i caught up with melinda gates, cochair of the bill and melinda gates foundation.ked with her about the unequal distribution of vaccines and how it is not just up to philanthropy, but governments to step up. melinda: i think we still have a ways to go. we are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel in the united states, but until all americans are vaccinated, we still have a ways to go. it is going to be a while until the entire world is vaccinated. this is still going to be without the next few years and i think we are going to have to watch these variants. that is still concerning. emily: what is it about the variants that concern you? melinda: we know viruses mutate, but when they mutate, they can become sometimes more deadly or more contagious, so any time you see these mutations, we need to be on top of them and figure out , do we need to tune various vaccines to take care of them? emily: your foundation has committed $1.75 billion to the fight against covid. i know your team is diligent about looking at where and how that money is spent. in your view, where i

deadly chief political analyst melinda crane joins us now to put the german president's remarks into a bit of context for us hello to you melinda i'd like to go right to what he just said in that clip we played about germany facing itself in a mirror reflecting on this compulsion to lay down the rules for everything a fear of taking risks shunting back and forth and responsibility what is the president driving at. well he's essentially driving at what is perceived by many people here in germany as a constant back and forth course of coded pandemic management so we have the minister presidents of the federal government meeting at regular intervals and then issuing pronouncements and then often a couple of weeks later appearing to take back those pronouncements or to modify them or different federal states disagreeing with one another about how to proceed and in fact the german constitution vests primary health cause responsibility in the federal states but the fact is that there's been a lot of tussling between them and the federal government about whether to tighten restrictions loos

all right melinda so you said just before it's clear that it's time our is addressing at least partly german politicians in this clip we just heard he's talking a lot about trust and also urging germans not just to focus on what's going wrong with the pandemic response what is his underlying message here and who is the target of that. well it's essentially targeted at both german citizens but also at german politics sensually saying look easter is a time for hope and there is every reason to be hopeful the vaccine roll out is now gathering speed many people will have the opportunity to be vaccinated but essentially he's saying for them to avail themselves of that opportunity they need to trust trust in the vaccines trust in the judgment of political leaders and therefore he's essentially melding these 2 hope. trust and it's crucial to know the german president doesn't set policy himself piece essentially the moral compass of the nation and that's why he's speaking to these overriding themes hope and trust the deadly chief political analyst melinda crane thank you so much. and before w

deadly the chief political analyst melinda crane joins us now to put to the german president's remarks into a bit of context for us hello to you i'd like to go right to what he just said in that clip we played about germany facing itself in a mirror reflecting on this compulsion to lay down rules for everything a fear of taking risks shunting back and forth from responsibility what is the president driving at. well he's essentially driving at what is perceived by many people here in germany as a constant back and forth course of coded pandemic management so we have the minister president of the federal government meeting at regular intervals and then issuing pronouncements and then often a couple of weeks later appearing to take back those pronouncements or to modify them or different federal states disagreeing with one another about how to proceed and in fact the german constitution vests primary health policy responsibility in the federal states but the fact is that there's been a lot of tussling between them and the federal government about whether to tighten the restrictions loosen

bring in our chief political correspondent on the crane for the latest on this story good morning melinda we heard that tougher restrictions are coming are people going to go along with that. we have seen consistent that people have been very supportive of tighter and more restrictive measures when the wave of infection surged and that is still the case even after a very very long lockdown here in germany so at the moment when it comes to restrictions like a curfew 51 percent of those surveyed say they would support it $46.00 would not but amongst the mainstream parties amongst the 2 governing parties as well as the green party and the left party nearly all members say they would go along with the curfew it's actually only right wing a.f.d. party and business friendly democrats whose members say that no they would oppose 'd a curfew so all in all still critics strong support among the population at large for tougher measures that's among the population at large but melinda no where one year into this pandemic why does there still not to seeing seem to be a clear consensus among the countr

