highlighting $57 billion and companies around net zero than ever before. joining me now is dr christine gulbranson, founder and ceo, of nova global ventures a technology fund. dr gulbranson is at the summit bringing together future climate innovators with investors. why has been a fall in global funding green tech companies? there has been a fall globally with all sectors. an overall investment fall. but i think it is starting to pick up again. iam not pick up again. i am not sure if you are having sound issues they are, but we will dry and keep going. what does this fall in investment mean for green tech companies, for those trying to innovate, for entrepreneurs in the sustainability sector? it is the best time to keep going. and you have to innovate. and the world will catch up. the investments will increase. we are having sound issues. apologies for that. thank you for being with us. to markets now with the price of gold and bitcoin both raising eyebrows for the week ahe
games. it does sound justifiable, yes, we cannot possibly be spending that much money on an event that at the moment not everyone is in love with. so what is it going to do for us? but when you go into the inquiry thatis us? but when you go into the inquiry that is ongoing around the cancellation of the games, and also how much money we are now paying not to host them, you cannotjust pull out of hosting the commonwealth games and do not have repercussions. already it is $380 million bill in terms of compensation, that australia now has to pay, that the victorian government now has to pay. the uk government says it agrees with a review on women s football led by former england international karen carney which has called for full professionalisation of women s football. and equal access to sport in schools for girls. england won the european championships last year, and were runners up in this year s world cup but the review found huge discrepincies in pay, facilities, and st
you join us from qatar. tell us more about this possible news that the ceasefire could be extended beyond the four days? the four days? well, i think it is a very promising the four days? well, i think it is a very promising and the four days? well, i think it is a very promising and important - the four days? well, i think it is a i very promising and important piece of news. we hope that it does fall. you could see the benefit already from the few days of ceasefire. it has given the palestinians a badly needed respite from one of the most vicious attacks on civilian areas ever. and it has also helped the israeli families recover their relatives. and in fact it has brought into question the whole need for killing 15,000 people, to go back to square one, where hamas has originally proposed an exchange of prisoners for prisoners. and just to illustrate one important point which may be was missed earlier on in your report, the palestinian prisoners were largely children an
say we won t allow some russian to tell us how to vote. how to run our country. and i think there needs to be a national cry for that. thank you. very valuable. senator heinrich? thank you, chairman. director wray, the fbi is accused of political bias against the president by the president himself. in fact, he said the fbi s reputation is, quote, in tatters. do you think the fbi s reputation is in any way in tatters? and are you confident in the independence of your agents? senator, there s no shortage of opinions about our agency, just like every other agency up here. and just like the congress. i can only speak from my experience and you re doing better than the congress. and my experience has been that every office i go to, every division i go to has patriots, people who could do anything
modern times. this isn t the first time the president has waged an all-out war, steph. no, it is not. so let s take a look back at just a few of the president s many attacks on the nation s top law enforcement agencies. back in december, just two days after michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to fbi, president trump launched an extraordinary assault on the agency tweeting that its reputation is, quote, in tatters. the worst in history. he didn t stop there. the president went on to say the entire system is either rigged or acting under a double standard at best. he called an fbi agent tainted and very dishonest while peddling conspiracy theories about decisions made at the bureau. after firing former fbi director james comey, the president levied a number of attacks against him personally, once telling russian officials in the oval office comey is a nut job, according to the new york times. between then and now, the president has tried to discredit the investigation into russia s