they were pandec just severe.dible] i think iluenza hasisled because the point aut influenza as even when there is a pandemic strain there's always immunity because of t protein we shared the previous virus. particularly 1918 the pandemic ended when a third of the population has immunity. therefore continues and they did not get very ill. this is one of the problems with covid-19. we really don't know. people tal about heard immunity the term that has been borrowed tre is assigned forommunity and life given the pulation. you know, the rule of thumb is lead we reach 60 or 70% of people who've had covidr how recovered. we don't know there certainly an unown. plus we don't know if there is some pre-existing, right? which means we may not actually hear the second or third period or it could be the other way. we don't get the assistance of protection. so we really are, you know, the time can't give us the answer. that also drives distrust and everything expert might tell a straight >> i want to ask each of you to expan

honorable friend is right, in remarkably good condition by tweeting the mayor of london before the pandec struck and i can assure my honorable friend we are working with tfl to see what we can do to resolve the problem and we will update you. >> the leader of the opposition. >> i send my best wishes to the prime minister and all those across the country for doing the right thing by following the rules and self isolating. it is one of the proudest achievements of the last labor government. until now there has been a broad consensus about the evolution so why tell the centerpiece the scottish evolution is in his words a disaster? >> thank you. what has unquestionably been a disaster is the way the nationalist party has taken it as a means not to improve the lives of their constituents, not to address their self -- health concerns or education in scotland but constantly a chair by the right honorable gentleman as the opposition but constantly to campaign the breakup of the country and the sound policy that i personally benefited, but into a mission to break up the uk and let me remind you th

that is the highest number of air travel since the pandec correspondent: there will not be at thingsing -- a thanksgiving gathering for her. she has lost six members of her family to the coronavirus. >> he was aho mans dedicated to his family. [sighs] he w dedicat to his family, his children, his wife. he was an example of what a wholesome, family unit looks like. correspondent: there has been a dramatic surge in new cases across t u.s. the health official advice has been to not travel for thanksgiving. on the eve of the holiday, u.s. airports where their busiest day sincmid-march. many feel that the risk has been exaggerated. >> whawe been -- what will you dutifully thisear? rrespondent: i will do nothing >> i will do nothing differently. itilbe the same as every other thanksgiving. correspondent: less travel, less people getting together will slow the spread of the virus. do you agree wit that? >> yes i agree it mathematically. if no one travels, no one will get it. this is the united states of america. thiss not some country road bike despots. correspondent: that argument that ame

a local savings initiative has been established to help out and assist farmers in weathering the pandeclando was among those who attended a training session on financial management. eric: we know that after t establishment of the new renovated farms, its takes about 3 years or more for the farms starts so snv under the scafproject thght it we to link with fincial instutions to e how they can g the post rehabilitation phase before the orlando hoping tose the can to expa and devop his plantation. he wants to ready f what happens after the pandemic. the improved prospects have evenrompted hison adama fuseing hijob as a tcher to gi farming a himself. adama: w i can sea lot if imovement myather is able get food to feed the family and then some of the food he sale was able to get money to support the faly and now i am even attracted to go into fruit farmg. for orlao osnu, thin ared oking upight. >> that's all from global 3000 this week! thanks for joining us! andon't forg to send us your views, yocan write to: global3000@dw.com and check us out on facebook dw global ideas and dw women. see yo

yasmeen, what's your assessment of biden and how he will handle the pandec? yasmeen: i think he made pretty clear as soon as he was declared the winner of the election you saw him two days later announce his coronavirus task force transition task orce which was made up experts. so, you know, i think he tried to signal right o outthe gate that this was going to be a science-led response. as going to advice of scientists. you saw him appoint ron klain, chief of staff who was the ebola czar for the obama administration in 2014 andas generally praised for the way he coordinated across the federal government t manage the ebola response. so you see that this is going to be the top priority for the wden administrationn they come in front and center. you know, the biden team has also signaled that they will put the c.d.c. front and center includin career officials who were cast aside in the trump adnistration for, you know, straying from the message of the trump administration wanted to convey. so he's trying every way that he can, that this is going to be a much mor

