Today mps will vote on the restrictions imposed in englands Third National lockdown. Prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to make a statement to the commons after the house is recalled. Meanwhile, Business Leaders are pleading for more help. Despite a further £4. 6 billon pounds thats 6. 25 billion funding package announced by the chancellor, independent retailers say the funds dont go far enough to help Small Businesses in crisis. Andrew goodacre is chief executive of the british independent retailers association. Good morning to you. What do you estimate is required for the independent retailers to stay afloat . I think we have to put it into the context that we have experience for the past ten months, so in the past a0 weeks, many non essential businesses have been closed for half of that time, and when they have been open the football has been lower than normal so this sales have been between ten and 20 lower, so we enter into an open lockdown, not sure when the end will be, a
President biden has taken up residence in the white house, with what some have described as a Herculean Task ahead of him. Top of the agenda will be providing a fiscal boost to the economy a prospect that sent us markets to new highs on thursday. In his inaugural address, he outlined the Biggest Challenges facing his presidency a devastating pandemic, massivejob losses, a threatened environment, calls for racial justice, and a resurgence in political extremism. But he got straight to work, signing no less than 17 executive actions, as Michelle Fleury explains. Joe as Michelle Fleury explains. Biden enters the whit house joe biden enters the white house facing several crises. On the economic front the pandemic has deepened existing economic problems. The poor have become poorer and for the unemployed, joining the workforce will be a problem that lingers long after the Health Crisis has passed. Congratulations, mr president. The urgency of the moment was not lost onjoe biden as he was sw
Fiveday losing streak and nearly the same position since a very similar budget battle. Jeff bezos saying he doesnt care if his new kindle makes money when they buy it, only when they use it. And jpmorgan avoiding a wave of separate litigation. And alibaba planning to list right here in the old u of a. If the s p finishes to the down side, its the indexs first fivesection losing streak sinces fiscal showdown at the end of 2012. One of the recent headwinds about a Government Shutdown. Republican governor ted cruz of texas and allies have been on the floor, but do threaten to strip a defending provision of obama. Harry reid has scheduled a test vote today at noon, like live one of several procedural votes. There is an increasing amount of chatter that we might get a continuing resolution. It does seem like there is something hidden going on, even so we have the s p down five, the depth of decline is not that great the nasdaq was up yesterday, transports were up yesterday. Last 20 minutes
Weve been following the troubled chaos overnight in some of americas largest airports as the impacts of the wide travel bans literally hits home. This was the scene in chicagos airport. Thousands of passengers coming in from international flights. No hopes of any social distances. Hand sanitizer, nowhere in sight. They spent hours in line. No one, not even staff sure what was going on. A short time ago my colleague Michael Holmes spoke with a woman caught up in it all. We got off our plane and were directed down a hall and the international terminal. We got on an escalator, and it was absolutely there were people piled up at the bottom. That line went all as far as the eye could see all around the corner, all through the customs area. We went through two different customs and immigration check points before a cdc screening. This is clearly more than one plane, so this was a bunch of planes coming in from europe to beat the ban. Yes. Mostly europe. And i guess also a couple other countr
O Christmas Tree how lovely are your branches o Christmas Tree o Christmas Tree how lovely are your Branch Branches o Christmas Tree o Christmas Tree above the tree your we faithfully o Christmas Tree o Christmas Tree we faithfully unchanging good morning and welcome to a special Holiday Edition of new day. It is thursday december 25th, Christmas Morning. 6 00 in the east, im chris cuomo, along with Alisyn Camerota and Michaela Pereira and were joined by the young peoples chorus of new york city. What a beautiful version of o Christmas Tree they just gave us, by the way, they have a new album called cool side of yule tide its available in both itunes and cd baby. We have a big show for you, were going to look back at 2014. All the big news stories. The disappearance of flight 370, up and until ferguson. So Merry Christmas, you guys, so great to be with you. Were also going to bring you a religious round table. Have a conversation about the role that faith has played in the headlines th