host: paul kirby?aul: there are a lot of programs that were in place before this happens and there continues to be thought about whether some funding should go to new programs or things like usf. people said it is already there, it will not take time to ramp up. where are you on that? shirley: i am all about tried-and-true. right now when i look at this time and think about how speed, -- i hate to say shovel-ready because of the connotation, but i look at u.s. staff and usda. they have a traditional broadband program. that have beens vetted, they are in action. confusing those two programs that are already coordinating is the most efficient and effective way of using resources. sometimes it does not show. people want to come up with their own new, cool program, but i think we have to be honest about what really works. we know those programs work. we can see the network literally. would say we also have to continue to remember, it is not just about building it, but sustaining what we already have on the

our guest reporter from telecommunications reports is paul kirby. huly bloomfield -- shirley bloomfield, who do you represent? >> guest: about 850 community-based broadband providers across the country, they're in 46 states, so they're the companies that traditionally were the local phone companies that had to evolve and evolved very quickly to become a broadband provider. so they truly are the one-stop communication providers in a lot of areas around the country serving about 35% of our land mass. >> host: could you name a couple of those companies to help us get familiar? >> guest: oh, absolutely. all the way to western south dakota by mount rushmore, we could go to citizens on the mississippi river up in wisconsin where i've got a number of cooperatives, and if we're look over here in few state of virginia -- in my state of virginia, we've got scott county down in the very tip of the state serving the tristate area. 850. >> host: so when you talked about land mass, you're talking not necessarily population at all. >> guest: absolutely. and, peter

she is the ceo there and our guest reporter from tele conditions report is paul kirby. shirley bloomfield, who do you represent? >> guest: i represent about 850 community-based broadband providers across the country and they are in 46 states. they are the company that traditionally were the local phone companies that had to resolve and it resolved very quickly to become a broadband provider so they truly are the ones and a lot of the areas across the country and serving about 35% of our landmass. >> host: could you name a couple of those companies to help us get familiar? >> guest: absolutely. we could go all the way to western south dakota by mount rushmore to visit golden west and we could go to citizens on the mississippi river up in wisconsin where we got cooperatives and if you are in my state of virginia we've got scott county down in the very tip of the state serving the tri-state area so i've got 850. >> host: when you talk about landmass you not talking landmass or population at all. >> guest: peter, you hit upon the key part of this. it's about 5% of the ameri

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dennis kirby is one of the many fire crews working around the clock. >> we're stretched pretty thin. >> reporter: firefighters typically work 24-hour shifts. some are working three to four days straight. this crew here is cutting back the dry vegetation. fire teams from 10 different states and two countries, including australia, are being flown in for backup. jamie. >> woirks wow, jonathan, thank you. more than five million americans have been infected with the coronavirus. as the death toll nears 177,000, deaths are down or flat in 38 states and up in 12. compared to one month ago when 26 states were seeing increases. the midwest has more covid trouble. tom hanson reports. >> reporter: another weekend. another round of partying and out breaks as colleges try to avoid becoming the next covid-19 hot spots. initial report cards aren't good. new clusters. texas a&m ordered lock down after at least two dozen tested positive. concerned students are jumping into the fray, calling out classmates on social media and threatening to report them. >> how students act matters and how they act not

service industry which is retail stores restaurants hotels are the bills are the ones actually which kirby are have only returned to 5060 percent of their pre-crisis levels while the rest of the economies in most countries has already returned to 80 or 90 percent of the equal work to go for a 2nd wave of luck on measures small businesses retailers hackers hotels restaurants they would all suffer immensely and even if there were government measures to bridge any any lack of demand again the question will be whether the company should continue doing business or whether paying back these loans would simply be too much of a burger carson bravely german business expect pandemic rated restrictions to be in place for another 8 months at least according to a survey by the e 4 institute what sort of long term impact do you see that this pandemic will have caused. on the disservice artist nationals of a very good as as soon as we have exceeded all these experts asians will change as well what one of the structural changes that they want is a rethinking of global supply chains another one is really a

