Within the business community, there is a growing chorus of voices who are realizing that theyre operating on a very unfair playing field. President biden is also reportedly considering hiring an Antitrust Tsar to look into monopolies in tech. Other senior democrats have even called for Companies Like google and facebook to be split up. Big tech has had a bumper year, but Withjoe Biden as president , theyre likely to face more and more scrutiny. Should so much power and wealth be concentrated in the hands ofjust a few companies on the west coast of america . James clayton, bbc news. A reminder of our main story this evening the news that captain sir tom moore has died at the age of 100. Hed been treated for pneumonia and had tested positive for coronavirus. Sir tom raised tens of millions of pounds for Nhs Charities by walking in his garden before his 100th birthday. In a moment, well have the news where you are, but well leave you tonight with some memories of a remarkable man. When y
The minority leader. Mr. Schumer thank you. Madam president , over the past few months, both parties have worked together to provide historic levels of funding to help Small Businesses retain employees, meet payroll, and stay afloat during the covid19 pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program, the main instrument to help Small Business, received 349 billion under the cares act and another 310 billion in supplemental legislation. The public has know how this money is being spent. Oversight, transparency, and accountability are crucial because from the moment the administration began implementing these funds, it became clear much of it wasnt going to those who needed it most. So today we are not taking any other action on the floor dealing with covid, so we thought we would take this opportunity to ask unanimous consent to get Something Real done that should have bipartisan support on both sides of the aisle. Who can be against transparency . Who can be against accountability . Who can n
A branded dangerous. Part of the largest refugee camps in greece is destroyed by fire falling on rest over coronavirus Safety Measures. Faced with the threat of armed groups in the coronavirus pandemic mali ins vote in the 2nd round of parliament elections. Music with a serious message how global stars are helping Health Care Workers. Lose we need to strengthen Health Care Systems in the world. And to this sport the official tennis season is still shut down but the coach of Serena Williams Patrick Moore has launched an alternative live stream tournament to give fans something to watch details later this hour. Britains handling of the coronavirus break has come under scrutiny an investigation by the conservative leaning the sunday Times Newspaper alleges that Boris Johnsons government wasted precious time in the fight against the outbreak quoting unnamed Government Advisors the article says that instead of replenishing National Stockpiles of protective equipment over a quarter of a 1000
In the 2nd round of parliamentary elections faced with the threat of armed groups and the coronavirus pandemic. And music with a serious message how the wilds musical stars are helping Health Care Workers. Lose we need to destroy. The world. Now britains handling of the corona Virus Outbreak has come under scrutiny an investigation by the conservative leaning sunday Times Newspaper alleges that Boris Johnsons government wasted precious time in the fight against the outbreak coursing unnamed Government Advisors the article says that instead of replenishing National Stockpiles of protective equipment over a quarter of a 1000000 items were rather sent to china in february it goes on to describe how an often made by protective gear supplies in february was only excepted in april and it claims that Prime Minister Barak Johnson didnt attend 5 initial emergency meetings on the unfolding crisis and ignored warnings from top scientists well our correspondent paul brennan joins us live now from
The issues facing the issues of Rural America in tight robe. Enjoy tonight and on the weekend, cspan2. A very warm welcome to the first lecture of the general society, labor, literature and landmark lecture series. I am karen taylor, Program Director of the general society. The labor, literature and landmark lecturere series are supported in part by public funds from the new York City Department of cultural affairs, in partnership with the city council. For those of you who may be less familiar with the general society and if you dont mind i will ask how many of you here f this evening will this be your first visit . Okay. Right, warm welcome and of course a welcome back to previous attendees. The general society was founded in 1785 by 22 artisans in today are 234 yearold organization continues to serve the people of the city of new york. Ek do this through our culturl and Educational Programs and they include our lecture series of which tonights lecture is a part of and general Societ