the national polls you see that it's a cd you is definitely struggling it has been losing support melinda crane in berlin thank you. now in the bundesliga minds boosted their survival chances with a late victory against cologne the 32 win continues their climb up the table but the result means the end of the road for cologne's coach he's been fired with the team stuck in the relegation zone. marcus gives those cologne hadn't won in 7 games the home coach would have feared the worst when mind scored with their 1st shot on goal john paul boy put the finishing touches on a neat move. close one handed the way back into the game on half time penalty the verdict on 3 tutors equaliser just rewards for cologne's efforts that domination continued in the 2nd half the free kicks finding its way to earlier skeery headed to host since who deserved to lead. the football can be a cruel game when you're fighting for survival cologne barely had time to enjoy that goal as mine hit back with a sucker punch. but devastating council rounded off by kareem only see. the visitors had found their way and it was a

given mr lasher speaking moments ago do you chief political correspondent milind crane joins us now melinda this is basically means that the political leadership contest is basically over now. it's largely decided that the last word hasn't been spoken we heard from the c.d.u. executive committee this morning that they explicitly did not pass a formal resolution but we're issuing a recommendation but one has to say it is a recommendation that carries a lot of weight we have to remember these 2 conservative sister cards they may be sisters but the c.d.u. is definitely the big sister as mr asserting himself put it and he certainly is not going to go head to head head to head against the c.u. party leadership on this as mr lasher emphasized in those remarks that we just heard it is very important to people in both parties that the 2 sisters speak with one of the voice on this point there for the last quarter won't be spoken until mr lasher and mr circa nique that could be as soon as this afternoon and by the way even then there may be other voices in the chorus here that out a bit of dissidents

a bit of context for us hello to you melinda i'd like to go right to what he just said in that clip we played about germany facing itself in a mirror reflecting on this compulsion to lay down the rules for everything a fear of taking risks shunting back and forth from responsibility what is the president driving at. well this essentially driving at what is perceived by many people here in germany as a constant back and forth course of coded pandemic management so we have the minister presidents of the federal government meeting at regular intervals and then issuing pronouncements and then often a couple of weeks later appearing to take back those pronouncements or to modify them or different federal states disagreeing with one another about how to proceed and in fact the german constitution vests primary health policy responsibility in the federal states but the fact is that there's been a lot of tussling between them and the federal government about whether to tighten restrictions loosen restrictions and many citizens have the sense that leadership is missing and therefore that is

chief political analyst melinda crane thank you so much. now for a roundup of some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic britain's health regulators says 7 people have died due to a rare blood clots after receiving the astra zeneca vaccine but it remains unclear whether there is a connection bangladesh has announced a 7 day mation wide lockdown beginning on monday it comes after the nation recorded its highest single day coronavirus case increase on friday and kenya has suspended the private import of coronavirus vaccines citing fears of counterfeit inoculations . all right some sports news now and a german soccer in this weekend sees the most important match of the world as big a season so far 2nd place leipsic host 1st placed byron munich the defending champions now a win for leipzig would put them within a point of the top spot and live 6 chances have been bolstered by an injury that will keep byron's a leading goalscorer out of action. when a club has to leave this kind of challenge. this kind of goal scoring prowess.

well let's bring in our chief political correspondent melinda crane for the very latest on the story she's following this time melinda as we mentioned the studio executive committee has given its backing to lash so tell us more about where things stand right now mr boucher to speaking at this very moment after having received the backing not only of the c.d.u. executive committee up but also of its broader leadership now that was expected the leadership is known to support him and we have to remember as you said these are 2 conservative sister parties but the c.d.u. as it were is the bigger sister mr sitter himself has said so and he said that he would certainly listen to what the bigger sister had to say so the bigger sisters leadership has in fact said that mr lash it is their man but they did emphasize in their own press conference that this is not a formal resolution that they have taken but a recommendation and mr lasher himself speaking to the press has not said i have now that one he has essentially been emphasizing his characteristics as a good chance the candidate and as som

our chief political correspondent melinda crane is following the latest on this story for us to melinda we've heard the health minister calling for unified unified response here at the same time we've seen these battles between state and national leaders on how to proceed and now the german government wants to tighten this law tell us more about this. well this change has been in the works for quite some time and i think many citizens would say it's long overdue the swelling you refer to has to do with the fact that the german laws essentially place health policy in the hands of the federal states now they do negotiate or confer with the federal government the national government about what kind of restrictions to put into place but essentially the 1st call has always been there at the beginning of march they agreed with the federal government on a phased clampdown that for areas that had rates of infection above $100.00 cases per 100000 residents would require them to immediately impose a so-called emergency brake but the fact is that plant has been rather broadly interpreted in a lot

