WEBVTT - Public Safety and Security at the Super Bowl 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.920 This is Bloomberg Business Week. I'm Carol Masser and I'm 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:05.760 Bloomberg Quick Takes Tim Stanebeck. We're here every day bringing 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.240 you the latest news from the world's of business and finance, 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:12.120 plus technology, politics, economics, all harnessing the power of Business 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:15.600 Week reporters and editors, not to mention our journalists and 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:18.080 analysts in more than one and twenty countries. You can 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:21.720 download Bloomberg Business Week on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Bloomberg dot Com. 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:23.600 You can also listen to our radio show at two 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:26.319 pm Eastern Time on Bloomberg Radio or watch us on 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:31.200 YouTube search Bloomberg Global News. Global virus cases now topping 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:34.640 one d four point five million deaths, surpassing two point 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:36.959 two million. We've had more than a hundred and eight 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:39.879 million COVID shots given around the globe, so let's get 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.040 into our virus guests. Great to have joining us once again. 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:46.000 Dr William moss He is Executive director of the International 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.840 Vaccine Access Center, Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology, International Health, 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:53.800 and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.279 School of Public Health, which, as you know, supported by 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:59.560 Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg ALP and Bloomberg Philanthropies. 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:03.360 Dot the Moss back with us on the phone from Baltimore. Bill, 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.679 Nice to have you here once again on Bloomberg. So 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:10.840 I gotta say, I'm starting to feel optimistic because I 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:14.319 know people, um in my world that are getting the vaccine. 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:16.360 It looks like the flow is opening up. Tell me 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:18.080 how you're seeing it. What are you seeing in terms 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:22.800 of COVID cases and then the vaccine getting out to people. Yes, 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:26.360 thanks Caroline, it's my pleasure to be back with you. Um. 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:30.400 So we are seeing some positive signs. It doesn't mean 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:33.720 we can let our our guard down, um, particularly with 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:37.080 a Super Bowl coming and and we don't want another 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.920 super spreading event. But we are seeing case numbers come 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:45.760 down in the United States yesterday a hundred nineteen cases. 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:49.680 That's down from about two hundred and fifty thou cases 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:54.160 in early January. So we're really down on cases. UM. 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:58.400 We are still seeing tragically high numbers of death. The 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:02.920 death numbers always kind of lag the case numbers by 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.960 a couple of weeks. We're still at about three three 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:12.440 thoight hundred deaths yesterday, so that's that's obviously still tragically high. 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:16.280 Our test positivity around eight percent, still much higher than 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.280 we'd like it. But we are seeing the case come 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.600 the case numbers come down, and as you pointed out, 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:28.240 we're getting more vaccines out over fifty five million doses distributed. Um, 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:33.040 we've gotten over thirty four million doses into arms. That's 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:37.959 about those distributed. Uh, we're doing much better and getting 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:42.480 vaccines doses into people. And I think this combination of 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:44.680 you know, the case numbers come down. If that we 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:48.920 continue that trend and in continue to do better and 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:53.079 better and getting people vaccinated, we may be seeing the 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.320 light at the end of the tunnel. But again that's 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:57.760 not going to be for a couple more months. People 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:01.600 still need to practice. They're good public health measures. Yeah, 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.040 it's it's amazing to hear you rattle off these statistics 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:07.120 because it's all relative, right. I mean, we're in a 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:09.640 worse place than than we've been than we were in 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.000 a few months ago, but a much better place than 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.200 we were in a few weeks ago. So I guess 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:19.519 context is everything. UM. I do wonder about the new 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:24.120 Strain bill because these this decline in numbers that we're 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.239 seeing is also coming at a time where in recent 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:29.440 weeks we've heard about the discovery of new and potentially 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:34.600 more transmittable strains. You're exactly right, Tim, And you know, uh, 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.400 this the surge that we saw probably you know, in 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:41.680 in throughout January was probably related to the holidays and 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:46.600 holiday gatherings, and so we're seeing that fall off. Um. 