Advance. Everyone needs a chance to prosper. And broadband, the internet, modern communications is to us what pencil and tablet was to my greatgrandparents 100 years ago. Peter lets bring our guest reporter, gopal ratnam, from cq roll call into our conversation. Gopal thank you for having me, peter. And congressman lucas, thank you for taking this time to speak. I want to ask you about the proposal you have, that you put out in january, asking for an increase in spending on federal r d. Among the things that you called for is a boost in spending on Artificial Intelligence, biotech and quantum computing. But given the pandemic we are amidst now, 120,000 plus americans have died, is there anything that you would change in terms of areas of focus, areas of research where such federal spending to be applied . Could be applied . Rep. Lucas i think what we have seen in recent weeks demonstrates not just the need, but the magnitude of the resources that are necessary. When legislation was bei
Recession is considered to be the worst economic downturn since the 1929 great depression. Im Richelle Carey and as covered 19 measures halt International Trade shut down airports and bankrupt businesses tens of millions of people have lost their jobs and for many being unemployed in the middle of a pandemic means not only losing their income but it also means losing access to health care so how can governments protect their workers and rebuild their economies the director general of the International Labor Organization Guy Ryder talks to al jazeera. Mr guy writer director general of the International Labor organization thank you so much for your time it has been said that we are all and this together but we are not this pandemic does not affect everyone the same as a condom is started to to shut down country after country africa. What was your immediate thought about what this would mean for for workers for laborers well i think absolutely right in what you say we are all in this toge
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Recession is considered to be the worst economic downturn since the 1929 great depression. Im Richelle Carey and doha as kovan 1000 measures halt International Trade shut down airports and bankrupt businesses tens of millions of people have lost their jobs. And for many being unemployed in the middle of a pandemic means not only losing their income but it also means losing access to health care so how can governments protect their workers and rebuild their economy the director general of the International Labor Organization Guy Ryder talks to al jazeera. Mr guy writer director general of the International Labor organization thank you so much for your time it has been said that we are all and this together but we are not this pandemic does not affect everyone the same as a condom is started to to shut down country after country africa. What was that thought about what this would mean for for workers for laborers well i think absolutely right in what you say we are all in this together b