experience amazing at your lexus dealer. >>> welcome back scott kirby has been on the job for 100 daysa 100 days it's been, with the pandemic devastating the sector for a closer look at some of the close calls, let's bring in our phil lebeau. >> what is the cardinal rule of leadership -- do not waste a crisis take a look at the stock since he became ceo on may 20th, it's up 58% that's not great, but certainly better than where they were in april and may. a couple things stand out. first of all they've been aggressive in terms of cost cutting. there's the mileage plus debt offer where they raised $5 billion. that's a signature move of hess tenure in this industry cash is king. look where united stands right now, only trailing southwest at $16.7 billion. they're going to need it passengers levels are not returning the way the industry was hope >> the industry that is really in favor, electric vehicles. we had another chinese maker, the shares are up 60%. >> that's a bet on the chinese ev market. it's the largest in the worl it will be the largest for decades to come. if you believe that

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a fireplace the feeling he played in philly played all of the to these places fledge the kirby slate flames that consumed forests and entire residential areas. blazing temperatures for water shortages land clearance there's an abundance of flammable material one significant players to stop the fires claiming that the cult of celebrity someone world going up in smoke led to a conflagration the world on fire starts aug 12th on d w play we have to wonder if i get back in and dance with the bass. player. played. played . this is d.w. news live from berlin the world reaches out to beirut after the massive blasts that killed nearly 150 people and left 300000 homeless the french president emmanuel mccall pledges to lead to a global donor's conference to rebuild beirut but he says there must be reform in lebanon from within also coming up. taking on the u.s. abi new york prosecutors are suing the national rifle association for.

from space a satellite image showing smoke traveling thousands of miles, dennis kirby is one of the manyire crews working around the clock. >> you have less people, not as many resources, stretched pretty thin. >> reporter: firefighters typically work 24 hour shifts, some are now working three to four days straight. this crew here is cutting back the dry vegetation. fire teams from ten different states and two countries including australia are being flown in for backup, jamie? >> yuccas: wow, jonathan, thank you. tonight president trump has emergency authorizization, on the eve of the republican national con vngs and new audio recordings of the president's sister sharing candid things about his her brother. >> president trump held a press conference to announce expedited efforts to announce expedited efforts to approve a new blood plasma therapy to treat patients with covid. >> this is a powerful therapy that transfuses very, very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current infection. >> reporter: but the medical research is not clear

he died on the same day as the birthday ofjack kirby, the man who created the superhero. chadwick boseman, who's died at the age of a3. the government has published new coronavirus guidelines for schools in england, just days before most pupils return. secondary schools pupils might have to be taught on a rota system, if there's a significant increase in covid—19 cases in their area, but the education secretary, gavin williamson, said this would be only as an "absolute last resort." here's our education correspondent dan johnson. with more classrooms due to fill up, head teachers had called for more guidance on responding to local outbreaks. that came last night ahead of bank holiday weekend, but there was confusion about how many pupils could be sent home in a class mate tests positive. we have been asking for months, what if schools i100 asking for months, what if schools [100 s asking for months, what if schools noo s need to close? that has been seen as noo s need to close? that has been seen as an noo s need to close? that has been seen as an act of heresy, but here

he died on the same day as the birthday of jack kirby — the man who created the superhero. tributes have been paid to chadwick boseman since the news of his death. democratic vice—presidential candidate kamala harris, who attended the same university as boseman tweeted — "heartbroken. "my friend and fellow bison chadwick boseman "was brilliant, kind, learned, and humble. "he left too early but his life made a difference. sending my sincere condolences to his family." actor chris evans known for his role as marvel super hero, captain america, tweeted — "i'm absolutely devastated. "this is beyond heart—breaking. "chadwick was special. "a true original. "he was a deeply committed and constantly curious artist. "he had so much amazing work still left to create. "i'm endlessly grateful for our friendship. rest in power, king." and the actor dwayne johnson tweeted — "hard to hear about this. "rest in love, brother. "thank you for shining your light and sharing your talent with the world. my love and strength to yourfamily." akua gyamfi is the founder of the british blacklist — wh

