-simon: i'm simon. -dawn: dawn. -simon: nice to meet you. -lemonis: isn't it cool-looking? woman: very cool. lemonis: so, this is all handmade. damion: and we include things like this umbrella canvas, all of the furniture. lemonis: have you ever thought about having a gazebo? woman: absolutely. lemonis: we have an arrangement with true value where this one will sell for under $10,000. woman: oh, wow. woman #2: i've always wanted a gazebo, actually. lemonis: there's been more people in the first half-hour of standing at true value than there was in four hours standing at the fair. the number of buyers that could potentially buy this product tripled, quadrupled, times 10. -how are you? -rick: i'm rick. lemonis: i'm marcus. how are you, sir? i'm marcus. nice to meet you. what do you think of the product? -tom: it's gorgeous. -lemonis: okay. tom: what i'd like to do is keep it with our nursery products outside. lemonis: thank you. we're ready. let's move it. i'm excited. simon: watch the roof. we're gazebo surfing. ♪ jack: where we are today, kind of start pinching yourself e

simon: yeah. actually, the interesting thing is, that is essentially the format, - and it's a half a page. - one of your business partners told me today that you got an email from itv in england, - saying this was ( bleep )? - simon: they turned it down, and i had no buyer, so i went to america, and i just got a call out of the blue from nbc, and they said, "what's this show you're working on?" harvey: fast forward to that. so it's officially the biggest reality show in the world. and in more countries than any other show. yeah, it's now in about 100. ( music playing ) - that's amazing. one note... - yeah. - ...leads to that. - yeah, yeah, yeah. what do you look for when you see a thousand bands, a thousand singers, a thousand guys, a thousand girls, and you say, "that one has it." or, "if i could put that combination together." what do you look for? i see certain people in black and white, and then i see someone in full color. so carrie underwood was a really good example that year. i saw everyon

simon: job hires. simple -- is very well, "simple," the persistence, and i keep coming back to the point, the persistence of unemployment will be absolutely key here. we simply do not know the degree to which productive capacity, capacity utilization has been restarted but can be or whether some companies, some households, some labor markets will not see through this period the keyat, for me, is determinant. nejra: simon french, key economist at panmure gordon, thank you so much. coming up, the u.k. prime minister is in intensive care. we will get the latest on his condition and the key developers in the global pandemic response. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am nejra cehic in london. bloomberg's annmarie hordern is standing by for the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. run me through the latest developments in the u.s. president trump and governor cuomo seeing a plateau. give us an update. annamarie: good morning. the possible plateau from ne

dixon simon welcome back thanks for having me in these troubled times so simon dixon we are seeing trillions upon trillions of bell out money and quantitative easing being thrown around what sort of money is being printed what sort of that not being printed and who will benefit most because everyone same preoccupied with the health crisis right now and you know people have got other things on their minds and it's you know every once in old people are in suits situations of desperate need at the moment and the government is for ever cynical addicts and i guess they have no choice but to throw everything they've costs but at some point the slow slog and the financial crisis that's going to become a reality often we get 3 themselves crisis and so what we're seeing right now is in other times of crisis for example the american civil war government simply printed new money called the greenback which is essentially debt free money that was introduced into the economy it's but what we're seeing right now is that the government is using quantitative easing where essentially the central bank is buyin

we're going to speak with our pal simone pal simone but first, this is "today" on bubbles at this price? oh... it's real. believe me. i mean, this is unexpected. you would say, remarkable? absolutely. a remarkable deal! thanks, i get that all the time. wait what?! ♪grocrey outlet jingle wow... i think i'll take two. for the love! oh. >>> welcome back. this week, july 23rd, 2021 is the new date to circle on your calendar for tokyo olympics. the necessary year long postponement obviously a crushing blow to so many athletes who have been in training for years. >> in a moment we're going to get reaction from gymnastics legend simone biles, but first a look at the reigning world champ. at 23, simone biles is always raising the bar for team usa gymnastics, in her skill and her sensibility. >> there she goes. >> the golden girl who captured our hearts in rio is the most decorated gymnast in world championship history, male or female, with 25 medals. her signature moves are untouchable, like this new vault she posted that no or olympic gymnast has ever tried before. >> are we going to see the

