. >> first thing i want to say to raoul is hi. it's been a long time. >>'s been seven weeks since aaron decepi has seen his husband, raoul perra. >> i've been carrying around his wedding ring, i'm going to give that back. >> despite being healthy and young at 39, raoul was whisked into the icu for what became a hard-fought battle with covid-19. with pneumonia in both lungs, he would spend 30 days on a ventilator. >> the closer i get to this actually happening, the more real it becomes. i think that this whole experience has been so surreal, it'sinee it. >> as cases continue to rise throhout theco t 200 deaths by the fall. tonight we meet two fighters, neither elderly near infirmed, pushed to the brink by covid-19. their families forced to watch from afar. >> it's the longest five minutes i've ever had in my life. >> reporter: their journeys, reminders of how much we have to learn about this silent threat. and for some, leaving the hospital is just the beginning of a long road back. what's keeping you up at night? >> the fear that my husband is not going

my guest today is the minister of economy and trade, raoul nehme.e has resigned but he's still in office until new ministers take over. the outgoing prime minister says the catastrophic situation is the result of endemic corruption. so is lebanon a country now beyond rescue? minister raoul nehme in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, thank you. your country is going through an unparalleled crisis, and i have to ask you a very simple question, does lebanon have a government today or not? lebanon has a caretaker government, which means that the council of ministers cannot meet and take any decisions. there are very few exceptions, basically if there is an emergency, an earthquake and we need to make some decisions, then yes we can do it. each minister on his own can take only basic decisions, administrative decisions, and not spend money and not engage the government in the long—term and so on. it is really only a caretaker government. if i may say so, minister, this is a zombie government. technically alive but in every real sense, dead. yes, pra

. >>> break, just in the haas lower, representative raoul great hall have a of arizona tested positiveavirus just days after representative louie gohmert of texas. he stunt doesn't have any symptoms and is quarantining in d.c. he participated in harg alongside gohmert days before his diagnosis. we will keep an eye on his condition over the coming days. >>> california meanwhile is reporting alarming new numbers in its fight against coronavirus. the state is now the first to report more than half a million cases of covid-19, capping off a month of skyrocketing case numbers that state officials have struggled to contain. in mid july the governor imposed new restrictions on bars, movies, restaurants and other indoor spaces. his efforts have done little to halt the charge. 33 counts are flagged for increased hospitalization and limited hospital capacity it is a frightening reversal from the state's early successes fighting covid-19. >>> meanwhile on the east coast officials in new jersey are sounding the alarm. the state is cracking down on house parties and bracing for another possible yub