Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. No sector of the Global Economy has been hit harder by the covid 19 pandemic than the travel and hospitality industry. Posh hotels like this one behind me are empty. Millions of workers dependent on travel and tourism have been laid off. Well, my guest today is sir rocco forte, who is the owner of a string of Luxury Hotels, and a powerful voice in an industry chafing under Strict Lockdown and social distancing rules. Is there a future for a business that relies on social mobility and Public Confidence . Sir rocco forte, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for asking me to join you. It is a pleasure to have you on the show, and you, like everybody else, have lived through the most extraordinary three months of this covid 19 pandemic. I wonder what impact it has had on you, both personally and professionally, in terms of your business . Well, i mean, i have had the virus and recovered from it, so. Im bac
Three previous months. Still last time dow hit a record, unemployment was at 4. 7 . Today that number is at 7. 9. Starting next month, Airline Passengers will be allowed to have small knives and other items in their bags. Security restrictions will be eased so screeners can look for explosives. The policy is more in alignment with international standards. It could reduce waiting times. So what will be allowed . Folding knives less than 2. 36 inches long. Golf clubs and other sporting equipment. And novelty baseball bats under 24 inches and 24 ounces. Union employees say the new policy is dangerous. But the tsa says locked cockpit doors and air martials provide additional security. Venezuela is planning to elect a new leader after the death of hugo chavez. The 58yearold died tuesday after a battle with cancer leaving behind a divided country with deep economic and social problems. His death leaves washington wondering if relations with a new leader will be any different. Nbcs mark potte
After he allegedly threatened officers in the same precinct where officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were stationed. All of this happening as friends and family prepare to say goodbye to ramos at a public wake. Lets bring in cnns Miguel Marquez in new york outside the church where loved ones and police from around the country are expected to gather later today. Good morning, miguel. Good morning, randi, regardless of how much antipolice sentiment there may be out there at the moment, i think we are going to see an overwhelm i overwhelming amount of support for police in the next couple days here. The funeral for officer ramos alone, nypd preparing for 25,000 police to show up here as nypd is on alert for new threats. Nypd in mourning and on heightened alert. Any statement suggesting violence towards the police need to be reported to the police so we can stop future tragedies. Reporter seven people arrested in connection with making threats against nypd. Three arrested for posting th
2 00 a. M. Eastern, 11 00 p. M. West. If you are up, so are we here with our special live election coverage. I am poppy harlow. We begin with another twist and perhaps the wildest president ial race of your lifetime. Hours before election say director comey wraps up the review of the emails. The news . Case closed. Again. Fbi agents working around the clock, scouring thousands of newly discovered emails linked to huma abedin. Much of what they found, duplicates of emails that had been seen or personal emails. Nothing found that the fbi said would alter the decision not to pursue a case against clinton. You will remember when the fbi announced this new review, donald trump pounced calling it bigger than water gate and saying, quote, the fbi agents say their investigation is likely to yield an indictment. That didnt happen, and this isnt water gate, at least not right now. Hours ago comey sent a letter to congress saying the bureau found nothing that changed the july decision finding no
Home. Bill paul, thank you, the update for johannesburg on that. Sandra meanwhile here in the u. S. President trump back in washington as the gop hunkers down on tax reform. Senate republicans now saying their bill would include a repeal of obamacares individual mandate. This despite concerns the move could alienate moderates. Were optimistic that inserting the individual mandate repeal would be helpful and thats obviously the view of the Senate Finance Committee Republicans as well. Sandra House Republicans are not planning to include the mandate repeal in their version. Peter doocy is live on capitol hill following it for us this morning. Who do republicans think a mandate repeal helps most . People making less than 50,000 a year because they argue its who overwhelmingly ends up paying the penalty to uncle sam when they dont want to pay for insurance. An hour from now the senate will come back in here to keep marking up the senate bill. The person in charge, senator orrin hatch, expl