The designation of this episode as a recession even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions now economists generally define a recession as 2 consecutive quarter months of 2 consecutive quarters of Economic Contraction g. D. P. In the us has already fell by 5 percent in the 1st quarter of this year and the economy is expected to climb by a steeper margin in q 2 of 2020 lets get some expert analysis on this and and the state of the economy with todd morris chief strategist at the trading and cohost christiane who joins us from los angeles thank you both for being here today but i want to start with you now the n b e r declared that the u. S. Recession began officially in february now this marks the fastest the n b r has actually declared any recession is this a good thing as the faster the drop usually the faster the bounce back. From a back listen i put very little stuff. To what any account is really said because theyre not calling it until its already over and theyre sure on your show with you i said that were going into a recession back at the end of january it was easy to see that they are starting to break down and of course then the coronavirus really kicked in and we saw the country shut down which is automatically by itself going to create some major problems creating a recession again this steve this is how fast they bounce back nobody really knows the answer to that and well see where we go from here but at the end of the day were are starting to see the country start to open again were seeing more action in the market and were seeing the actual account people start to go to work so again is if the virus stays away and we can continue to open and get the country fully open then the recession will be over however there are always the chances that we could have a rebuild this virus and they asked again and we could be shut down again so those are the issues that are really concerning the economy overall were still very strong i mean are you looking at what we would talk about the possibility of a recession which i mean youve been on this show many times talking about this even before the coronavirus pandemic was it was a huge issue but i mean are is the credit virus really the only. Point that matters right now when it comes to opening or closing the economy versus any other economic factors that weve seen because of this a fed intervention. Well you know again i think it is the fed intervention right i mean look you you poor enough money and the equity markets go crazy as we are very watching what is that today against the general mainstream economy there is a lot of problems out there are still and there are still issues that have to be solved and theyre not over there are far from over but again are we talking about main street or are we talking about wall street and when it comes to a wall street they care about one thing thats money and the only way you can make money today is put it in the stock market which is why we can do to get propelled higher because they can get that return from the equities and again youre forcing every investor if you want any yield in your money you have to put it in the stock market because there is no place else to go. So to bring you into the conversation. In the stock market hard here but but what are we seeing in markets say it seems like that rally that weve seen the bull run over the last couple of days at least is fading. Well the u. S. Equities are under quite a bit of pressure today and were seeing the reversal of what happened yesterday so a lot of the names they hit all time highs yesterday and such as i trans ocean that rose about 50 percent yesterday they all reversed course and tank today and vice versa with a lot of the stocks that drop yesterday meanwhile theyre flying sky high today so you do see a little bit of a reversal in the markets right now especially across cruise Lines Airlines and e. M. P. Both all of which have made really broad gains on monday and today theyre under a lot of selling pressure however on the other hand you also have apple and amazon and the rest such stocks all banking all time highs right now as investors continue to concentrate back into that whole trusted fang grip so right now it does seem like the recovery rally is starting to lose steam and bank of america actually reported that clients sold about 3200000000. 00 worth of u. S. Equities last week for the 5th straight week in a row and selling was reported broad based all across the client groups between hedge funds and retailers where they had become sellers for the last 8 and 5 consecutive weeks respectively. Whereas financials actually led. The alphas with the 2nd largest selling data and data history since 2008 which is very consistent with the record low in positioning in investor positioning that weve seen right now in the markets so it does seem like even though there is a lot of this market kind of melt up there isnt a lot of participation here. But are we in for a generational bear market in the near future and really do you expect that volatility will come back the way we saw it maybe a couple of months ago or maybe not quite as bad but are we going to see that volatility really pick up in the markets again. Well i think right now volatility has left the building for now and i think a lot will come down to who wins the election i believe of donald trump wins the election again i think well be back it will be because the racism will continue to make new highs because of the way that he tries to run the government and more business friendly i believe of joe biden have been in the election i think we will see that generational bear market i think you will see a lot of changes because theyll go back to restricting the real free market system and the actual workings of a you for a true market so i think you will see if theres a change in office there we will go into a major market now either way i do think that were going to probably