Its long been thought that 10,000 is the magic number, but could walking 5,000 steps a day be enough to see a benefit . The white house is marking one year since President Biden signed the chips for america legislation. It earmarked 52. 7 million in subisdies for the Semiconductor Industry in the us. The Commerce Department started taking in applications injune for the Subsidy Programme for Us Semiconductor manufacturing and since then, more than 460 companies have expressed interest in the funding. The programme is part of the administrations bid to boost competitiveness with chinas science and technology. The Commerce Department is also tyring to ensure that china doesnt benefit from the subsidies. Adrienne elrod is director of external and Government Affairs in the chips for America Office of the Us Department of commerce. How does the Biden Administration believe this legislation serves economic and National Security . First of all i think, thank you for having me, it is great to t
stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they would not be around us any more if they did not. they wouldn t be around us any more if they didn t. the mouse that didn t care about surviving wouldn t pass on its genes. so we come for from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep going, but we have these big brains that s part of our survival mechanism, if you like that allow us to see the future, to generalise and we re conscious of ourselves as individuals, and that means we re conscious of our own deaths. and out of all the billions of creatures on earth, very few creatures have to live with that terrible awareness that one day, all of their efforts will come to nothing. and so, if we look back through human history, what we see is humanity struggling to make se
which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. one of the key drivers of human thought and behaviour throughout history has been knowledge of our own mortality. from childhood each of us knows we will die. religion, philosophy and science all wrestle with that fact and have in different ways embraced the quest for immortality. my guess today, stephen cave, director of the cambridge institute for technology and humanity is at the centre of a growing debate about the merits of extending human longevity. is it wise to seek to live forever? stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they would not be around us any more if they did not. the mouse that did not care about surviving would not pass on its genes. so we come for from a long line of creature
is in this battle with marjorie taylor greene. maybe i can be the peacemaker because they will inherit the eart h. we ll see. now we ll also hear from house ways and means cmi chairman jason smith. earlier today, his committee released bombshell testimony from not one but two irs whistleblower. now, based on their serious allegations. get this payons, get close atte. it appears the department of justice, she thought it was corrupt, even more corrupt. thi this is a corrupt organization. they wennizationt to great lengs to protect joe and hunter biden from eved r facing criminalchar charges. despite what is a mountain ogesf damning evidence, according to these whistleblowers, the irs recommends se felony taxns charges against hunter after they uncovereder get this, $8.3 million that he took in that was mysteriously excluden d from hunter biden s tax returns. now, that income cam reture fori entities in ukraine, romania and china. that sraine, romania a only thr. what about russ
as a global power in the 21st century. you have helped to reinvigorate the quad, your leadership of the 620 is making new strides on climate finance, and you ve been a proponent of international institutions and global solutions to global challenges. prime minister narendra modi expressed happiness over the strengthening of ties between india and the us in recent years. translation: friends. during my visit in 2014, my dear friend, president biden, was also here with me at the state department. at that time, he had referred to india america partnership as a partnership over the horizon. in this period of nine years since then, we have been on a very long and beautiful journey. we have added and expanded the scope of mutual cooperation in defence and strategic areas. we are working with renewed trust in areas of new and emerging technologies. we are resolving long pending and difficult issues in trade. live now to our correspondent in washington samira hussain. hello to you. v