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:50.400 But you're exactly right. These uh, these new variants of 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:54.960 the virus that are more transmissible, and particularly of concern 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:58.560 there's some suggestion that perhaps they may cause more severe 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:03.080 disease and and maybe able to escape some of the 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:08.320 protective immunity conferred by our vaccines, not completely. And and 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.560 we think these vaccines are still going to be really 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:15.720 good about preventing severe disease, hospitalizations and depth. Um. But 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:19.080 but we need to be on guard, um, and we 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:23.920 need to be ready for um increasing circulation in our 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:28.680 communities of these more transmissible virus variants. UM. So that 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:31.080 is something we're gonna have to watch very carefully. And 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:34.160 that's what we're worried about, that these variants being more contagious, 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:37.560 right and and and circulating as you said, more easily 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.320 and more quickly. That even though we're vaccinating. If we 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:45.520 don't have enough of our population vaccinated, that can create 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.880 a whole other wave. Yes, you're right, and it's it's 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:55.800 why it's so urgent right now. UM, before these these variants, 0:04:55.839 --> 0:05:01.279 these more transmissible variants become the dominant of viruses circulating 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.960 in our communities, that we do everything we can to 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:09.200 decrease the transmission of this virus, and that includes as 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:14.040 quickly as possible, getting more people vaccinated and really doubling 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:17.599 down on our public health measures to prevent transmission. The 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.880 more this virus transmits, the more it's going to mutate 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:23.919 UH and create further problems for us. So we I 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:26.480 think we have a short window of time right now 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.960 to really try to clamp this down. What's the best 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.840 way to increase vaccine distribution because at the current rate 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.800 we're going right now, which is about one point three 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:38.520 four million vaccines each day, UM, it will take months 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:43.200 to reach immunity in this country. Right There are a 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:45.279 number of steps that can be taken, and I think 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.800 the Biden administration is working on this. I think of 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.160 it UH in in kind of the four d s 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:56.000 UH doses, delivery, demand and data, and so we certainly 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.960 need to increase the number of doses. There are there 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:03.200 are limitations on how many vaccines can be manufactured, but 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.480 there are efforts to increase the number of doses, purchase 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:10.039 more doses for the US population, and also bring on 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.360 hopefully in the next few weeks Um, you know, maybe 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:17.279 new vaccines such as the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. We 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:21.080 were waiting for the results of their Phase three trial. 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:25.359 We need to improve our delivery. That's increasing the number 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.800 of vaccinators, increasing the number of sites where vaccines are 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.880 being delivered. We're already seeing a lot of progress on 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:35.200 that front. And then on the demand side, we need 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:37.960 to make sure that we target our public health messaging 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:41.479 to those communities that have mistrust or skept or a 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:45.120 skeptical of the vaccine and and and build that trust. 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:47.800 Dr moss Um, one day, I wanted to follow up 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.359 on you said something about having a short window to 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:54.400 get the vaccines out before these virus mutations really pick 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:58.880 up a lot of momentum. How short is that window? Yes, Carol, 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:02.640 you know, the Center's a disease control and prevention predicted 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:07.320 that the variant that we know scientifically as B one 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.400 one seven that was first identified in the United Kingdom 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:15.680 would become the dominant virus variant in the United States 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.240 and in March, in mid March, so you know, I 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:22.760 would say, we really need to decrease our trans the 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:26.320 transmission in this country, you know, over the next four 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:31.120 to eight weeks, and that's gonna include getting really increasing 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:34.560 the number of people vaccinated as well as continuing our 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.720 our basic public health measures. There was a really interesting 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:42.760 story by the Associated Press that came out this morning 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:47.000 bill that talked about the need to vaccinate around the 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.120 world and not just focus on country by country. The 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:53.640 International Federation the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. They 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.840 found that the fifty poorest countries have received only one 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.960 tenth of one percent of total vaccine doses that have 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.600 been administered worldwide so far. Here's why that matters, though, 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:08.840 because that inequality, according to them, could potentially backfired a 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:12.040 deadly and devastating effect, because areas of the globe that 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:15.520 remain unvaccinated could allow the virus to spread and mutate. 