at some point before this is all over test the lows again and we could see that spike in volatility but until there is a reason to sell the markets are going to continue to drift higher yes we have no viable we have no liquidity but the meantime they keep pushing higher and pushing are and you can go broke trying to guess where the top is going to be so its a lot easier to watch the price action and wait for the markets a turn and then reverse. Kristie i will you know we just talked about this recession here is actually going to become a depression or do you think that were going to see the fs bounce and not have to worry about that. Well its a lot like todd just said is very good is going to be very difficult to predict the top but right now this has been like a tremendous bear bounce and of history is any indicator at all in 2007 lets just remember after the drought that happened in midyear we rally back to all time highs in that october of that year but from there the market then quickly fell 5055 percent subsequently afterwards and then entire thing took about a year and a half to complete to actually hit the bottom of the market so its not something that happens that swiftly so we had a very swift drop a very swift recovery which we can call a bounce and right now we still might be in a bounce is going to be very difficult to tell where the top is but after that given the amount given the amount of underlying the amount of credit the amount of defaults the amount of unemployment that is still there we are still at a record high unemployment levels from the last Great Recession and even though a lot of analysts say that those employment number may be temporary as they are simply for low numbers only time will tell and so theres still a lot to go through before we actually believe we open the economy and see where the grad school bus goes kristie and she stood by the charity taught by the horwitz thank you both for your time. And now we move to the latest agreement to cut Oil Production by opec plus members as the coronavirus pandemic continues to weigh on demand on saturday opec members and its Oil Producing allies agreed to extend historic production cuts to the end of july now initially the alliance had cut production by 9700000. 00 Barrels Per Day with those cuts starting to wane by the 1st of july now the organization will now cut production by 9 point 6000000. 00 Barrels Per Day in july with production being reviewed on a monthly basis now the next opec plus meeting of Member States is set for the 18th of june opec leader saudi arabia says there is quote no room whatsoever for lack of conformity in the production cuts from member nations Saudi Energy Minister prince abdul aziz insall mon added that producers who failed to adhere to the policy should compensate with additional cuts from july through september during a Virtual Press conference on monday russian Energy MinisterAlexander Novak agreed saying quote we have spent a lot of time discussing full conformity and how this will be company compensated because the success of the deal d and the success of our efforts rests on all countries doing their part now ahead of meeting ahead of Meetings International benchmark brant crude hit over 42. 00 per barrel while the w t i was over 39 dollars per barrel hitting the highest points since the 6th of march now both the bread and w. T. I have since leveled out to over 42. 00 and 38. 00 per barrel respectively now for more on all this lets bring in professor Bill Heffernan senior fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the university of pennsylvania bill thank you so much for joining us today really appreciate it i want to start with these latest production cuts do you expect opec plus members will quote conform and continue at the a lot of production levels through july and beyond if needed. Thanks friend my senses thats highly unlikely for a century and swear all sorts of card talents and biggest problem is cheating. And trap really i guess the leaders here to sound reason russia are sane and must be conformity but there isnt a a. Quite quite effective way to require that and thats going to be a challenge. If the saudis and russia can create conformity and force conformity that will be a surprise and now it appears this week that russia and saudi arabia are kind of on the same page but how did this Oil Price War between the 2 nations get to this point and can we expect continued good relations or as we move forward and maybe somebody doesnt conform are we going to see more tensions arise between the 2 nations. When you say on the same page i guess that pages had a heck that we find ourselves in this summit to say. You know they both. Agreed to something with incredibly bad luck on the timing and so they began this. This chicken race basically the price was right as the pandemic once showing its head but not given any indication of how severe it would be now as you can see in that nosedive. That really happened after the initial low price war and happened more totally pandemic driven in my opinion. So they had that bad luck on the start but then they had. Pretty good luck when President Trump decided to offer to intervene and he made also its a commitments that. Cannot be enforced within the us and i think the saudis and russia were happy to just say ok we have a global agreement with the 3 big players and nobody really anticipates President Trump conforming with his assurances so. I doubt maybe the out here think they are not sure bill why are this dispute between the 2 nations why do they had such a and your Expert Opinion that if the have such a big impact on Global Oil Markets i mean obviously opec the big players are going to see that but but is there more to it at. Ship yeah i think this is really a story of depend on it chilling demand more than than anybody you know packed increasing supply and you know collateral. Dan major benefit here is effect on us Shell Production which really was very severe and we heard all this because the economics do not make sense when you get down in the 20. 