Why new moves by levon on central bank could through futile. Thanks for joining us we begin in the United States where the Vice President mike pence has led the 1st Coronavirus Task force briefing in almost 2 months as america records an all time high of new virus infections around 40000 new cases were confirmed across the u. S. On thursday but mike pence echoed president Donald Trumps message that the number of cases have been increasing because of accelerated testing he says 16 states are seeing a resurgence in cases across the south and southwest. In much of the country where were seeing a jobs expanding and Economic Activity expanding but our focus today is very much on on the advent of rising series of new cases across the american south. And. But where our 1st mission was to save lives once we came out of the 45. 00 days to slow the spread of what our task force has been focused on over the course of the past 2 months is to partner with states to save lives and safely reopen lets