doctor ingrid katz. _ more regular live. doctor ingrid katz, thank i more regular live.tz, thank you so| more regular live. doctor- ingrid katz, thank you so much for coming on.— for coming on. thank you for havin: for coming on. thank you for having me- _ this is bbc world news. our top stories this hour: an internet blackout fails to prevent protests in myanmar — thousands take to the streets in the biggest demonstrations yet against the miltary coup. a study shows the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine has limited effectiveness in preventing mild illness from the south african variant of coronavirus, but the team says it does help prevent severe cases. to india now and the huge protests by farmers there. thousands from right across the country blocked roads to pressure the government to roll back agricultural reforms. more than 50,000 security personnel were deployed around delhi. small farmers object to plans to open up food production to big business. 0ur india correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan reports. roadblocks as farmers in cities across india staged a three—hour traff

katz. host: go ahead, eric katz.st: there definitely were outbreaks at the distribution centers like the caller mentioned. i touched on that earlier. something like 10% of the usps workforce has contracted covid-19 and thousands of thousands more had to quarantine. there were concerns about overtime, that dejoy was trying to cut overtime. as far as we know, he never directly issued any sort of mandate to cut overtime. what happened was he said, let's issue these policies and they will result in less overtime. some facilities interpreted that as we have to cut overtime. we have not seen a big reduction in overtime. as far as the delays at the distribution centers, that has been a big problem. dejoy said yesterday that during the busy season, during the holidays, there were packages outside piled up because they did not even have room for them anymore. that is how much the volume was impacting them. part of what he is talking about in terms of his plan, and i have mentioned this, modernizing some of their systems, thes

doctor ingrid katz, thank you so much for coming on.gress, with two vaccines, from sinovac and sinopharm, already making their way abroad. the sinovacjab has just received limited approval in china for use on an emergency basis. despite caution from sinovac that data for the protection rate for people over 60 is "limited". david campanale has more. from mask diplomacy to vaccine diplomacy. china has been working hard to change global perceptions. it already has a vaccine in production made by sinopharm, which is being used internationally. indonesia's president joko widodo became the first major world leader to publicly receive a shot one month ago. by giving conditional approval to sinovac�*s product, chinese regulators have now allowed emergency access for a second chinese supply for general use. rio dejaneiro�*s iconic sambadrome, which hosts the city's famous carnaval. brazilians here over 90 years old have been receiving sinovac jabs after the venue was converted into a drive—through vaccination centre. translation: it will be - wo

jamie katz. the detective in fort holiday —— fort lauderdale, florida.verance rover on mars. the panorama shows the rim of the jezero crater, where the rover touched down last week, and the cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance. it was taken by rotating the rover�*s mast 360 degrees. the mast is equipped with dual zoomable cameras, which can take high—definition video and images. nasa says the panorama is composed of 142 individual images stitched together on earth. k—pop superstars blackpink have emerged as the latest force in the globalfight against climate change. the all—female group, whose stars have billions of fans around the world, have decided to speak outjust months before a major conference on climate change will be held in britain. the uk prime minister boris johnson has written to thank them for supporting the un climate summit, known as cop26. they spoke to our correspondent laura bicker in seoul. all: hi, this is blackpink! # hit you with that do—do, do—do, do! they are one of the biggest pop acts in the world. their videos

government executive senior correspondent erik katz talked about today's hearing on the state of the u.s. postal service, the terms of its physical health, and persistent service delays. watch "washington journal." at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. >> the confirmation hearing for william burns to serve as cia director, next. he spoke about current threats posed by formers -- foreign states, including china and russia, and how to make the cia more effective in the future. this senate intelligence community -- committee hearing is two hours.