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:19.080 So even if somebody is vaccinated against a strain that 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:23.200 could be developed in another country. Right, Yes, this is 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:27.720 a really important point, Tim, and you know, obviously the 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:32.200 pandemic has been particularly tragic in the United States, and 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:35.559 the United States certainly has the highest case numbers and debts. 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.840 But we also need to be looking globally and and 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:44.360 ensuring equitable access to vaccines around the world. That's really 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:48.400 hard right now when when vaccine supply is scarce UM. 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:51.760 But there are efforts led by the World Health Organization 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:57.960 UM to procure vaccines through a number of mechanisms and 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:01.520 from a number of vaccine manufacts lectures and be able 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:07.280 to ultimately provide enough doses to the population UH in 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:11.000 all all countries around the world, and particularly they're focused 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.600 obviously on the low and middle income countries. But you're right, 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.320 this is a global pandemic and unless we have a 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:20.439 global effort, we're not going to stop it. And this 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.920 virus has shown us that it can mutate more quickly 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.720 than I think many experts anticipated, and if there's ongoing 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:33.479 transmission in parts of the world, everyone's impacted by that. Yeah, absolutely, UM. 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:36.760 What is you know, in terms of the headlines that 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:41.559 you're focusing on right now, what are they? Yes, I 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:46.160 think the big one is the concern around the new 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:52.480 variants UH that are both more transmissible and potentially UM 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:57.800 we have vaccines that are less effective. We've seen, for example, 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.160 in the trials of the John's and the Jonasan vaccine 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:04.679 and Nova vax vaccine UM that they do have reduced 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:09.320 UH efficacy against the variant that was first identified in 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:15.240 South Africa. UM. Fortunately, they still seem to protect against 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.960 severe disease and that should be our number one goal. 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.440 We want to stop hospitalizations and stop death, and that 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:23.319 was something that came up in the conversation we had 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.400 with Jay Jay's US Chief Scientific officer just about one 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.120 week ago. Hey, Bill, thank you so much, really appreciate it. 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:32.520 Dr William Moss. He is Professor of epidemiology at Johns 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:34.960 Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Of course, as you know, 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:39.080 supported by Michael R. Bloomberg, founder, Bloomberg Galp and Bloomberg Philanthropies. 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:42.560 Bill also the executive director of the International Vaccine Access Center. 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.240 Joining us once again on the phone from Baltimore. This 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:49.280 is Bloomberg Business Week with Carol Masser and Bloomberg Quick 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:53.200 Takes Tim Stinovich from Bloomberg Radio. Let's not forget there's 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.360 a lot going on. We just heard from President Biden 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:59.240 giving his first foreign policy speech. We cannot forget though, 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:01.120 kind of on the end of the spectrum is we've 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:04.000 got the Super Bowl fifty five is happening this weekend. 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:07.640 We're typically there at Radio Row outside of it, talking 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:10.760 to all members of the sports community about the big Game. 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:13.400 It's a different world. It's a COVID world. Yeah, it's 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.000 not just different for us and for the players and 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:18.679 the viewers, but of course different for the fans who 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:21.360 will or will not be in attendance right exactly, it's 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.280 going to be much limited and socially distanced. Um. But 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:27.040 for most of us we also will of course watch 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:29.280 the big Game from at home. But one of the 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.280 things that's always there, uh, no matter what year it 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.600 is is security concerns around the big Game and keeping 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:39.080 everybody connected. So great to have back with us. William Bratton. 