News headlines for this hour make sure to check out r t r t dot com and on your favorite social media platform so im donald quarter see you again soon. Time after time if you were going underground 24 hours of the renowned medical journal the lancet exposed britain as having one of the highest infant mortality rates in western europe thanks to tory bank bailout all 70 something that may have contributed to britains poor response to coronavirus coming up in the show in the wake of these perfect storm revelations we asked dr Jacob Glanville star of netflixs pandemic about the race for a vaccine with lockdowns seem to be the only cure some nations understand. And as the u. K. Government sparked outrage with its approach to everything from the arts to refugees a man who came to this country as a refugee from somalia sheffields youngest lord mayor and former green party and legend magic about fighting a system led by politicians blind to the damage they caused all the some more coming up in
Welcome, everyone. Thank you so much for being here today and joining us for this important event celebrating professor jennifers new book how dirty money the shocking injustice and unseen cost of whitecollar crime. I am the director of the center for social justice at western new England University school of law which works to advance justice through research, education, advocacy and public engagement. Please check out our website if you would like to learn more about our social justice initiatives and the ways we are strengthening collaborative efforts between the school of law and the region, the work towards a more just, equitable and Inclusive Society for all. I want to thank everyone who has worked hard to put together this incredible event for you including our wonderful speakers, louise and random house, wneu Marketing Team and all of you for your support. I also want to let you know that todays program will be aired on cspan booktv following this event. At the end of todays pr
Leads tributes at a memorial for a teacher who was beheaded in paris last week. A round the clock curfew in the nigerian city of lagos after reports demonstrators were shot on tuesday. And they calling on the year of a special need for Young Workers at the polling stations for this years us president ial election. Hello everyone there is a crisis that has overcome so many communities in the United States in addition to the corona virus pandemic it is the fight against opioid addiction and the u. S. Justice department has in the past few hours announced that the drugs manufacturer. Has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys epidemic in a deal with the u. S. Governments the company is pleading guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 the owners of the wealthy family have been ordered to pay 225000000. 00 in civil penalties. They lost control and ownership of a company that was worth very significant amounts of money they will have no future involve
The rba signaled for their willingness to ease. And the other big story at this hour lawmakers in washington take aim at the power of big tech. An antitrust investigation says they are abusing their dominant status. Check lets get a quick of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures down at the open, extending gains after we saw the regular session seeing a bearish reversal at your after trumps of fire called off negotiations. Already, market have been trading mixed and about flat after the fed chairs cautious tone on the economy, warning that too much support was better than not enough. The s p 500 saw the largest drop in two weeks and fell to session lows after the president ended stimulus talks. The losses were led by discretionary talks. Airlines also tumbled and we saw the nasdaq losing 1. 6 . After the close, we saw that House Democrats released antitrust reforms to curb the power of u. S. Tech giants including amazon and alphabet. We will be watching that space very closely. Doin
Twopart hearing with drug company leaders. It is three hours 35 minutes. Welcome to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to House Speaker rules some members will appear in person and others will appearer remotely. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance of the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing and person must wear a face mask, unless you are speaking. Members whono are not wearing a face mask will not be recognize recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for these members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you. When they are speaking and what is known as web act as active speaker view. A timer is visible in theib room directly in front of you. For members appearing know youre all familiar with web ex by now, but let me remind you of a few points. Whether they are in person or remote song as they have their web ex set to ac