German probably will not im often berlin this is the day. You cant fix the economy until you fix the code the crisis i think people across this country are fed up with a time when theyre kind of playing where their next meal is coming from and he has no intention of doing anything about making it better in 47 months than youve done in 47 years just make it Crystal Clear that russia. Is involved. Of course the American People if there is an additional round of stimulus then that would add 2 Percentage Points of growth in 2021 which then would bring the u. S. Much more quickly back to crisis level investors are frustrated that washington cant seem to get its act together to give a package to the country which is sorely needed especially for Small Business before the election. Also coming up french president emanuel saying tough new measures against the spread of covert 19 including strict lockdowns in paris it ok this is you know the decision we have taken is in effect a curfew a curfew which will be imposed in the paris region where the virus is spreading very actively. I did 8 of the metropolitan regions apart from paris i mean itll put up with another human difference. Which you our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with the different designs for recovering from a pandemic and then economic near collapse in march when the u. S. And countries here in europe begin shutting down their economies to slow down the virus no one knew how this would end a selfinduced economic coma had never been attempted in modern history it was uncharted territory for both europe and the u. S. But now as we enter the 2nd wave of this pandemic it is clear that we did not get here the same way germany and the United States have taken different paths since the 1st shutdowns were imposed last march and the outcomes so far are like night and day jobs and joblessness life and death more than 200000 people in the us have lost their lives to cope with 19 germany despite the current surge is nowhere near that level by any metric and when we measure Economic Health the numbers for both countries remain out of sync germany and the us both switched off their economies at the same time from that point forward policies and politics diverged. Place closed bars boarded up. The pandemic could washingtons until taman does 3 tard say kaufman takes out whats left. Pressed and workers like him are some of the 1st to lose their jobs thank you the only bartender left where he works and he does know how long the owner will be able to keep him on hes scared of joining the 19000000. 00 americans who lost their jobs in the pandemic and he warriors what would happen if he does. Im renting right now ive already got one month forgiveness of rent from my landlord im very fortunate a lot of people havent been in that situation a lot of people might be forced out of the city that might lose their. Lives or vehicles and certainly to get around the city. If it did their face that it at some point. If the government failing to pass another who would stimulus package he fears businesses that employ people like him who could that. Given that winter wont have as much outdoor seating a capacity to serve our gas it probably wont be enough to save some of the Small Businesses from closing anyway if Small Business were to fail specifically bars and restaurants there would be a Ripple Effect all the way through the supply chain that would probably have an Economic Impacts all the way across the country. What would it mean for that personally if no action is taken before a new president is elected or this one is reelected. Its not something i like to think about but it is something that keeps me up at night i fear that maybe ill be out here myself for you know people that i know and love might be out here in force and these kind of conditions i know personally in a lot of my colleagues are really worried about getting affected maybe early next year if nothing happens or no help we could all be facing you know almost miss or having to relocate and its really a big fear of a lot of us right now. The fear of losing everything is everywhere in the United States not just here in washington as cool big numbers continue to rise and businesses continue to close more and more people like they do see their fears turn into reality. Are still a spring in Washington Post economics correspondent heather long her latest analysis compares how the u. S. And germany have weathered the coven 1000 crisis economically she joins me tonight from washington heather its good to have you on the day that the headline for your piece reads as u. S. Unemployment soared to germanys barely budged is americas safety net and know it made me think of president george bush sr and his vision of a kinder gentler america which is definitely not the america that this paid to make has exposed. I think youre right on so many levels and its interesting back in april there were actually a number of republican senators including josh holly of missouri who actually proposed doing they call it the british model but its similar to the german model they proposed doing 18 percent. Wage subsidies to keep workers and cloying and keep more workers attached to their companies as opposed to doing what we normally do in the United States where people have to get laid off millions of people applied to their state Unemployment Office or a there were these Horror Stories where these Computer Systems werent updated since the 70s so it took weeks if not months in some cases for people to even receive any aid and on top of that were still sitting here in. October and now theres a huge crisis about whether the United