Reserves in the tank, so that as we embark on the journey that we take over the next couple of years, we are confident that we have got enough gas in the tank to see us through that journey. There are two kinds of budget, those that have a specific problem to solve, normally a crisis in the public finances. And there are those where there isnt much to do, chancellors just have to stand up and look like theyve been keeping busy. Well, this one is more in the latter category. Part of the reason for that is that brexit is looming over everything at the moment. The old slogan used to be, you must fix the roof while the sun is shining. Today might be, there is no point in fixing the roof if you think a great big tree might come toppling down on top of it. You should wait to see what happens. Until brexit, getting the deficit down was the main goal, and it slowly came under control. The idea is it carries on going down but the basicjob is farfrom done. Its fair to say that a lot of people, p
Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, Hari Sreenivasan. Brangham good evening and thanks for joining us. Im william brangham, Hari Sreenivasan is on assignment. Hurricane patricia has toppled trees and battered buildings, but has caused much less damage than expected. The storm, which briefly rated as the strongest hurricane on record in the western hemisphere, with 200mph winds while over the pacific ocean, has been downgraded to a tropical depression with winds of only 35mph. Patricia weakened as it made landfall on Mexicos Pacific coast last night and largely spared the cities in its path, including guadalajara and the seaside resort of puerto vallarta. Thousands of residents and tourists had fled inland. Heavy rains have caused flooding but there are no reports of fatalities. The remnants of patricia
With funding from a RDE Cross-Training Grant, migration studies scholar Tabea LInhard returned to the classroom, this time in a student’s seat, to bolster her understanding of immigration law and its impact on the populations she studies.