00 range but be get back to the 40. 00 a line of the independent producers in us and find a way to get production only in dance is a real conundrum for opec plus. For how they proceed here and now you just actually talk about the u. S. Shale oil producer that we were you it was reported that a record loss of 26000000000. 00 in the 1st quarter for those u. S. Shore Oil Producers that in 2025 the man collapsed in a pandemic how do these latest cuts actually affect the u. S. Producers do they help them because they are driving oil prices up as you just mentioned. Dance exactly how its that. Direct cause and effect relationship going to opec what is production prices increase increased prices cause us share production to increase absolutely bilham and senior fellow at the Climate Center for Energy Policy at the university of pennsylvania thank you so much for joining us to break all this down. Time now for a quick break but here because when we return i. B. M. Has a notice that the company is stepping out of the facial recognition game after growing outrage surrounding the practice we take a deep dive into the Controversial Technology firm started reacting as we go to break here the numbers that. International memorial awards has extended its deadline for submissions. Media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist work for alternative media of a global News Platform you can submit to your published works in either video format go toward dot com and it a no. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. 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Welcome back as the death toll from the coronavirus surges past 400000 across the globe researchers are racing to find a vaccine its been almost 6 months of the crowded Virus Outbreak spread from the epicenter in china and now hundreds of Clinical Trials are underway at least 40 of those to find a vaccine modernity johnson and johnson and the Oxford Astra Zeneca group have received a total of 2200000000. 00 in federal funding in addition to their vaccine programs work and pfizer are also being given government my. For Clinical Trials but before proper vaccine is discovered a russian biotech firm may be offering some major relief arky correspondent to touch a suite has the details on how researchers are tackling dangerous systems symptoms of the virus. One shot can mean the difference between going into the emergency room or having a swift recovery from the chronic virus russian scientists have registered a new drug that may help to alleviate the harshest complications caused by cope at 19 including a lung failure lovely mob is now the 2nd medication to receive state approval giving doctors more options when it comes to tackling the virus researchers behind the drug say theyre ahead of schedule as its already been going through clinical testing for 2 and a half years looks the horses it purportedly sort of dismissing this drug was originally designed because what they were worried she was going or colleagues or our what she was still going to do is go to my 19th my mother also personally speaking to his stories but it is enough that i believe a good number is a result about. Developers say no side effects have been found during their studies and theyre hoping to make this available in hospitals as early as july and in moscow cove in 1000 survivors are forming a support force armed with antibodies many who can and are donating blood to crown of everest patients in need of help pavlov is given blood for the 1st time after overcoming the corona virus is and i know that there are many people in hospitals hospitals are overcrowded and the coronavirus disease to affects people differently in terms of severity some people have it in a much more severe form you deny which so if i can help why not and well not every coach in 1905 or is able to give blood doctors say so far roughly 300 transfusions have been done in russias capital plasma has been collected from about 600 donors so far. In light of protests across the country i. B. M. Has made a major announcement the tech company penned a letter to congress saying it will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis soft. Where i. B. M. C. E. O. Arvin crucial stated i. B. M. Firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any facial Recognition Technology including facial Recognition Technology offered by other vendors for mass surveillance or racial profiling violations of basic human rights and freedoms or any purpose which is not consistent with our values and principles of trust and transparency joining us now to discuss this is boom bust cohost investigative journalist ben swan. Ben i. B. M. Stock obvious took a hit today after this announcement why is that yes so i. B. M. Was down about 4 points today it looked at the end of the day i. B. M. Made the right decision and they theyre paying at least a short term price for it but i absolutely think it was the right decision essentially coming out and saying look facial Recognition Technology can be and will be used and abused in the future and so we dont want to be a part of that as a company we dont want to contribute to essentially profiling certain groups using mass surveillance on the public i hope that i. B. M. As they do this will stand firm in what theyre doing but investors obviously were not thrilled about it because lets face it recognition is a huge part of the Tech Industry and moving forward its going to continue to be a huge part of not only the Tech Industry but military use and Law Enforcement and i. B. M. Its spend so much time and money with their technology which is a huge portion of facial Recognition Technology as well now theres some concern that facial Recognition Technology is actually not reliable why is that and did that include. Did that include what i. B. M. Has put out