trust in government and instutions an trust in each other that were those epidemic even before the pandec. but the other reality is if you focus your gaze away from washington dc and you actually see working with those catalyst communities you actually see the democratic renewal and to put in the language of another fellow commissioner youee the cascade of responsibility across the board in a lot of places thewould say that the book in place and in east l.a. or in chicago. no no no closer people taking responsibility and to create a shared story owhat we will doere. sensing these at the same time the point going back to john adams to ensure particully in times of crisis and painful transformation with the country has gone through now , we have a place and a w to step back weston for the deeper frequencies and loo for the patterns for what is going on. that is the spirit of which we launch the endeavor. as pete mentioned with 35 commissioners those sessions throughout thenited states is windowressing platforms that mindset with a higher sense of responsibility of okay we need to figure how

and tt -- maybe, maybe democts got punished a little bit for adhering to the pandec basically democra said our voters d't want anybody ocking on their doors. our voters don't want rallies. ourdy supporters dengt and they uttered that and that hustling ma have made something of a difference asell. that's something that'sard for polls to pickp. but superior organizion -- >> right also has the potential to backfire because -- if docrats did go out there and campaign and not knock on or deuc that could be radically undermine joe biden's entire premise it seems like it was a kind ofinough -- don't know luckily our job is not decide how things could have gone differently. but it does seem like it would have been seen. iant to go into a couple specific counties like orange county. and texas let's start with orange county. so about a year ago, the chairman of the tom emmer told me that republica were poised no only to flip the house which requires netng 17 feet that the path to get there 25 was there easily. laid out thi scenario in ich republicans would recapte cancel a district that hillary

we should note that prthe pandec is still raging across the country and now is affecting his own son.> it is really a significant moment. you point out so many people and now the president's son, donald trump jr. confirmed has covid-19. hopefully it will not be serious. we don't know. we don't know the long-term effects. there are a lot of people that had it that complain months down the road of memory loss and breathing, they can't exercise the way they used to exercise. there is so much we don't know about the disease and now donald trump jr. has it as well. we did learn, boris, that the secretary of housing and urban development, ben carson, he had covid-19 and today, right now we are just learning in a statement that he was reportedly desperately ill. desperately ill. they required emergency medication for him. seems like all of the events, all of those super spreader type of events had a direct impact. >> absolutely, wolf. and that is why it is so baffling that the white house would continue to hold events with large number of people at the white house on election night or other

we are competing with rest of the world but it' important that they get the relief from the pandec as well.om if we don't include the situation everywhere things lik [inaudible] will bempossible in international tvel and that so important to us. that is the first part of t question and the second thing about who should get it, you know, i think when we have more information inhe coming days as we start t see some very specific data from the phase three trial. everybody has to feel confident that the vaccine is safe and i think that's really, really important. we don't want people doing something tt they're anxious about and no one will be ford to get the vaccine. the benefit of getting the vacce early as if you are at higher risk is that those are the peopleri who when they get help wil get severely ill and even potentially died. theyre testing the vaccine, not just from the general polation but testing it in people's underlying conditions. i think as we get data that it's equally and even if you are older en that should be reassuring for people and you know, it's the cautious approac

so i have gained greater appreciation for e struggles of a small business owner as well during the pandec. connie it wasn't mentioned a lot in the book but i think it's probably appropriate to talk about your childhood and where you grew up. you were born in philadelphia and at some point you move to florida and became a true blue and. describe a little bit about your childhood. >> i was born iphiladelphia in 1940. e family moved to fortyers in 1950. we ended up i fort myers because my grandfather's baseball team trained in fort myers in the 20s and 30s. one of the greatest teams ever played the game trained here in fort myers in 1929 for the athletic. dad in 1931, 1931, 33, was a coach, first base coach and may still hold the record ashe youngest coach in history to play major-league baseball. th was my fher. he tveled with the team down to fort myers during those years. they love fort myers so when he sold an intest in the team the family moved to fort meyers in 1950. i grew u really in fort myers grade school and high school. >> where did you go to high school? fort myers jr. senior hi

