much less -- much less traditional retail. we'll see a world where i suspect this will be a bit of a blow to the gig economy, and we're probably going to see some bringing home of production to the united states and some reduction in the amount we're exporting as globalization recedes. >> governments already are spending extraordinary amounts of money. the treasury department is going to borrow $3 trillion this month. is there a limit? what is a world look like that is as laden with debt or is that something

>> well, you know, fareed, the contest is over.t recollectix tillersoe worst secretary of state but pompeo is clearly superceded him in that title. you know, this is is a guy whose got no single diplomatic accomplishment to his record. i think his most important actions is that he has metaphorically speaking now shot two u.s. diplomats in the back. one the ambassador to ukraine who was fired for doing her job at the behest of trump and giuliani and now the inspector general who is investigating several things involving pompeo. and this is really, really sad. it's really, really dangerous. i think this is also a distractions machine. you know, fareed, people forgot that last week the attorney general confirmed that america got hit with the first arabian peninsula externally directed terrorist attack since 9/11. the most leathful -- lethal in pensacola, florida. gosh, who was -- remind, fareed, who was head of the cia and the state department? you know, during the time when this attack happened? it was mike pompeo. there's a lot of d

and the problem, fareed, is simple.f china had been open and transparent at the beginning, we could have contained that virus right in wuhan. because of that six-week period that elapsed, hundreds of thousands of chinese citizens got on planes, went to milan, new york, all around the world, seeded the world with what became a pandemic. when i wrote that memo on january 28th, the president had already decided at that point to put travel restrictions on china, and basically here's the thing, a key date in this is january 15th. that's when the chinese came here, fareed, shook our hands, broke bread with us and signed a trade deal and nobody at that point had been told by the chinese government that there was human to human transmission and the possibility of a pandemic. shortly after that we found out a lot of things and that's when president donald j. trump, hhs and this white house began to operate at trump speed and we've been moving ever since at that speed. i think it's unfair not to point out the culpability of the c

i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the show, trump targets the world health organization. he's threatening to make his funding freeze permanent if the organization doesn't shape up in just 30 days. >> they have to be much more fair to other countries including the united states or we're not going to be involved with them. >> i'll talk to a top official at the w.h.o. and china moves to tighten its grip on hong kong and threatens america over its relations with taiwan. what is behind beijing's bold new moves? i will talk to tom friedman and zanny minton beddoes. then 2.4 million more americans filed for unemployment last week, bringing the total to almost 40 million unemployed in just nine weeks. but markets continue to climb. former trump economic adviser, gary cohn, joins me to explain the trump covid economy. also my latest special is about beijing's troubling response to covid-19. china's deadly secret, it premieres tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. i will bring you a preview. >> a battle that began

the fare policy basically increases fares on an incremental basis over time, to match the cost of providing transportation services. as you probably know about 20% of our operating budget comes from transit fares. that's not an insignificant amount of money. we as board members have a responsibility to make sure that sfmta is in a position to continue providing service into the future. row the exact circumstances you're pointing to. we do have various -- we have -- in addition to the muni use program, we have free muni for low and moderate-income senior and people with disabilities. we do have a lifeline pass for lower-income folks. and we do have other discounted programs. so i think the direction that our staff -- they were already working on this. but i think we're always looking for more options to better serve lower-income folks who may be in the middle zone, where basically they may not qualify for the low-income discount. so i think our focus moving forward should be trying to capture folks who may not qualify for the low-income discount programs we have in existence. i would look fo

>> you know, fareed, i think that's slightly off kilter a little. debate is not really about reopening, which is somewhat -- that's where the president is and other people, governors and others are coming across as reluctant or resistant. i actually think democrats and the country should be having to debate you want to reopen? i want to rebuild america. i want to actually invest in america. you have 35 million americans unemployed. what if we said to the americans in the retail sector, we're going to train you, give you unemployment, we'll train you to become a computer coder and use this period of time or somebody in cybersecurity. you're not going to school? we're going to rebuild our schools? you're not driving? we'll rebuild the roads. when they're not used, we can get them done cheaper and more quicker. the president wants to be in the point of reopening. i want the democrats, speaking large, to rebuilding america. america never lost a challenge when it invested either in america or americans. when we do that, that should be the message. right

