that was margaret harris from the world health organization talking to us a little earlier the u.s. president donald trump has repeated disputed claims about the effectiveness of the drug hydroxy chloroquine in treating the coronavirus that's despite his own food and drug administration revoking its status as a coven 1000 treatment and warning of the potential risks of heart problems trump told reporters he believed the drug was safe. but many doctors think it's extremely good and some people don't some people i think it's become very political i happen to believe in it i would take it as you know i took it for a 14 day period. and i'm here i happen to think based on what i've read i've read a lot about hydroxy i happen to think that it has this. comes just days after twitter and facebook removed a video containing misleading claims about the drug and i'm joined now by a report a job all right has been following this why is trump talking about the struggle against well the background to all of this is that over the past few days donald trump has been sharing links to a controversial

coves on the picture on a piece of paper there are all different you know that's very good point margaret harris with the world health organization as always it's good to talk with you thank you. for here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the german police are digging up a guard in their investigation into the missing british toddler madeleine mccann she was 3 years old when she vanished on holiday in portugal 13 years ago authorities say a man who's now in prison is their prime suspect he said to be connected to the hanover area where the guard is being searched in pakistan heavy floods inundating karate have killed at least 5 people experts blame urban flooding on poorly designed development clogged drainage systems and climate change which they say is affecting monsoon seasonal pattern. after rescuing $94.00 migrants in the mediterranean sea malta is reporting that at least $65.00 of them have tested positive for the corona virus and that's the single largest cluster of positive cases detected on the island since the 1st case came to light back in marc

look at all the curves on the picture on a piece they're all different that's very good point margaret harris with the world health organization is always good to talk with you thank you and you barry. coronavirus cases have also been rebounding in spain and that's prompted germany to issue warnings against traveling to regional hotspots including the city of barcelona now that's a blood to the city's tourism industry which was hoping to salvage some of the summer business. the trip to one of spain's sandy beaches much sought after a spite for many europeans after difficult months in lockdown also a breath of fresh air for the spanish tourism sector and the economy at large but spain's growing corona virus infections are throwing a wrench into the works the number of new cases has increased steadily over the last few weeks with most new infections located in the north eastern regions of catalonia and eragon the rise in cases has some european countries worried france and germany advised their citizens not to visit the most affected regions the u.k. went to step further introducing a 14 day qu

my colleaguejoanna gosling has been discussing the who's data with their spokeswoman doctor margaret harrise virus has continued to transmit, so it is not about one or two waves, it's about stopping a resurgence. you can understand, people came out of lockdown, the weather became lovely. unfortunately, in many people's minds, it was something that was passed. it was never passed. it was always there. the trouble is learning to navigate this new world we are in. it is not back to normal. it's back to finding the new normal, ways to live with this virus to prevent it from rising, the transmission from rising. how do we do that? because, as you say, for a lot it does feel like life is kind of back to normal and it is quite hard then to get your head around going back to tighter restrictions that we all just went into at the beginning without question, because it was an unprecedented situation. that's quite right and those measures were taken because at that stage, you had transmission everywhere, throughout the community, so this was like a massive form of social distancing that was done to br

margaret harris from the who.ifference between spikes and waves, we can speak now to professor keith neal from nottingham university. good to have you with us today. do you agree it is more helpful to think of this as one wave rather than a first and second wave? good morning. i think so. we are talking about how you define a second wave, because quite clearly, we have seen spikes in places like leicester and possibly now in 0ldham, which have required a local action, and what is important is not what we call them but what we do about them. clearly, the situation and north—east spain with diseased rates and one of the province is equivalent to what we had a new leicester city area, clearly that could be seen as a second wave or a big spike and a series of local outbreaks. actually, although we call it a pandemic, and even within this country, there are a series of lots of smaller epidemics all coalescing together. we have only got to look at the difference between the disease rates that we have had in london to se

