Joining me now is aleezeh froogel from cancer research. good to see you. what do you make of this proposal? good to see you. what do you make of this preposal? this proposal? thank you for having me. this proposal? thank you for having me- firstly. this proposal? thank you for having me- firstly. we this proposal? thank you for having me. firstly, we want this proposal? thank you for having me. firstly, we want to this proposal? thank you for having me. firstly, we want to say - this proposal? thank you for having me. firstly, we want to say we - me. firstly, we want to say we welcome this announcement. it s something we have called for because of suggests it could nudge people taking action to quit which is essential as we know smoking remains the biggest cause of cancer in the uk and is responsible for 150 cases of cancer each day. however, by itself this will not be enough to help people quit smoking for good and more action and funding is needed. if we are to reach a smoke
You re concerned? you re concerned? look, it s a preposal you re concerned? look, it s a preposal and you re concerned? look, it s a proposal and will you re concerned? look, it s a proposal and will be you re concerned? look, it s a proposal and will be said - you re concerned? look, it s a proposal and will be said very| proposal and will be said very clearly as we would do is cut vat on fuels and will deal with the problems of insulation in peoples homes. that is what we think we need as a starter for homes. that is what we think we need as a starterfor ten. homes. that is what we think we need as a starter for ten. you homes. that is what we think we need as a starterfor ten. you remember that we call for an emergency budget backin that we call for an emergency budget back in may and here we are in august we still haven t had one and those are proposals and reversing liberal democrats and their issues for the price cap now that we know that people are being expected to pay
Nuclear? so might even say they should keep it. of course i don t want to get into a national debate, we respect national choices was up but the reality is it s a clean source of energy, something that is useful now and could be even more in the future. so when you decide to take it out of the occasion this is on the basis of a political choice not a scientific or technological conclusion that you are drawing out of something. conclusion that you are drawing out of something- of something. what about the ro osal of something. what about the preposal that of something. what about the proposal that boris of something. what about the proposal that boris johnson i of something. what about the i proposal that boris johnson has of something. what about the - proposal that boris johnson has come proposal that borisjohnson has come up proposal that borisjohnson has come up with to fund money towards smaller nuclear reactors? because in many reactors. i think he means something slightly bi
Joining me now is bob franken. let s start with a recap of the statest union. president obama called for raising the minimum wage. speaker boehner came out against the preposal saying it will make it harder for small businesses to hire what might be more workers. what do you think the political ramifications of that might be for the gop? well, the gop has consistently been against the minimum wage. they have always used the same argument that speaker baner is using which is it will have a negative effect on unemployment. the unfortunate thing about that is that same argument could justify paying employees nothing. and as we mentioned viewership, we mentioned earlier, viewership for the state of the union is the lowest that it s been for 13 years.