dixon simon welcome back thanks for having me in these troubled times so simon dixon we are seeing trillions upon trillions of bell out money and quantitative easing being thrown around what sort of money is being printed what sort of that not being printed and who will benefit most because everyone same preoccupied with the health crisis right now and you know people have got other things on their minds and it's you know every once in old people are in suits situations of desperate need at the moment and the government is for ever cynical addicts and i guess they have no choice but to throw everything they've costs but at some point the slow slog and the financial crisis is going to become a reality often we get 3 themselves crisis ringback and so what we're seeing right now is in other times of crisis for example the american civil war government simply printed new money called the greenback which is essentially debt free money that was introduced into the economy it's but what we're seeing right now is that the government is using quantitative easing where essentially the central bank is

dixon simon welcome back thanks for having me in these troubled times so simon dixon we are seeing trillions upon trillions of balad money and quantitative easing being thrown around what sort of money is being printed what sort of that not being printed and who will benefit most because everyone same preoccupied with the health crisis right now and you know people have got other things on their minds and it's you know every once in old people are in suits situations of desperate needs at the moment and the government is for ever cynical addicts and i guess they have no choice but to throw everything they've costs but at some point the slow slog and the financial crisis is going to become a reality often we get 3 themselves crisis ringback and so what we're seeing right now is in other times of crisis for example the american civil war government simply printed new money called the greenback which is essentially debt free money that was introduced into the economy it's but what we're seeing right now is that the government is using quantitative easing where essentially the central bank is bu

simon: morning, anna. it's a huge starting point, kid volatility -- good starting point, huge volatility around that number. but the economic response function, but we don't know is whether these layoffs, which we've seen data points around the world, jobless around the u.s. yesterday, but there are other metrics around the world, showing similar spikes in unemployment. we don't know how sticky they are. from a perspective of overall economic activity, we need to get a handle on how consistent these will be because it's much quicker and easier to fire staff than it is to rehire them. that has to be the risk factor that you mentioned there. matt: one of the things we're seeing already in the u.s. is people losing health benefits in large numbers, simon. as we see, 10 million people file for on a plummet. the u.s. doesn't have the -- for unemployment. be -- thatlt could be for the system if people can't pay rent, phone bills, car payments, and now even medical bills? simon: there's a human aspect of this whi

magical description worthy of simone gordon. >> a fairy godmother, yes, that she is. >> reporter: simone helping those in crisis across the country through her instagram account. >> most of them are minority and the lgbtq community and domestic violence victims. >> simone, you made this possible for me, getting the fleas off the floor to all my babies having a place to sleep. >> reporter: so many now in emergency situations as they're forced to stay home. >> we're getting tons and tons of messages where, as you could see, i've been fundraising for hotels, for different people, for different women. since their spouses are home, they're being abused even more. >> we have a situation in virginia -- >> reporter: after a video chat or phone call with those who reach out to her, simone reaches back out to her thousands of social media followers who pitch in to donate supplies and as much money as they can. >> we raised over approximately now at $,0.,000. and peop many testimonies on. like this girl is real, she is a fairy godmother. >> reporter: that nickname coming from a woman simone helped

dixon simon welcome back thanks for having me in these troubled times so simon dixon we are seeing trillions upon trillions of ballad money and quantitative easing being thrown around what sort of money is being printed what sort of not being printed and who will benefit most because everyone same preoccupied with the health crisis right now and you know people have got other things on that mind and it's you know every once in old people are in suits situations of desperate need at the moment and the government is for ever cynical addicts and i guess they have no choice but to throw everything they've costs but at some point the slow slog and the financial crisis is going to become a reality often we get 3 themselves crisis ringback and so what we're seeing right now is in all the times of crisis for example the american civil war government simply printed new money called the greenback which is essentially debt free money that was introduced into the economy it's but what we're seeing right now is that the government is using quantitative easing where essentially the central bank is buying

political correspondent simon young can tell us more welcome simon so what are you hearing that coming out of this racing. here phil i mean you've listed measures those are the rumors the things that have been trickling out the softer name but in fact we don't know really what plan the german government is going to recommend for easing the lockdown it seems clear that they'll want to do something or at least to announce a timetable but there's clearly argument about that really between the different states in germany and this meeting with the chance there this video conference with the chancellor in the leaders of the various states was originally set to go on for an hour and a half it's now been more than 4 hours so it's clear there's something to talk about but there are different views i think from the different states of exactly what the speed of easing of the restrictions should be masks has been a vexed question across the world where hearing that's the suggestion is that wearing masks on public transport. public transport and shops why only a suggestion if it's can if these mass