one is that dr katz in tunis does not want to participate in any political debate criticism came both from the portuguese and the german opposition for the medical work was their 1st priority is helping patients on. this private clinic only provided us with infrastructure and they offered additional support but the patients we treat from the public health care system are. a total of 8 patients will be treated some of tenuously by the german medical team at this i.c.u. . deployment is said to last 3 weeks but the mission might be extended. let's catch you up with some other developments in the grown a virus pandemic here in germany the number of new infections keeps falling health authorities registered 10500 new cases in the past 24 hours down from 12400 a week ago a nighttime curfew has again been imposed in havana the 1st weeks of this year have seen more corona virus infections in cuba than were recorded over all of 2020 and the world health organization has called on vaccine makers to dramatically boost production the w.h.o. stressed that almost 130 countries with 2500000000 peopl

i'm joined by david katz, chief investment officer at matrix investment advisers. powell's testimony that caught your attention and was the market justified in coming that far off the lows? >> we think the testimony was more of the same, basically what powell has said is that inflation is going to be in check, and the fed is going to keep rates low indefinitely. and the market likes that. we think that the market is very momentum driven at the moment. so you started off negative and the news flow wasn't as bad during the day we would not read too much into one given day or week with the stock market. >> the momentum last year is very different than the momentum of the end of the year and into this year right now. we highlighted earlier in the show just how far the outperformance has been in energy and industrial type stocks, versus certain part of the technology and communications services sector is that kind of rotation here to stay can we expect to see those economically sensitive value sectors continue to outperform >> we believe it is. last year was the most lo

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now, doctor katz says there's a journal that he kept during his year in vietnam is here on the display at the museum. and there's an entry that says, grant them a beat, early one five, gunshot wound to the chest. it's just a short entry. so i said to mayor, i setmayer, it isn't look like it was that significant. he said, it wasn't that significant. and i said, wait a minute. so his wound wasn't that significant. he said no, we got these all the time. and i said well, he wasn't wounded that badly. he said no, he came to his head, we just brought him back. but, that struck me as to the power and importance and dedication the surgeons had. now mayor tells the story of operating on a marine. came to him with a gunshot wound. his cuts were exposed as they brought him in. they put him on the operating table and he went into cardiac arrest. he had a partner, surgeon partner and they opened his chest and they took turns. one would massage his heart, and the other will try to stop the bleeding. and they massaged his heart for 44 minutes without success. and mayor said to his partner, i think we

does america have in the world when it preaches democracy and the rule of law let's pull in jonathan katz now from the german marshall fund in washington d.c. jonathan served as adviser at the u.s. state department and he was a foreign policy and visor on capitol hill john is going to have you back on the show the united states as you know has condemned the military coup in me and more president biden is reportedly threatening sanctions economic sanctions there one thing how much of a moral force the does the u.s. have at the moment. well i think 1st and foremost the new administration president biden has is chemically to condemn what's taken place in burma let's not forget it was the obama administration with vice president biden that help move burma forward to her craddick lee several years ago so there's a lot of history and experience with the u.s. working with the current government force in the current government that's actually now jailed and so i think this administration is moving very quickly want to express its concerns and then expressing what options might be on the table if

does america have in the world when it preaches democracy and the rule of law let's pull in jonathan katz now from the german marshall fund in washington d.c. jonathan served as adviser at the u.s. state department and he was a foreign policy advisor on the capitol hill johnson is going to have you back on the show the united states as you know has condemned the military coup in me and more president biden is reportedly threatening sanctions economic sanctions there one thing how much of a moral force the does the u.s. have at the moment. well i think 1st and foremost the new administration president biden has is chemically to condemn what's taken place in burma let's not forget it was the obama administration with vice president biden that help move burma forward democratically several years ago so there's a lot of history and experience with the u.s. working with the current government force in the current government that's actually 3 now jailed and so i think this administration is moving very quickly want to express its concerns and then expressing what options might be on the table i

does america have in the world when it preaches democracy and the rule of law let's pull in jonathan katz now from the german marshall fund in washington d.c. jonathan served as adviser at the u.s. state department and he was a foreign policy and visor on capitol hill johnson is going to have you back on the show the united states as you know has condemned the military coup in me and more president biden is reportedly threatening sanctions economic sanctions there one thing how much of a moral force the does the u.s. have at the moment. well i think 1st and foremost the new administration president biden has has come out quickly to condemn what's taken place in burma let's not forget it was the obama administration with vice president biden that help move burma forward democratically several years ago so there's a lot of history and experience with the u.s. working with the current government force in the current government that's actually now jailed and so i think this administration is moving very quickly want to express its concerns and then expressing what options might be on the tabl