spokesperson margaret harris warned against complacency, saying the pandemic is continunuing to worsencross much of the world. >> it is a problblem. it likikes jumping f from one pn to another when weome in closese contact. let's not give it that opportunity. aresecond wave idea -- we in the first wave. it is one bibig wave. amy: argentina reported a record 120 new covid-1919 deaths monda, bringing the country's death toll to over 3100. argentine authorities are warning of possible shortages of intensive care unit beds in hospitals in and around buenos aires. in guatemala, the government has begun reenening the e economy after months of strict coronanavirus restrictions despe a continuing surge in covid-19 cases. nearly 1800 deaths. guatemala's borders will remain closed, but many industries have resumed operations. public transportation will gradually start running, and shopping centers and restaurants were allowowed to reopen this week. attorney general william barr appeared before the house judiciary committee tuesday, where he was grilled over his defense of president trump's polic

well i'm now joined by world health organization spokesperson dr margaret harris dr harris thank you for talking to us again i mean this is dire isn't it on a global scale we're still not through the worst our way. could actually kate is that that's the point my director general was making with intense outbreaks going on in most continents of the world in the united states in latin america we've got a number of countries facing enormous outbreaks but we've was a very large outbreaks in india in pakistan and also in africa or in south africa so all around the world every continent is faced with a large amount of virus and a very large threat for everything the w.h.o. recommends like robust tested trace regional delegation the u.k. seems to be doing the exact opposite. each country is doing the extent for me and i don't think i would put it is generally as that what is important and what we are seeing is really getting the testing in place really sorting out how to trace people how to find older people who've been in contact with somebody who's confirmed to have the case how to ensure

spokesperson dr margaret harris told me that it's important to remember that lifting restrictions doesn't mean the virus has gone or what we mean is that the transmission is still there so the concern was that people saw you know lockdowns over that it was somehow it go away they they had this idea that it might come back later in the year but they had this seem to be this fixed idea that now it's summer time to ponty and unfortunately that's not the case what you've got transmission anywhere is potentially everywhere and hunt fortunately it's making this very clear doing its utmost to ruin everybody's fun well the u.k. prime minister as we've been hearing has paused more easing of the lockdown in the u.k. but if it's one big wave what we delaying the inevitable. you know you know what we mean by one big wave is that it continues to remain but you need to bring it down you need to bring it down so that those who will get most ill and you will have that percentage of people who get most ill can get the treatment they need immediately in your hospitals are not overwhelmed and your hospitals

it can be turned around well earlier i talked to the world health organization spokesperson dr margaret harris she told me that countries with recent experience of infectious disease outbreaks know the value of mass testing sometimes people are thinking. that the health of the economy the 2 go hand in hand you know if you're not healthy if you're sick you're current and you can't work so you've lost your financial means on the on that if you don't have a dog you may become ill through lack of activity or lack of money so we've got to do the 2 together but the key word is be safe we know what stops this the social distancing the hair washing the ensuring nothing gets in your mouth nose our eyes these things work these things have worked in other countries and that message must be have been home everything we do with are we open close what if we do we must ensure that those things happen all the time talking of other countries why do you think the u.k. has struggled with testing and tracing when other countries have been much more successful. so this has been variable and certainly we did so ver

spokesperson dr margaret harris told me that it's important to remember that lifting restrictions doesn't mean the virus has gone. well what we mean is that the transmission is still there so the concern was that people saw you know lockdowns over that it was somehow it go away they they had this idea that it might come back later in the year but they had this seem to be this fixed idea that now is some time to ponty and unfortunately that's not the case what you've got transmission anywhere is potentially everywhere and hunt fortunately it's making this very clear doing its utmost to ruin everybody's fun well the u.k. prime minister as we've been hearing has paused more easing of the lockdown in the u.k. but if it's one big wave what we delaying the inevitable. no no what we mean by one big wave is that it continues to remain but you need to bring it down you need to bring it down so that those who are get most ill and you will have that percentage of people who get most ill can get the treatment they need immediately in your hospitals are not overwhelmed and your hospitals can do the ot