all right melinda you said just before it's clear that it's time meyer is addressing at least partly german politicians in this clip we just heard he's talking a lot about trust and also urging germans not just to focus on what's going wrong with the pandemic response what is his underlying message here and who is the target of that. well it's essentially targeted at both german citizens but also at german politics sensually saying look easter is a time for hope and there is every reason to be hopeful the vaccine roll out is now gathering speed many people will have the opportunity to be that sedated but essentially he's saying for them to avail themselves of that opportunity they need to trust trust in the vaccines trust in the judgment of political leaders and therefore he's essentially melding these 2 hope. trust and it's crucial to know the german president doesn't set policy himself piece essentially the moral compass of the nation and that's why he's speaking to these overriding themes hope and trust the chief political analyst melinda crane thank you so much. and staying in ge

word but it is a very strong word with a lot of weight in favor of mr lasher of these 2 candidates melinda who is more popular. absolutely mr there's a very interesting new poll that shows that among c.d.u. members who voted for the party c.d.u. and c.s.u. members who voted for the party in $27.00 only about 32 percent would still give their pope the vote to the party if mr lasher it is the chancellor candidate if it were mr cert 70 over 70 percent say they'd stay with the party that is a massive difference and if we look at the general population there is at least a 20 percentage point spread between those who favor mr sort of very much in the majority and those who say mr lash it would be a good chancellor so massive gaps if you look at the polls you mentioned that i'm in la should sees himself as a natural successor if you well to chance on the macro someone who will uphold her legacy how much will that help him. that's a potential strength it could also prove to be a weakness 6 months ago it was still a strength as germany was looking pretty strong in coming through the corona crisis a

and the chief political correspondent melinda crane is standing by belinda walk us through how ultimately the candidate will be chosen. it will be chosen ultimately by the leadership of the c.d.u. of the chancellor's christian democrats as mr surjit himself put it it is the big sister of these 2 conservative sister parties and he said he will respect its decision if they want him to be the candidate candidate then indeed he is glad to do it now the leadership of the c.d.u. is meeting today and we've heard that there will be a decision within the week that apparently is what the leadership wants of what mr soda wants what's noteworthy here is that actually mr nash it has the bulk of his support in this city your leadership group within the parliamentary group of the c.d.u. and within the population at large there are many who would prefer this to search but it seems that the city of leadership is concerned about a shift in the balance of power toward their area and that just shows that between these 2 sisters there is quite a bit of rivalry and therefore this is by no means a done deal mr

chief political analyst melinda crane will put these statements of the german president into context for us greetings belinda who is steinmeyer really addressing here german citizens who are politicians. well really he's addressing both his speech begins with an acknowledgement that yet another appeal to fortitude and patience is not what people are looking for but ultimately that is one of his main messages he essentially says to both citizens and politicians look i know that this is a long slog and the mistakes that have been made the difficulties we face they have chipped away at both sides trusts that citizens trust in politicians and perhaps also politicians trust that citizens are doing their part and he essentially says we are only going to get through this if we all poll ourselves together and then he issues what is a fairly strong warning or even an indirect scolding to the politicians themselves as we could hear in that sound i. know shimei refers to the desire to regulate everything the fear of risk their shuffling of responsibility which he driving at. well in the one han

let's talk about all of this with our chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda as we had the infection numbers in germany are rising at the moment and intensive care units are also filling up so how serious is the situation in germany it's grave as the health minister and also the head of the country's center for disease control said today we are in the midst of a 3rd wave we're seeing numbers edging close to the highest numbers we have seen in germany and both said that we are also seeing more and more serious cases amongst younger people even even teenagers and children and as the head of the center for disease control put it every day we don't bring these numbers down is a day that has cost in human life and as you said intensive care units increasingly stretched also personnel in intensive care units increasingly burdened so all of that makes it imperative to act meanwhile this comes as there's a battle between state and national leaders on how to proceed and we're hearing that the german government is trying to change that now or tell us more. indeed there have been batt