>> 100 days ago is when scott kirby took over at united. a lot of people say, when you look at a ceo, look at the first 100 days on may 20, these stocks. all of the airlines, they were close to the lows of how far they fell off because of covid-19 since then, united shares up 48%. what kind of a stamp has he put on united. the entire industry has been struggling he's been very aggressive and decisive about aggressively making moves, cutting costs. adjusting the squed you' adjusting the exceed you' adjusting the schedule and adjusting the fleet. united's capacity down 68hour. if there is one signature move, if there has been a number of them, that push centered around leveraging the mileage plus frequent flier program they borrowed about $5 billion the q 3 cash estimate $17 billion. they are still burning millions a day but that's down compared to where they were late march early april. let's shift gears a little and look at all the airline stocks and focus on the question of if there is the possibility of another payroll package coming from

robert kirby was legendary on this.u try to be spx by 200 basis points over 20 years, if you miss one or two of the big moves up, you're 200 basis points evaporates, doesn't it? barry: it is even worse than that. two of the guys in my office have done research that shows the biggest moves up and down all tend to come bunched together. they tend to come very close. if you are and timed it perfectly, you have to be ready to jump in before the next 3% or 4% up move. they all have very sequentially. you miss one or two of those days, you completely defeat the purpose of doing this. it is so much harder and so much more challenging than people realize because they see down 34%, i wish i would sidestep that. up almost 50%. it is far more difficult. tom: thank you so much. this is a superb essay. i will send it out on twitter. barry ritholtz writing for bloomberg opinion of his podcast is definitive. we have a problem. we have a major problem. nds and a guy in muni bo his tweet. on's high school starts the school year with onl

she is the ceo there and our guest reporter from tele conditions report is paul kirby. shirley bloomfield, who do you represent? >> guest: i represent about 850 community-based broadband providers across the country and they are in 46 states. they are the company that traditionally were the local phone companies that had to resolve and it resolved very quickly to become a broadband provider so they truly are the

kirby thinks it will be four years before airlines carry the same number of passengers it carried inesident could issue an executive order of providing more money to the airlines, but that may also really take congressional action guys, back to you. >> all right so people do hate those change fees, but they also hate the luggage fees is there any word on if those can change as well >> yeah. i asked him that i said will you stop charging for bags he said no they're still going to charge bags they say it costs an awful lot of money for the infrastructure to carry luggage they have to keep charging, he says. >> so you touched on this in the piece, but business travel is staggering down 90%. when do they expect it to come back a little bit? >> reporter: and the question really is to expand on that is zoom is working so well for companies, why would you want people to start flying why would you have your employees fly? now, he believes that ultimately and it may take three, four years, ultimately companies will say we cannot afford to lose a sale because our sales rep decided to do this o

first, essayist amanda kirby sharing her thoughts on identity, body image and her writing style thenas murray, associate editor at the spectator talking about brags it, the culture wars in the united kingdom and impact of lelia nebeker on the country and later barbara ehrenreich on economic inequality in the united states in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. enjoy book tv on c-span2. >> another conversation with author wil haygood on tv with a discussion of race in america in the like 1960s through the lens of a high school sports team in columbus ohio. >> we are good to go welcome everybody . we are back

. >>> as we head to a break, airlines you s outperforming buo transports, avis budget, kirby among theeaders on the day, all up more than 3%. and also a few new highs among transports, including jb hunt, union pacific. this follows u.p.s. and fedex. keeping an eye on those. and the nasdaq which after starting in the red has just gone positive on the day >>> welcome back here is your cnbc news update. a majority of american duadults are not confident that the november elections will be conducted in a fair and equal way. 55% say they want all americans to be able to vote by mail republicans are more likely than democrats to doubt the election's fairness. confirmed cases of coronavirus now number more than 20 million around the world the u.s. makes up about a quarter of all cases even though new confirmed infections have bae been trending down >>> and in beirut earth moving equipment is still remove dag brie n debris after the deadly explosion. the death toll is now 163. economies say the blast could wipe up to 25% off of the country's gchlts d. and you're up-to-date. p. and you're up-to-