dr ingrid katz is an infectious disease specialist and associate faculty director at the harvard globalore information on the upcoming week to really help us understand what is going on, particularly with these new variants as noted in south africa. and how concerned are you by these new variants? we have had one version in kent, and in south africa, could there be more? absolutely. i remain concerned about these variants, particularly when the rates of covid—i9 are still high and the percentage of the population globally rates. does this mean that we need to start thinking about the coronavirus like we think about the flu, that every single year there will be different variants and we will need protection against that? i do think the coronavirus is here with us to stay, u nfortu nately. but on the optimistic side, it's been wonderful to see that these vaccines do seem to prevent hospitalisations, which is the thing that we're most concerned about. so if they can continue to work on these vaccines to ensure that they're safe and effective as these variants mutate, that i think we may be

jamie katz. climate change. the all—female group, whose stars have billions of fans around the world, have decided to speak outjust months before a major conference on climate change will be held in the uk. the british prime minister borisjohnson has written to thank them for supporting the un climate summit known as cop26. they spoke to our correspondent laura bicker in seoul. all: hi, this is blackpink! # hit you with that do—do, do—do, do! cheering and applause. they are one of the biggest pop acts in the world, their videos are seen by billions and break youtube viewing records... this is a global challenge. each and everyone of us could make a difference, and we need to act now. ..so when they do a call to action like this, it can have a real impact. i think we all probably saw it but definitely, the documentary that sir david attenborough presented — a life on our planet — has helped us a lot and various other platforms such as that has helped us to actually learn more about what we could a

dramatic pictures blast took place is just obviously as after it happened you see the scale of it invited katz that's the capital of republican the caucuses which is south of moscow about 2000 kilometers to give you have the word is these the images of the plumes of billowing smoke just stuff the explosion there underneath all that was a supermarket i say was because those who have pictures of what's left a preliminary probe is blaming it on a gas leak well ok those pictures are coming up now of what we really saw after it this is a couple of hours ago it leveled the building fortunately there are no casualties unbelievably the store was closed at the time let's hope it does stay that way as well emergency services are at the scene and there's another big bit of breaking news coming on the. wrong course this week about the ramifications of the foreign policy chief joseph borel's trip here to russia or what he said about the future relations maybe is in his view we're now hearing from the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov lavrov saying that moscow is ready to sever ties with the e.u. if it

my pod katz other day with brett favre. but none of us would bet against tom brady.bowl he threw a wideside comeback the first throw of the game. nobody does that. he's relaxed. and he will make everyone around him better and he will play good football. jesse: i am taking the bucs and dave is taking the bucs. we'll see how it shakes out. up next. "last call" with some classic "watters' world" super bowl interviews. [♪♪♪] jesse: a big part of the super bowl weekend obviously the parties. everyone looks forward to hitting the red carpet and letting off some steam. i thought we would look back at when i stopped by the parties myself. >> i don't care about the super bowl. they can take football off the air for all i care. >> i'm not running away from you in my driveway. >> can you help me get more mustard on my serve? >> do you even know who is playing? >> yes, the albuquerque balloons. >> do you know who is playing? >> i'm here for the party. >> did you play football? >> i was a cornerback for an entire day in my high school. >> do you like "watters' world." >> no, all

[applause] i appreciate the effort to representative katz meyer senator holden to get that bill to our colleagues here in the legislature. iq. the increased exemption also encourages our small business owners, farmers and ranchers to invest in their businesses. when they make those investments they support montana businesses they buy from, retailers and manufacturers whose sales grow and who in turn create more jobs. i asked the legislature to pass and send me the big jobs act. together we can ease the burden on small business owners, encourage them to make investments and help them and montana thrive. [applause] to make montana more competitive, we also must get a better handle on our regulatory scheme. burdensome, unnecessary red tape ties up small businesses, farms and ranches . these regulation cost time and money. and ultimately, montana consumers air the burden with higher prices on goods and services and the biggest burden falls on low and middle income families who are just trying to make ends meet. it's time to cut back this ticket of red tape. and it's one of my top prioritie