another note, my latest studio 1.0 featuring melinda gates.cochair of the bill and melinda gates foundation , which just gave $1.75 billion to fight the global pandemic. she will talk about the future of women, she is worried about women backsliding post pandemic. you can catch that conversation coming up on bloomberg television. i'm emily chang. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the following is a paid program. the opinions and views expressed do not reflect those of bloomberg lp, its affiliates, or its employees. >> the following is a paid presentation furnished by rare collectibles llc. >> in 1792, as a way to declare to the world that the united states of america was now an independent

another note, my latest studio 1.0 featuring melinda gates. .cochair of the bill and melinda gates foundation which gave $1.75 billion to fight the global pandemic. she will talk about the future of women, she is worried about women backsliding post pandemic. you can catch that conversation coming up on bloomberg television. i'm emily chang. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: good morning and welcome to "daybreak: australia." i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. we are counting down to the major market open. shery: good evening from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm shery ahn. haidi:haidi: these are your top stories. indonesia's president slams richer nations for vaccine nationalism. in a narrative -- in an interview, he warns the pandemic will not end unless all countries are treated equally.

. >> in the fight against covid-19 worldwide bill and melinda gates foundation is committed a staggeringllion to vaccine development, distribution, treatments and more. it is one of the largest funds for any philanthropic effort from around the globe, but while mass vaccinations are rapidly underway, the pandemic is far from over. >> there is a clear problem that low and most middle-income countries are not receiving the vaccines.

bill and melinda gates are heavily invested in vaccines and microsoft.e pandemic. >> ben: naomi you bring up a really important point here which is that we are told over and over again listen to the science. listen to the scientists. and, yet, when he is going out and saying things like well, i don't know when you can get married or when you can have a wedding or get together or something like that, and he is always talking about well, i kind of said it this way because i thought people would listen, but it wasn't necessarily what the truth was. that deyadz trust in science. it degrades trust in our scientific institutions to have that kind of fly by night approach. and i just don't understand why he doesn't understand that or do you think that he does and he just thinks he can get away with it? >> ben, i'm going to tell you something very upsetting. he doesn't work for us. i mean, he is so conflicted that i don't think that you can say is he a bureaucrat whose job is to serve public health for the american people. he is so conflicted. he has patents acc

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so joining us now via skype from the united states is melinda herring she is deputy director of the atlantic council's eurasia center and a former editor of the ukraine blog 1st of all how serious how extensive is this troop buildup along the border. thanks for the invitation to be here mario it's very serious this is the largest number of russian troops that we've seen on the ukrainian border since 2014 we think the ukrainians say that there's 85000 russian troops on the border and in crimea it's a huge number and as you just said the language is already growing hotter and hotter so it's a serious situation most analysts don't know which way it's going to go so it's not care if though it's too soon to say whether or not russia will proceed to make an advance or whether we will just see this built this these troops remain in place and haul them around without doing very much. look russia is moving a lot of troops around for a legitimate military they have a lot of they have a lot of military maneuvering going on right now but this is a huge number and they don't have a good incredible explan

phil: dw's melinda crane.orld leaders are increasingly concerned about troops along russia's border with the ukraine. the u.s., germany, and france are calling on moscow to halt the movements of its forces. observers say russian backed separatist rebels have reportedly breached a cease-fire. ♪' >> russian state television offers a different way of looking at things. it reports that you can nato pose a threat to russia, and not the other way around. it shows video footage of moscow's response. russian troops engaged in military exercises in crimea. wild to the west looks like saber rattling is viewed differently by russia. for moscow, it's a necessary reinforcement of its defenses against the west. >> the majority of the ukrainian military understand the fatal consequences of any actions that would lead to conflict. i hope they won't be provoked by politicians who in turn are being provoked by the west, especially the united states. ukrainian president vladimir zelensky sees western troops as essential backup f

