komal: you are returning to some thing similar in a couple of years. you either have an enlightened self-interest approach, or you are destined to repeat what you have been doing. on the u.s. side, the big concern is that you see a huge fed balance sheet at the beginning of 2021. you're going to see the fiscal deficit having expanded. does the new president have the ability to tighten at that stage or not i think would be critical for the future since you asked about the medium-term. alix: really appreciate it. thanks for joining us. komal srikumar -- -kumar joining us. viviana hurtado is here with first word news. viviana: british prime minister boris johnson is now in intensive care and receiving oxygen, not on a ventilator. he was trying to shake off the effects of the coronavirus. yesterday, his condition worsened. foreign secretary dominic raab will run the government on an interim basis, and at a time when the pandemic and the u.k. is expected to be. in japan, prime minister shinzo abe declared a state of emergency in tokyo and surrounding region

when komal goes into the woods today, she knows that some of the trees bear her name.feeling. >> the trees give us wood and bear fruit. we plant them because they're useful. in a sense, because our mothers planted them, we see them as our brothers. >> shyam sunder is now famous in india. politicians anand ente university classes come to him to hear how he succeeded in improving living conditions for girls and the entire village with the many trees -- and with little money. ♪ since he appeared as a guest in a celebrity special of india's version of 'who wants to be a millionaire', ththe whe country knknows him. >> i never would've thought that it'd become such a big thing. people are coming here from everywhere non-stop. a lot of them come to get ideas and want to do the same thing. it's great. >> when it all gets to be too much for him, he withdraws to the forest. this is the tree that started it all. the tree that he planted for his deceased daughter. shyam sunder says that at least her death had a positive effect. his daughter would certainly have been proud of her f