and for as far as facial recognition. It does include what i. B. M. Has put out in terms of their own facial Recognition Technology look heres something thats very important that the public understands when it comes to facial Recognition Technology for the types of programs that have been created so far they are notoriously inconsistent and inaccurate depending on which type of pigmentation of skin you have so if you are a person of lighter skin pigmentation facial recognition has to be essentially kind of tweaked to recognize your face if you are of a darker pigmentation then you will get a lot of false claims made by that facial Recognition Technology so if you want to pinpoint it on people with darker pigmentation you have to tweak it for that and you get lots of false positives on the other side so what you find with facial recognition is that the way it stands currently it is notoriously if you want to use the term racially in the in equal or racial inequality you can find a technology that is more racially in equal and not equal then they should recognition because it cannot right now accurately notify authorities of a false positive match depending on the race or the skin pigmentation of the person who was scammed you know the announcement actually also included a explanation that the company will no longer selfish or Recognition Software to Law Enforcement isnt that the main entity that would buy this technology. Well thats where their big customers are and thats probably why i became stock drop today look the biggest customers who are looking for facial Recognition Technology are going to be who its going to be the u. S. Government its going to be the u. S. Military its going to be Police Departments and who is that one of the biggest players in this space right now amazon and its Recognition Technology which by the way has been sold to Law EnforcementPolice Departments and when employees of amazon said they didnt want to do it jeff bezos basically told them to sit down and mind their business and he will run the company so i. B. M. May be stepping out but there are plenty of others who are stepping up and were not seeing any other company whos getting on board with i. B. M. To say hey were were on board were going to do the same thing and so if youre not seeing any of that right now now ben there is one more question that i have is is kind of i. B. M. Was insinuating hey when theres some laws in place or when theres kind of a ruling on this that we might be able to restart our facial recognition our portion of our Business Program yeah what are and are there some non you know invasive facial recognition uses that were seeing out there that are dont include Law Enforcement in some capacity were sure absolutely like for instance a great example of that is the facial Recognition Technology that facebook uses right now so right now when you put up a picture on facebook it will put a little square around your face than it did if i see you based on past pictures right but facebook actually just paid a huge fine recently for doing this because they were using facial Recognition Technology and scanning photos of people without proper permission so they paid a huge fine for that there are not very clear guidelines in place for how to do this but there are actual kind of practical uses for it where if someone agrees to it i dont think they should recognition would necessarily be a misuse the problem is that Law Enforcement and military usage is not looking for facial recognition and your compliance they want to use it in order to monitor the public and essentially monitor you and you know 4th amendment issues here so a lot full search and seizure based upon just be. Unable to spot you that would camera at some point thats why the a. C. L. U. Has been against it for so long. That investigative journalist ben swan thanks for keep us up to date on that one youve got to read. And finally a social distancing continues have you just been missing out on taking selfies with your friends well as it turns out apple has recently been granted a patent for software that would generate Synthetic Group selfies which could be used to take social distancing selfies now according to the Patent Application and apple user could invite others to be part of the selfie and the software would arrange them together as part of a single photo now according to filing the selfie could include still photos stored video images or even Live Streaming images after the photo is taken individual users could even modify the picture allowing them to rearrange the composition of the photo d and of course while this seems appropriate now during the social distancing times apple probably has other reasons for the software is they actually filed for its patent back in 2018 and says the company hasnt commented on the story its hard to say when the feature would be rolled out and how it is intended to be used i said selfie quite a bit there thats it for this time you can catch boom bust on demand on the brand new portable t. 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A statue of slave trader Robert Milligan is removed his campaign is targeted least 60 other controversial monuments in the u. K. Ill be talking to an activist from plaque lives might sound. Like a Prime MinisterBoris Johnson pushes ahead with plans to lift the looking down amid concerns from the Hospitality Industry over the to meet a social distancing world. Doctors warn of an epidemic of loneliness as dozens of people are discovered dead in their homes after weeks of lockdown says n. H. S. Bosses will call for the waiting list in england could supply last 10000000 by the end of the year. Scotland could face a return to austerity if the country isnt granted significant new spending power according to the countrys finance secretary we hear from an Economics Expert. The statute of slave trader Robert Milligan has been removed from outside a London Museum following