country's at a critical point in the pandemic let's go live to our europe correspondent shot to do penske charlotte. a lot of people pointing the finger nails around the world particularly in europe what's going to happen worrying developments on the way. well that's right more than half of the departments here in france are now considered to be red zones which means that there is an active circulation of the 19 virus the country also recorded its highest daily record for the number of covert positive test cases around 13 and a half 1000 people in 24 hours those were the figures released on saturday now there is a huge rate of testing going on in france more than a 1000000 tests a week and overall the rate of positivity is around 5.7 percent but what's really concerning are the number of hospital admissions which are now going up quite rapidly we saw 227 additional admissions on saturday meaning that there are around $3800.00 people currently in hospital now all of those almost $600.00 are in intensive care now in parts of the country already intensive care units are at capacity so that i

that the pandemic is hitting the poor and vulnerable groups the most are your correspondent china do penske reports. we're going to you can democrats highlighted cry. stroman adequate medical resources to a lack of trust in governments around the world but perhaps the starkest issue that it's exposed is how different it is to experience a pandemic if you are poor compared to those with money. thank you thank you thank you thank you you. people impossible dream face new restrictions all movement there has been an uproar over what some and labeling has segregation this is an example of. the defense fear of people confined poor neighborhoods all the districts can continue to enjoy their kids. the president of the community of madrid treats this area like a ghetto the virus's here but why does that mean the workers need to be locked up it's even claimed in the evening at the opera highlighted the disparity in how people in the cheapest seats were treated they were in all of those in the more expensive seats below had adequate social distancing measures in place. social inequality has also been

of restrictions and other measures designed to stop the spread with more details his shot at the penske. well there's a warning that france faces months of 19 problems that's because the epidemic is apparently likely to overwhelm the health system if no action is taken that is a warning from france's one of france's top doctors the 2nd wave is a running faster than we thought in $3.00 to $4.00 weeks if nothing changes will for use a widespread outbreak across his whole territory for several autumn and winter months well his main concern is about the ability of medical staff to deal with this because he says they're exhausted and there are not enough staff to plug any gaps as need it let's have a look now at some of the latest figures for covert 1000 here in france in the 24 hours to saturday there were more than 14 and a half 1000 new cases in the last week around 4000 people were quiet hospital treatment and of those 760 around required intensive care treatment all of this comes as there are new restrictions coming into force in 11 parts of france from monday that includes here in pari

saturday's protest quickly spiraled out of control of more than 250 activists what detained sort of 2 penske was in the thick of it. well the tensions have broken through here now when your average new device which is quite close to the arctic feels it's ready to get a look up there not clouds of tear gas as people are now trying to move away from that just give you a stay still what's happening here on the ground. protesters and police officers have being clashing at what is the real new jersey version of the yellow vests it was cooled by one of the de facto leaders jury rodrigue as he suggested he wanted civil disobedience. i am here to talk about the yellow vests about people who are suffering all these people here who are angry and tired of talking about all the brutality this rallies full of people who have something to say for small business owners full of workers france and over the last few months we've seen very little action from the yellow vests so why are people back out in the streets today this is what they had to say. we face a government which knows what's going on almost $10

restrictions a raft of new measures were unveiled on wednesday after a spike in case numbers to do penske reports next from parrot. well the health minister in france has outlined it new restrictions which sparked this war of words on social media between himself and local officials what he announced on wednesday evening is that 2 departments in france we placed into a maximum alert in that means that from saturday for 2 week period a limited period we're told there will be a closure of bars and restaurants people won't be able to go out to some public spaces and the 2 areas impacted are guadalupe and mar say now we know that restrictions have been divisive people have been unhappy about them in the past but nobody nobody could have predicted the futurist reaction by mar ses mer i was astonished and angry with the decision the city of massey did not consult anyone nothing related to the health situation can justify this announcement i do not accept the fact that we are the victims of political decisions that no one understands well other elected officials were equally as angry with the pr

as frauds on the wall brace for a 2nd wave of the pandemic mosque skeptics are running a solid 2 penske reports. masks are just a look around on the streets of paris everywhere people are following the rules but what if you're one of those people who has questioned the whole idea of wearing a mask all effective do they prevent the transmission of 19 and what are you one of those people who doesn't just question this in private but has actually gone to a protest about that attack on germany's democracy protesters from a demo against the country's coronavirus restrictions try to storm the german parliament. this is how the mainstream media. and she locked down protesters has spent the afternoon terrorizing police it will be made of people. people who think the coronavirus does not exist hundreds of vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists put their faith in science instead of conspiracy theories if they want to avoid getting covert one team that's being backed up it seems by a study conducted via facebook carried out by the foundation it found that the typical anti mask here in france i