i'm simon pusey. the headlines: a further 6.5 million us workers filed for unemployment has president trump announces plans to reduce the economic impact of coronavirus. the australian researchers studying a new phase for testing the vaccine. prime minister boris johnson out of intensive care but staying in hospital as the uk government says there are no plans to lift block down. and liftoff. and getting away from it all, the russian space mission leaving it all behind. hello, and welcome to bbc news. we begin in the united states with a number of people seeking unemployment benefits has surged for third week as the economic toll tied to the coronavirus pandemic intensifies. 6.5 million people in filed for unemployment benefits in the us last week and that brings the number of claims to almost 17 million in just three weeks. new figures also show that up to 60,000 americans could die with coronavirus, down scaling earlier estimates that there is little cause for celebration there is the state of new y

simon, for now, thanks. as you can imagine, we have been inundated with questions from people all over the world who have had to change their travel plans. we will go through some of those later on. but first, more on how the travel industry is trying to cope with this seismic shift. benidorm, usually a buzzing spanish coastal getaway for holiday—makers from across europe. now, for one of its top hoteliers, it's a very different story. at any one day during high season, he will often have 8,000 guests spread across his 11 hotels and resorts. today, there are none. our business is a family business. my was the founder when he was 30 years old. now he is 82 and he is still working hard. it is a passion for all of ourfamily. we were growing nearly 20% year on year. in only five days, really, everything changed and now all of our hotels have closed down. our employees have gone home and we are experiencing a vast economic impact. we are still receiving new bookings, so we have hope. the kind of pressures that

she saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to simon peter and the other disciple, the one jesus loved. they had taken the lord out of the tomb, she said, and we don't know where they have put him. ♪ >> we will now hear the same gospel according to luke, chapter 20 verses one to nine, proclaimed in greek. ♪ >> so pe peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. they ran together, but the other disciple running faster than peter reached the tomb first. he reached down and saw the linen cloth lying on the ground but did not go in. simon peter came up, went into the tomb, saw the linen clots on the ground and also the cloth that had been over his head. this was not with the linen clots buclot-- cloth but rolleda place by itself. the other di pi disciple went i. he saw and believed. at that time they didn't understand the meaning of scripture, that he must rise from the dead. ♪ >> the holy father reverances the book of the gospel with a kiss, and acknowledges those in the basilica and all of you who are following this li liturgy. you're follow

that's absolutely right, simon. that, right? that's absolutely right, simon. president that, right? that's absolutely right, simon. president trump said the owners, as he put it, would be on the state governors. it would be up to them to decide how, when, and where they relax the current guidelines on social distancing. it's more of a phased and gradual reopening that the president talked about today, rather than a dramatic big bang that he had hoped for. he said that some states were in very good shape, as he put it, and would be able to reopen if necessary tomorrow. indeed, he said 29 states were in sufficiently good shape, as he put it, to begin reopening soon. now, this is a much more cautious approach from president trump done what he had been hoping for, i think, just a matter of days ago. he did talk at one point about a big bang reopening. and it's a change, a shift in direction, if you like, for a president who has shown a lot of frustration over having to close down the largest economy in the world just at

simon, for now, thanks. as you can imagine, we have been inundated with questions from people all over the world who have had to change their travel plans. we will go through some of those later on. but first, more on how the travel industry is trying to cope with this seismic shift. benidorm, usually a buzzing spanish coastal getaway for holiday—makers from across europe. now, for one of its top hoteliers, it's a very different story. at any one day during high season, he will often have 8,000 guests spread across his 11 hotels and resorts. today, there are none. our business is a family business. my father was the founder when he was 30 years old. now he is 82 and he is still working hard. it is a passion for all of ourfamily. we were growing nearly 20% year on year. in only five days, really, everything changed and now all of our hotels have closed down. our employees have gone home and we are experiencing a vast economic impact. we are still receiving new bookings, so we have hope. the kind of pressure

[applause] bonnie churkin and simon vance are here. [applause] they are both in the narrator hall of fame although i do wonder why there is aná nextto simon vance's name . i think he was testedpositive for doping, that's what i heard . it was a long book he had to read, give him a break . emmy and audio winner joe morton is here. as is the silky voice january lavoie. january lavoie might, my only disappointment isthese awards didn't happen two months ago because then i would have been able to say ithink this is our month . okay, that's kind of a bad joke . hillary huber is nominated. for best female narrator. hillary is also doing the voice of god introductions tonight . so for everyone's sake, i hope she wins. because you don't want an angry voiceof god . >> know you don't, mo. you don't want to make me angry. >> you wouldn't like her when she's angry. hillary huber, please reveal yourselfso we can worship you .. [applause] where is she going? she's sitting down, all right. for a little history. while the audie awards began 25 years

