Good morning, everyone, im scott mcgrew. Back when there used to be conferences occasionally i would be invited to speak at one about how Silicon Valley holds on to its power as Silicon Valley oftentypes by Silicon Valley people who want to build their own Silicon Valley in their own locations. It is difficult to replicate. You can have the people, have the buildings, but what you likely dont have a a lot of access to Venture Capital. 90 of the Venture Capital firms are here in northern california, most in menlo park on sand hill road. The personal relationships developed with Venture Capital are one of the things that fuel the success of Silicon Valley. Doing it in a far flung location is much more difficult, except the virus may be changing that. Later in the show, i will be talking with connie chan of andreason horowitz who says she has no problems doing deals over zoom. Right now i want to speak with amy of anthem Venture Capital, who has been doing just fine doing vc in new york c
Crash of the story of a troubled child scoops the best film and best director prizes at the german film. American how it welcome we stop at the United States where President Donald Trump has caused a lot by suggesting people infected with the coronavirus could be treated with ultraviolet light and disinfectant trump why does remarks during a White House Press briefing after a presentation by a Government Official suggesting that hate and sunlight could weaken the virus now trump has since claimed he wasnt encouraging people to ingest disinfectant but his comments dismayed medical professionals present at the briefing. Were grateful to be joined by a very special u. S. President donald trump stay true to form on friday claiming his comments were deliberately misinterpreted by the Fake News Media he said his words had been taken out of context and had been misunderstood but i was asked to circle it has taken a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the
Cannot expose other people. We dont want to put communities at risk. Brennan but people who do test positive could be disbursed to military bases around the country . Well, we are going to try to keep them attained as possible, but we are going to make sure, and as close as possie, warg mae can ep tm froexg the rennanwe shod you have at the white house every day . Exactly and again i would refer you to ambassador birch for more information on that. We want to make sure the American People know we arelth e people on that ship, getting them off the ship as quickly as possible, as safely as possibleg homes in particular are very vulnerable, older people are being advised as you heard from dr. Fauci they are to reconsider putting themselves in certain circumstances. Would you tell someone over the age of, what, 55, 60, i mean, what is the age group you are saying should not get on a plane or get on a cruise ship . Well, great question. And we have gotten new data emerging, we know that the
Biden. A member of my staff asked ambassador sondland what President Trump thought about ukraine. Mr. Sondland responded that President Trump cares more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pressing for. Reporter the information comes from an overheard call from u. S. Ambassador to the eu and the president after trumps call with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. Democrats believe the president used his office to extort ukraine, including withholding 300 million in aid. It was not just the white house meeting that was dependent on the investigations. He said it was now everything. It included the security assistance. You didnt listen to the call . You never talked with chief of staff mulvaney . I never did. Reporter the republicans pressed the witnesses on what they call second or third hand information. They say the president did nothing wrong, because zelensky never announced investand the m they also question Hunter Bidens work in the ukraine. Uc hastings const
Two of amelias best friends are here to talk to us about it. And well be speaking to rap duo krept konan, who have spoken out about Mental Health, their new album and calls to ban drill music. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria live. First, carrie has the news. Mothercare says it plans to call in administrators for its uk business, putting around 2,500 jobs at risk. The baby goods retailer says its British Stores are no longer profitable enough, losing more than £36 million in the Financial Year to march. Mothercare says its 79 stores will continue to trade as normalfor the time being. Mcdonalds has fired its chief executive after he engaged in a romantic relationship with an employee. The american fast food giant said the relationship was consensual, but all relationships between managers and subordinates are against company rules. Mcdonaldss said steve easter brook demonstra