today on the program we ll get the latest live on israel-hamas war. plus the world watches as two major wars, one in the middle east and the other in europe. each one side is heavily funded by uncle sam. it s ukraine s fight against russia that is about to run out of american funding. what does the gop have to do with it? cory shockey and anne applebaum of the atlantic. also french philosopher bernard levee on anti-semitism rearing its ugly head again and former harvard president on racism in america. but first, here s my take. when one thinks of america s greatest strengths, the kind of assets the world looks at with admiration and envy, america s elite universities would long have been at the top of the list, but the american public has been losing faith in these universities for good reason. three university presidents came under fire this week for their vague and indecisive answers when asked whether to call for the genocide of jews would violate their instituti
[applause] greg: happy monday, everybody. so there is a new marvel movie out, and apparently it sucks. i haven t seen it yet because, as you know, i have better things to do. the new flock is courtesy of disney but the real marvel is how each movie they put out is getting worse and worse. the next hero movie should be the incredible shrinking box office, the latest marvel was the worst opening for any movie ever. even worse than ironman or little women. they got destroyed in that. in this universe women are as physically strong as men. i m talking actual women now, not the one with five shadows who can pea their name in the snow but today entertainment is now secondary to diversity and every cast must be as colorful as a bag of peanut m and m s and twice as nutty. it s the universe according to disney. unfortunately that s the only universe where this crap is a hit and it s a universe that s as entertaining as counting the spots on biden s thighs. so as his numbers dro
fukushima nuclear disaster we ll visit a site transformed and meet those still clinging to the past. the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, has passed a major covid 19 stimulus package worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday, despite every republican voting against. and the same thing has happened in the house every republican voted against, along with one democrat. the measure will be signed into law by president biden on friday. here s house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the result. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 211. the motion is adopted. applause the bill s aim is primarily to address the impact of covid on the us economy. but there are broader ambitions to tackle longer term causes of poverty. here are some of the details. the so called american rescue package gives one off payments worth $1,a00 to most americans. it allocates $350 billion to state and local governments, and $130 billion to schools. it
who fled to india after being told to shoot at protesters. the brother of ghislaine maxwell tells the bbc that the conditions of her detention in an american prison are degrading and amount to torture. hello to you. it s exactly one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic. that is the point the disease was confirmed as a truly global problem. covid 19 has so far claimed 2.6 million lives, but there is hope on the horizon as vaccines reach some of the furthest corners of the world. our global health correspondent naomi grimley has been looking at the pandemic, one year in. it s been a year that most of us will remember for the rest of our lives. one of grief and loneliness on a scale none of us could ve imagined. it s exactly 12 months since the world health organization officially sounded the alarm about the seriousness of covid 19. we have therefore made the assessment that covid 19 can be characterised as a pande
the test and trace scheme has cost a staggering amount and made little difference, according to a highly critical report by a parliamentary committee. a new survey shows that, on child caring and home schooling, women have carried a far heavier burden than men during the pandemic. ghislaine maxwell, accused of helping the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, is being held injail in degrading conditions, according to her brother. and in tonight s european football, liverpool finally find some form to reach the champions league quarterfinals. and coming up in sport on bbc news. manchester city put five past southampton to open up a m point gap at the top of the premier league. good evening. a serving metropolitan police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the disappearance of a woman in south london a week ago. sarah everard, who was 33, was making her way home from a friend s house. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, revealed to