the foundation of the will and melinda gates foundation with microsoft but also the foundation of success that microsoft itself created was a very simple principle. every life is of equal value. and i think every so often in our country today, people don't feel that they are regarded to -- as being equally appreciated by someone else. so, i hope we can all show greater appreciation. it's a time to remember that the enemy is a virus, not each other . then take steps in a very tangible way to give people what they need for greater success . you know, for somebody like me, yes, we need to bring broadband to every world and make it affordable for every family in urban america. we need to provide access to digital skills for everyone. we need to protect people's rights and use data that can create greater confidence in our law enforcement officers and what they do and how they do it across the country. there's always a little bit of a danger, obviously. there are a lot of problems that have technology as a piece of the solution and if we in the tech sector can recognize that opportunity to be

to break the current way to develop suppression let's bring in our chief political correspondent melinda crane with the latest on the story hi linda we've heard growing calls for a unified approach as numbers are growing up in germany but at the same time we're also seeing these battles between regional and federal leaders on how to proceed and another german government wants to address that a tell us more about that. yes indeed they want to address that with the change that has been controversial much discussed and many people would say is long overdue so those battles that you referred to derives from the fact that german law puts infection control largely in the hands of the regional authorities at the moment now they do negotiate with the federal government and in fact in early march for example they agreed on a plan with the federal government that is phased and that would require regions that see infection rates go above that 100 case number per 100000 residents that would require them to put into place what's called an emergency brake essentially tighter restrictions lock downs an

political correspondent linda crane is following this story for us melinda have an ongoing battles between state and national leaders on the best way to proceed that looks set to change tell us more. well those battles that you refer to reflect the fact that german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as $3030.00 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost $300.00 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach this however they do regularly negotiate with the federal government about what kind of restrictions to put into place and all agreed at the beginning of march on a phased plan that would see uniform restrictions in the event of one particular circumstance namely infection rates over $100.00 cases per 100000 residents however that has not occurred and that's because the fact is that there are places

melinda crane. world leaders are increasingly concerned about a buildup of troops along the road. border with ukraine the u.s. germany and france are all calling on moscow to hold the movement of its forces there are fears of an escalation in eastern ukraine as donbass region observers say russia backed separatist rebels have repeatedly breached. the kremlin says the current military buildup is a territorial right. the russian state television offers a different way of looking at things it reports that ukraine and nato pose a threat to russia and not the other way around. the narrative present ukrainian soldiers as the aggressors and shows video footage of moscow's response russian troops engaged in military exercises in crimea. what to the west looks like saber rattling is viewed differently by russia from moscow it's a necessary reinforcement of its defenses against the west where young. bush and the majority of the ukrainian military understand the fatal consequences of any actions that would lead to conflict. you know i hope they won't be provoked by politicians who in turn ar

it's that they don't lose their chief political correspondent melinda crane now world leaders are increasingly concerned about a buildup of troops along russia's border with ukraine the u.s. germany and france are all calling on moscow to hope the movement of its forces there are fears of an escalation in eastern ukraine donbass region observers say russian backed separatist rebels have repeatedly breached a cease fire the kremlin says the current military buildup is a territorial right. the russian state television offers a different way of looking at things it reports that ukraine and nato pose a threat to russia and not the other way around. the narrative present ukrainian soldiers as the aggressors and shows video footage of moscow's response russian troops engaged in military exercises in crimea. what to the west looks like saber rattling is viewed differently by russia from moscow it's a necessary reinforcement of its defenses against the west for young. the majority of the ukrainian military understand the fatal consequences of any actions that would lead to conflict. i hope they won't

our chief political correspondent linda crane is at the bundestag following this debate for us hi melinda we saw transamerica making her case there earlier are we going to see german lawmakers today finally taking the steps that public health officials and doctors are really pleading for. yes indeed it was quite an enthusiastic case that she made but certainly this law will not get passed today and in fact it is not on track to meet the schedule that the government had originally hoped to namely to possibly even to see passage in this week policymakers are talking about getting agreement on the law at the earliest by the and next week and even then it is possible that the opposition may challenge some measures including those curfew restrictions referred to in the report in front of in the courts so it will indeed take some time and of course we are already in the midst of the 3rd wave with surging infections so the law alone is not going to be enough to get this under control and we're already more than one year and a pandemic so well into why is there still no clear consensus among germ