our hearts go out to you and to all those who've lost loved ones in this pandec. and finally tonight, a short conversation with two first time voters. one supported vice president biden. the other president trumatp. time to be new to the electorate. asma? amna: thanks, judy. in the run up to the election, there were record numbers of young people registering and making plans to votean estimated 10 million young people voted. so what was that experie like for first time voters? and how do young people see the current debate over co the votes when america is so divided politically? i've got two first time voters to help xp mere all of these issues. malick mercier is a college student attending ithaca conege and currently living brooklyn, and rebecca mckinney is a high school senior from northern virginia. she's a podcaster for her school's newspaper and a member of her school's debate team. malick, i want to start with you. ou guys voted in the midd a pandemic at a time when ecere's a lot of doubt being sowed about the on process and yet you still chose to participa

the paycheck protection program, reducing restrictions, and -- this legislation to address future pandecsin the national retail federation, with witnesses, legislation for that. >> the hearing record, without objections so honored. >> i want to ask a comment. being overoked by some, the basic principle desigd to cover the losses of the few paid for by the many. in this case a global pandemic or nional pandemic is a major loss of everyone paid for by everyone but also want you to comment on this idea of a mandate for insurers. some suggested it might help to solve the issue we are talking about today. if we mandate insurers offer this coverage, would that work and what are the intended consequences to the market as well. >> i believe i put in my written statement, have the global economy shutdown, the insurance industry alone cannot carry them back, there will never be a scenario, an event of this size, correlation is not possible for the insurance industry on its own. on the question of a mandate, included in every policy, miss cantrell doesn't have to know. the question, if you add the c

americans are pushing through theg challenges like the pandec and long lines to cast their ballot. the country is on course to surpass 150 million votes for the first time.fi yesterday all four candidates on both tickets were out in full force making a final push as the clock ticks down tryingas to appeal to the remaining available electorate in key battleground states. trump held four rallies on saturday right here in pennsylvania throughout the state. team trump knows how critical this state is to his chances of mounting any sort of comeback particularly with him trailing in most state polls as tuesday quicklyay approaches. >> this is the state that will save the american dream. on november 3rd, we're going to win repennsylvania. we are going to win four more years in that very beautiful white house. >> i'm in pennsylvania now and through the election. i want toh concentrate on michigan, another key swing state.r meanwhile, joe biden brought out the biggest gun of all in michigan, former president barack obama. the duo appeared on the stage for the first time together this electi

jeffrey brown was in mexico city before the pandec to see how the country grabbed the art world's attentionnd what that meanfor its artists. it's part of our ongoing coveragef art and culture, "canvas". reporter: it's called "zona i maco" as become latin america's biggest annual art fair -- throngs of art lovers packing a sprawling conference center on the northwest edge of mexico city. major galleries from the u.s., europe, and south america, as well as mexi showing art of l kinds. ought it would work, but i never thought it would be as big as it is now. reporter: zelika garcia foundna aco 18 years ago and has seen it grow to 200-us exhibitors showing some 800 artists. international in scope, but now the center of a thriving local scene. >> i think an art fair has to rely on their local collectors fit. so we rely first on the local collectors, then international, and we grow with the local market. if the local market had not started buying more, the fair still be 70 galleries. fair attracted som00days, the visitors. >> i think we are a good part of mexico. if you come for the art fair, you

