peru is a country that s historically driven men mad, mad for gold, for coca, for its magical, ancient history. but now, there s something else drawing outsiders to its hidden mountain valleys. we love this stuff. we obsess about it, gorge on it, and fetishize it. i m talking about chocolate. once a common treat, it s now becoming as nuanced as fine wine, making the pursuit of the raw, good stuff all the more difficult. i m joining that hunt in remotest peru, but not before i ve re-immersed myself in the booming lima food scene. i took a walk through this beautiful world. felt the cool rain on my shoulder. found something good in this beautiful world. i m in peru with this guy, eric ripert. the guy was looking at us. he went into the tree. that s funny. chef of the world-famous restaurant, le bernardin, in new york, to look at where chocolate comes from, particularly our chocolate. so that s why we re in peru. but before we get all indiana jones, we re spending so
the country has set a modest target for economic growth this year of around 5%, as it kicked off the annual session of its national people s congress, which is poised to implement the biggest government shake up in a decade. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed growth in china. official figures show the world s second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which was way below the government target of 5.5% and its slowest for decades. now, compared to many economies, a 5% growth target sounds very positive but as janet mui, head of market analysis at brewin dolphin, explained china is an exception. i think economists were pretty disappointed at this conservative growth forecast, as you mentioned. it is actually a high figure for the developed market, but china is still an emerging market that should be growing strongly. so this is slower than expected, because i think in the previous year the government has missed this gdp growth target and i don t think that they
equality, and a celebration of how far they have come. women s history month. gillian: fast forward to today, nearly 30 years later and some women are recording they are frustrated they now feel they are being asked to take a back seat to transgender women. from one of the best known brands to historic institutions, there is a push afoot to redefine biological women. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour number two, i m john roberts, and nice to see you this friday afternoon. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra. women s history month getting underway, no escaping the controversy whether you are at the smithsonian museum or want to grab a chocolate bar. john: a world gone so woke, an nba team is even apologizing for the offense of suggesting without women we wouldn t have babies. it s just biology. we ll get brian kilmeade s take on all of this. race for the white house is heating up as republicans gather at two duelling conferences highlighting the
hysteria, which makes sure that every living american is terrified of somethinsg ortob other from breakfast till bed. but there is no good news office that s something the biden people never considered. so yesterday, the administration seemee admind a little awkward, maybe even sheepish, when it announced the best news of alld , which is that the covid era has. finally passed. r for three years, the u.s. has lived under a permanent government designated covidmergn emergency.cy at this point, lookingnow nobo backward, no one can agreedy loo on what the point of it was. certainly nobody got any healthier, that s for sure. in any case, it s ending for good or bad. technically, the emergency technically th will continue until may. this allow the bush administration to shovel a few more cargo plane s full of taxn dollars to its donors in the so-called health care industry. bute ta that s it.as o those are the last gasps of the rona s scare. we re done abna. and that mean
this midterm election cycle has been unlike any other. historically the party of the sitting president intends to lose seats during midterm elections. and that would appear to be bad news for democrats. who only have a slim majority in congress. but the relative factors at play this year and that has made the outcome of this election cycle very difficult to protect as the supreme court s aggressive decision to overturn roe v. wade for months ago created a sudden radical intangible change to reproductive rights and health care access and the unpopularity of that decision has helped democrats gain a political advantage. the january six committee and its public findings hat could also factor into november s elections and even though the committee has presented plenty of documentary evidence and testimony from witnesses about the central role that donald trump played in spreading the big lie implementing a coup it has not really effective support for the republican party. that is