my pod katz other day with brett favre. but none of us would bet against tom brady.the super bowl he threw a wideside comeback the first throw of the game. nobody does that. he's relaxed. and he will make everyone around him better and he will play good football. jesse: i am taking the bucs and dave is taking the bucs. we'll see how it shakes out. up next. "last call" with some classic "watters' world" super bowl interviews. stay restless with the icon that does the same. the rx crafted by lexus. lease the 2021 rx 350 for $429 a month for thirty six months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. what are you doing? art class. it's abstract expressionism. when you start with a better hot dog from oscar mayer, you can do no wrong. it's all for the love of hot dogs. >> man: what's my safelite story? you can do no wrong. i spend a lot of time in my truck. it's my livelihood. ♪ rock music ♪ >> man: so i'm not taking any chances when something happens to it. so when my windshield cracked... my friend recommended safelite autoglass. they came right to me, with expert serv

i'm joined now by private investigator, jamie katz, a pet detective in fort lauderdale, florida. gunpoint? tt is really not that common. i have not had a case note of 700 cases in the last six years, only form % of cases are actually stolen —— only 4%. it is not as common as—i do not think it is common at all. mit? think it is common at all. why would thieves _ think it is common at all. why would thieves steal _ think it is common at all. why would thieves steal french bulldogs in particular? they are worth a lot of money and you can resell them on the street for a lot of money but really in this situation you don't know it is actually going on, if this —— if it is something targeted towards the dog walker because they are lady gaga's dogs orjust a random coincidence that this happened. random coincidence that this happened-— random coincidence that this hauened. ., ., ., ., happened. how would you, at a et happened. how would you, at a pet detective. _ happened. how would you, at a pet detective, go _ happened. how would you, at a pet detective, go about - happened. how would y

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minister dr katz in tunis does not want to participate in any political debate criticism came both from the portuguese and the german opposition for the medical work as the 1st priority is helping patients but not this private clinic only provided us with infrastructure and they offer additional support but the patients we treat from the public health care system on. a total of 8 patients will be treated similar 10 years lee by the german medical team at this i.c.u. the ballistae deployment is set to last 3 weeks but the mission might be extended. let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic here in germany the number of new infections keeps falling health authorities registered 10 and a half 1000 new cases in the last 24 hours that's down around 2000 from the same time last week and nighttime cassy has again been imposed in havana the 1st weeks of this year and say more corona virus infections in cuba and were recorded through all of 2020 and the world health organization has called on vaccine makers to dramatically those production that w h o rather stress that almost

mitch katz of most people, the ceo of health and hospitals of failing new york city's same monday theference, hey, is a vaccine, i'm about it. excited it works, and it's the way back. he said it's the way back. he also said, my 98-year-old father, and my 93-year-old mother are now going to take visitors from their children. i was so happy to see that, especially when you consider what is public health anyway? it's an overall cost, isn't it? there is a big study out of boston in september that said that 25% of americans are suffering from clinical depression. that means that 75 or 100% of americans, that's you, me, everyone can have some kind of anxiety or depression and its permeating us not to have hope. i have to admit something i'mno embarrassed to admit. last spring as you know, my parents had covid-19. but when they came back to new york, i was permeated with a fear too. i met them on the porch, i was afraid to come to close even though i knew they were amusing and i knew that i could come close, where my mask, come close. but i was afraid for more than a ten minute visit. i'm ha

really hard was our website and focusing on bringing the customer experience to your door the true katzng it to you whether it's local delivery, which you see behind me, pickups through our website, or shipping -- nationwide shipping -- all across the country. it's something we've done since world war ii people in the army, like a true new yorker we know how to ship food we've always done that now we just pivoted really hard at the start of the pandemic, bus boys, dishwashers, and when you don't have indoor dining there's no need to wash dishes instead teaching them how to pack mustards and pickles and put that into a form that can be shipped across the country and that has grown tremendously. and we really hope that continues once all is back to normal >> yeah, well, i'm curious about that you have been there for so long. when you walk around your neighborhood, what's the carnage like when it comes to restaurants? what are your expectations about who will make it and who is already gone >> i think a kind of common refrain you hear a lot now is the pandemic sort of exposed certain thing