States will do more stimulus once again let him kill people flip from bull you know when we look kids. In the u. S. And germany look at the beginning at the start of this year we can see clearly the Economic Impact on the u. S. Labor market i mean the u. S. Experienced a shock the german labor market did not and it still has it you know what we see is a picture of 2 very different philosophies about the role of the state in the economy especially in a crisis on its face the german approach seems to be more humane would you agree. Well certainly i spent most of my time as economics correspondent the post talking to unemployed workers and if you ask people what they rather get laid off the u. S. Model and get a check from the government or would they rather be in the german model where they stay employed and get a check through the government and their employer most would say the german model because its more stable and they dont have to go through the anxiety of what am i going to do next but when you talk to a lot of economists at least in the United States including ones who are more liberal or left leaning its interesting quite a few still argue in favor of the u. S. Model and the reason is really this debate about how many jobs are going to go away because of kobe 19 for instance the Airline Industry you know we probably wont have as many flights even after the pandemic ultimately is hopefully saw in a year or 2 there just probably arent going to be as much Business Travel 9 again so is it really make a lot of sense to keep those workers employed in attached to airlines when we know theyre probably going to have to find another job yeah and so what whats happened is that stimulus money you were talking about its run now and congress cannot agree on a new stimulus package weve got the election coming up and im hearing that we probably wont see anything new in terms of stimulus maybe until after the inauguration in january i mean it looks like willful hourman to the economy being done by members of congress. Well there are certainly a lot of Business Owners and employed people who would agree with what you just said theres just a lot of shock that congress and the white house cant come together especially since the white house and House Democrats nancy pelosi are House Speaker who isnt democrat from california theyre pretty close right now the democrats initially wanted about a 2. 00 trillion dollars proposal the white house has come all the way up to 1. 8 trillion so its pretty close yes a lot of the details still have to be ironed out but theyre surprised that you cant bridge that gap when its really not that big of course Weather Center republicans would want to agree to that package remains on scene but i think this sort of illustrates that at the moment it started out in this ring and summer there was a lot of the United States about how germany was controlling the virus and your system of short term work that kicked in for the unemployed but now i think theres a lot of envy in the United States that germany has more stability then you have this 10 year plan and people can disagree about it but in the United States you know it changes by hour its very chaotic right here are we still going to have a what is going to happen in the next few weeks and you know in the states people do continue to argue about face masks and i want to take a look at a new billboard thats going up in berlin right now i mean if you can see it has there but it shows a woman shes wearing a face mask and shes giving the camera the bird to the middle finger and that takes region this is for all of you not abiding by the coronavirus rules i mean we should the finger on Us Television the media speaks volumes about the different Public Discourse is weve got going on in the u. S. And germany doesnt. And thats one of the debates we had as we put this article to gather and say you know has germany just been that much better at controlling the virus partly because the germans are better rule followers and i walked out of my street and a lot of people on various people are crossing in the crosswalk for instance so i dont know how much that difference in culture and rule following respect for science perhaps plays between the United States and germany and the response of this particular crisis but it is certainly in fact there have along with the Washington Post the other fascinating talking with you we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you. Thanks. For president emmanuel mccrone has reimposed a Public Health state of emergency saying that france is in quote a worrying situation when it comes to the corona Virus Outbreak in a televised interview the president announced that paris and 8 other cities will have a 9 pm curfew and he stressed that the virus is not out of control but he warned the Health Care System has little capacity left to deal with the pandemic it comes as french authorities reported more than 20000 new Coronavirus Infections for the 3rd time in a week. Are the skill now to lisa lewis she is covering this for us in paris good evening to you lisa so france has declared the Public Health state of emergency over cope at night what exactly does that mean on the ground. Well that actually just means that the government or local governments can impose local or nationwide look now thats obviously something that france just as germany one stew prevent from happening thats why the government has now decided to impose that curfew in several cities just like here in paris so if i want to go out after 9 oclock at night i need to have a good the right reason as the president put it the government is also recommending for people