You can come and see all of our rabbis wasted. [laughter]. And speaking of things that drive us to drink, a few weeks into the new year year and decade, the reality has set in for us all. For now undeniably in 2020, approaching one of the anticipated and polarized american president ial elections of all time. The 2016 elections results were shocking to many of us. It seemed that we didnt know our country, our communities, or even her friends as well as we thought we did. The aftermath had people questioning peoples deep rooted values. Tonight we are thrilled to welcome ezra klein back in dc to make sense of it all and to share his perspective of how the polarization has been growing roots for decades. And why we are polarized. He asserts that american political system isnt broken but rather is working exactly as it was designed. Aezra klein shows us how disastrous results are Building Bonds to pull us together. The editor at large, vox cofounder ezra klein and executive producer on the
Moving news from around the world, from hong kong to new york to d. C. We start off with the latest in trade. Larry kudlow im a white house Economic Advisor, signaled the u. S. And china are close to signing phase one. We are coming down to the short strokes. We are in communication with them every single day right now. Joining me on the phone from hong kong is enda curran. Does china agree with this assessment . Musiccertainly, the mood from both sides now is that they are on track to reach some kind of agreement. Mr. Kudlows comments came only a day after china agreed yesterday to lift a ban on poultry imports from the u. S. They started to buy u. S. Farm produce again last month. Clearly some things are coming together, but there are outstanding issues. We still dont know where either side are on tariff removal. That is something of a redline on the chinese side. There are still other areas, like ip protection and the like. Still dont know when any agreement will be signed. Separate
Outbreaks of rain from the west on saturday and with that cold air in place of the highest ground, there could be a bit of snow mixing in on those temperatures in single digits. What about the weather picture . It looks like the jetstream is going to remain quite close and be, just to the south of the british isles. That means all is the potential for some cold airand means all is the potential for some cold air and always the likelihood of low pressure in charge. It may be for a of low pressure in charge. It may be fora time, we of low pressure in charge. It may be for a time, we bring brisk easterly winds across the country and could be quite a lot of rain. Certainly more rain at times into next week. Breezy, with some dry interludes but its likely to stay chilly. The headlines on bbc news hello. This is bbc news with rebecca jones. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines. Mps have voted labours sir Lindsay Hoyle as the new speaker. He repl
Five minutes to make an opening statement. Today the committee is holding our second hearing on the use of racial facial Recognition Technology. We will be examining the use of this technology by Law Enforcement agencies across the federal government. We had a broad survey of full range of issues, raised by technology. We heard from a number of experts about the benefits and the dangers of this technology across government and the entire private sector. Stark conclusion after our last hearing was that this technology is evolving extremely rapidly, without any really safeguards, whether were talking about commercial use or government use, the real concerns about the risks that this Technology Poses to our civil rights and liberties and our rights to privacy. The other conclusion from our last hearing was that these concerns are indeed bipartisan. As we saw at our last hearing, among conservatives and liberals, republic republicans and democrats thats a widerange agreement we should be c
From today as an early summer heatwave sweeps singer sheryl crow tells the bbc across the continent. That original recordings of some of her biggest hits were destroyed in a huge fire at universal studios. Singer sheryl crow tells the bbc that original recordings of some of her biggest hits were destroyed in a huge fire at universal studios. Time now for the morning briefing where you are brought up to speed england are well beaten by australia at lords in the cricket world cup, leaving their hopes of reaching the semi finals in the balance. With the top stories. The worlds best restaurant has been named at an awards ceremony in singapore. Mirazur, on the french riviera, came top in the annual competition. Its the first time argentine chef Mauro Colagreco and his provencal style cuisine has clinched the top spot at the worlds 50 best restaurants list. The awards, held since 2002, good morning, and welcome now rival the famous michelin stars. To the bbc news at 9. The list is voted on b