fare increase to the point that the fare increase will have little effect on the budget. second on the city and ensuring the health and welfare of the citizens while this fare increase is doing just the opposite. it's actually throwing the poor under the bus. >> time. >> thank you so much for your input. we will have your letter and we'll read it. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> you have three questions remaining. >> next speaker, give us your name and your time will start when you give us your name and start talking. >> hi, my name is decker and just a quick thing. i was told by roberta bloomer of the sfmta board that public comment happens at the beginning of the meeting. this is what i was told over e-mail just yesterday. and we had to wait over an hour and 20 minutes into this meeting to give public comment. >> thank you. are you done with your comment, sir? >> he provided comment under communications earlier in the meeting. >> next speaker, please. >> you have two questions remaining. >> next speaker, please, give us your name and we'll start your time when yo

let's bring in cnn's fareed zakaria. in january, fareed, the president was actually praising president xi of china for his handling of the virus. he complimented china's efforts and transparency. february he said china was strong, sharp, powerfully focused. so what is happening? now he's really getting tough on china. >> wolf, it is clear what has happened which is that the american response and the death toll has been so high, and america's performance compare today the rest of the world has been so terrible that donald trump is doing what he often does which is looking for somebody to blame. and if you remember he ran the 2016 campaign saying that mexicans were to blame for america's problems. he was going to build that wall and mexico was going to pay. now it's china's fault and china will pay. china did some things wrong and some things were covered up. but let me just give you one fact, wolf, which is the the rest of the world got to know what the rest of the world got to know particularly china's neighbors like tai

so let's bring in fareed in now. fareed, good evening to you. give me your take on the tension between the u.s. and china right now over this coronavirus. make sense of this for me and for our audience on this and alex's reporting. >> well, if you think about it, don, donald trump was asked repeatedly in january and in february what he thought of the way the chinese were handling the virus, what he thought of president xi, whether he thought there was any kind of -- anything he held back, and he kept saying over and over again the chinese are doing a great job, president xi is doing a great job, we appreciate their transparency. so that was what he was saying. and at that point the chinese were saying this is human-to-human transmission. this is a big deal. they have locked up wuhan. they then locked up 750 million people for a while. so it was absolutely clear what was going on. what has changed is that the trump administration and president trump personally are now being attacked for the fact that they waited essentially six weeks before they

fare increase to the point that the fare increase will have little effect on the budget. second on the city and ensuring the health and welfare of the citizens while this fare increase is doing just the opposite. it's actually throwing the poor under the bus. >> time. >> thank you so much for your input. we will have your letter and we'll read it. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> you have three questions remaining. >> next speaker, give us your name and your time will start when you give us your name and start talking. >> hi, my name is decker and just a quick thing. i was told by roberta bloomer of the sfmta board that public comment happens at the beginning of the meeting. this is what i was told over e-mail just yesterday. and we had to wait over an hour and 20 minutes into this meeting to give public comment. >> thank you. are you done with your comment, sir? >> he provided comment under communications earlier in the meeting. >> next speaker, please. >> you have two questions remaining. >> next speaker, please, give us your name and we'll start your time when yo

they will be looking for low fares.low fare carriers like southwest will see more demand in an environment like this, but i think overall, it will take several years for the traffic to recover. will youhich routes lose without more aid or drawing down more from the federal budget that you can apply for? you are already receiving $3.2 billion, and can apply for additional $0.8 billion. which routes do you think might be first to go? gary: with the $3.2 billion under the c.a.r.e.s. act, it is important to know that all of that money is earmarked for our employees, and even that doesn't cover our payroll through september 30. at this point, we are still serving all of our domestic destinations we were serving before the crisis. we don't have any international service points right now because that is being restricted. we don't have any plans to close any destinations, and all of the itineraries that we had before, with the exception of the international, are still available. i think we just have to see how demand recovers.

