i got in touch with john brownstein to try to figure out can we get a better understanding at a nationalhat's happening. working closely with boston children's hospital and harvard medical school, a bunch of technicians started a website which lets you submit symptom and testing information. the goal is to allow public health experts and individuals to be to understand the spread of this pandemic and be able to allocate resources and get ahead of this and fill in the data gaps caused by our lack of national testing. >> not to be doubtful, but are you concerned that people may be inputting data that may not necessarily be reflective of a coronavirus or a covid conthe result, the data appears we have a cluster that's not necessarily accurate. >> well, to begin with, a large part is based on the medical research at boston's children's hospital by john brownstein and a trained epidemiologist himself. i'm not a medical doctor. that said, what the website trying to do is to work closely similar to flu near you.org and helping the cdc get ahead of the flu pandemic. we use the same concept there

major venues to madonna has had to cancel her tour just like other superstars such as concerts john brownstein and santana. these days it seems that reality itself has become a dystopian horror movie with people wondering how long it will last 2 weeks 3 months a year. whatever happens we're all in this together. the state of emergency also impacts journalists our reporter has arranged to meet philosophers spend your flask pirlo for an interview outside in her lot minutes on the outskirts of berlin it's a privilege to have these outside space in times of the coronavirus pandemic it's her home office as the editor in chief will follow sophie my god seemed to have won since him so because when i arrived we didn't shake hands things a noticeably changing even the way we greet each other how can we compensate for this. as well i don't know if we can really compensate for it but it's quite interesting that people normally show togetherness solidarity and caring by getting close to one another how other inviting people over showing hospitality. and all that has been suspended or actually turned on it

emily: john brownstein of boston children's hospital.ial intelligence and self driving cars saw a big investment of this week. toyota put more than $4 million into autonomous driving startup pony.ai. the company has already launched a robo taxi service. we spoke to the ceo. >> in general, the field remains to be quite competitive. in terms of the current race, waymo, by launching its charging services in phoenix, arizona -- in terms of commercialization efforts, is probably perceived as the front-runner. but the race is still remain to be very open. >> there is debate amongst all the companies that are chasing full autonomy. you tested in both china and the united states. where are you getting the best quality of testing miles? is it in china with complex traffic? is it in fremont? >> each place has its uniqueness in terms of traffic patterns. in terms of the density of our cases, definitely guangzhou, china, will probably get more happening during the daily routine of our testing. in general, everywhere the traffic patterns are differen

john brownstein, the chief innovation officer at boston children's hospital and professor at harvard medical school. third i welcome dr. peter hotez, who will be introduced by the chair for the subcommittee on energy. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. it's truly a privilege and a pleasure to introduce an internationally recognized physician scientists and global health with tropical diseases and vaccine development who is also my neighbor and a cheerleader in our community. dr. hotez is a professor at college of medicine and co-director of texas children's hospital for vaccine development as head of texas general vaccine development he leads the partnership for developing new vaccines for a variety of diseases including other human coronaviruses like sars and mers , diseases affecting hundreds of millions of children and adults worldwide, while championing access to vaccines globally and in the united states. dr. hotez, welcome. we are glad to have you here today. >> and lastly we have dr. tara kirk sell. a senior scholar at johns hopkins center for health security and assistant p

john brownstein, the chief innovation officer at lost in children's hospital and professor at harvard medical school. the doctor whoe will be introduced by the chair of the subcommittee of intelligence. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. a is a privilege to introduce leading scientist in global health who is also my neighbor and a true leader and our community. he is professor and dean at baylor college of medicine and codirector of texas children's -- centerenter ford for vaccine development. he leads a team of product development partnerships for for diseasesccines that affect hundreds of and adults worldwide. welcome. we are glad to have you here today. , dr. cell, a senior scholar at johns hopkins centers for health security and an assistant professor at john hopkins bloomberg school of public health. you will each have five minutes for your spoken testimony. your written testimony will be included in the record for your hearing. when you have completed your spoken testimony, we will begin questions. each member will have five minutes for questioning. dr. murray, you may procee

bush and john mccain, also "washington post" columnist catherine. and senior editor at the atlantic ron brownstein. mark is also the executive producer of showtimes, the circus. ron, what are you going to run this weekend? reruns, nothing to run, nothing going on? mark, i should say mark. sorry. i said mark, not ron. >> you gave me a show. >> i meant mark. >> what are we going to have to fill the air time? >> what a difference a day makes, huh? >> this is the most dramatic time in politics. let's go back to clyburn. ron, is there a more influential endorsement in your history? >> no. >> the only thing people talk about comparable is the kennedy endorsement of obama and obama was already a strong candidate. there's no one who has taken a candidate as compromised a position as joe biden was and given a boost -- >> ron, we were talking about that with catherine during the break here about the timing, right, catherine? the timing was perfect. she was wondering if he had done it sooner would it have helped joe biden. but i think everything sort of played out perfectly, sort of the buildup and he did it