days of black lives matter protests in the u. K. And around the world milligan was an 18th century scottish much into and over 500 slaves in jamaica as well as a sugar plantation the museum despite the money or its presence as uncomfortable and a reminder of britains problematic cost this comes after the monument of another slave trader Edward Colston was forcibly removed by protesters in bristol and thrown into a river the council says it will be retrieved and placed in a museum meanwhile demonstrators are calling for the review of at least 60 other controversial monuments. Over the protests are expected over the coming days while the Police Reaction is also under the microscope londons mayor is drawing up plans to address concerns about alleged disproportionate use of force against minority communities. Thats as one musician posted a video of his 62 year old father being tasered by police claiming Police Brutality is still rife among the black community the metropolitan police have defended the use of force while the labor leader and 5 minister clashed over the implementation of an independent report by labor m. P. David lammy aimed at addressing injustices most of the recommendations in the law made report into inequality in the criminal Justice System have yet to be implemented 3 years after the report was published similarly the long delayed and damning report by Wendy Williams into the windrush scandal has yet to be implemented i spoke last night to black Community Leaders and they had a very clear message for the Prime Minister implement the recall youve already got so could the Prime Minister now turbo charge the government responses how we are increasing already the number of a minority ethnic people in the Prison Service is david lammy i recommended we are increasing the use of body one cameras and how we are trying to ensure amongst other things that young be any people are not immediately prosecuted as a result of the trouble they find themselves in and we try to make sure that we give people a chance but i must stress that on the lam report and on all these matters it is absolutely vital at the same time that we keep our streets safe well to discuss all these issues im now joined by one of the organizers of the black Life National movement in the u. K. Barry Macfarlane Gary thank you for joining us if we were both the statues are we in danger though of wiping out history no we are leaning up the record. Is up to people human to look at why should we be looking slaveholders so no i see it far from being. The problem is actually a cleansing thats making life and the huge is much better is there a problem of where we draw the line will hold buildings have to be removed. So that not remove the buildings but maybe reparations for the slave trade who will be wanted so that the millions that they paid in compensation for the loss of their property inverted commas is now in todays money worth about 30000000000. 00 pounds but its not including reinvesting your capital the cement was invested which would have been in the Industrial Revolution the British Empire thats probably several 100 billions so theyre very big amounts of money so they can look just leave the building where is divert the capital and incomplete capital to the black community actually also to working class people of this country in general but how do i go about doing that have you got a plan for that hello ello garrison to have lost the line i think ive lost the connection that i can which agger receptive and weve got regained the connection that youre talking about the financial record breaking record so i recently was in the connections to your guest you talk to me again dobbs of reparations had to have a plan for the reparations and the money even talking about you know. The money from the boardrooms of example the super black community and so you want a working Class Community that would even things up all these begins in looking at the statues and then the statues help people confronts the country is uncomfortable past. No plaque saying that was the cause and by the birchers man Sarah Marshall had a one works as a distortion of history and actually existence of the monuments is a distortion of history far from being monuments these people. Should be written into the history books and proper history taught about the real legacy of a slave trade and the real part played by the slave trade in the building of modern britain as the senate Industrial Revolution and the British Empire none of that is currently integrated into the National Curriculum despite decades of demanding but real history has taught history of the people that live on this island and the people are complete on this island and that 2 groups of the wealth of this country none of that is really taught in our schools yeah again with the monuments is a step in the right direction so it gets and truth in suv discourse but how is that about how you also get rid of the statues as well is that a case of infantilizing them is actually wrong 2 wrongs dont make a right do that is there a sort of more democratic way of removing the. Now when i was the height of democracy 30000 people coming to government and restore whats up in this problem the biggest demonstrations bristol seen for a very long time and all revolutions situations statues are talk all and yes thats a good sign for the future because we do need a revolution in this country and many others say advocating revolution but looking at great heres one of the sectors that they are also people would like to have remade for didnt also advocate abolishing slave trade i say well no the americans against the story of his did people issue became the strategy that people like to use only the people a bit of a slave trade at the side of rebel leaders of the slave leaders of the caribbean that made slavery impossible to maintain by the european powers peoples of the c. L. R. James is brilliant book of history called