process for the board of supervisors to accept or reject muni fare changes by a majority vote. it would also establish a policy for muni fare increases, something that i think has been long overdue. it would require that the sfmta submit a number of different action strategies which would create the space for real policy oversight and iterative dialogue between the board of supervisors, the elected body, the sfmta commission, relate to key performance indicators and goals every two years. these are action plans that we talk about, but hopefully, this would elevate them as it relates to climate change, vision zero, and street safety. it would also require that the sfmta provide benchmarks for level of services and revise the minimum standards for performances and delivery of routes. finally, it would implement a quality review through the use of nationally recognized firms. so that is what is before you. i think those are all reasonable and fiscally responsible policy changes, and i really want to thank my cosponsors who happen to constitute the entirety of the land use -- and l

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the vta plans to start collecting fares again and people will enter buses up front by the fare box but the agencies needed a barrier between operators and riders. after outside proposals proved too costly a solution came from the workers. >> body shop and upholstery departments got together and we came up with the idea pretty quick. >> the workers are converting window shades into shields, and making it retractible so doctors can drive without obstruction, an effective solution, not the usual kind of project. >> we are definitely in different times today than we were six months ago. >> for now about, 200 buses will be outfitted with these new barriers about. a third of the fleet. but again, this is just a temporary fix. a bigger saturday yer shield is already being developed. in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, robert. >>> the nbc bay area will see a stronger protective shield before riders can enter through the front of the bus. >>> san francisco is looking at contact tracers, recruiting librarians. the public librarians closed, the librarians are available to

seat, go ahead and raise the fares and i know what people are saying, go ahead and jack up a fare by if you're running an airline it's tough enough to convince people to fly and now you'll want to add $130 bucks a ticket? do you think they'll want to pay that they were designed to fill as many seats as possible and now you're asking them to change their business model. >> the fares go up two times phil and there will be letters complaining about that phil lebeau, thank you, in chicago. >> let's now bring in a top-ranked airline analyst, helane becker. i want to get your reaction about the letter from peter defazio from the airline ceo and they assumed they could fill the seat of the 67% capacity >> what does that do to the airlines >> thanks for having me on, melissa. it's -- they won't make money. plain and simple they can't do that sustainably they can do it for a few months. they can't even do it a minute or so to raise fares and it has the effect and discouraging demand and they would be self-limiting and they would sell fewer tickets anyway that would have some middle seats open

the fare policy basically increases fares on an incremental basis over time, to match the cost of providing transportation services. as you probably know about 20% of our operating budget comes from transit fares. that's not an insignificant amount of money. we as board members have a responsibility to make sure that sfmta is in a position to continue providing service into the future. row the exact circumstances you're pointing to. we do have various -- we have -- in addition to the muni use program, we have free muni for low and moderate-income senior and people with disabilities. we do have a lifeline pass for lower-income folks. and we do have other discounted programs. so i think the direction that our staff -- they were already working on this. but i think we're always looking for more options to better serve lower-income folks who may be in the middle zone, where basically they may not qualify for the low-income discount. so i think our focus moving forward should be trying to capture folks who may not qualify for the low-income discount programs we have in existence. i would look fo

we must defend the rights of every citizen to live without violence, prejudice or fare. we support the over -- or fear. we support the overwhelming majority of police officers who are incredible in every day and devoted public servants. they keep our cities safe, protect our communities from gangs and drugs, and risk their own lives for us every day. no one is more upset than fellow law enforcement officers by the small handful who failed to abide by their oath to serve and protect. my administration will stop mob violence. and we'll stop it cold. it does not serve the interest of justice or any citizen of any race, color or creed for the government to give into anarchy, abandon police precincts, or allow communities to be burned to the ground. it won't happen.

fareed zakaria gps special, next. >>> will they be back to normal. is online education good enough or is it actually even better? i'll talk to the president of arizona state university and a pioneer of online education. >>> finally life as we know it. can we live life asless social creatures? will we greet each over with a bow and a handshake instead of a hug and what is all of this doing to our brains? ariana huffington has been thinking about it all. we'll close with my usual take all in this special hour. let's get started. >>> what will post-covid-19 politics and geopolitics look like. joining me is the prime minister. welcome. you have written a great deal. you have talked about the rise of populicsm and how we entereda world of left versus right and open versus closed. what does this pandemic do to that debate? it seems as though a lot of people are saying let's close down because if we're open, we get infected. >> it will be a lot of people saying that. on the other hand you've got to think of how important it is that we deal with this pandemi