mitch katz of all people who is the c.e.o.the health and the hospitals corporations right here in failing new york city, the right arm of mayor bill de blasio say on monday at a press conference hey, this vaccine, i'm extremely excited about it. it works. and it's the way back. he said it's the way back. he also said my 98-year-old father i think and my 93-year-old mother are now going to take visitors from their children. i was so happy to see that, tucker. especially when you consider what is public health anyway? it's an overall cost, isn't it? there was a big study out of boston in september that said that the 25% of americans are suffering from clinical depression. that means that 75 or 100% of americans that is you and me and everyone have some anxiety or depression and it is permeating us not to have hope. this vaccine meant hope. i have to admit something to you tonight that i'm embarrassed to admit. last spring, as you know, my parents had covid-19. but when they came back to new york, i was permeated with the fear, t

up to $76 bumble was a founded by 31 year-old whitney wolfe herd back in 2014 and reporter ashley katz says more now on her new success. >>in the yellow power suit with a baby on her hip whitney wolfe herd joins a small group of self-made female billionaires, the 31 year-old company bumble is now trading on wall street, according to forbes this makes her the world's youngest billionaire wolfhard founded the popular dating app that puts women in the driver seat bomb ball has basically turned i'm saying on its head sort of the traditional norms of you know guy leading the dating process so bomb will really puts the the woman at the at the center and the woman at the center shared her reaction to the launch on twitter thursday writing this is possible, thanks to the more than 1.7 billion first moves made by brave women on our app and the pioneering women who've pave the way for us in the business world if you look at the leadership roles that happening and business and government. >>it's it's really been a huge huge shift for. women in leadership and again it's still not where it will be

does america have in the world when it preaches democracy and the rule of law let's pull in jonathan katz now from the german marshall fund in washington d.c. jonathan served as adviser at the u.s. state department and he was a foreign policy adviser on capitol hill johnson's going to have you back on the show the united states as you know has condemned the military coup in me and maher president biden is reportedly threatening sanctions economic sanctions there one thing how much of a moral force the does the u.s. have at the moment. well i think 1st and foremost the new administration president biden has is chemically to condemn what's taken place in burma let's not forget it was the obama administration with vice president biden that help move burma forward to her craddock lee several years ago so there's a lot of history and experience with the u.s. working with the current government force in the current government that's actually now jailed and so i think this administration is moving very quickly want to express its concerns and then expressing what options might be on the table if

at spring in market jason katz, longtime friend.know a lot of your customers and clients will ask what about spac, what about ipos, bitcoin, gamestop. what to do you tell them? >> literally there hasn't been a day that's gone by in the last month that i have not been asked about those the subject matters and what i'm telling them is proceed with caution. you and i have been around a long time in the retail community is so much better informed than they have ever been, but information can be powerful and also dangerous. i would tread lightly is what i caution. stuart: so you don't jump in with both feet, caution means you tip your tell, maybe. can we leave it at that? >> we can leave it at that, i mean, how many high-quality companies look for spac to go after this point and if you are fortunate enough to get an ipo you really want to chase on the stocks in the aftermarket, so tip your tell at best. stuart: their point. on looking at futures and i see the nasdaq down 120 points implying big tech isn't doing that well. would you use t

yeah i mean katz was going through what every other country's going through to a lesser or greater extent was a press conference here in the country last night from the government. saying it's clear indications that a 2nd wave of infection is on its way to cats are in part of some new restrictions on public gatherings both indoors and outdoors on how many people get out of the work place we're going into this tournament is the expectation that stadiums will be at 30 percent capacity an absolute maximum but as with everything else in the world at the moment it's all subject to change any fans who want to come to games they either have to have the vaccine or of tested negative for coverage 90 just just ahead of kickoff and it's a game for the players a lot of restrictions all the players coming in to cats are tested 3 to 4 days before their departure tested on arrival at airports straight to a bar a secure bubble which includes outsells training grounds and stadiums and what we're seeing here it's no different so it's every other country trying to hold an international events at the moment