first, essayist amanda kirby sharing her thoughts on identity, body image and her writing style then douglas murray, associate editor at the spectator talking about brags it, the culture wars in the united kingdom and impact of lelia nebeker on the country and later barbara ehrenreich on economic inequality in the united states in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. enjoy book tv on c-span2. >> another conversation with author wil haygood on tv with a discussion of race in america in the like 1960s through the lens of a high school sports team in columbus ohio. >> we are good to go welcome everybody . we are back chatter on books and we're at one more page books in arlington where we take books, wine and chocolate more seriously than we take ourselves . thank you for letting us be here. it's great to be out in the open where people can find us. i'm here with jeanne mcmanus and david aldrich and we're speaking with wil haygood who i'mhonored to meet . we will talk about a lot of things tonight we will talk about tiger land which is a remarkable book about some incredible young men a

as kirby pointed out, that's not happening. i guess i'm just projecting. just projecting. see their grandkids. >> yes. >>> my "talk of the table" is about actress rachel brosnahan who recently earned another emmy nomination for her role in the amazon prime video series "the marvelous mrs. maisel." she plays miriam maisel or midge as she's called, a 1950s housewife who decides to pursue a career in standup comedy. take a look. [ applause ] >> nice to know that people haven't forgotten me. you haven't forgotten me. my kids have completely forgotten me. [ laughter ] they've become jaded having a mother in show business. the other day my daughter ponted to her diaper and said, "sweetie, would you get this?" she lit hear cigarette and signed her agent. now both parents are in the biz. oh, yeah. this is what happens when you leave. remember the first time? >> i love this show. and the cool part is brosnahan brings the same energy to her work off screen. she serves o board of directors for coughnant house, a -- covenant house, a nonprofit that helps homeless youth. each year she

he died on the same day as the birthday of jack kirby — the man who created the superhero.h patrols today to enforce coronavirus restrictions, as lifeguards return to duty at the end of winter. warm weather in sydney is expected to draw large crowds to the coast. authorities at bondi and other popular beaches are warning people to stay a towel—length apart, and limit gatherings to 20 people. the time now is ten minutes past eight. those are the main stories this morning. it's the august bank holiday weekend — but with a difference. this time last year we were basking in record breaking temperatures, and plenty of people were enjoying one of the many music and cultural events taking place across the uk. in 2019, 600,000 music fans headed to the 3 day reading and leeds festivals, 250,000 people took to the streets for manchester pride, and a million enjoyed the performances at the notting hill carnival. this year though, most events have been cancelled or are being held online. there are concerns that mass gatherings could still take place, despite coronavirus restrictions. w

scott kirby, ceo of united, at the company the hub here in chicago, o'hare airport last week walking employees and make it tleclear,a long ways to go. employees they have to eliminate, likely 250 pilots likely job cuts totaling 36,000 employees, but he believes ending this change fee is the step in the right direction to improving how united is seen by customers. >> we know we're going to give up revenue of change fees and we're making the bet and i think it's the right one that doing the right thing for customers in the long term is going to pay off, and you know, we decided to use this moment in time, even though we're in the toughest time in our history, you know, to prove to our customers and to prove to our employees and prove to ourselves we are committed to doing the right thing for customers. >> and this is a move that will cost united. last year, guys, united brought in $625 million in ticket change fees think about that $625 million, but now it's saying we started with in the coronavirus pandemic of waiving ticket change fees we're going to continue doing that remember righ

created by marvel comics visionary stan lee and his partner, jack kirby.civil rights unrest of the 1960s. before coogler, boseman, and others involved with the movie are even born. >> there were black characters in comics before that, really embarrassing stereotypical things. they did the first black character who wasn't stereotypical. he was noble. he was cool. he was smart. and that attitude that the "black panther" is the best really resonated with readers and, you know, of all races. >> in an unusual coincidence, both the "black panther" comic and the "black panther" party came into being in 1966. >> the "black panther" party has evolved itself from all the previous puzzles of black people. >> it's clear that nobody was copying each other. they were each doing their own thing. >> the comic book, "black panther," reflected shifting attitudes toward race in a society grappling with painful truths about the african-american experience. >> intend to march to montgomery -- >> the comic embraced bold and controversial story lines including one in which black