simon says it's time to reopen the malls. the biggest owner is planning to reopen 49 properties like you said, much of this is in south carolina, georgia, and these states where governors are trying to get every one back to business but, of course, we live in world where social distancing is a thing and there's a lot of measures that simon is looking to take. this is all according to an internal memo that i obtained from the company some examples are removing chairs in the food court limiting the number of entrances to the mall. simon says it will be putting signage on a the floors to direct traffic to ensure that people only walk one direction throughout the property and it will also be one you neek examp -- unique example of making sure people keep distance it will be putting tape over every sink in the bathroom taking measures to ensure there's never too many people in the mall at once simon plans to hopefully not see more than one person per 50 square feet in the property at any given time it will be using a tracking tech

make a bet on david simon the man, not simon the properties. but it's been a lifelong great bet. although this is a test of a lifetime fourth is one i'm truly worried about because of the financials, it's gap the company just refinanced at a much higher rate than i think the chain whose time has passed. i don't see what gap has to offeror what's special by the way, the prices aren't that low you're getting a chance to sell. i want you to take it. fifth is nordstrom two years ago did you know the nordstrom family tried to take this company private for $8.4 billion what did the board of directors special committee say? no, not high enough. well, i got news for they have now it's $3 billion. oops i think there's a place for nordstrom as the last man standing feel about department stores with niemann in trouble is it worth more than 20 bucs? i think it has a slew of horrible numbers ahead the chain wasn't doing dha well before the pandemic. it has rack business i can see the stock rallying at 20% at these levels. at 25, let's skiddle they have to raise debt problem. i think it will h

simon, for now, thanks. as you can imagine we have been inundated with questions from people all over the world who have had to change their travel plans. we will go through some of those later on. at first, more on how the travel industry is trying to cope with the seismic shift. then at dawn, usually a buzzing spanish coastal getaway for holiday—makers from across europe. now, for one of its top hoteliers, it is a very different story. at any one day during high season, he will often have 8,000 guests spread across his 11 hotels and resorts. today, there are none. 0ur and resorts. today, there are none. our business is a family business. i was the founder when he was 30 years old. now he is 82 and he is still working hard. we were growing nearly 20% year on year. in only five days really everything changed and not all of our hotels have closed down. 0ur all of our hotels have closed down. our employees have gone home and we are experiencing a vast economic impact. we are still receiving... new bookings.

dixon simon welcome back thanks for having me in these troubled times so simon dixon we are seeing trillions upon trillions of balad money and quantitative easing being thrown around what sort of money is being printed what sort of that not being printed and who will benefit most because everyone same preoccupied with the health crisis right now and you know people have got other things on that mind and it's you know every once in old people are in suits situations of desperate needs at the moment and the government is for ever cynical addicts and i guess they have no choice but to throw everything they've costs but at some point the slow slog and the financial crisis is going to become a reality often we get 3 missiles crisis ringback and so what we're seeing right now is in all the times of crisis for example the american civil war government simply printed new money called the greenback which is essentially debt free money that was introduced into the economy it's but what we're seeing right now is that the government is using quantitative easing where essentially the central bank is buyi

later, so simon offered a correction saying it was not a political decision. he was also asked about returning britons from overseas. yes, we acknowledge there have been problems. one reason for that is that this is a crisis that has hit every work simultaneously and i admit that at the beginning, particularly our call centres were not as we would wish them to be. this was a feature of the foreign secretary's evidence session on the 19th of march. it was then the focus of a concerted effort. it took us a couple of weeks to get it right and i suspect the comments that you have received mostly from people who are trying to get in touch during that fortnight, but there were real problems and many calls were not getting through and so people could be hanging on the phone for a long time, but since the 30th of march, our pick—up rate has been consistently at 98% or better in the foreign secretary mentioned a figure of up toi million people. now we think that numbers overseas in the middle of march were higher than that, nearer to 1.5 million people. since then, 1

welcome to bbc news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: hard times ahead, president trump tells americans to brace themselves as the country's death toll surpasses that of china. this is going to be a very painful, very, very painful two weeks. the british government admits it has to increase coronavirus testing, with only a fraction if its daily target of 25,000 currently being carried out. when even a handshake makes news. why russia's president finds himself at the center of coronavirus concerns. and we take a look at some of the companies changing gears to do their bit in the fight against the virus. we begin with the latest coronavirus developments from around the world. deaths have accelerated in the us and uk while italy and spain continue to record high fatality rates. the united states has now declared 3,415 coronavirus deaths, meaning it has overtaken china. 0nly italy and spain have a higher death toll. in the uk the figures are also sobering. the number of deaths has more than doubled in 2a hours, coming to a r

