defending his role at the inquiry which is looking at how political decisions were made. mr sunak has been accused by some of putting the economy before lives. the main criticism centres around his month long eat out to help 0ut scheme in august 2020. diners received 50% off meals out on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays, paid for by the government. it cost the treasury £840 million. at the time, rishi sunak said it would protectjobs in the hospitality industry and boost the economy. but one analysis suggests the benefit to the industry was comparatively small compared to other measures. the scheme started in august. you can see covid was on the rise from september but we don t know for certain why. people were mixing more, with schools and workplaces reopening too. here s our health reporter, jim reed. mine too. that and the yakisoba, depends on the mood i m in. back in the summer of 2020, the then chancellor brought his flagship policy to the table. eat out to help 0ut subs
co coping with in the wake of the atlanta shootings. today, a house judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from asian-american lawmakers about the climate of hatred that they, and their constituents, are experiencing. the committee also heard from texas congressman, chip roy. the ranking republican who used part of his time to recall the good, old days, when lynchings in texas were a-okay. there s old sayings in texas about, you know, find the rope in texas and get a tall-oak tree. we take justice very seriously, and we ought to do that. round up the bad guys. so, to a community living in fear of random acts of violence, during a hearing to address that violence and discrimination. congressman roy, there, seems to have praised the idea of mobs of people lynching other people from trees. and just as as americans of asian desent are being slandered with false allegations of loyalty to a foreign country, racist allegations that have, frankly, a long history in this country
that is taking it seriously, dealing with it on all fronts and is not distracted by peddling denial. but you do get that s not the whole story, right? you understand that the vaccine is not a cure-all. it won t get us out of the pandemic, not any time soon. there are so many out there. i hear you on the radio, i see you on social media. i get you in your responses to the show. hey, vaccine, biden is doing a good job. take the win. why do you keep saying the situation is so dire? because it is. vaccine, biden, not enough. he s not trump. he is not going to tell you he is one move away and only he can fix. too many americans insist on falling short. so, yeah, the vaccine is a step forward, but we re taking a step and a half back. here is the proof. after weeks of steep decline, infections are rising again by more than 10% in 14 states this week compared to last. more states are reopening. now is that good or bad? look, i believe it s how you do it and how you handle it on an in
cbs s ed o keefe is traveling with the president. he joins us now live from paris, and ed, what have we learned? reporter: norah, good evening. as you said, the president here now at the start of a five-day visit to france. the secret service says this incident is having no effect on his movements, and the fbi is monitoring the situation. reports say the explosion occurred monday afternoon at a hotel near the charles de gaulle airport outside paris. french prosecutors have opened a case against an unnamed 26-year-old suspect who is originally from the russian-occupied donbas region of ukraine. reports say the suspect is recovering from injuries sustained in monday s blast and is cooperating with police. french media reports guns and false passports were also found. the incident comes ahead of the d-day commemorations ahead of a major military parade for the president s state visit scheduled for saturday and a little more than a month before the summer olympics begin here in
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