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fare increase to the point that the fare increase will have little effect on the budget. second on the city and ensuring the health and welfare of the citizens while this fare increase is doing just the opposite. it's actually throwing the poor under the bus. >> time. >> thank you so much for your input. we will have your letter and we'll read it. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> you have three questions remaining. >> next speaker, give us your name and your time will start when you give us your name and start talking. >> hi, my name is decker and just a quick thing. i was told by roberta bloomer of the sfmta board that public comment happens at the beginning of the meeting. this is what i was told over e-mail just yesterday. and we had to wait over an hour and 20 minutes into this meeting to give public comment. >> thank you. are you done with your comment, sir? >> he provided comment under communications earlier in the meeting. >> next speaker, please. >> you have two questions remaining. >> next speaker, please, give us your name and we'll start your time when yo

additionally, i'm concerned about the fare hikes and the attacks on the muni union and trying to say that muni union jobs will be removed if fears are nofaresare not increased ans ridiculous. there are people on staff with a six-figure salary and have a nice office building that could be relocated. doesn't need a multi-million dollar building and spending millions of dollars on new construction projects and buses left accessible to disabled people. >> your time is up. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you, very much. your complaint has been registered. >> you have one question remaining. >> hi -- if you could give us your name and your two minutes will start when you start talking. this period is only as an accommodation for people with disabilities with regard to general public comment that item will be called a bit later in the agenda. >> hi, this is michelle. >> what is your name, ma'am? >> i'm michelle. >> thank you. >> go ahead. >> your time is running, ma'am. please address the board. >> who is this? >> >> this is the mta board of directors. >> oh, ok. do you wish to address

process for the board of supervisors to accept or reject muni fare changes by a majority vote. it would also establish a policy for muni fare increases, something that i think has been long overdue. it would require that the sfmta submit a number of different action strategies which would create the space for real policy oversight and iterative dialogue between the board of supervisors, the elected body, the sfmta commission, relate to key performance indicators and goals every two years. these are action plans that we talk about, but hopefully, this would elevate them as it relates to climate change, vision zero, and street safety. it would also require that the sfmta provide benchmarks for level of services and revise the minimum standards for performances and delivery of routes. finally, it would implement a quality review through the use of nationally recognized firms. so that is what is before you. i think those are all reasonable and fiscally responsible policy changes, and i really want to thank my cosponsors who happen to constitute the entirety of the land use -- and l

from the fare way to the green the course was jammed with families. not a golf ball in site.ch towels and the occasional kite. >> it's surreal being out here. in the middle oflt fare way and playing soccer and having picnics. >> they maintained a much appreciated good neighbor policy. and a fun environment for cooped up families. in a few days being safe will mean honoring the rules and staying off the course. >> walkers and flying golf balls don't mix too well. >> the course will be returning to its mission of providing recreation. being one sport to control social distancing. >> clubhouse will be locked down. so nobody will be allowed in the golf shop. people come out after they paid and check in. starter will get thm off the first tee. >> crews hit the turf 4:30 a.m. mowing lawns and smoothing greens and getting it back in playing shape. the fees will contribute a welcome boost to the budget. including maintenance and upkeep. >> i know my husband probably doesn't like it. he would be rather be here golfing. but it's great getting out with the kids. and the sand traps have

but how would one truck fare against munching bloodbath. without the 12th man. whose glory days came in the seventy's a backup among the league's best meanwhile frankford have struggled and lapis caught them napping with their 1st attack in the opening minutes allison play on making it one nil. last season went well for frankfurt having made it all the way to the rocha league semifinals but this campaign has had its fair share of pick ups and again they had little to show. back used to them tapped into double the visitors lead practically deciding the game within 7 short minutes. so it's a fortnight celebration that the characters do every time you were in a game and fortnight so that's what we did frances with xylene missing their fans in the stands. can also set him as he had a very sleepy beginning and then afterwards it was really hard to come back from a to go deficit. einstein did eventually wake up and improve but they lack the typical vigor. on the other hand played it smart to fall at just the right moment also requires some skill. reno courtesy of rumm

