Billions of dollars in overseas cash to the u. S. We have the stories. Now to our lead. Amazon has narrowed the field for hq2, its second proposed headquarters in the u. S. 20 cities made the cut. Among them, new york, boston, chicago, miami, and austin. The project is expected to cost 5 billion and create 50,000 jobs. We caught up with our reporter for amazon along with a ceo. I wouldnt read too much into the three areas around washington, d. C. , because amazon is likely targeting labor pools, and those very often cross geographic lines. Even though that could simply be amazon focusing on that general area, but it has to negotiate with different political groups because of geographic boundaries. I know your intel has been digging into the tech hubs in the country. What did you find . Did many of them line up with what amazon has released . We looked at a lot of our data, which we have on almost half a billion people in terms of their skills and capabilities. What you find is that a l
Welcome to brookings. Richard reeves, the gentlemen to my right not politically, but to my right. And i codirect a center here called the center on children and families which we are extremely pleased to do. Were pleased to be holding this event, as well, about an old policy idea, which is often called the childrens allowance, a species of guaranteed annual income with some new twists. Why would we be concerned about a childrens allowance, the idea of giving a guaranteed cash benefit to families. I think there are a lot of reasons but i think two are predominant. One has always been a good reason to do it and that is it costs a lot of money to raise a child. At least a quarter of a million dollars, estimates vary greatly. Wealthy families spend more and so forth. But it is a lot of money to raise children. And they are the future of society so it makes sense that we would subsidize families to try to compensate them for the money that they have to spend for children, because would the
Programs available to children and their parents. Welcome to black irookings. Along with richard reeves, the gentleman to my right, and i codirect the center here called the center on children and families which were extremely pleased to do. And were pleased to be holding this event as well. About an old policy idea which is often called the childrens allowance. A species of guaranteed annual income. With some new twists. Why would be concerned about the childrens allowance, the idea of giving a guaranteed cash benefit to families. And i think there are a lot of reasons but i think two are predominant. One has always been a good reason to do it, and that is it costs a lot of money to raise a child, at least a quarter of a million dollars. The estimates vary greatly. But it is a lot of money to raise children. And theyre the ffew future. Without kids we wouldnt have a future. The second is an issue of debate. Maybe well have some today about that. And that is since welfare reform in 96
And in sport, wales knock down irelands hopes of winning the six nations, as george north hands england the chance to retain their crown today, if they can beat scotland. The school thats encouraging children to greet their teachers parents to greet their children at the gate with a smile instead of at the gate with a smile instead of a mobile phone. And louise lear has the weather. Its a cloudy start across the country, but a mild one sunshine today, topping and tailing the country. All the details coming up. Our main story today. The Cyclistjess Varnish Has told the bbc she feels she was Thrown Under The Bus after making allegations of sexism in the sport. A leaked report, published in the daily mail, Claims British Cycling Sanitised its own inquiry into the claims. The olympian told the bbcs sports editor, dan roan, she believed the truth was finally coming out. Representing great britain, jess varnish she is the medal winner who became a whistleblower. Jess varnishs allegations of
And in sport, wales knock down irelands hopes of winning the six nations, as george north hands england the chance to retain their crown today, if they can beat scotland. The school thats encouraging children to greet their teachers parents to greet their children at the gate with a smile instead of at the gate with a smile instead of a mobile phone. And louise lear has the weather. Its a cloudy start across the country, but a mild one sunshine today, topping and tailing the country. All the details coming up. Our main story today. The Cyclistjess Varnish Has told the bbc she feels she was Thrown Under The Bus after making allegations of sexism in the sport. A leaked report, published in the daily mail, Claims British Cycling Sanitised its own inquiry into the claims. The olympian told the bbcs sports editor, dan roan, she believed the truth was finally coming out. Representing great britain, jess varnish she is the medal winner who became a whistleblower. Jess varnishs allegations of