after reopening leaving parents frightened to go live to our correspondent in paris charlotte do penske charlotte morning news the news that kind of ruined everyone expected but didn't want to hear what more do we know. what we know that this is the 2nd week of school in france and already some of those schools have had to be closed down because of cove it 19 within the institution now last week more than 12000000 peoples went back to the classrooms and that was with some parents and teachers expressing concern about the transmission rates of the virus because they have been really creeping up paring fronts as you mentioned that . high infection rates last week several days there were more than $7000.00 cases registered in the 24 hour period that went to a peak over around almost 1000 cases on friday and back to just over 7000 cases in the latest figures that were released on sunday for that 24 hour period 22 schools have been shut in the last week but hundreds and hundreds of classes are also being closed down the education secretary here in france has been outlining when such a decisi

way during the post summer back to school period or is it something more significant artis road to penske and looks into it for us. well e.u. officials are warning that the rate of transmission the test so positive cases of 19 is now at a level that is almost equivalent to what it was back in march that was when many countries started imposing those severe restrictions which led to lock downs across europe in france this week we saw more than $7000.00 cases being registered in just 24 hours now much of that of course could be put down to the fact that there is widespread testing taking place across france and we've been told that some 50 percent of those who are testing positive for cocaine 19 are showing little to no symptoms but what health authorities are concerned about here is the fact that in recent days there has been an increase in the number of people who tested positive for codeine who have been taken to hospital and those who need intensive care i asked has that been sleeping or were just summer vacation. and that is something that we see now we're all halls back to the number

been put on a red list while some schools have closed again just a week off the reopening so i do penske has more details. this is the 2nd week of school in france and already some of those schools have had to be closed down because of covert 19 within the institutional last week more than 12000000 peoples went back to the classrooms and that was with some parents and teachers expressing concern about the transmission rates of the virus because they have been really creeping up here in france last week several days there were more than 7000 cases registered in a 24 hour period 22 schools have been shut in the last week but hundreds and hundreds of classes have also been closed down the education secretary here in france has been outlining when such a decision should be taken. out of the 12 establishments colleges and schools were closed the main line france considering there are 60000 establishment in the country these numbers remain relatively low in the overseas reunion region we closed down that makes 22 in total more functional function well there are now 7 new zones in france that h

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and with chairman the penske the 7 percent contribution is substantiallyi less.nd under a defined benefit plan. and in part the retention it is tough to furlough anyone. coming from a railroad family myself two years in a row my father was furloughed as an engineer. i remember the anxiety her family felt when that happened. so it was a very difficult decision. >> can you convey after the hearings this will cost? you have to balance to lay people off these benefits which they deserve, that either way there is a cost if we knew how much better. >> off the top of my head i don't have the number. >> i also understand amtrak for those management bonuses. >> the bonuses are wiped out and with those long-term incentive bonuses that plan is wiped out for the next three years. on a happier note the portal bridge from the gateway project the first grant announcement from the fda can you give us an announcement on that project? >> yes incredibly important. we are working very closely with new jersey transit the fta has everything they need to pull into the grant agreement a

the penske and ranking member for convening this timely member. like my colleagues i'm deeply concerned about the changes that we're hearing about at amtrak, concerned but not surprised given the magnitude of the pandemic. i do not envy the public decisions you have to make at there time but no one could predict the onslaught when the pandemic first struck. since march we've we've seen ridership drop and a financial disaster that covid has been for so many sectors. it has been especially clear in chicago where almost 1300 amtrak workers live and work every day, vast imagine of the front line workers at amtrak train operators an the engineers and the like are making accident liveable wages thanks to their good-paying union jobs. for amtrak employees getting the pink slip, the decision is crippling. my kroenconstituents are feelin pain and kept the economy moving but at the risk of their own health and that of the families as well. still we're letting them down and you're letting them go in our preliminary conversations with representatives from amt

people are coming in whether it's auto nation, penske, those stocks are close to auto highs and thosee're talking about car max, lit ya, sonic, they're seeing their stocks responding well the bottom line is this. you're seeing people taking out larger loans, stretching them out over a longer period of time and this means it's going to take people longer before they have at least paid off enough of the capital debt there that they are not upside down on their auto loans there will be more people in the future going in, trading in their vehicle for another vehicle and they will be upside down on their loans. >> interesting trend, phil another trend, of course, one i reported on is the proliferation of special purpose acquisition corporations one of their key targets being the ev sector. quantum scape. it sounds like a sci fi series, but tell us about the latest entrant. >> they are focusing on ev battery production in particular, lithium metal solid state batteries. that's a long way of saying longer range ev batteries. the potential here in terms of the science behind the batteries is