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.680 He's former New York City and Boston Police Commissioner, former 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:44.240 Chief of the l A Police Department, Chairman of Risk 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.320 Advisory over to NEO Commissioner. Bratton is on the phone 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.640 in New York. Also with us is Andreas Orlando. He 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:54.160 is President of the Public Sector and a Verizon connect 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.840 over at Verizon, he's also a senior VP there, which 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:59.880 is investing millions in expanding permanent five G deployments in 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.200 and around the Tampa area around the Big Game. He 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:04.760 joins us on the phone, Atlanta, gentlemen, so nice to 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:07.240 have you here with US Commissioner Bratton. I want to 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:08.800 start with you, and we are going to talk about 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:10.840 security around the Big Game. We've got a nice chunk 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.000 of time here. I do have to ask you, though, 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:17.480 about President Biden, a new administration. When we are talking 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.520 about foreign policy, we're hearing about a lot of things. 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.319 When you look at the security and national security of 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:25.520 the United States, how do you see it and what 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:27.400 do you see as our biggest concerns right now? Is 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:34.120 it domestic terrorism? Uh? I believe it is domestic terrorism 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:38.640 at the moment. They'll always be concerned with international tourism, 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:42.440 But this year, I think that has been divide uh 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:47.080 thially after January six, uh usue with domestic terrorism is 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:52.240 first and foremost. International terrorism, interesting enough, has been relatively 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:56.640 quiet as it relates to efforts directed against the United States. Well, 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.960 you've neific a number of much now, and I think 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:03.359 that's one of the reasons why domestic terrorism is attracting 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.719 so much attention. Is what had been concerned since nine 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:11.520 eleven hasn't fact and diminished significantly. Commissioner written, how do 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:15.360 we get that under control? In the United States? It's 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:19.040 gonna be much much more difficult. That I've took over 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:22.720 the lapt in two thousand two, and at that time 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:26.360 one of the first priorities to me was getting the 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.640 LAPT up and running to deal with the two threat 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:34.120 of international terrorism. UH. Local police forces had very little 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:37.559 to do with terrorism Currens prior to Night eleven. That 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:42.000 was lastly responsible. After to Night eleven we had to 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:45.480 focus on and have focused on for the ensuing now 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:49.959 all's point heat is But the issue UH now is 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.240 Christian poemost domestic terrorism, and that's gonna be much more 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:56.440 difficult because very limited in terms of the laws we 0:13:56.520 --> 0:14:00.000 have that they lost past depth of eleven allow us 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:04.520 to effectively deal with all and terrorism issues here in 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:07.160 the United States, we don't have a lot of those 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.280 laws that work. So wealthless so I do want to 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:14.040 talk of the issues. Oh go please finish, No, no, no, 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:18.160 please finish. They also had the additional issue in the 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:22.440 United States guns. We have more guns than the people. 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.400 In the last month two million guns and gold the 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:29.000 United States. I think that's the highest funds ever and 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:32.720 so Paris would have to basically try and bring guns 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:38.880 into it. They've already here that four hundred billion guns 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:42.320 and people in many states allowed to carry them overly 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:46.120 been in a number of states ports in Michigan the 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.680 open carry laws that people along with all types of 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:54.360 weapons or allowed to park them out with. We have 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:59.600 a very different situations that be very difficult yet under control. 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:05.000 Now it's not on. Yeah, that's a such a bigger issue. 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.320 We're gonna come back to some more serious topics, but 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:09.840 I do want to talk a little bit about the game. 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:11.520 I think for me, I kind of was like, oh 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.560 my god, the social it's the super Bowl this weekend, 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:15.880 because it just kind of crept up on us in 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:19.560 in this virtual, socially distanced world. It's just such a 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:23.520 different year. Um, Andreas, come on in on it and uh, 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:27.560 we were talking with your team members at Verizon last 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:31.360 year this time in Florida, we were there at the game. