popularity computer game developers giving a platform to artists as well and spring you as robert robert scott showcased the brand he was tracked live in fort myers a hugely popular multiplayer game. is the big moment given recent hip hop fans have been waiting for you would virtual travel scott says it's a multiplayer game for us to perform live in for the more than 12000000 players the largest crowd ever to attend a virtual concert like this. the gaming the music industry's crossover the tracks to try to get groups in one many games now feature cool soundtracks unique dance moves and virtual in game concerts because china i'm just someone with. streaming platforms like apple music these and spotify dominate the music market today raking in huge sums of money and only a tiny fraction of that goes to the artists on some platforms they earn less than $1.00 cent per stream to make a decent living they need hundreds of thousands of plays for example an artist would be $80000.00 plays on the napster streaming path from just to the u.s. national minimum wage roughly 1400 u.s. $1.20 players would be

robert scott, are you still with us? apologies. we seem to have lost our connection with robert scott in maryland.will tell you about what is coming up in the newshour. it is a race to open the world's most popular tourist attractions but will people go on holiday during a pandemic? too much, too soon?/ warning that the second wave of coronavirus infections as people return to work. ♪ ♪ >> h hello. some very heavy rain across southern areas of europe that will last a day or two. you can see on the satellite, some clouds s and this has b ben bringing more veryry heavy amous of rain. this is what the rain has done into milan. this is about five days rain, consecutive days but totalingng about 145 millimeters. perhaps not s surprising scenes like this. winds pretty strong at times as well. the rain is still very much on the streets. more rain in the forecast. i imagine no rain is really welcome but not as heavy as we have seen. ofential in eastern areas spain and across much of european it got a fair amount and temperature still on the low side for this time of year. more rain and strong winds and so

robert scott is still with us. all right apologies we seem to have lost our connection with robert scott in maryland but we'll tell you about what's coming up on the al-jazeera news hour in just a moment and it's the race to road open the world's most popular tourist attractions but will people go on holiday during a pandemic. and too much too soon warnings of a 2nd wave of corona virus infections spindle and allows people to return to work. hello there has some very heavy rain push across southern areas of europe over the last a day or 2 you can see here on the satellite. seen plenty of cloud and this has been bringing more very heavy amounts of rain and just look at this this is what the rain has done. this is actually about 5 days rain a consecutive days but totaling about $145.00 millimeters so perhaps not surprising scenes like this but also trees are come down the winds were pretty strong at times as well and you can see by day even that the rain is still very much of the water should say still very much on the streets now to some more rain in the forecast and i'd imagine no rain is really welcome but not as

speak to robert scott about this his senior international economist at the economic policy institute and his via skype from potomac maryland in the u.s. thank you very much for being with us robert scott so president trump newly out renegotiating phase one of the trade deal with china why is that you think what's this about is it about you know as he says china wanting to take advantage of the u.s. . no i think the troposphere looking for an opportunity to scapegoat china fluoro that the problems we've had the us he wants to find somebody else to blame for his sailed response to the global pandemic and for the historic economic collapse that we're dealing with here in the united states massive increases in unemployment collapse in g.d.p. and output now we're looking at the worst recession since the great depression in the 1930 s. here so neither china nor the u.s. can afford to restart a trade war right now. and i think that's right and frankly i think it's trump has practice trade policy by press release he's been trying to engage these kinds of twitter fights but he's really has very few exceptions a toothless tiger he puts out these press releases and then follows up with not

ok let's talk to robert scott he works at the economic policy institute he joins us from potomac maryland just outside washington robert great to talk to you again what's your reading of these comments from donald trump yes i have quote yes i have twice when he was asked in that news conference whether he has confidence that he's seen information or he is aware of the factual accuracy surrounding the information viz of where the virus originated. unfortunately the president is looking for a scapegoat mistakes you want somebody else to blame for the now $60000.00 plus deaths that we've experienced in the united states is certainly true there's plenty of blame to go around the chinese dithered the covered up they didn't they don't want to acknowledge what was going on at 1st but take us serious after a few weeks very similar in many ways to the united states where the president denied and promised that he was going to suppress the virus and didn't respond for 6 or 8 weeks until it was too late now we've had the pandemic spread all over the united states the hardest hit country in the world he was speaking of course as u.

i want to thank robert mcnamara and scott nelson, and let us end with the inspiring words of brandeis. if we govern by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold. robert mcnamara, scott nelson, thank you so much for joining. thank you c-span to put -- they pledged to support. you can watch live coverage of sex week's supreme court oral argument by teleconference on the season network, >> earlier today at the white house, secretary mnuchin stopped by to speak with reporters. the first question was about members of the coronavirus task force being in self pointing while efforts were underway to reopen businesses in some states. here is that now. sec. mnuchin: i don't think it changes the push to go back to work in any way. we have been consistent and the president has been consistent barely want to open the economy way.clear and economic there are some parts of the country where that would be getler and when people do people get exposed to the virus they should self-quarantine and protect others from getting it -- getting it. --does it with a worker in at risk? sec. mnuchin: one of the reasons why we are able to hear and know people have been in self-qu

i want to thank robert mcnamara and scott nelson, and let us end with the inspiring words of brandeis. if we govern by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold. robert mcnamara, scott nelson, thank you so much for joining. thank you c-span viewers, and look forward to seeing you next week. bye. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: a number of cases coming before the supreme court makes week. on monday, whether states can prosecute native americans for crimes committed on tribal lands. and whether parochial schools are exempt from federal discover nation law, giving them more leeway to fire lake teachers. -- fire lake teachers. on tuesday they will deal with president trump's financial records. wednesday is another day of combined cases, this time with the states can act against electoral college delegate who failed to vote for the president to candidate they pledged to support. you can watch live coverage of next week's supreme court oral argument by teleconference on the c-span netwo

i want to thank robert mcnamara and scott nelson, and let us end with the inspiring words of brandeis. if we govern by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold. robert mcnamara, scott nelson, thank you so much for joining. thank you c-span the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, we continue to depend on you to fulfill your purposes for our lives. you have told us that your purpose for us is that we live for your glory. as our lawmakers strive to do your will, bringing honor to your name,