the likes of luck and don't mind packing and their debut season in the top flight but how would they fare without their fans. oneone here and red started as if they had a packed house behind them showing little fear of the perennial champions. antony might well have done more with this chance after just 7 minutes. by him curtains a flick so his contract renewed during the break a vote of confidence he'll need to justify. then buy ins 1st attack in 10 weeks and the ball was promptly in the ash. except it was disallowed he said thomas miller straying off science. but as the game went on byron ray found their form and with a pace that was too harsh for anyone liam gretzky edging out a penalty 5 minutes before half time. robert leavened able to recover from injury during the break stepped up to slot away his 26 of the season. and as i'll swear it was a case of. why alba is. buying her own cause for that 8th straight title at least one sign of normality in these troubling times. that turkish nominee of course is different but i have to be able to focus once it's kicked off time and i lock out

the fare policy basically increases fares on an incremental basis over time, to match the cost of providing transportation services. as you probably know about 20% of our operating budget comes from transit fares. that's not an insignificant amount of money. we as board members have a responsibility to make sure that sfmta is in a position to continue providing service into the future. row the exact circumstances you're pointing to. we do have various -- we have -- in addition to the muni use program, we have free muni for low and moderate-income senior and people with disabilities. we do have a lifeline pass for lower-income folks. and we do have other discounted programs. so i think the direction that our staff -- they were already working on this. but i think we're always looking for more options to better serve lower-income folks who may be in the middle zone, where basically they may not qualify for the low-income discount. so i think our focus moving forward should be trying to capture folks who may not qualify for the low-income discount programs we have in existence. i would look fo

how his members are faring. bloomberg. ♪ shery: hong kong's economy shrank by the most on record in the first three months of this year as the impact of the virus pandemic added to an economy already pummeled by political unrest. stephen engle the details. the economy already contracted for two consecutive quarters last year and now a drop of almost 9%. stephen: yeah, that's right. the pandemic obviously getting worse than even the worst forecast and the threat of protest possibly returning to the streets of hong kong now that they are looking at using those social distancing restrictions makes the outlook for the full year even worse. bloomberg intelligence expects the recession to extend into the second half of the year, leading to an even bigger full-year contraction this year than earlier forecast. bad. quarter gdp, it was down -8.9 percent year-over-year, the biggest drop on record going back to 1974. deeper than the consensus of contraction of 6.5%. it is the third straight quarter of contraction. let's pu

they will be looking for low fares.urse, i do think low-fare carriers like southwest will see more demand in an environment like this. i think overall, it will take several years for the traffic to recover. >> all of your preparation seen predicated on revenue coming back, even if it is five years down the road. if it doesn't or if it takes longer than that or if there are too many airplane seats with too few customers, is there a round of consolidation that takes place? what would be the tipping point for you to consider something like that? >> i think all of that is premature. right now, we are just making sure that we keep southwest healthy and we survive this crisis. how long it takes to survive, i think, is the essence of your question. and then, what techniques will we need to not just survive but then thrive are all open. we acquired airtran airways in 2010. obviously, we have proven it is something we are willing to do and able to do. that is not the preferred course at this point, but you make an excellent poin

and ryan air says it will have to deeply discount fares to attract passengers back in the air.he ceo says -- >> they are making this stuff up as they go along, and the reality is, face mask. you reduce the transmission by 98.5%. >>> happy monday, everybody, and welcome to "street signs." last week the stock 600 dropped about 3.8% but this morning we are seeing investors putting money back to work in particular in cyclical markets. altogether the stock 600 rebounding more than 2%. really recouping last week's losses we are reopening major economies around the world and investors are perhaps cheering that in terms of what is in demand and shrugging off the bullish ideas, and investors looking past the comments of the fed and toward the reopening of several economies. as you can see, green across the board here but we are seeing some out performing in the dax a number of cyclical names in that region. we're also seeing a strong performance in the footsie let's get into the sectors and look at what is driving the games this morning as i said, cyclicals, the key theme here, and sour