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.240 Tell us about Verizon in their involvement and making sure 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.360 that everyone who's in and around the game stays connected 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:42.320 and make sure that everybody is safe and secure. Yeah, 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.960 it's I'm glad to hear you talked to our the 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:50.120 last year. We have been doing this now UH, side 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:55.040 by side with first responders for decades. Every Super Bowl, 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:59.680 every major event like this, we are our teams roll 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:03.000 out and have a presence with first responders to ensure 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.040 that UH they in the communities that they serve or 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.720 say during a big event like the Super Bowl, and 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:12.560 this year is it's no different the same playbook that 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.920 we had last year. Obviously we update it and we 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.400 have to account for COVID and some of the unique 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:22.560 aspects of this year's event. But we have again our 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:28.000 Verizon Command Center, which is UH something we do every year. 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.120 On the ground, we have over a hundred engineers and 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:35.720 technicians who are monitoring and managing the network around the 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:39.280 clock in and around the actual stadium Raymond James where 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:41.880 the teams will be playing, but also in the greater 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.880 Tampa area. And this is an incredible source of pride 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.720 for our company h to ensure that the event goes 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:53.560 off with with without a hitch we UM. We're also 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:57.960 on site in the Florida State Joint Emergency Operations Center. UH. 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:01.720 This is where all of the law enforcement in public 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:05.399 safety agencies, including of course the Tampa Police Department, have 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:10.760 a presence UM and are communicating and uh collaborating real time. 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:12.920 And we have a team on the ground as part 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.840 of that to ensure that we're doing everything we can 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:20.320 to help first responders and public safety agencies make this 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:24.160 event as safe as it possibly can. And as I said, 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:27.679 you know, COVID changes some of the dynamic um of 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:31.320 the game and UH and of the situation, but our 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:35.600 commitment as America's number one network for public safety remains 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:40.399 the same. It's twofold one. We're working over time to 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:43.600 ensure that first responders stay connected when it matters most 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.520 um and whether that's on our four G LTE network, 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:50.679 America's most reliable, or on our five G network, the 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:55.440 world's fastest, in most advanced and two UM. We are 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:59.240 working with first responders in the public safety community to 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:02.880 make sure they have most advanced solutions and technologies they 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:07.119 need to keep the community and themselves UH safe. And 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:10.840 you know what, it's generally a generally a pretty safe event, 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:13.760 but a lot goes into making it that way. And 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:17.040 obviously there's always, uh, there's always risks for things to 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.879 happen well and you know, Commissioner Protton, come on, come on, 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:23.040 back in on this conversation, because what's different about this 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:26.160 securities You know, this year's security plans around the big 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.080 game versus what we've seen in years past when it's 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:34.320 a much more quote unquote normal year. Double things. First off, 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:39.760 significant focus on COVID that ship large part of the 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:44.240 public safety focused on the idea of trying to the 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:49.119 best of their bility, UM courage the social distancing. Wearing 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:54.520 a mask to do that is minimal. UH, if you will, 0:18:55.400 --> 0:19:00.960 uh use of police resources for that of the encouraging 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:05.000 that may be worn in the social distancing. But the 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:10.879 security issue this year is multifaceted because of COVID. Good 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:12.960 news is that I was just speaking to the chief 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:16.520 of the Camp Police Department this morning coordinating the over 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:19.560 seventy agencies will be involved in the public safety effort 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:25.719 down there, and they leave at this juncture that there's 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:31.040 no direct threat either international terrorism or domestic terrorism corrected 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:34.280 against the event. UH. That's good news, and they will 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:36.720 watch that very closely in the run up to the event. 