he'll take over that position for deputy chief melinda drayton who became the interim chief since 2020. freeman served as the fire chief for the city of hartford, connecticut since 2016. he will start as the new fire chief on may 17th. >>> coming up, come back from the pandemic of the still ahead, the new state law aimed at giving back laid off workers and one industry the same jobs that they lost ahead of the summer travel season. >> and some prescription medication can cost you big bucks if you don't have the proper coverage. i'll tell you about a new tool one company created that can really help slash the big prices and actor tober grace's mom is getting some attention. this is from major hollywood stars like dennis quaid. he tells kelly about her unforgettable exchange with two a-listers who think she is cute. we'll tell you all about that. you just watch "the kelly clarkson show" at 3:00 this everyone a right here on nbc bay area. my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than yo

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have big customers like cvs in the u.s., the national healthcare service in the u.k., the bill and melinda foundation, and that has to be a supreme vote of confidence. what else do you see as a real growth area for lou mirrored dx -- lumi rudd dx -- lumiradx. ron: if we are helping people with diabetes to know where they are and improved over time, to help in diagnosing heart attacks in such a way that you can triage patients effectively when the ambulance shows up before people are taken into the emergency room. we have tests coming for one called the dimer, which helps physicians triage patients and make sure they don't necessarily go into hospitals when the physician is expecting a serious issue such as a --, where today you would send them automatically if you were to do it test that triage is that, you would stop on the inconvenience on many people because people would be from the community into the emergency flow. there is a string of products like those we are bringing through, which we expect will drive our growth for many years to come. on covid, it will probably be around for a w

candidate in sociology and melinda gates cambridge. from stanford university, every masters degree in the university of cambridge and gender studies. in the latest book, race, equality and american utopia. he narrates her own stories of the unsuccessful attempt to get it to racial quality at the heart. received fellowships from the foundation and center for african-american research at harvard university. to all of our audience, yes, i do have an accent, that's what happened, we grew up with a different language but i assure you i did not have an accent, hopefully not what i moderate. i'm so excited to be here with the so i encourage you to add your questions on the q&a button on your screen and we will select many of them in the conversation should particularly in this number two, do not forget should to get your book should -- [inaudible] should. >> i will not represent you in spanish. [laughter] >> such a pleasure to have you here, i tried to do my best and capture the covers of the book and obviously i've read them and i'm a member

well let's go right to our chief political correspondent linda crane for the latest on this story hi melinda we're hearing that the christian democrats and i'm going to pose party that their executive committee has reached a decision tell us more. indeed the executive committee said a short while ago that they are throwing their full backing behind army lash it who is also the head of the party as your report noted and the fact is this was not unexpected the city your leadership the executive committee is known to support mr lasher not least because they're concerned about the shift in the balance of leadership power toward full of area so question is is this the last word and that is not clear because the executive committee said explicitly they did not. agree to a formal resolution in favor of mr lasher it rather this represents the opinion of the executive committee and when mr sudo said yesterday that it would be the big sister city you think the bigger of the 2 conservative sister parties that ultimately decides and that he would agree to their decision he did not refer to the city exec

will still take some time and we're in the middle of a 3rd wave we're in the middle of a 3rd wave melinda where one year into this why is there still no clear consensus among leaders on how to tackle this head on. well part of it is german federalism the country's infectious disease law until now has put most of the responsibility for pandemic management in the hands of the federal states and there are wide variations in the rates of infection among the states also in the politics of different state leaders and therefore their interpretation of the restrictions including especially of the so-called emergency brake that's supposed to go into effect when infection rates are surging has had a lot of latitude therefore that was the impetus behind this new draft law another issue though is a very real and justified concern for incursions on personal freedoms that are guaranteed by the constitution and particularly when it comes to these curfew restrictions that's why the chancellor in her remarks talked about a proportionate approach that would balance burdens and benefits now crafting that ki

