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have to get through the constitutional court here in germany for example so big hurdles there stephen beard's as always thank you and you know october fest this year the southern german state of bavaria today canceled its world famous beer festival over the coronavirus unix october fest attracts more than $6000000.00 visitors every year watts of people sitting dancing drinking celebrating no social distancing large events are currently banned in germany until the end of august october this was due to start on september 19th but authorities fear allowing it to go ahead would lead to a spike in new infections. w.'s bustin hard to he's been following the story for us in munich and i asked him why this is such a difficult moment for. well absolutely it is because you have to understand that for the city of munich and for the people who live here you know if this is much more than just another huge party it's got a really long tradition it's been around for more than 200 years and it's something that's deeply ingrained into the d.n.a. of this city and on top of that it's also safe the image of not

have to get through the constitutional court here in germany for example so big hurdles there stephen beard as always thank you thank you. the southern german state of bavaria has canceled its world famous beer festival over the coronavirus munich's october fest is being cancelled it attracts more than $6000000.00 visitors every year lots of people visiting dancing celebrating knows social distancing large events are currently banned in germany until the end of august are sober fest was supposed to start september 19th authorities say they fear allowing it would lead to a spike in new infections 2. so here's a look now as other stories that are making headlines around the world greece has quarantined a hotel housing asylum seekers after 150 people tested positive for the new coronavirus almost 500 live in the building now the nearby by town of on the greek mainland is also being put under a 2 week walk down the u.k. parliament when back to work today after some 3 weeks under lockdown restrictions very few parliamentarians were physically present in the chamber and that they sat far apart un

all right stephen beard so here now from our business just steve let's talk about this meeting today and what the european leaders agreed to exactly maybe better i should say where are they still divided. well 1st of sort of what they did agree to i think melinda covered up pretty well a recovery fund in principle and that that would be going through the e.u. budget so it would not be some external bond commissioning through a external mechanism what they did agree to is what that fund actually looks like they kicked that to the european commission which is in effect the executive body of the e.u. and they said give us a definition by may 6th and that leads to 2 questions how big is this going to be and then how is it going to be dispersed how is it going to be paid out and therein lies a lot of the disagreement to come southern nations would like to see more grants that is money that does not have to be repaid a lot of the more so called frugal nations in the north the netherlands germany finland among others they are a little bit more skeptical about that they see that as a path to

. >> stephen: can you grow a beard? e hair on my face. >> stephen: have you attempted to grow a beard? >> i have attempted to grow a beard, and it looked like that magnet game where you drag metal dirt particles on to that. >> stephen: i believe willie willie. >> his name is willie willie? >> stephen: willie willie because you can do his hair and face, too. >> i would have to lay it flat and do something. i apologize. i think in my head, i thought, since we're all edward snowing it these days, i think maybe i thought i had a flipped perspective. >> stephen: oh. how did -- >> stephen: it goes back way further on this side. >> well, see, that's not a thing i would mention. >> stephen: i'm really ready for, like, a lobotomy scar. i'm like that guy not chuck heston but the other one who gets captured by the apes and they cut out his brain. >> oh, yeah. >> stephen: i'm getting a very sam neil from "jurassic park" vibe in a way. does this work? >> oh, yeah! very much so. >> stephen: ready? ( laughter ) will that work? >> yeah,

beard has gone from brushable to combable. cnn's jeanne moos reports on do-it-yourself corona cuts. it's really been a bad hair month. >> reporter: guys, is your hair starting to look like stephend ladies, start your engines. put on your kids' lion bib, close your eyes so you don't see them coming at you with the scissors -- >> don't go too high with the razors, okay? why are we going so high? why are you going so high? >> he's getting nervous, folks. >> reporter: even for a neurosurgeon, it's not brain surgery. it's harder! say hello to uneven ends and a devil horns haircut, even a long-distance dye job or a buzz cut by a stylist in a hazmat suit are technically off limits. it's the age of do-it-yourself #coronacuts. >> there's no turning back now. whoa! >> reporter: the timid may opt for the trusty bowl technique, but the bold go all the way. take jennifer shawnsburg, take it off. >> this might not be for everybody. literally have always been curious what i'd look like bald. >> reporter: now she knows, thanks to a dull pair of scissors and a razor wielded over two days. people say it brings out her eyes. when "star trek" actor anthony rapp shaved off all of his hair, fans rem