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:39.520 But after the events of January six, more concerns with 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:44.320 the demonstrations, UH in Tampa around the issues that we're 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:48.760 in the forefront of the January sixth event, and there 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:51.199 is no evidence that that's going to have to down there, 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:53.840 that's in reduced. Well, how how has the role of 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:56.960 law enforcement changed in the wake of what we saw 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:00.440 on January six How is the thinking a round law 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:04.919 enforcement change now getting that clear indication that this is 0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:08.960 such an issue in this country. Well, it is the 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:12.639 point I was making earlier that they here that they 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:15.000 don't have to try to get into the country illegally, 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:17.840 they don't have to create a cell. Uh, They're already here, 0:20:18.040 --> 0:20:21.840 and they are heavily u the incredibly well trained. I'm 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:24.960 talking about the the far right militants that some of 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:30.040 these militias and probably types that about them, and that 0:20:30.280 --> 0:20:33.320 is of concern. And we are also very limited ability 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:36.439 to wantitor some of their activities because again this is 0:20:36.600 --> 0:20:42.000 domestic terrorism rather than international terrorism. So that's a significant limitation. 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:45.440 And the technology of today. We've been talking about technology 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:49.159 and thankfully visons bringing the latest technology that there is 0:20:49.600 --> 0:20:53.040 to this event, but a lot of the technology is 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:56.320 now capable of being encrypted, so that significantly mitigates law 0:20:56.359 --> 0:21:00.640 enforcements ability to monitor and keep control over um what's 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:04.200 going on here. But right now, as of this morning, 0:21:04.200 --> 0:21:07.040 talking to the chief and then the sources, ideal within 0:21:07.080 --> 0:21:12.600 the lasting world that there's no indication of direct fresh 0:21:12.720 --> 0:21:15.359 against the event. It's a very different events. Certainly know 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:18.400 what was going on in Washington January six, which was political. 0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:23.280 This is plebitrary sports. And uh, I think we're going 0:21:23.280 --> 0:21:27.120 to have a very safe event, very happy event. And 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:29.919 uh I know which team I'll be looting for. Who 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:36.920 is it in Boston? Inoculator, you sound like our producer 0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:41.360 Paul Brennan. You can you can take Tom Brady out 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:47.560 of Boston right right, New York, l A. I always 0:21:47.560 --> 0:21:50.040 had to move for not the hometown team, but my 0:21:50.200 --> 0:21:53.640 hometown of Boston. So same, same, same thing. This year, 0:21:54.840 --> 0:21:57.680 Andrea has come back in here because in terms of 0:21:57.720 --> 0:22:00.200 the way the network is is working at the game, 0:22:00.680 --> 0:22:04.200 I'm wondering how you and Verise and think about prioritizing 0:22:04.640 --> 0:22:08.600 certain services at a game like this, for example, making 0:22:08.600 --> 0:22:12.840 sure fans can access Instagram or communicate with one another, 0:22:12.920 --> 0:22:17.160 communicate with people back home versus police and first responders 0:22:17.200 --> 0:22:22.240 be able to communicate with one another. Yeah, it's a 0:22:22.320 --> 0:22:26.600 it's a great question. UM. It's something that is relevant 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:28.840 to an event like the Super Bowl, but it's something 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:31.440 that we think about in the operation of our network 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:35.760 every single day. So obviously UM for an event like 0:22:35.840 --> 0:22:40.040 the Super Bowl, we reinforce the network. We add a 0:22:40.080 --> 0:22:45.200 lot of capacity and bandwidth so that UH our customers 0:22:45.520 --> 0:22:48.040 UM will all be able to use the network in 0:22:48.119 --> 0:22:51.840 the ways that they would like. Of course, with five G, 0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:56.280 where we've made a significant investment, there's even greater bandwidth 0:22:56.280 --> 0:22:59.720 and speed and characteristics of the network that will help 0:22:59.760 --> 0:23:04.480 customers in Tampa loan. In anticipation of this event, we've 0:23:05.280 --> 0:23:09.680 invested over eighty million dollars UM in five G. UH. 0:23:09.760 --> 0:23:13.240 Tampa is one of sixty four UH cities across the 0:23:13.280 --> 0:23:16.520 country now that have our five G services, and so 0:23:16.720 --> 0:23:21.080 there will be plenty of bandwidth and capacity on the 0:23:21.119 --> 0:23:26.840 network to manage the demand. Now. Obviously, with first responders 0:23:26.840 --> 0:23:30.359 in public safety, they have the highest level of priority 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:33.439 on our network, and we've built into our network not 0:23:33.560 --> 0:23:36.960 just for the Super Bowl, but for every day and 0:23:37.119 --> 0:23:41.480 for every part of the country where first responders have 0:23:42.080 --> 0:23:47.719 access to voice UH priority and data priority UH. And 0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:51.680 then if and when our network becomes congested ever UH, 0:23:51.680 --> 0:23:56.800 they also have preemption UM, where we UH put first 0:23:56.840 --> 0:24:01.000 responders and the public safety community of of everyone else 0:24:01.440 --> 0:24:05.200 to get access to that network if if if that's necessary, 0:24:05.200 --> 0:24:09.040 it's it's not often necessary, given how robustly we build 0:24:09.040 --> 0:24:12.879 our networks. But yes, first responders and the public safety 0:24:12.920 --> 0:24:16.560 community have the highest level of access on our network 0:24:16.800 --> 0:24:19.280 every day. But that will be true with the Super 0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:22.080 Bowl as well. So and have you Andreas in terms 0:24:22.119 --> 0:24:24.080 of working from home? Have you I mean, is this 0:24:24.200 --> 0:24:26.080 something that all of a sudden we've kind of had 0:24:26.119 --> 0:24:28.560 to learn even more about kind of managing bandwidth? I mean, 0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:30.679 have you guys learned a lot with everybody working at 0:24:30.680 --> 0:24:36.679 home and tapping into networks? Absolutely? Absolutely, Um, we have 0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:39.600 UH and I think we've talked quite publicly about this 0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:43.199