i'm simon pusey. our top stories: hard times ahead. president trump tells americans to brace themselves as the country's death toll surpasses that of china. this is going to be a very painful — very, very painful two weeks. the british government admits it has to increase coronavirus testing, with only a fraction if its daily target of 25,000 currently being carried out. when even a handshake makes news. why russia's president finds himself at the centre of coronavirus concerns. we take a look at some of the companies changing gears to do their bit in the fight against the virus. hello. we begin with the latest coronavirus developments from around the world. deaths have accelerated in the us and uk while italy and spain continue to record high fatality rates. the united states has now declared 3,415 coronavirus deaths meaning it has overtaken china. 0nly italy and spain have a higher death toll. in the uk, the figures are also sobering. the number of deaths has more than doubled in 2a hours, coming to a record daily total of 381. in

simone caplan was a finalnist last year's bee. hi, simone. >> hi. >> and navneth marali won last year's south asian spelling pbe. >> hello. >> hi. >> what was your reaction when you heard the spelling bee was canceled? >> oh, that was a bad day. i was hurt to put it simply. i've been expecting that even when the bee would return i'd still be eligible. after studying for thousands of hours, i didn't expect that the entire age group would be disqualified. >> navneth, i'm guessing you had frustration about not being able to compete even virtually. we'll talk about in a minute. how did you react when you found the tournament was cancelled? >> i was completely heartbroken, to be honest. when i heard the news. and scripps is an organization that has used creative ways to encourage spellers and promote its mission. for example, they introduced the ravb program a couple of years ago, and i thought they would find a way around the situation. i understand that health and safety should always be the number-one priority. but there's always a

welcome to bbc news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: officials confirm 50,000 people have now died in the united states. meanwhile, president trump attacks the media after he suggested using disinfectants in a treatment. i was asking a sarcastic and a very sarcastic question, to the reporters in the room, about disinfectant on the inside. but it does kill it and it would kill it on the hands. the uk government's new website for tests is swamped and shut down for hours as it's inundated by key workers. world leaders throw their weight behind a drive to develop new treatments for covid—19 and ensure that everyone gets access to them. and the rohinga refugees rescued after being stranded at sea for many weeks, virus fears

really don't so, simon. public polling in the united states indicates that more than 80% of americans support lockdowns. people don't want to die. death is not a partisan issue. they see how this virus is going to nursing homes decimating our elderly population. seeing what is happening in new york and elsewhere around the country and people don't really want that in their own communities so overall, people have been rather compliant with the stay—at—home directives and in general, pretty supportive about the lockdown.” general, pretty supportive about the lockdown. i guess the issueisif about the lockdown. i guess the issue is if you don't have enough testing, you don't get the full picture and don't know what is going on and if you open to early, you risk a second peak later down the line. that is exactly right. we're sort of just line. that is exactly right. we're sort ofjust hitting the peak. we haven't started to decrease the number of new cases per day. that's an important point. you have to have

brent: simon young on the story in berlin, thank you. as germany begins to slowly reopen schools, it could find some guidance by looking north. today denmark started easing its lockdown by reopening primary schools and daycare centers. denmark has seen more than 6000 infections and more than 300 deaths. scientists point out that children are the least affected by the virirus. >> it is back to school for seven-year-old astor from copenhagen. rule one, hand sanitizer before going in. many parents are worriried schos are reopening too soon. the difficult transition is for parents. we have to hand over our childrenen. that goes against our r instincs as parents to protect our children. denmark is reopening primary schools up to year five under strict conditions. there has to be at least two meters between desks in classrooms. many are simply too smallll for that. we've split most classes into three grououps. that basically means we need threree times s as many staff, o we'veve brought i in allll our teachers and some extra ones as well. not

thank you for simon & schuster believing in b the project. and elyse and tom i could hear his head explode when i told him what i wanted to do with this book. and then brought together hundreds of voices. thank you all for helping me to share this story with so many americans who were not alive for 9/11. i hear almost every day from people who are learning about 9/11 through this audiobook and what it meant to our country through the voices of the story. and i'm very grateful to the judges and the npa for recognizing the story to ensure that we never forget our country on that day. thank you. [applause] >> i would like to thank you all for having me as your host of this evening. and until next year, keep your feet on the ground and keep hydrating. [applause] thank you for joining us for the 25th audie award ceremony. congratulations to all the finalist and winners. we invite you to go downstairs to receive your awards. >> it turns out there is this thing that happened, this process that can happen when you start to solve a perfect problem tha