Brown Jacobins where you can be the history of the overthrow of slavery in that cabin our island which is owned by the french and partly by the spanish in this and period armies or 3 of them the prettiest are french and the spanish were defeated by the slave the slave uprisings the slave armies. And sinestro is to be told of you have islands and particular jamaica my ancestors are from and we have a Community Called the Maroon Community who were undefeated by the british and eventually the british had to make a treaty with them because they defeated them time and time again and so on as soldiers into fertilizer that is the real history of the overthrow of slavery not mr wilberforce or d gray or any of the ever rabble who make up the british ruling class and their descendants today and one final question that in terms of somebody like Charles Dickens its 150th anniversary of his death there are also talk of getting rid of the statue of Charles Dickens but didnt he highlight the gross inequalities of the victorian system and if it happen at legacy and literature this lighter people have a sense Charles Dickens are going to be a lot that can say yeah are hard to work quite useful. And that note well leave it very much longer im afraid to run out of time thank you very much indeed youre welcome. Well meanwhile the Prime Minister is pushing ahead with plans to lift the coronavirus lockdown in england but the reopening of nonessential shops shuttled for next week well out in your case isa rally joins me now either respected have you back in the studio the government it seems is preparing to use these lockdown measures across the country what are the plans what weve seen already this week the government having to make. Some aspects of their road map out of lockdown that specially with regards to the reopening of schools and to have all children attending back to schools well as far as the Prime Minister is concerned there are other aspects of the economy that he wishes to reopen and specially the foreign minister saying when it comes to pubs the government is ready to stick to their road but the house will remember that according to the road map we were going to open out to Host Hospitality no no. July the 4th that is still the plan not sticking to our plan when so guidance is not being developed for such hospitality and we dont want to see is a roiling bacchanalian massive of people that can spread the disease so its very important people understand the continuing risks that this country faces. Now what exactly are the government looking to reintroduce the war whether they expected to announce today we think we understand the Prime Minister is going to be fronting up that daily government to press conference and could be announcing the reopening of zoos safari parks opening outdoor cinemas as well as reopening nonessential retail shops Clothing Stores and other issues with social distancing measures put in place now thus far in the United Kingdom has been a social distancing guide of 2 meters but the World Health Organization says that one meter is enough to be safe and so there is pressure on the government from within the conservative party ranks to perhaps revisit that advice and to take it down from 2 meters to one meter that would help restaurants and other outlets to open their doors and get more people in the doors and perhaps help the economy get back on its feet is ready thank you very much indeed. Well doctors are investigating the deaths of dozens of people found alone in their homes during the pandemic many who died late undiscovered for up to 2 weeks printing fears that many people arent seeking Health Treatment when they need it. Or delayed discovery means some bodies have begun to decompose making it difficult to establish if the cause of death was from covert 19 but charities and medics have pointed to a drop in people seeking help for serious illnesses like heart attacks and strokes since the pandemic started. Well it comes as n. H. S. Bosses warn that by the end of the year hospital waiting lists for surgeries in england could have more than doubled from the 4400000 shattered before the pandemic the n. H. S. Confederations said this dropped to 4200000 in march as doctors referred fewer people for procedures like hip replacements and cancer removal but these waiting lists could surpass 10000000 by the end of the year as hospitals deal with a possible 2nd wave of the virus Staff Shortages and a reduction in beds 2 to social distancing in a letter to the Prime Minister the head of the n. H. S. Confederation said the government needed to be realistic about what was possible it will not be possible simply to switch on n. H. S. Services the government has a vital role to play in making this clear and providing reassurance that every possible step is being taken to control the virus as we start to resume routine services the n. H. S. Is keen to resume as Many Services as it can but we need a level of realism about what can and what cannot be achieved safely in the coming months well the government has said that private hospitals could be used to help clear the backlog while the Health Secretary said the drop in those attending Emergency Rooms was partly due to people seeking appropriate advice from the local dont to these previously stress that people should seek hospital treatment if they need it or the department of health said it had already issued guidance to the n. H. S. And how services can be restored safely thanks to all the hard work and dedication of n. H. S. Staff hospitals were not overwhelmed to touring the peak of the corona Virus Outbreak guidance has already been issued to the n. H. S. On how they should start to restore services in a safe way. Well the u. K. Government faces a legal challenge over its refusal to hold an urgent inquiry into shortages of personal protective equipment during the pandemic a group of doctors and campaigners have launched a high Court Challenge