pandemic. steve: except the devastation wasn t inflicted by the pandemic but inflicted by the government starting with the cdc which catastrophically bungled testing so it was impossible to contain the virus here in the way the place like south korea and hong kong did. never forget how the media s precious cdc failed us about one month after germany developed their tests, the cdc finally built hours except it did not work and had to be recalled. precious weeks went by and university labs in the private sector were begging to make a test and the fda said no. finally, at the end of february only after president trump intervened with the red tape was swept away. that vital moment when it might still impossible to contain america s outbreak the cdc arrogance and incompetence were fateful. having allowed the virus to spread uncontrolled for months they then moved to the next disastrous blunder. instead of designing a strategy for the specific characteristics of this virus, clearly
with a bottle in his hand. he was spotted as a seventh woman comes forward with allegations against him. detailed alleged instances of unwanted touching and humiliation by the governor. 24 new york congressman including chuck schumer, kirsten gillibrand and alexandria ocasio cortez are demanding cuomo reside. they join 135 state lawmakers which is enough to impeach. we are here with pete texas, will cain, these are astounding numbers we are seeing, 7 people, plenty of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle coming forward saying it is time. maybe he should take a polygraph which he suggested brett kavanaugh do. or face accountability, the funniest part of this is blaming cancel culture, pulling words cancel culture, not what i did but cancel culture, it is laughable at this point. at this point i don t like trial by media. you are innocent until proven guilty, investigations should happen. i don t like those aspects of it. at the same time this is a power moment for andrew
threaten the world s security and prosperity, in an exclusive interview with the bbc. we start in the us where, as you ve been hearing, president biden has been giving his first televised address since taking office. before that though, he signed a record breaking $1.9 trillion economic rescue package for the us into law, after it passed its final vote in congress on wednesday. the first direct payments of $1,400, which will benefit most americans, are expected to start arriving over the weekend. there s also bailout money for state and local governments and an increase in child and unemployment benefit, as welll as more funding for vaccination. the plan was unanimously opposed by house republicans, critics say it goes way beyond what s needed to tackle the pandemic fallout, and risks stoking inflation. so what are the long term implications? ed stringham is economics professor at trinity college in hartford, connecticut, and president of american institute for economic resea
sad over everything we ve gone through, the lives that have been lost but i m hopeful because of the vaccines and because we are seeing reopenings. i m really hopeful on this day that it will be better for us. remarkable jump by some governments, not so good by others. over in the uk everything is still sharp, every restaurant, every nonessential shop, families allowed to see other families. we ve had a lockdown that is taken away personal liberties, we look across at the us within the and hope that our leaders can follow suit and fall you guys out of what has been a pretty dire year here and around the world. jillian: we say good morning, you re watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. benjamin: tonight president biden will address the nation to mark one year since the pandemic started in the us. jillian: the white house releases new details on the speech. reporter: minutes ago we received additional guidance from the white house on what the speech would loo
Im stephen sackur. The western world, for so long the dominant force in Global Politics and economics, is confused and uncertain. In the past week, elections in the uk and france have pointed to fractures in europe. Donald trumps world view and Angela Merkels are poles apart. The Western Consensus on liberal economics and globalisation is no more. My guest is stephen king, influential economist, writer, and Chief Economist to hsbc bank. Writer, and former Chief Economist to hsbc bank. Is Globalisation Stuck in reverse gear . Stephen king, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. I think given the dramatic nature of recent political events in the uk, we have to start with britain, and then move our perspective to the world as a whole. But uk we have just seen an election that has brought about a Hung Parliament and a sense that nobody knows really what the government theresa may forms will actually do about brexit and a whole host of other challenges. Do you feel a deep sense of incohe