A 1000000 New Zealanders go back to work. And donald trump and likely president ial rival joe biden try to score political points by talking tough on china but critics warn the strategy could backfire. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us britain has held a minutes silence to pay tribute to frontline workers who have died after contracting covert 19 of these were the scenes earlier this morning. The u. K. Government has announced it will make a 60000 pounds compensation payment to families of Health Workers and social care staff who died fighting the outbreak thats around 70000 euros critics of the governments response to the pandemic say its highlighted the crisis within the u. K. s National Health system. Our correspondent Barbara Mohsin is with us from a lot to tell us more about this event of paying tribute to frontline workers across britain. Well this could be the Prime Minister Boris Johnson making his mark hes back at work this week and he wanted to set the tone ri
Thank you for coming. That is the pink newspaper thats really good. I present bc radio. Ive done a show for the World Service ive made fifty inventions that shaped the modern economy. And how numbers lead us astray and sometimes help us to understand the world. I also have a podcast with a gentleman called michael lewis. Called Cautionary Tales its all about things going wrong sometimes and tragic ways and sometimes in amusing ways. In between all of that i try to write a few bucks. The second thing i want to say is thank you to the Rancho Mirage festival to jamie and the rest of the festival. A round of applause for jamie please. Jamie emailed me probably 18 months ago and suggested i fly across the world from Oxford England to come to Rancho Mirage. Its a huge journey for me. Thank you very much to all of you. I feel fortunate to be here. [applause]. I said i wasnt a fan of long preambles. Clearly im a total hypocrite. Let me talk about this book of mine. I dont if you can see the sl
Aware many of you have no idea who i am so thank you for showing up out of the spirit of pure curiosity. I think it speaks very well of you and i know theres really big names at the festival and i feel honored to be among them so thanks for coming. Who am i to mark a few things around i write a column called the undercover economist for the Financial Times. At the pink newspaper thats really good. I recommend it. Thanks baxter. And the second thing is i present bbc radio so im present a show for the Bbc World Service called 50things that made the modern economy. Ive presented a show for bbc radio for aboutnumbers and how we think about numbers and how numbers lead us astray. And sometimes help us understand the world. And i also have a podcast with a gentleman called michael lewis, a gentleman called Malcolm Gladwell called Cautionary Tales which is all aboutthings going wrong , sometimes in amusing ways and what we can learn from them. So in between all that, i tried to write a few bo
Reporter, by gad shiobhansiobha we begin with a strike off the coast of california where Scientists Say the same ships bringing us everything from food and electronics are unintentionally killing endangered whales. Weve discovered a Government Program designed to protect these animals is routinely being ignored by shipping companies traveling in and out of the San Francisco bay. This is the largest animal ever known to exist on earth. Its a blue whale and something is killing them off the california coast. There are a number of steps we could be making that were not making right now. This biologist is leading the effort to protect them. To my left. He and his team are using suction cups to attach cameras on to whales. They approach in tiny boats and the work can be dangerous, especially when other whales surface unexpectedly. The aim is to track whale movements and save them from a deadly threat in the bay. One thats each more massive and powerful than they are. Ships loaded with every
Democratic and republican members of the House Armed Services committee over the pentagon plan to devote 3. 8 billion to construct more border wall. The pentagon is asking congress to approve a 705 billiondollar budget for fiscal year 2021. This hearing is three hours 35 minutes. We will go ahead and call the committee to order. Good morning, everyone. We are gathered here this morning from secretary of defense doctor mark esper and chairman joint chiefs of staff general to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of d