hoping it will lead to a judicial review into whether n. H. S. Staff and care workers receive adequate equipment such as gowns masks and gloves the group says an investigation must take place as soon as reasonably practical to protect Frontline Health care workers if a 2nd wave hits they also hope the inquiry would get answers for the families of frontline staff whove lost their lives as to whether p. P. A. Shortages played a role in their deaths we are appalled at the governments refusal to urgently commission an independent Public Inquiry to examine all the facts from the planning to the procurement to the provision of p. P. A. And learn lessons a review is imperative if we are to avoid a repeat of the condition seen during the 1st wave of the pandemic we know there has been an inadequate supply of out of date and perishing stock we know our standards have fallen short of World Health Organization and European Center for Disease Control guidance or campaign as a crowd funding for the case and have raised more than 60000. 00 pounds they believe the government has an obligation to launch an investigation under the human rights act a department of health and social care spokesperson refused to comment on ongoing legal proceedings. Now lets take a look at how the outbreak is affecting the u. Case for home nations that have a further 109 deaths reported across the u. K. According to individual Health Authorities n. H. S. England house reported 88 hospital deaths while the scottish helsel sorties have reported 12 across all settings wells reported 9 and Northern Ireland has reported no new deaths for the 4th day in a row. While the u. K. Is set to become the worst economically affected country in the developed world by the coronavirus time to make a quarterly income is for cost of 4. 00 by over 11 percent this year documents cited a soaring Unemployment Rate as a chief concern predicting the u. K. Slump is likely to overtake countries including grizzle and sweden both of which have faced heavy criticism over their coronavirus responses. And now lets turn to the global coronavirus because there have been over 7200000 confirmed infections according to worldwide Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university in the us more than 411000 people have died while the total number of recoveries approaches 4000000. 00. Stars are gone the sound. Data from the statistics watchdog reveals that more than 6 percent of those living in care homes died due to coronavirus pandemic. And scotland could face a return to austerity if the country isnt granted significant new spending pounds thats according to the countrys finance secretary we hear from an Economics Expert. The world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those. Who dares thinks. We dare to ask. For. Welcome back over 60 percent of people have died in care homes in england a while as a result of the coronavirus time to make according to the statistics what still. Just over 400000 people live in care homes across england and wales with around one in 16 having dined cheering the Coronavirus Crisis according to the office for National Statistics there have been just over 26000 excess deaths in care homes since the beginning of the pandemic just under 12000 have been due to cope with 19 while other fate tallaght is have been linked to other medical problems well theres been much controversy surrounding u. K. Care home since the beginning of the pandemic the government has been slammed off to hospital patients were sent back to the homes without being tested for the virus critics say this move contributed to the rapid spread of coronavirus within these institutions or previously Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has said medical professionals would only have to challenge patients if they were medically fit to leave while others claim the interference to the Health Care System has also led to an increased number of deaths among the elderly. Scotland could face a return to austerity if the country isnt granted significant new spending powers according to the countrys finance secretary the devolved arrangements were not designed for a Health Emergency and economic crisis of this scale with a Global Pandemic raging fast decisions and public spending are a quiet and it is critical that we have boring powers and greater Financial Flexibility to respond effectively otherwise the only way the Scottish Government will be able to fund our own going response would be to make deep cuts to other Public Services kate forbes will set up potential summer revisions to next years budget before a myspace this week but the u. K. Government has rejected calls for more spending power as they say scotland has already benefited from an unprecedented package through out the pandemic. Scotland is benefiting from an unprecedented package of u. K. Government support. Discusses government receives a share of u. K. Government borrowing through the bar nash formula which is currently providing 3700000000 pounds of funding this is on top of the u. K. White measures such as Business Loans and the Job Retention scheme. For more on this and i joined by Economics Expert steve mccabe steve thank you for joining us this scott and have a case have the home nations been forgotten well i mean scotland is no better or no worse know your region will have to put up with the effects of covert 9 saying the barnet phone has mentioned there are many critics so thats why im one of them but then scotland has done pretty well i mean its kind of strange and devolve region is complaining about not having enough power well but there you go there as he is of course it could do with money but then so could ever else i mean theres going to be a lot of the bills to pick up of the end of this. Well you know its mentioning that the bonnet formula do we need the full scale review of home nation spending and if its not the bonnet for me what do we replace it with who have