Infection slams europe the United Kingdom will reimpose a Major National lockdown straight ahead we take you across the atlantic for the latest plus as the u. S. Election campaign nears an end we take a look back at the horse race and the big dollars that fund it we have a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with the latest lockdowns in the u. K. Is europe continues to see a surge in cope and 19 cases now the announcement from british Prime Minister Boris Johnson comes as the nation eclipsed 1000000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus the new restrictions will begin thursday the 5th of november and last until the 2nd of december the Prime Minister spoke about the new measures on saturday in this country as across much of europe the glorious spreading even. Worst Case Scenario obamas scientific advisor is. Whose models as youve just seen now suggest that unless we act we could see deaths in this country running at several 1000 a day now is the time to take ac
Poet and educator in seattle and the author of free poetry collections including 2012 room. Also the New Washington poet laureate 21222014 and currently serving on the board of jack straw a local studio. Here today talking about the apocalypse factory. Please join me to welcome steve olson. Thanks. As you know kathleen published a book of poems in 2012 and all of those are about hanford. And then she will we eat paul from her new book of poems entitled post romantic coming out in october from the university of washington press. So to make sure my slides will work i will project her words onto a screen. Banks. And to say before i read the poem how im pleased to be a part of this evening and its wonderful to celebrate the publication of this book not just because i have poems in it but they are not told us much as i think they should be and then to get the story out i have learned all kinds of things from it and out there for people to read. This is the poem and its called stories that w
I will talk about for main animals today and if we have some time, i will try to get in some other fun topics as well. We will talk about mules, dogs, pigeons and horses. We will go to the first slide on mules. Although they are often looked down upon because of their stubborn natures, the phrase tough as a government mule is one we are probably familiar with. They are hardworking and widely used in the military before world war ii and during the war. They really did prove vital in some areas. Why use mules . They have a sturdy nature and are very surefooted. They were vital on some of the rugged terrains and by military vehicles. They require less grain than horses and are a more dependable work animal. They are quite intelligent, which is contrary to popular belief. It is there intelligence that helps them recognize their own limits of strength and endurance. The quality sometimes read as stubbornness is a form of selfpreservation. Unlike horses, mules will not work themselves to dea
Contest the election in the Supreme Court biden meanwhile addressing supporters in his home state of delaware said that it wasnt up to republicans or democrats to call victory but for the American People he urged patience. Look at the results my colleague michael is standing by. A look again at how its going and some of the nights a key battleground states is america waits with bated breath a. P. Has called arizona with its 11 Electoral College votes for joe biden lets take a look at the rest of the map here we see in the middle again most of those states taken by the president Montana North Dakota south dakota all the way down to texas and of course key states like california with its 55 electoral votes new york with its 29 electoral votes for joe biden but of course picking up the key states of South Carolina and florida with 29 electoral votes lets go to the next graphic here for you and you can see that North Carolina with its 15 electoral votes a key state in this fight for both c
Politics at home and abroad for years to come. The ipo has taken a dramatic turn with jack ma and other executives summoned by regulators. The company ahead of scrutiny. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the october Consumer Price numbers. Month for month, we are seeing a contraction of 0. 6 , really missing expectations of analysts. Not to mention it is a slow down and Inflation Numbers from the previous month. Not surprising given we had a pickup because of the weather related issues. We had monsoon season. And lowerlf Pressure Energy prices. Growth of prices is only. 1 which is a deceleration from the previous year. Not to mention it is under analysts expectations. Only in october we saw bright about 30 lower on average compared to a year ago so we are getting pressure on both numbers. For now, lets turn to the market. We are seeing u. S. Futures slightly higher online. Lets turn to sophie in hong kong. S p adding about 1 10 of 1 at the start of the session in a