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Governor unveiled a revised state budget that calls for steep cuts to Public Schools and a pay cut for state workers. California is facing a debudget cit of 84 billion due to declining tax revenues and soaring job losses. Also, california state senators returned to sacramento with two innovative relief packages that would help people stay in their homes. Meanwhile, House Democrats arin propa 3 trillion round of federal aid despite opposition from the white house and senate republicans. Joining usare the kqed Senior Editor of politics, scott shafer, and correspondent risa lagos. Thanks for being here. It has been all about the benjamins this week, whether we e are talking state or the federal level. Talk about the heroes h t, wh the democrats new to 3 trillion proposal for Coronavirus Relief what compromises would need to be made fothis fifth Coronavirus Relief package to actually come a reality . I think in fact, it may never become a reality and democrats in the house generally know t
Governor unveiled a revised state budget that calls for steep ts to Public Schools and a pay cut for state workers. California is facing a budget deficit of 84 billion due to declining tax revenues and soaring job losses. Also, california state senators returned to sacramento with two innovative relief packages that would help people stay in their homes. Meanwhile, House Democrats are proposing a 3 trillion round of federal aid despite opposition from the white house and nate republicans. Joining us are the kqed Senior Editor of politics, scott shafer, and rrespondent risa lagos. Thanks for being here. It has been all about the benjamins this week, whether we are talking the state or the federal level. Talk about the heroes act, which is the democrats new to 3 trillion proposal for Coronavirus Relief what compromises would need to be made for this fifth Coronavirus Relief package to actually become a reality . I think in fact, it may never become a reality and democrats in the house ge
The team working on the project were told the iphone giant was shifting its focus to ai. In fact, some of the people who worked on the car will be moved to apples Artificial Intelligence division thats according to bloomberg while those who cant find jobs elsewhere in the company, they face lay offs. Apple shares rose nearly 1 on the news. As one tech analyst put it, by abandoning its dream to transform the auto industry, it will increase pressure on apple to do something profound in the area of Generative Ai. Staying with tech, and people tend to associate Us Company Nvidia with chips and Artificial Intelligence but not necessarily with retail. Azita martin leads nvidias ai initiatives for the retail industry, including Generative Ai that can produce content like text, images or other data when prompted. Our north America Business correspondent erin delmore asked her about how ai is changing the Shopping Experience for customers, both in store and online. Ai enables you to really have
The planets largest pool of captured carbon dioxide. But over the decades, vast areas have been deforested, as people look for timber, pastures, farmland, and minerals. The largest single area of rainforest is the amazon basin, which is mainly in brazil. But since 1970, more than 770,000 square kilometers has been destroyed, an area twice the size of germany. Fighting to halt the destruction is a Risky Business 50 activists were killed in brazil in 2015 alone. The land around here is often ravaged by fire. We join environmental activist elizeu bercacola in the state of rondonia in southern amazonia. Elizeu takes pictures of this tragedy in order to tell the authorities what is going on here. Anything that can still move tries to escape the inferno. The smell is acrid. Its all about creating new pastures. The amazon r rain forest is beg burned down and destroyed. Some parts of the forest die immediately. Some trees initially survive the fire, only to fall latater. Many animals are kille