political correspondent linda crane is following the story for us melinda have been ongoing battles between state and national leaders on the best way to proceed that looks set to change tell us more. well those battles that you refer to reflect the fact that german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as $3030.00 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost $300.00 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach this however they do regularly negotiate with the federal government about what kind of restrictions to put into place and all agreed at the beginning of march on a phased plan that would see uniform restrictions in the event of one particular circumstance namely infection rates over $100.00 cases per 100000 residents however that has not occurred and that's because the fact is that there are places

annmarie: melinda gates discussing covid-19 and the role of government in the race for vaccines.'t want to miss the latest episode of bluebird studio 1.0. she explains how philanthropy's effectiveness hinges on its connections with government. looking forward to that. manus: indeed. let's get back to the story on the bloomberg terminal. credit suisse under pressure. the bank detailing $4.7 billion. the dividends and the buybacks. the fallout is still being tallied. dani burger has it. i've never seen anybody had a cliff on the twitter as much as they are. give us the latest date on credit suisse. dani: it's because there is so much to talk about and so much more to come for credit suisse. at this point, it's about mitigating costs and saving relationships. we have to remember it's not just rk goss. 4.7 billion might be the bulk of the cost that they are likely to face. jp morgan saying that they think costs from these two events could run up to something like 8.7 billion. they will have to set aside litigation provisions as well as continued cost for higher regulatory issues to.

there is the available indicates foundation, -- bill and melinda gates foundation, but it is going toake some time. if you go back to h1n1 in 2009, that hit africa longer because they had poor access to vaccine. this is going to be something we will contend with for some time and it will affect the way you can travel and conduct commerce. you will see those hospitals in the places worrying about surges when this is something that is not confined to the u.s., the u.k. or any other highly vaccinated country. lisa: we are seeing european stocks rise to record highs. an internal memo is reported from the european union saying that that region would need some sort of 55% threshold of vaccination for its people or at least vaccination -- or at least enough by the end of june. it seems possible. i know you probably have no care about the markets, but is it realistic that we could get 55% of the population covered when it comes to vaccine supplies in europe by the end of june? dr. adalja: it is in the realm of possibility. it will be challenging. the eu has had multiple hiccups with the astra

freeman will take over for deputy chief melinda drayton, who has held the position on an interim basis oakland city administrator says chief freedmen branch eef freeman brings a high level of professional experience as a leader, he'll take over the department effective as of may 17th. there are concerns that drought conditions will make this year's fire season another destructive one. ktvu is cristina rendon reports that napa county is making a big investment in fire preparedness to help communities in danger zones. preparing for fire season in april. absolutely gets a monumental project and tasked to make us all safer here in circle logs, the danger always top of mind in the circle looks community of rural napa county roughly. 100 homes sit behind atlas peak surrounded by overgrown vegetation. wildfires prompted evacuations in 2017, and during last year's ellen, you complex fire. i've been here for four years didn't know what i was getting into. when i first moved out here. i don't think anything prepares you ever for the possibility that your home may burn completely down. rouz are r

they don't lose chief political correspondent melinda crane explained why germany's federal government is taking this action. german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as 3030 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost 300 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach this however they do regularly negotiate with the federal government about what kind of restrictions to put into place and all agreed at the beginning of march on a phased plan that would see uniform restrictions in the event of one particular circumstance namely infection rates over $100.00 cases per 100000 residents however that has not occurred and that's because the fact is that there are places even including the capital here berlin that have infection rates over that number and are still trying to sort of sort of do a lockdown l

the foreign press yesterday pointed out bill and melinda gates own 242,000-acres of farmland, the biggesters of land in this country. a lot of people get upset about that when they hear it. this article says it is a good thing. maybe they will usher in the era of a gtech. tell us what it is and why so many people are excited about it >> roughly 1930s, we got average yield of 30-bushels of corn per acre. 90 years later, we're close to averaging 100 -- 180 bushels and acre, six times. that big pharma, the companies are putting out, we can grow on a sidewalk and grow corn in a glass of water because of technology involved. forget about the conspiracy theories with microsoft and bill gates for a second. there is every reason why a guy like that would try to make farming more fish end. continue to make the same gains in the next 100 years we get more and more out of the same parcel. land that is the power of ag tech. not to mention to keep animals healthier, cleaner, safer for our own consumption. there is every reason for a guy like that to be involved. number two, think about the green energ