well earlier i talked to the world health organization spokesperson dr margaret harris she told me that countries with recent experience of infectious disease outbreaks know the value of mass text testing sometimes people are thinking. that the health of the economy the 2 go hand in hand you know if you're not healthy if you're sick you're current and you can't work so you've lost your financial means on the on that if you don't have a job you may become ill through lack of activity or lack of money so we've got to do the 2 together but the key word is be safe we know what stops this the social distancing the hair washing the ensuring nothing gets in your mouth nose our eyes these things work these things have worked in other countries and that message must be have been home everything we do with are we open close what if we do we must ensure that those things happen all the time talking of other countries why do you think the u.k. has struggled with testing and tracing when other countries have been much more successful. still this has been variable and certainly we get so very very ea

spokesperson dr margaret harris told me that it's important to remember that lifting restrictions doesn't mean the virus has gone. well what we mean is that the transmission is still there so the concern was that people saw you know lockdowns over that it was somehow it go away they they had this idea that it might come back later in the year but they had this seemed to be this fixed idea that now it was summer time to ponty and unfortunately that's not the case what you've got transmission anywhere is potentially everywhere and hunt fortunately it's making this very clear doing its utmost to ruin everybody's fun well the u.k. prime minister as we've been hearing has paused more easing of the lockdown in the u.k. but if it's one big wave what we delaying the inevitable. no you know what we mean by one big wave is that it continues to remain but you need to bring it down you need to bring it down so that those who get most ill and you will have that percentage of people who get most ill can get the treatment they need immediately in your hospitals are not overwhelmed and your hospitals can

but there i talked to the world health organization spokesperson dr margaret harris she told me that countries with the recent experience of infectious disease outbreaks know the value of mass testing. sometimes people are thinking that the health of the economy the 2 go hand in hand you know if you're not healthy if you're sick you can't own you can't work so you've lost your financial means on the on that if you don't have a job you may become ill through lack of activity lack of money so we've got to do the 2 together but the key word is be safe we know what stops this the social distancing the hand washing the ensuring nothing at your mouth nose our eyes these things work these things have worked in other countries and that message must be having a home everything we do with are we open close what we do we must ensure that those things happen all the time talking of other countries why do you think the u.k. has struggled with testing and tracing when other countries have been much more successful. still this has been variable and certainly we did so very very early on i'm sure yo

spokes person that's dr margaret harris dr harris thank you very much for joining us well one big wavedoes that mean that the virus comes once and then goes away no it does not all what we mean is that the transmission is still there so the concern was that people saw you know lockdowns over that it was somehow it go away they they had this idea that it might come back later in the year but they had this seemed to be this fixed idea that now is some time to ponty and unfortunately that's not the case what you've got transmission anywhere is potentially everywhere and on fortunately it's making this very clear doing its utmost to ruin everybody's fun well the u.k. prime minister as we've been hearing has paused more easing of the lockdown in the u.k. but if it's one big wave what we delaying the inevitable. you know you know what we mean by one big wave is that it continues to remain but you need to bring it down you need to bring it down so that those who are get most ill and you will have that percentage of people who get most ill can get the treatment they need immediately in your ho

well phone feel journalist, and she was very supportive of margaret having a career. >> do you know how she get the nickname "the boss"? >> harry started to call near because she was very organized with his senate office. she didn't mind the nickname until he introduced her as the boss and margaret as the boss's boss. she thought that people would think that march cigarette spoiled. >> there was a controversy whn n she was working because they paid her a salary. bess did the work. people were just trying to stir up problems and they knew that people would try to stir up problems, but it was an okay thing to do. >> so on their first time in the white house, bess said to the media you don't need to know who i am because i'm not the president. we have one of the very few pieces of film of bess, as first lady, and this is a pretty famous one. we're going to slow downright now. the christening of an airplane at national airport which is also interesting to see. it is interesting to see how open it was at the time. the event didn't go as planned. >> it gives me great pleasure to christen these two airplanes who has made possible. and

