klaas: well, that also remains to be seen. observed with sort of some -- how do you say -- some positive feelings that at least the economy seems to adapt, so the economic impact of a second lockdown seems to be less severe than the first wave, so it shows that our economy has a certain agility, that digitalization -- we have all undergone a crash course digitalization in europe, for instance, in sales, the industrial sector is not that affected that much by a second rate, the service sector was, but the service sector can recover quite quickly, not a very capital-intense sector. there will be some scary -- the wave of bankruptcies that we will see, the npl's that will go up. i do not think the risk of amplification at this moment is really a pressing risk, but it is also something that we need to monitor. there will be some scaring, but i am hopeful that this will not be too big a problem going forward, and that at some point we can reach full capacity again and draw other people into the labor market again that have lost the

let's speak now to dr brian klaas, an associate professor of global politics at ucl, and a coluministon post. how much actual power do you think president trump still has. we have seen nancy pelosi already move to try and limit any military power he might have, obviously people are worried about any action he might ta ke worried about any action he might take in the next few days? well he is extraordinarily powerful. he has the formal authority over the most powerful country in the world and the president has been deemed unfit to manage a social media account, but is still in charge of the world's most powerful nuclear arsenal. that is why there are calls for him to resign or be removed from office. that could be in from a second impeachment. on how much military authority he still has, i have been reading it is perhaps you know unwise to say it is a nuclear button, because that is not how it works and there are many steps before any military action could be taken by any president. is it therefore extending the fear too far at the moment to say he could take action or do you think the

brian klaas is associate professor of global politics at university college london and a washington postasked him how much power president trump would have in his remaining 11 days in office. well, he is still extraordinarily powerful. i mean, he has the formal authority over the most powerful country in the world and that matters. and we are in an extraordinary moment we are the president has been deemed unfit to manage the social media account, but is still for 11 more days in charge of the world's most powerful nuclear arsenal. and so, you know, i think this is why there is a lot of calls for trump to resign, and barring that, which is unlikely, for trump to be removed from office — either from the 25th amendment, which would result from the vice president and the cabinet taking action, or from a second impeachment attempt led by the house that will be launched early next week. and just on sort of how much military authority he still has, we have been reading it is perhaps unwise to say it is a nuclear button because that is not how it works and there are many, many steps before any m

professor of global politics, brian klaas.r latest piece in the "washington post", it's entitled why is it so hard to deprogram trump and conspiracy theorists? with the rise of social media one can be alone but feel part of a group. some of the groups are glued together by unhinged beliefs. many were neither poor nor social misfits, but rather had found a digital community to augment or place their offline one. we can no longer pretend that conspiracy theorists are beneath our attention. they've shown they have tremendous capacity to inflict damage on society. they are not far off lunatics. some, most likely, are your neighbors and given the staying power of conspiratorial thinking, they aren't likely to change their minds anytime soon. >> wow. >> this is a great piece. it should be read in tandem with ann apple bomb's. it's always been my experience if you can't move people to your side over something, you know, in the past it would have been let's say the clinton impeachment or, you know, the 2,000 recount or the iraq war. j

doctor brian klaas - catch up. brian, good to talk to you. doctor brian klaas from i catch up.u. doctor brian klaas from ucl and columnist for the washington post. news just coming into columnist for the washington post. newsjust coming into is columnist for the washington post. news just coming into is that andy murray has tested positive for covid—19. we have no further details. she is due, we don't know how this will impact on his plans, but he was due to travel to australia in the middle of january to quarantine ahead of the australian open which has already been moved to a later date to allow players from around the world to go through that period of quarantine, so we don't know how this might affect his plans. at the news just coming into us that the tennis player andy murray has tested positive for covid—19. the leader of a who mission investigating the origins of coronavirus says his team is embarking on a long journey. they've finally arrived in the city of wuhan, after repeated delays which have raised suspicions that china is not fully cooperating with international

. >> brian klaas from university college of london speaking to me earlier. >>> that riot at the u.s.ld very well prove to be another superspreader event. cdc director robert redfield said the mostly unmasked club could expose law enforcement to the virus. at the same time, the vaccine rollout continues to lag far behind the expectations. more than 22 million doses distributed to states only 6.5 million have actually gone into peoples' arms. large scale vaccinations can't come too soon. already 2021 is bringing record covid deaths as erica hill now reports. >> reporter: the first week of 2021, shattering records. more than 20,000 covid-related deaths. over 4,000 reported thursday alone. topping daily highs set just the day before. but numbers only tell us so much. >> every day i live knowing that my dad passed from covid. or my uncle passed from covid. >> reporter: families forever changed with no end in sight. former hot spots reaching sobering new levels. arizona now averaging 9,000 new cases a day. up 139% from its july highs. in texas, new cases are 86% higher than its previous pe