important we support the sector at this time. important we support the sector at this time- at this time. heidi skinner, thank you. at this time. heidi skinner, thank you, good at this time. heidi skinner, thank you, good to - at this time. heidi skinner, thank you, good to talk - at this time. heidi skinner, thank you, good to talk to l at this time. heidi skinner, i thank you, good to talk to you this morning. 0n bbc news, we will be of course covering the spring statement, so stay with us for that. let s get some of the day s other news. p&0 ferries says the 800 staff it made redundant last week will be offered 36.5 million in total, with around a0 crew getting more than 100,000 pounds each. the firm has also denied that it broke the law when it sacked the workers without warning. however, unions say the compensation package being offered is pure blackmail and threats . tesla boss elon musk has opened a huge electric car gigafactory near berlin which is the first european hub
here s what you might call a red flag for investors. i m not offering financial advice here. i m singularly unqualified to offer that kind of advice. if anyone tells you they ve received any financial advice from me, run, and get back any money they owed you. as you might recall, within the last couple of weeks, the former president announced a new commercial venture that was seeking public investors, the trump media and technology group. this newly announced venture said it would include a social media platform called truth social, and with the announcement of the new venture, they invited everyone to download the new app. within hours people found a test version online to be operable
president announced a new venture, the trump media and technology group. it would include a social media platform called truth social, and with the announcement of the new venture, they invited everybody to download the app. within a few hours, people had found a test version of this online that appeared to be operable, and they registered what appeared to be the official truth social donald j. trump account, and had that account. promptly posted a picture of a pig going to the bathroom. and pigs don t use bathrooms. the washington post reporter found that it was possible to register what appeared to be an official account in the name of mike pence. the post also discovered it ran on a free software that literally anybody can download on line to make a site. but as forbes points out today, the new company is also making unusual contingency plans when
red flag for investors. now i am not offering financial advice, i am singularly unqualified to offer that kind of advice. if anybody ever tells you they d received financial advice from me, run. and get back anything they owe you. but still, even me, even unqualified me can spot a red flag this big and this right. as you might recall, within the last couple of weeks, the former president announced a new commercial venture, that was seeking public investors, the trump media and technology group. this is nearly announce venture said it would include the social media platform called, truth social. and with the announcement of the new venture they invited everybody to download the app, within a few hours, people had found a test version of this online that appeared to be operable. and the registered what appeared to be the official truth social donald j trump account, and promptly hack that account, post a picture to that account of a pig going to the bathroom. and picks don t use bathroom
plan social media company. i am going to talk to one writer who got his hands on a test version, and reports it s about the mess that you d expect. that is coming up. we want to begin, though, with that breaking news out of wilmington, delaware, where president biden has just wrapped up his meeting with west virginia senator joe manchin and senate majority leader chuck schumer. at the heart of it all, reaching an agreement over the president s expansive and social environmental bill. manchin has spent months rebuffing the president s demands for the $3.5 trillion package, no longer that number, as we well know. nbc s mike memoli and washington post white house reporter tyler page are joining us on this. mike memoli, you got some major news for us which is the meeting has now wrapped up. i broke it on your behalf so give us an update. what happened inside? well, yasmin, even the detail of knowing this meeting has ended was more difficult because of the unusual setting for it, right?