. >> the best of harry and daughter margaret. the ushers worked in the white house, describe them as the closest knit family they had seen in years. can you talk a little bit about what you know about how they enter into -- how they relate it and supported one another? >> it reminded me a lot of the carters. they were together a lot and they liked littlest into the music. they liked to read things and to discuss things. they just enjoyed being together. margaret and the president were musical. they liked to listen to records and stuff like that, the same way the carter stud. it was very much the same thing like just intimate, personal, how they lived. >> we're going to go back in time and tell you a bit of the biography of this woman who came to service the first lady. before we do that, let me tell you how you could be involved in the program. if you've been watching our series you know a lot of the things that makes the special and interesting or your comments. there's three ways you could do that. when us by phone. we will put

signed by a prominent authors and academics including linguist noam chomsky poet and novelist margaret atwood and harry potter author j.k. rowling has recently faced a wave of outrage after expressing her views on the issue of transgenders and feminism. resistance must not be allowed to harden into his own brand of dogma or coersion the democratic conclusion we want can be achieved only if we speak out against the intolerant climate that has set in on all sides well we have come to expect this on the radical right since sorious ness is also spreading more widely in our culture and intolerance of opposing views of vogue for public shaming and ostracism and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty well that after instantly to a backlash from both sides of the political divide leftists quickly denounced it as a display of elitism and fear of accountability while those on the right pointed to the poll corsi of some of the signatories who have themselves called for the consolation of others. following the backlash a couple of the signatories that have a parent even disavo

ago i read a book by margaret truman about bess, and i was wondering in the book it had a lot of the letters and so forth. and was there information we could read about bess and harry"dear bess?" >> i don't know. >> they're letters from the president to ms. truman. >> no, this is written by margaret, almost like a diary. but it was very informative because before i read that i did not ever see anything in a library or anything about bess truman. >> there's been a lot of scholarly work certainly on bess truman. but we use those letters. they're in the truman library in independence, and they're available for people to use to do research, and any book you read on harry truman is going to talk about those letters and use them as a reference, but bill, do you want to say why we don't have the letters from bess? >> she burned them. and truman came upon her when she was doing this, and he said don't do that, think of history, she said i am. mrs. washington, mrs. harding, and mrs. truman are the three first ladies who burned their letters and what a loss it is. >> we're fortunate she didn't burn the letters from harry at least. she left us those, but she did not want her

margaret hoover cnn political commentator and host of "firing line" on pbs. and a senior writer and analyst for cnn politics and brian stelter chief anchor of "reliable sources." harry, start with you. how far behind is president trump right now in polls? >> hello, ana. look, two polls came out this week. two national polls from the pew research center monmouth university. both had him down double digits and both polls had joe biden over 50% and this is something we've seen across the national polls. not just one or two. pretty much all national polls have joe biden up around ten points and seen that in the swing state polling as well with significant leads for the former vice president in states that matter, michigan,ing west virginia and pennsylvania. >> and going into the election, how do you think americans think he's handling this crisis? >> poorly. i mean, something we have seen going on and on and on. the president's approval rating on the coronavirus headed southward and more than that if you look at polls that matches up biden versus trump on who do you trust more on the coronavirus, what we see there is that joe biden is more trusted by about 10 percentage

a specialist in social psychology at the university of cambridge, but first let's speak to dr margaret harriseswoman for the world health organization. thank you for your time. what is the who advice to government in the uk as to what it should do? good evening. the important thing with face coverings for the general public, it has the charming term, the chatterjee is source control. we are trying to limit the amount of virus that is potentially around, especially in enclosed indoor settings. if everyone thought of themselves as infectious, that would work. if we all thought of ourselves as infectious, we would do all the things, keep their hands clean, keep the mouth covered and essentially limit transmission. is not one of the problems that the who and many governments have not said if it is creative these masks are necessary and the public has taken that message on board and is ambivalent about winning then? initially we we re about winning then? initially we were certainly focusing on masks for health workers as they were in the highest risk setting. if you remember at the beginning when