i want to thank simon & schuster for believing in this project in my editor and elise and tom from simon & schuster who i think i could actually hear tom's head explode when i told them what i wanted them to do with the audiobook. and then the holter graham who made this actually come to life. and brought together the hundreds of voices that they did for this. and thank you all for helping me share this story with so many americans who were not live or 911. i hear almost every day from people who are learning about 911 through this audiobook. and learning what it meant to our country, through the voices of this story. i'm very grateful to the judges and the m pa for recognizing the story of helping ensure that we never forget what our country live through that day. , so thank you. [applause] [cheering] [applause] so congratulations. well, i would like to thank you all for having me as your host this evening. [applause] until next year, keep your feet on the ground, and keep high trading. [applause] [cheering] [applause] so thank you for joining us for the 25th audie ceremony. congratulat

hi, simon. how are you feeling today? this is the only contact andrea can have with her son, a video sent by his care home. got a message from mum and ali, they want to say that they miss you and love you lots... simon is 52 and severely autistic. a few months ago he started to develop a cough and fever. i felt sick with worry, because i was just thinking the worst. my god. what on earth is going to happen to him if he is so ill he has to go to hospital? andrea says her son, whose speech is limited, would be terrified in a hospital ward. she has only praise for the care home staff but says he hasn't seen a doctor or been offered a test for the virus. that is the whole problem, we don't know what we're dealing with and it has been this terrible, terrible, probably the most stressful week of my life, because... sorry. i don't know what's wrong with him. it must be very, very concerning as a mum to go through something like this. it is. very. do you think he understands what's going on? no. no, he doesn't. he wouldn't have a

what about pricing, simon? seems interesting to me, especially when you look at what the implied valuation would be on bonds here, for example, treasuries trading at 60 basis points? doesn't that look good for stocks? simon: that is a really good point. superou have got such discount rates, lots and lots of cash, people with nowhere else to put it, you would expect equity markets to do ok. having said that, i still think prices overall are too high. inhave seen a 20% rebound the msci global since the trough and i think that will retrace if you look at the way the markets have performed relative to the global financial crisis as well. and we have not fallen nearly as far as we did during the last significant recession so i do think there is scope for the downside despite your very good point. matt: simon, thanks very much paired recommend that everyone check out your piece on the bloomberg terminal, emerging market strategist simon flint there, talking about the five p's that could have further falls and markets

simon browning reports. it is situation critical. nhs hospitals are running out of vital gowns to protect staff and patients. yesterday, one nhs doctor contacted me to say the situation was so bad at his hospitals that are connected directly to the fact that gowns. i saw on the website that the manufacturing gowns, and my local health care system is very short of gowns. i wanted to get a name and a contact, so to see if you had a name of someone i could talk to to get some gowns. paul durrands is a specialist in ppe. he has worked in government setting up supply chains

political correspondent simon young can tell us more welcome simon there's been a lot of talk about reproduction numbers this week who have been the reports but this is not point 7 in germany outline for us why it's important. yeah this reproduction rate is really the number that tells you if the virus is spreading in a controlled way or whether it's out of control and anything under one basically a good number so as you mentioned we. germany is now at 0.7 what that really means is that if you imagine 10 people infected with the virus on average they're only infecting another 7 people so as those original 10 recover there are only 7 people who are you know coming down with the disease and as time goes by the number is. less and less you know these this is very positive and if it continues in that way there's reason to believe that you know jim is getting on top of the virus. despite the infection numbers falling significantly we're seeing the mortality rate going up so fewer people becoming infected but more people dying so people must be asking whether the government's assessment of this being

political correspondent simon you who welcome simon let's talk about the reproduction number why is it so important. here phil there's been a lot of focus on this number and as you heard there the head of the year robert cock institute germany's main sort of medical public health institute was saying that the number is now at 0.7 what that means is that if you've got 10 people who are infected with this virus on average they'll only infect another 7 people so as fewer and fewer people are being affected infected as those people then recover there are even fewer who are just beginning to get sick with the disease and that of course should mean in turn that ultimately the death rate will come down it's at the moment is around 300 a day here in germany. but that of course reflects the figures of the infected from some time ago so it may come down although i should also say there's equally a possibility for instance that as it begins to get into care homes perhaps god forbid then we might see the death rate go back up again so as well as testing the band lots of tests at the start of this