difficulty with scotland has its own economic problems and of course what weve got here is a degree of politicking undoubtedly there will have to be budget cuts and of course nobody wants a serious say the big question is goes how is all this going to be paid for and i suspect because that sort of what they are sent to do again their invention 1st they realise that sort of cars will have to be made to sort of to keep the central services. You know that mine is going to come from somewhere and of course its very easy to dare i say it but you can blame westminster because it was gone these devolved across only so far and you know mr johnson that question times are the Prime Ministers questions he made the point that you know scotland is is doing this as well as everyone else so you know as a say that theres theres a lot of gesturing going on and of course what weve got is a sort of the potential brings its you know at the heart breaks if we get some no trade to with the ans gone will cost be impacted by a lot of the governments already protected businesses with the fed us system as we know but what about across the board. You mean in scotland or are we talking in general in scotland but also across the u. K. What im getting quite clearly means to scotland you know its business isnt it of course if i can just refer back to the o. E. C. D. Report why are we being said about the effect it will cause we have the sort of very Large Service sector and will scotland is part of that so of course the there are bound to be sort of beginning passed and you know the fact is that were all hoping for a bounce back is scotlands Traditional Industries such as ship building you feel like theyve all largely disappeared and of course scotland has a sort of very different demographic makeup to laws of the rest of the u. K. But nonetheless of course it has a resonance therefore of course its difficult is it magnified you know that there are no easy solutions to this and cause quite clearly spending lots of money as well have it because if. Scotland to get it what ever else would claim the sign theres a saying that the difficulty is the sort of what johnson is acutely aware of of course is that so one of the results of all of the of this going to be breaks it may be a break up of the United Kingdom he doesnt want to be sort of a response of the lot what else could the government actually did. Well i mean that there im hung low fund of what the government i think theyve been absolutely inept in their handling of this and the health aspect but i have to say you credit where credit is due theyve theyve pumped a lot of money and i know for example that so many move playing its not enough and so when you compare whats being spent in other countries you know most particularly germany think they can spend an awful lot more so you know again the simple answer that question is you know just keep spending a bit of course as we know if you keep spending at some point you have to actually start repaying back but of course were all in the same boat as it were you know and no nation is. Going to skate in a scot free and once we drive down its not going to get away with it you know by a light touch lockdown but nonetheless there are going to be sort of implications and of course as you know if the sort of the dreaded a word austerity comes back you know that hits the most disadvantaged because as we know from the statistics and data is coming out is the most disadvantaged to have having worst hit by the code prices you think this country life the case for Scottish Independence or do you think it could hinder us. Was it difficult because i mean if you look at it from an economic point of view that scotland is an independent nation you know what is it going to do i mean i get that maybe you know again im sure discussion nationalists are sort of very fond of thinking this way that if we were independent we could go to the course we know that some of the has his own problems and you know arguments within the family as it were of trying to sort by lots of nations that are experiencing difficulties. That the russians question will go away the difficulty is of course the sort of how hes done in your t. V. Show i can discount to no one but know that our course is different because of course its in terms of the republic of ireland which of course is being economically very different but of course you know together alone a look that far back in the past the sort of on their property that was regarded as a bit of an economic basket case and of course its of investor law in terms of Education Health service and of course governments go a lot to be proud of you know by being dependent you know again i was a statistic study but no desa last number of days in scotland that that that thats quite sort of. A jamiesons right compared to whats going in and so hes done a lot right its difficulty of course is that sort of it is expected standard scientific which of course is what independence be about it would then have to sort of by the bills for that so that theyd helping hand westminster so i think this ones go all the way to run and i think that the s. And p. Will be really aware of calling for others a referendum until they know that theyve got in the bag because they cant afford to go back and fail again but they make a thank you very much indeed youre welcome and ill be back with more news in just over half an hour or so. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Israel media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe from. Isolation full community. Are you going the right way or are you being led so. Direct. What is true watch is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallowness. Right there. Where i did bad it could be a mistress right now. Its hard convincing me. To make minimum wage he can be recruited by a gay and sell drugs and make hundreds of dollars a day. 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