trish perl is chief of infectious diseases at theni rsity of texas, southwestern medical center. >> thisof dynamism i haves certainly not witnessed in my career. so, i would say thatt is really very, very dramatic. >> brangham: chinese als are still struggling with the pace of the this outbreak. hospitals here in wuhan, the t epicenter city, have been overrun and understaffed for over a week now. >> now, even thehinese health h authorities admit that this is,e is of contagiousness, is much stronger than we thought. >> brangham: yanzhong huang is a public health rearcher at the council on foreign relations. >> so scientists are saying thas i the cases is going to continue to increase >> brangham: to stop people leaving affected areas, the government has shut down an unprecedented number of railways and roads, effectively locking down more than 35 million people. but, cases have now appeared in over 30 different chineseav provinces, across a huge swathhu of the country. public health expts say theof icial death toll will most certainly rise. >> the fact that we have... how many deaths we h

perle and others doing career politicians for lebanon's problems. some of them has been there ever since i was born thank you to 2070 speaking with the aim of the people while generations are rising within different thinking within the from consciousness within the indication when i was born i thought that after 2 weeks of demonstrations the prime minister resigned in late october and a new government was formed. but many like perla want more. of a. way for things to work the gays direction and move. more the political. group of papers that took over 4 years lebanon needs to. get out of with 6 derian system and its politics. getting rid of lebanon sectarian system which protesters say hinders reform and fosters corruption isn't as simple as changing a government. the country has 18 officially recognized religious groups and they all have to somehow participate in government. parliament seats are divided among most of these groups even the 3 highest political offices are allocated based on religion the quota basis jim has roots in lebanon's history a

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. >> meet perl. weighed 50 pounds last year but swimming therapy six days a week helped her build up endurance and she has a condition that requires a strict diet but her new favorite treats are green beans. she is happy and healthy for the new year. as she made her resolution and stuck to it. >> i think she has already been inspired by jackie's plant- based diet. >> i was thinking the same. >> i want to try the meatless mondays. >> are you going to do it? >> i think so. it's a good idea. if you are hitting the road ways this morning things are stacking up at the bay bridge. we've got metering lights on so it is a slow ride as you work your way west bound out of the east bay. emeryville, oakland, into san francisco. once you pass the metering like things are clear on the upper deck into the city. if you're coming counter commute the metering lights are officially on. checking the rest of the freeways, san mateo bridge looking ok. no major delays between 880 and 101. on 880 itself looking pretty good

markets and real assets are adjusting to that reality where rates are about to stay low for a long and perlprolonged period of time. think real assets and real estate in particular should be part of a traditional portfolio. world has notial yet totally adjusted to that reality so there is some room for investors to grow exposure to these assets. and we may be halfway into the story but not near the end of the story. matt: great to get some time with you, samy. fascinating discussion. chief economist at lombard odier joining us from switzerland. speaking of switzerland, this week all eyes are going to be on the normally sleepy town of davos. let us check in on what else you should be watching. we are live in zÜrich with that. with a preview of ubs fourth-quarter earnings are due out tomorrow. finally, we will be looking ahead to the next that's in president trump's impeachment trial. isning us now from zÜrich our swiss reporter, marianne. and our, paul gordon senior international editor in hong kong, jodi schneider. an important week for donald thep in the u.s. senate and kickoff of the impe

she is a senior white house and national perl reporter. susan, let's start with the impeachment impact that we witnessed for the past few weeks. who won the constitutional game of chicken. >> i think mcconnell clearly won. one. you have no leverage basically for him to want to start this unpredictable and messy impeachment trial of the republican president. they didn't have any sway. they are saying that she was successful in getting the media attention to wanting a fair trial. and to make a few more documents. but in the process she has said the timing really is concerning for both republicans and democrats. she have several senators running for president as you know. and they are in the fight of their life for an iowa caucus. this is february 3. any protracted trial is going to hurt their ability to compete in the iowa caucus. any of them especially elizabeth warren it could be her last stand. she has already been grumbling and republicans also want to keep this a little bit constrained and the timing could be not good for them. what abo

the very reason why whistleblowers should enjoy imminen in the absf misconduct and wrongdoing will perl freight. it is not a mechanism for people lawfully to expose wrongdoing, you can bet that wrongdoing is going to increase. that's why they have been great champions like senator grassley, whistleblower productions and senator warren because we all understand the importance of contribution that are made by american citizens who bring wrongdoing toward attention. thank you mr. manager. >> the senator from missouri. >> chief justice i send a question to the desk on behalf of myself, senator hawley, wicker and capital. >> thank you. >> the question from senator blunt, holly, wicker and capital is that the counsel to the president. >> what taxpayer dollars for foreign aid and worked to root out corruption. >> thank you mr. chief justice and members of the senate. the president has an important responsible the to safeguard taxpayer dollars that are used in foreign aid or used anywhere frankly. and to root out corruption. now it is no secret that president trump from the beginning, from the

we go to ohio and hear from perl who thinks the president is guilty. excuse me, there you are. tell us why. call back because -- >> host: you're on the air, go ahead. >> caller: because i'm 92 years old and our age, most of the people have never been for trump. and he, i don't think he's done his job. what was he doing with the people for ukraine? giving them money. but people need -- i'm doing all right. i'm 92, but he's not helping the underclass. >> host: what do you remember about the effort to impeach president clinton? [inaudible] i don't remember that at all. i do not that at all. and that was totally a young girl that was -- not a hostess, but they had been in, you know, in the house that did things. she was in on that. she should have been taken out of the white house, and he did very good. i have never heard anything about president clinton that they have about trump. >> host: a reminder, if you can't get through on the phone send us a text, click your name and where you're texting from. a few of them and we'll start with robert from maryland who says that the preside

the very reason why whistleblowers should enjoy imminen in the absf misconduct and wrongdoing will perlfreight. it is not a mechanism for people lawfully to expose wrongdoing, you can bet that wrongdoing is going to increase. that's why they have been great champions like senator grassley, whistleblower productions and senator warren because we all understand the importance of contribution that are made by american citizens who bring wrongdoing toward attention. thank you mr. manager. >> the senator from missouri. >> chief justice i send a question to the desk on behalf of myself, senator hawley, wicker and capital. >> thank you. >> the question from senator blunt, holly, wicker and capital is that the counsel to the president. >> what taxpayer dollars for foreign aid and worked to root out corruption. >> thank you mr. chief justice and members of the senate. the president has an important responsible the to safeguard taxpayer dollars that are used in foreign aid or used anywhere frankly. and to root out corruption. now it is no secret that president trump from the beginning, from the t