simon: i think it depends. the most important thing is to understand what is available, and that is not entirely straightforward. first of all, understand the opportunities and make sure that in many set of reasonable outcomes, you will have the opportunity to be able to repay them. for most companies, it is a good idea to look at those loans and think about taking them, and istainly if a company looking at a very disruptive environment and potentially the threat of failure, than taking a loan now is probably the most opportune thing to do, then you can work with government and other stakeholders later to work out how to schedule repayments. first of all, understanding what is available and being proactive and practical. alix: if you're looking at practicality and you are in talks to sell part of your company or you want to now, are these deals still going through or is anyone buying? becauseo include pe supposedly private equity is raising tons of money to buy the fixed credit, and i'm wondering if you are see

going to need to use simon we reported in the last week that pressure has been mounting on the german government to ease restrictions today's announcement was no surprise was the answer to that pressure well indeed i think the government felt that they had to do something people are desperate off the weeks in lockdown to see some easing of these restrictions where possible and as the chancellor said today you know the numbers have begun to look good the trend of a new infections is down and that means that there is a little bit of room to maneuver as it was over though 'd the chancellor wanted to sound that note of caution but the government has said well you know now we've got an opportunity we can start to open some shops and businesses next week and some some schools can begin to reopen in may so you know the 1st green shoots of the road back to some kind of normality i think a lot of people wanted that and the government wants to send that message that the measures that have that have been carried out so far have worked you know yes i mean we heard a lot about that about germany's

political correspondent simon young. now there's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president trump accuses the u.n. body of failing its response to the coronavirus pandemic u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists responded by saying that now it's not the time and to end support of the w.h.o. as its work is absolutely critical to the global effort to defeat covered 19 president trump who has himself faced criticism for his handling of the pandemic and the w.h.o. should have done a better job of investigating initial reports from china. the w.h.o. failed in its basic duty to save lives those were the words of president trump it's united states freeze on funding for the u.n. agency today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability trump has repeatedly criticized the w.h.o.

simon is this is a decision that is valid for the entire country because we knew germany is a federal country and there are 16 states that they have a lot of authority so are we going to see the same rules everywhere well the the rules in the recommendations the plan of the approaches the saying for the whole country but if the actual implementation will vary in particular in relation to schools they are going to start opening at the beginning of may but. varia and some other places may not but until a week or 2 off to that because they want to be a bit more cautious there will be slight differences in the implementation of some of these new rules but i think the attempt today was to get a a unified response for all of germany some young on the story for us tonight here in berlin simon thank you. well there's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding for the world health organization president trump who himself has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic is accusing the u.s. agency of failing in its response to the pandemic well today t

well later, sir simon issued a correction, saying it had not been a political decision. earlier in the week, the equalities minister faced questions over why, so far, only one female cabinet minister has taken part in the government's daily coronavirus news conference. aren't we going to see you make an appearance at one of the daily press conferences? it's been really noticeable so far that they have been conducted by men. when‘s your turn? i don't like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference, or in a media interview, because they're a woman. so they shouldn't be there just because they're a woman. but ou have a remit for elderly people, for the disabled, for those from a bame background, for the lgbtq community — a massive group of people who are being impacted by covid—19. and you think it would be tokenism for you to appear at one of these press conferences? i think we should be focusing on the right people to present at the press conference... is that not you? are you not the right person? the major issue at the moment is health. so i t

i'm simon pusey. the headlines: a further 6.5 million us workers file for unemployment as president trump announces plans to reduce the economic impact of coronavirus. in the uk, a massive rise in the number of reported deaths. prime minister boris johnson out of intensive care but staying in hospital as the uk government says there are no plans to lift block down. s. america st traders defying orders to stay indoors to feed theirfamilies. mission control: and liftoff. and getting away from it all — the russian space mission leaving the virus behind. hello, and welcome to bbc news. we begin in the united states wher the number of people seeking unemployment benefits has surged for a third week as the economic toll tied to the coronavirus pandemic intensifies. 6.5 million people in filed for unemployment benefits in the us last week and that brings the number of claims to almost 17 million injust three weeks. new figures also show that up to 60,000 americans could die with coronavirus, downscaling ea

i'm simon pusey. the headlines: in the united states, another 6.6 million workers of bardwell employment in the last week. that brings the number of claims to almost 17 million injust three weeks. new figures also show that up to 60,000 americans could die with coronavirus, down scaling the earlier estimates. as infection rates and death tolls begin to soar, researchers are working around the clock to develop a coronavirus vaccine. an australian team from the university of queensland has reached a new base of testing, partnering with the dutch company for preclinical studies. in the prime minister borisjohnson who is receiving treatment for coronavirus has been moved out of intensive care ata has been moved out of intensive care at a london hospital spokesperson said his recovery is at an earlier stage. earlier, a lifting of the lockdown across the uk has been ruled out for the time being. now bbc news, victoria derbyshire has more information on health i'll this week, dial—up internet. apple releas