to only meet up with about 6 people or to you know if they meet at home or in the street they should limit their circle of friends to 6 people but the government has sat in the past that they cant really impose that massive measure its a recommendation but thats really the president really wanted to appear to the commonsense of the people here to limit the spread of the virus and the curfews are part of that measure really. Just a moment these measures they come as many are still struggling to recover from the impact of the 1st coronavirus. Since take a look. Theres not a lot going on in this paris restaurant today because of the coronavirus pandemic hardly any guests are stopping by always break through the leg room where were following all the rules but the tourists are still staying away its very complicated. Here and over has dropped by 50 to 60 percent on people. The French Economy is suffering from the coronavirus in the 2nd financial quarter the Gross Domestic Product fell by 13. 8 percent and you develop play were expecting the economy to shrink by 9 percent in france in 2020 thats gigantic and this is despite high Government Spending on employment will continue to rise in the future. Almost 23000 new infections were reported within the last 24 hours in the greater pair. Area over 40 percent of the intensive care beds are already occupied by coronavirus patients with the predator is growing and we still have to take care of the other patients we might reach the limits of the system soon im very concerned about what will happen in the next few weeks or. The government will now implement more coronavirus restrictions in response yet lisa let me pick up on that intensive care patients i understand the number of french i. C. U. Patients for corona virus earlier this week surpassed the peak that we saw back in may now if were dealing with that already in october that doesnt bode well for the coming fall in winter in terms of the Health Care System in france being able to deal with it absolutely you are youre right and thats what the president was insisting on in the interview tonight he was saying you know our intensive care units are also already starting to be stretched and we need to really bring down the spread of the virus also because the situation is actually now worse than in march in that now in march actually have any basically paris and surroundings concerned and they used to france now the virus is spread across the country so whereas earlier in the young the 1st locked on Health Workers doctors nurses could come to the concerned regions and help out now this is no longer possible because there are needed across fronts that the president has said we really need to limit the spread of the virus otherwise our system is really going to crack under the amount of patients and it needs to deal with you know if we were to see have 2nd walked over i know the no one in france wants to see that after the 1st experience do you think that were looking at coronavirus fatigue playing a role here in the spread of the virus. Absolutely we are already looking at that obviously many people here are complaining about the fact that you have to wear masks almost everywhere like in paris you have to wear them outside on public transport at work but actually thats also one of the reasons the virus has been spreading a lot more over the past few weeks because once people get home at night many of them take up the mosques meet up with friends and family and thats where the spreads take place really the government is now insisting that people really need to stick together to to win this fight against the virus the president has said that this will go on at least until mid 2021 when you believe that the country can make this and that they should all stand together and win this fight so to say a lie ditto because this really was the way just like in paris lisa thank you. Well the numbers tell the story of this latest surge in new infections the daily number of new infections here in europe is hitting about 100000 now thats twice the figure that were seeing in the United States most european governments eased restrictions over the summer now theyre backpedaling fast and furious. It was what the Hospitality Industry was dreading most a return to law. From midnight restaurants bars and cafes in the netherlands must shut their doors for 4 weeks. Masks to will no be mandatory and indoor public spaces the government says it was left with little choice in the face of spiraling infection rates. That is unheard of. Its a hard on message and the new rules are going to hearts but its the only way because the facts dont lie we have to be stricter on ourselves and stricter on our behavior as long as im opals. Its a similar picture at the forefront of europes 2nd wave in the Czech Republic testing has been ramped up across the country and tighter measures have been enforced as well as the Laser Industries schools will be shut for 3 weeks mosques at trans stops now a must officials conceded they may have relax through too quickly in the summer on was not an ability of the i wasnt Strong Enough in the summer and i didnt insist on measures to protect us from the 2nd wave. Across europe growing infection rates down measures and the inevitable health and Economic Hardship to follow is the heady for which there are no easy fixes. To the pandemic in belgium brussels has closed its famous beer bars and cafes in an effort to slow the rate of surge in new infections its a blow to the businesses themselves and the people who supply the belgians love their beer the country is known for its many varieties and its bars and pubs but thats no consol