how are they faring right now? >> there's no clear definition of essential workers. states have defined them differently. when you think about the things that we all need in order to get workers, grocery store in my mind are obviously essential work is. first responders clearly essential workers. who are doing other kinds of administered of things that we absolutely need -- administrative things that we absolutely need to keep functioning as a society. people like waste management. we absolutely need that to happen. it's a very broad swath of people. when you think about what is an essential worker, about what do you see that you need to actually make it through from day to day. those are the people that have to keep going to work despite risks they may be facing. one of the things that's true about essential workers, many of them have historic been very low paid work. for example in grocery stores. they are providing the services that we all need to make it through this global pandemic and are typically very low paid work. -- workers. this has really shown a light o

nobody wants their fares to go up by 50%. momentum is building towards restarting the nba season. commissioner adam silver will make a decision very soon. andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. >> if all goes well, we could potentially have the nba and major league baseball both back on tof by the end of july. the athletic reporting that they sent a memo saying the players and the nba, they want to resume the regular season and have the playoffs. commissioner adam silver, meanwhile, held a conference call with the board of governors yesterday. according to espn, adrian woej now ski say the discussions focused on the health and safety concerns. a big step is getting everyone comfortable with the idea that the league would not shut back down if one person tests positive for covid-19. how many positive tests would shut down the league again? that's being discussed. according to woj, and commissioner silver, they will make a decision on restarting the season. cnn reached out to the nba and the union about these conversatio

from the fare way to the green the course was jammed with families. not a golf ball in site. beach towels and the occasional kite. >> it's surreal being out here. in the middle oflt fare way and playing soccer and having picnics. >> they maintained a much appreciated good neighbor policy. and a fun environment for cooped up families. in a few days being safe will mean honoring the rules and staying off the course. >> walkers and flying golf balls don't mix too well. >> the course will be returning to its mission of providing recreation. being one sport to control social distancing. >> clubhouse will be locked down. so nobody will be allowed in the golf shop. people come out after they paid and check in. starter will get thm off the first tee. >> crews hit the turf 4:30 a.m. mowing lawns and smoothing greens and getting it back in playing shape. the fees will contribute a welcome boost to the budget. including maintenance and upkeep. >> i know my husband probably doesn't like it. he would be rather be here golfing. but it's great getting out with the kids. and the sand traps h

they'll start initially from texas and florida with fare as low as $28 a day.ut down in mid march when coronavirus outbreak trapped panels on board, some of whom died. bank of australia is not expected to make policy changes at today's meeting even with a -- it sounds like the they are on the same page as the r.b.a. >> he is. i guess it's not too much of a surprise. lockdowns, coronavirus, all of this has already take an toll and of course the government is taking big steps to offset this. josh friedenberg in his speech later today, report on by jason scott, saying it's going to cause a 10% drop in second quarter g.d.p. remember this is the same administration that, you know, a year ago, six months ago, didn't think the economy would need any stimulus on the r.b.a. side it might but of course coronavirus changed thinking around the world. here's one of the things he will say in his speech. notwithstanding australia's success today on the health front and the unprecedented scale and scope of our economic response, our economic indicaters will get significantly w

i'm fareed zakaria. once upon a time there was just one person, a single patient in wuhan, china with a fever and a cough. how did we go from that first case to a global catastrophe? could the virus have been stopped or slowed down? what happened in the earliest days when doctors and local officials knew they were at war with a brand-new virus, untreatable, contiguous, deadly? this is the story of china and covid-19. what did the chinese government know and when did they know it? >>> the story begins on a beautiful night last fall. the biggest celebration in china's history. the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china. a spectacular eruption of joy and pride and victory. for a country that had risen from third-world deprivation to dazzling first-world power in just a few decades. >> 70 years ago china was desperately poor. it had a very low standard of living. the life expectancy was among the poorest countries in the world. today here you are in beijing at a moment when you are rivaling the u