Time now for hard to talk. Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The global covid 19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the relationship between scientists and policy makers. Leaders across the world have responded to the science with everything from respect to scepticism, foremost amongst the sceptics president Jair Bolsonaro of brazil, one of the countries hit hardest by the virus. My guest, brazilian microbiologist natalia pasternak, has launched a crusade against her president in the name of science. Is she winning the argument . Natalia pasternak in sao paulo, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Lets start with the claim from your president , Jair Bolsonaro, that the worst of the coronavirus epidemic in brazil is now over. Would you agree . Of course not. Were still in the middle of it. If were lucky. And the president seems to be completely disconnected from reality, really. Thats the way hes been behaving
That the government can use. What i can tell you today is that joe biden is going to make good on his promises on the campaign trail. Also new today, nbc news confirming as soon as president elect biden takes office, he will immediately sign a number of executive orders aimed at reversing several of President Trumps unilateral actions. But today democratic senator chris coons is calling for more Coronavirus Relief now, not to wait for the next president. One way that President Trump can show some graciousness in the next 73 days during the transition is to publicly support a significant pandemic relief bill. Weve had record new cases all this past week. Its past time for us to come together and deliver the relief the American People are waiting for. And President Trump is pushing ahead with fighting the Election Results. His campaign with at least seven active electionrelated lawsuits right now including a new one filed in arizona this weekend. Republican senator mitt romney today push
This week, we will be through and done with the first 100 days of the joe biden presidency. And by the end of this week, we will be through and done with the first third of this year, 2021. Which seems impossible. Its been six months since the president ial election. How is that possible . It feels like its been 16 minutes. But spring has sprung. Part of the reason that i have been having sort of technical difficulties and things are wonky all day, i today, return to my Actual Office for the First Time Since last march. And i have learned a lot. I learned that some chewing gum happily survives untouched in a desk drawer for more than a year but some really does not. And when it goes bad, boy does it go bad. And the packets of soy sauce that you get with chinese food, some of them turn solid over time in just the right conditions. Whoa, take it from me. Its a whole new world out there once you get your vaccine, full of wonder and weird stuff to clean up that you have forgotten about. An
Rules tomorrow. Now the debate on genetically modified food known as modified foods. This is two hours. Smith is a National Bestselling Author and film maker. He is the executive director for the institute of responsible technology. Book includes seeds of deception come exposing industry and government lies about the safety of genetically engineered food youre eating, which is the best bestseller on gm owes on s. Gregory stock, to my immediate left, dr. Gregory stock is a biotech entrepreneur, best selling author and public communicator. Onis a leading authority advanced technology. At ucla school of medicine in 1997. Served as its director for 10 years. A series of highprofile lectures, dr. Stock has categorized and brought to the debate about the Public Policy applications. One of you ask him what bio informatics means. Are redesigning humans, our inevitable genetic future, engineering the human drum line, and the book of questions. We look forward to your presentation. [applause] ho
Gambling was recently legalized in ohio. Casinos, onet 10 at a racetrack, have opened since then. You run into the problem of a saturated market and everyone struggles to as a result. That is the basis of the article from bloomberg is this week. Of these casinos are folding. What about jobs, then . The hit to the Economic Community . Casino closes, you certainly do lose those jobs. When i step back and look at it in a case like that, it might be that it is worse in the short run but better in the long run . Where you have this situation where you have too much supply you sometimes need to go fix something, which can be more heavily for the whole healthy for the market in the long run. Invested capital, the way that works in my mind, when you are profitable you can invest in your business. It can be any type of business. A small construction company, running a casino, it doesnt matter. More money with excess funds adds amenities to do things like that. Createsf itself that jobs that are