freeman will take over for deputy chief melinda drayton, who has held the position as an interim role city administrator says she, freeman brings a high level of professional experience as a leader, he will take over the department effective may 17th. with very little rain. so far, there are concerns that this year's fire season will be especially brutal. napa county is now making a big investment in fire preparedness to help communities in danger zones are report tonight from cristina rendon, preparing for fire season in april. absolutely gets a monumental project and tasked to make us all safer here in circle logs, the danger always top of mind in the circle looks community of rural napa can money, roughly 200 homes sit behind atlas peak surrounded by overgrown vegetation. wildfires prompted evacuations in 2017, and during last year's ellen new complex fire. i've been here for four years didn't know what i was getting into when i first moved out here. i don't think anything prepares you ever for the possibility that your home may burn completely down. rouz are removing castro his br

let's go right to our chief political correspondent linda crane for the latest on this story hi melinda we're hearing that the christian democrats and i'm going to party that their executive committee has reached a decision tell us more. indeed the executive committee said a short while ago that they are throwing their full backing behind armey lash it who is also the head of the party as your report noted and the fact is this was not unexpected the c.d.u. leadership the executive committee is known to support mr lasher not least because they're concerned about the shift in the balance of leadership power toward the various so question is is this the last word and that is not clear because the executive committee said explicitly they did not. agree to a formal resolution in favor of mr lasher it rather this represents the opinion of the executive committee and when mr souter said yesterday that it would be the big sister city you think the bigger of the 2 conservative sister parties that ultimately decides and that he would agree to their decision he did not refer to the c.d.u. executiv

day and they're coming from all over the state including up north in northern california, kyle and melindaom sacramento. you made the drive, you're here early this morning. tell me about your excitement. >> we're excited. we haven't been here since, what, march or january of last year? >> yes. >> so we cannot wait to get back into the parks. >> and feel the magic again. we're really excited. >> there's nothing like this place. >> i love your mickey mouse ears beautifully done with the sparkles this morning. there are a lot of protocols happening here at disney social assistancing, masks will be a requirement, plexiglass everywhere and you have to use your phone and foebl device app to get around the park and pay for things, all to reduce those touch points. talk to us about what you think about the protocols that disney is taking. >> we think the protocols are just fine because the majority of the time we use the touchless pay, the mobile ordering anyway and it's pretty easy. so as far as protocols action , plexiglass we're not worried. walt disney world in march, we felt perfectly safe so

will take over for deputy chief melinda drayton, who's held the position in an inner of role since lastil. oakland city administrator says chief freeman brings a high level of professional experience as a leader he'll take over the department effective may 17th happening today, a committee of the novato unified school district will meet to discuss closing an elementary school in the district due to declining enrollment. last month, the committee did narrow down the potential school closure options to three schools loose sudden, linwood. and rancho ktvu james tourist spoke to a parent who's two daughters attend linwood and she says, closing that school would be a hardship for many families. ah, lot of the parents don't drive. you know, they don't own a car. um. so shutting the school down, transferring it to another. it would make it so difficult. for ah lot of the students to get to school, the committee could recommend to the district which school to close by the end of next month. the school board says the closure of the selected school would not happen until august of next year. thou

envoy to melinda king says if it's not stopped the fighting could trigger even greater fighting and instability. syria has been stripped of its voting rights and the global chemical weapons watchdog 6 years after it 1st allegedly used them the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons only investigation teams say the syrian military use sarin and chlorine gas oh about money report. there's khattab says he was injured 3 years ago in a chemical bombing but it's refuse asylum outside syria which is he says his home. but that home is now a displaced persons camp in northern italy province where fay is earns what listen he can repairing shoes he lives with 8 members of his family and one tent and says there are 50 families squeezed into just 30 tents in the camp in 2018 fares was guarding empty houses with other anti-government rebels a few kilometers south in circa when the syrian regime launched an attack. helicopter was in the sky and we knew that we have to resort to the shelters because normally it would drop a barrel bomb but that evening there was no explosion so one guy opened the