political correspondent simon home welcome simon let's talk about the reproduction number why is it so important. here phil there's been a lot of focus on this number as you heard the head of the year of robert cock institute germany's main sort of medical public health institute was saying that the number is now at 0.7 well that means is that if you've got 10 people who are infected with this virus on average they'll only infect another 7 people so as fewer and fewer people are being affected infected as those people then recover there are even fewer who are just beginning to get sick with the disease and that of course should mean inter but ultimately the death rate will come down it's at the moment is around $300.00 a day here in germany. but that of course that reflects the figures of the infected from some time ago so it may come down although i should also say there's equally a possibility for instance that as it begins to get into care homes perhaps god forbid then we might see the death rate go back up again so as well as testing the band lots of tests at the start of this pand

political correspondent simon young can tell us more welcome simon there's been a lot of talk about reproduction numbers this week 100 reports but this is not point 7 in germany outline for us why it's important. yeah this reproduction rate is really the number that tells you if the virus is spreading in a controlled way or whether it's out of control and anything under one basically a good number so as you mentioned we today germany is now at 0.7 what that really means is that if you imagine 10 people infected with the virus on average they're only infecting another 7 people so as those original 10 recover there are only 7 people who are you know coming down with the disease and this time goes by the number is. less and less you know these this is very positive and if it continues in that way there's reason to believe that you know jim is getting on top of the virus this despite the infection numbers falling significantly we're seeing the mortality rate going up so fewer people becoming infected but more people dying so people must be asking whether the government's assessments of this being un

surprised that we're seeing a very cautious and step by step approach the government is recommending simon that people wear face mask if they take public transportation and also when they go out in public to go shopping but they're not making it mandatory why is it not mandatory if the government thinks it's so important that it should be recommended . yes well you can always have a debate about whether. you can actually impose and force people to carry out measures of these kinds of course a lot of people would say it's pretty interesting having to wear this covering of a of a mouth the nose at all times when i was in public but on the other hand neighboring austria has introduced that for a public transport and save the market so that's going to be a recommendation here i think some people are saying well they couldn't really have required people to do it because we know that taming this kind of equipment difficult jewing the crisis some people have been making their own mosques of course but it's difficult to to keep them make them available to everybody he might need them so that's par

simon captain? i don't know where they have been ordered from but i am aware of some really welcome innovative practices. we are looking to re—purpose some of the existing laboratory network, forensic science services, to try to build up the amount of tests we can process. but even then, if we are able to do that, there will be some really difficult decisions about which officers get the tests and which officers get the tests and which don‘t, or who get them first and who have to wait. one of the jobs of our senior colleagues will be to manage that effect that it might have on our colleagues. again, we need to be really clear and honest in communication with collea g u es honest in communication with colleagues so the expectations are met and we meet the promises we give them. have you been given a timetable or any indication of the timetable? my expectation is we will begin to see tests come online from the middle to the end of april. it‘s not long, but it‘s still an anxious wait. holly lyn

simon: yes. we are still on the way. approximately about 2% on the way. scheduled around 2000 to 30,000 individual lenders including institutional ones. way.e still on the yvonne: ok. still on the way. they --key as stated hsbc has stated they canceled their payments at the direct request of u.k. regulators. other u.k. banks followthrough. have heard e.u. regulators do the same. do you feel like this is going to be a difficult fight for you? you are asking for something that is difficult to achieve? simon: it will be a very difficult situation for us to fight for that. at the current situation because the potential, the dividend after -- this is a case where we are fighting on. haslinda: we have activist investor david webb saying on your facebook that hsbc is making moves within its legal capacity and investors have a choice of selling some of the shares to raise cash. do you agree with that view? simon: basically, yes. it is legally forcible. , the minority shareholders especially those that ar

well, later sir simon issued a correction, saying it had not been a political decision. earlier in the week, the equalities minister faced questions over why, so far, only one female cabinet minister has taken part in the government's daily coronavirus news conference. are we going to see you make an appearance at one of the daily press conferences? it's been really noticeable so far that they have been conducted by men. when‘s your turn? i don't like tokenism. i don't like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference, or in a media interview, because they're a woman. so they shouldn't be there just because they're a woman, but you have a remit for elderly people, for the disabled, for those from a bame background, for the lgbtq community — a massive group of people who are being impacted by covid—19. and you think it would be tokenism for you to appear at one of these press conferences? i think we should be focusing on the right people to present at the press conference... is that not you, though? are you not the right person? the major issue at