he wants toe ready on the first day t begin to establish programs to counter this horrific pandec and he's going to work closely with state and local officials and the american publito turn around the explosive numbers were seeing because we need to be able to reopen schools and businesses in a safe and sustainable way. we want to go bk to our way of life and that is the work ahead. >> are you able to coordinate your efforts, how does that work with you in the next couple of months? >> the good news is the ability to work together on this public health crisis has been truly amazing. when you look at t t t scientifc effort i have a lot of opportunities to tryo steer people in coordinated funions and it has been phenomenal to see the way people have dropped everything we had a few initial discussis and in the two weeks put together the largest public-private partnership on an infectious disease that's ever been assembled, sothing called active from the therapeutic interventionsrv vaccinend this is about half industry people and half academics, fda, cdc, the veterans administration, the

had been ahat particular challenge and particular concern during the covid pandec is as manufacturers have had to navigate how they keep operations going, one of the things theare really worried about is keeping their workforce. sen. klobuchar: especially for smaller ones, it is hard. ms. stovall: absolutely, so they are trying to avoid layoffs at all costs, so we have helped -- and i know it is not just us, the kansas manufacturing, but others across the network, we have been hands-on in helping manufacturers, trying to give and others to the ppp resources that are available to and that they can stay open keep their folks employed. big klobuchar: and i am a fan of that. thank you for the work you do. one last question and i will give this one to mr. russell. in july, when you testified between -- before the commerce committee, you talked about the importance of standing up to practices. in the northern part of our state, a large part of the workforce up there. now, we are going to have a new president coming in who i believe can usher in a more strategic policy and go away from the g

>> aolutely should not be left with covid-19 or pandec? >> it should be shared yes. >> thank you very much mr. chairman i yield back the balance of my time. >> and. >> and appreciative of your service in the committee as a whole also allhe bad ideas we are throwing around to put a na in the coffin of the absolute worst idethat has ever been broug forth into layout claims for which they did not collect premiums retroaively. with the tens of thousands of contras across this country with contract law that has underpinned the free market economy 240 yrs it is a violation of those basic prinples and every state regulator approved the exclusion of pandemic insurance as a part of business interruption insurance. and that has been lostn the conversation. we are using the asked were using the word entrance a lot inhis hearing but really zooming out i continue to hear from industry come fromxpert and se academicshat this is truly an uninrable risk for the industry. can you elaborate on why this is an uninsurable risk, briefly? >> certainly, congress

we have niced an increase in the tax durg the pandec. >> i think my times expired.hank you so much. >> thank you. next. >> thank you. i want to thank our panels again for the presentations today. mr. washington, in your testimony, you have your agencies have had duringhe pandemic, i appreciated hearing about this do find it strange your agency and insisted on earringsefore the committee and person, which i'm not sure the message you want to send during this rise and covered cases. my first question, before the pandemic, your agency repord moving away from telework because it couldn't evalue the impact of telework on plic services and didn't have metrics in place to ensure acuntability. today your agency is working to put these controls into place and our reports that employees are successfully decreasing claims wle in this telework situation. could you tel me, what have they learned about telework in recent months to change directions dramatically? how does this inform their decisions to move forward? >> that is a great question. as i menoned in my testimony, telewo

alsohere's a pandec claimed that requires there be a shutdown because businesses that plummeted before the shutdown plummeted in shtetl -- consumers did not want to be infected. there's no insurance claim for that. the best argument for public transit partnerships is that insurers can help policyholders mitigate risk. they can't mitigate the risk. not the rest of the business is unsafe rate that's not a liability so if you try to reduce the risk of the business shutting down but the pandemic we want this as the shutdown we want them to have a safety net so they can shut down and survived and not lobby lockdown orders. that's a situation where schools are closed and the barzan gyms are open so we have long. the gospel of risk-based insurance and i'm telling you it's not a. space program. over or would work remotely to say the least that restaurants movie theaters and churches would pay the most. i don't think that the outcome you want. how much is changed since the proposal of pria p. p. e. were proposed. i think the three-month benefit was my idea in april. that same generous. pria was