jason katz, thank you for joining us. right as the market begins to open, 9:30 a.m. eastern.ve the dow industrials way on the upside, looking at a gain of 250 points on the 30400 dow industrials. about .9%. s&p, same kind of gain up .92% and the nasdaq, a strong gain with the big text doing well up over 1%, 13500 on the nasdaq. let's start with the shorted stocks. how are they doing now that trading is over? gamestop is down 30%, big loss for amc and also naked brands. most of the shorted stocks are down big-time this morning. big tech on the other hand, we have a proven track record of earnings and market share on up side. by the way, we have alphabet, google and amazon reporting after the closing bell today and they are up in advance of that 1%. susan: that tells you that wall street is expecting a huge quarter from both amazon and apple. let's start with amazon because we anticipate a record to three months for amazon to finish the last three months of the year. that coupled with christmas, black friday and guess huge for amazon turk of the stock has rallied into the earni

joke of it will now play aslam katz said who continued his sensational run at the australian open the russian qualifier his ranked 114th was up against grigor dimitrov many of the medical time out for a back spasm. corruptive going on to win in 4 sets to become the 1st man in the open era to reach the semifinals on his grand slam debut. in the women's competition serena williams came through a real test of her credentials as she faced 2nd seed simona halep over the 23 time grand slam champion did allow some doubts to creep injuring as high quality high stakes quarterfinal serena closed out the game with a 6363 win was whether or not she's the greatest athletes will come down to the next 2 matches as she chases margaret court as grand slam record of 24 titles. the standing in her way will be no moussaka who beat one of her own favorite players on tuesday the world number 3 dismissed chase away in straight sets the semifinal against serena will be the pez 1st meeting in a grand slam since williams' infamous on court meltdown at the 2018 u.s. open final which is soccer went on to win. i

thoughts on the potential threat of this new varient from haravard global health institute's dr ingrid katzriance at the moment. we have got the uk variant, california variants, none of the new york variant. i don't want to be needlessly pessimistic but does its raised concern that we are on the brink of a new phase of this pandemic if we do not speed—up our game? well. a new phase of this pandemic if we do not speed-up our game? well, i think that is — do not speed-up our game? well, i think that is absolutely _ do not speed-up our game? well, i think that is absolutely the - think that is absolutely the critical question and in your prior segment of the need to get people vaccinated is absolutely the key right now. there is no question that they're's going to be continued variants as we move forward, because that's what viruses do. they continue to mutate. so as long as we have enough selective pressure, in other words, have enough selective pressure, in otherwords, enough have enough selective pressure, in other words, enough people who are not immunised, we are going to continue to see

also, eric katz talks about today's hearing on the state of the u.s. postal service in terms of its fiscal health and persistent service delays. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. joined the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. >> the surgeon general nominee and nominee for assistant secretary of health testify thursday morning at their confirmation hearing before the senate health, education, labor and pensions committee. listen on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday on q&a, erica armstrong dunbar, history professor at records university, talks about her book on the life and exploits of underground railroad conductor in union army spy harriet tubman. >> we know she made at least 13 trips to and from the eastern shore of maryland. that is one thing people either do not know or confuse. she was not not running all over the south emancipating people. she made specific targeted trips to the state of maryland to rescue her family, and her friends. we know that she touched the lives of

jason katz is the market man for this hour and he joins us right now.believe. now that is intriguing. spell it out for us? >> good morning, stuart. i actually think there is upside risks to the economy and earnings. i think we could see normalization quicker than people think. you've been reporting on this all day, and all week. vaccine cases are down. we're going to see what, a doubling of supply in the next two weeks? so we've just come off an earnings period where we haven't seen earnings this strong in a quarter of a century. so, the fed has been saying it for the last two days. they're going to remain accommodative. on top of the stimulus, even if it is not $1.9 trillion, we're likely to get an infrastructure bill in the latter part of the year. so that should bode well for the economy. now there could be a disconnect between the economy and the market. we're a little more bullish on the economy than the market. not to say we're bearish but more bullish on the economy. stuart: there probably will be a infrastructure bill. that will be popular, both

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