and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk where the bank of england says it won t hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this morning s asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 the lowest since 1971 though it s since recovered slightly. there s been speculation that the bank of england may announce an emergency hike in rates to control rising prices. for the moment, that hasn t happened. well there s lots to unpack. first to understand what s happening today we must go back to friday and to this annoucement in parliament. i can announce today that we will catch the basic rate of income tax to 19p, in april 2020 three, one year early. that means a tax cut for over 31 million people injust a few months time. t
insults instead of actual facts? jillian: hospitals fearing the worst because biden vaccine mandates, they expect the mass exodus of workers and hospitals refusing to enforce the mandate. todd: our next guest says the hospital lost 18% of nurses during the pandemic and cannot afford to lose more. the ceo of scotland county hospital, doctor randy, thanks for being here. is the one who understands the average flow of staffing levels why do you have that warning for the white house? it is a warning that if we lose more staff we won t be able to deliver great care people become accustomed to. we lost already many of our staff due to the emotional consequences of the covid 19 crisis and on top of this many