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Torrential rain forecast theyre facing an uphill battle. Plus beaches remain empty in one part of spain as restrictions are imposed because of a surge in corona virus infections. Im told me a lot of points good to have you with us we began with the man whose music was the real star in countless movies a composer whose work helped define an era of cinema and no more economy has died at the age of 91 the oscar winning composer was best known for scores of the italian spaghetti western films including the good the bad and the ugly a friend says he died in the hospital from complications after a fall. Its one of the most iconic movie soundtracks ever in your america a new school for the 1966 film the good the bad and the ugly over a career spanning decades the composer found success with his unique style and approach. Now this can. I dont describe images with my music when theres an important movie its key that the music says what isnt said and what you cannot see a quitter will see him. B
A couple of great things. In the height of climate change. Africas most of. Whats in store for the 26 months to come for the future the books. Come for to make a city to go to insight. Counter. Protesters in hong kong are scrubbing their social media accounts Facebook Whatsapp and google say theyll suspend providing user data its all towards hes there in support of the territorys freedom of expression. Also on the show german industry picks back up as the country loses its lock down. Europes largest economy still has quite a ways to go. And the spanish region of i do see a reconsiders an economy based largely on tourism. And stephen fears that in berlin welcome to the show Facebook Twitter and google have all said they will no longer respond to requests from the Hong Kong Government and Law Enforcement authorities there for information on users of the pause pending further assessment as facebook put it also applies to whats out which the company owns Tech Companies are among the 1st to
Means, what healthy competition means, julia, in this era that were in my take thus far is that theres been a difficulty applying kind of legacy, antitrust law to technology will new ground get broken here because congress, as we learned in elementary school, makes the laws absolutely. And theres been a lot of talk about the need for new, different types of laws. But jon and carl, what i think is really interesting here is the question of how much of todays hearing will really focus on the antitrust issues, which are the purported focus here, and how much will we hear other criticisms, other questions about the likes of hate speech, manipulation, voter manipulation and the spread of misinformation on these platforms such as, you know, youtube which is owned by google as well as on facebook so i think there are a lot of Different Things at play here. While antitrust will be at the center, carl, dont you think well see this veer off into other directions as well yeah. Thats sort of my qu
On the Golden Gate Bridge. Were talking about the Golden Gate Bridge, lets talk about this. The highway and transportation district is starting a study this week on the sound the wind makes when its passing through the new railings. You heard about this probably. If you havent, when the high winds hit the bridge at a certain angle it creates a humming sound that some describe as singing and others call it screeching. City leaders say they have gotten dozen of emails about the noise. District officials are discussing plans to learn the cause of the noise and develop changes to muffle it. I cant believe as we bring in mike and gus, i cant believe they didnt think about this. 0. This is what it does in nature. You remember crossing the Golden Gate Bridge for 2. You remember i brought my husband here to the bay area for the first time 20 plus years ago and we rode the cable cars and those rides were 2 a pop. I havent driven across a bridge in how long so i would weep for joy to cross the G