Blake burman at the white house. We have Lauren Simonetti watching the market action. Edward lawrence reporting from washington at the but on this up and down day, lauren, we start with you. Lauren lauren its with up and down day. I had to look over to see if stocks finished the green. It is changing constantly. This is the new normal. Investors are totally unsure how to price in politics. Not just the expected turbulence around the election, but the future of stimulus. Stocks got a major stimulus from comments on treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin he and House Speaker nancy pelosi theyre going to keep talking about a new relief bill as House Democrats reportedly are ready to scale down a package of their own. Doesnt mean it is going to happen up investors like they are talking. We call it the mnuchin maybe, maybe. The s p 500 avoiding falling into correction territory, up, after the closing bell by just nine points. Yes, it is positive on the year by a whole 16 points, guys. Take a look
In myanmar, a second day of protests following the Military Coup which removed the countrys elected leaders. We report on the pandemic s effects on childrens Mental Health, with many dealing with grief or loneliness. It feels like were all alone in the world because you cant talk. You can talk to somebody but you cant tell them what you really feel. Applause. And the nationwide applause for captain sirtom, as his family leads tributes to the man who raised millions for the nhs. And coming up in sport on bbc news. Manchester city re establish a three point lead at the top of the premier league, as Raheem Sterling scores in their 2 0 win over burnley at turf moor. Good evening. More than 10 Million People across the uk have now received at least one vaccination for coronavirus as part of the biggest programme of its kind in the history of the nhs. Its a major milestone in the race to control the faster spreading variants of the virus. Ministers are hoping to avoid yet another lockdown by
Friend. Were watching that very closely. Were keeping close eye on washington. Were focused on capitol hill. The house taking up the stimulus measure, relief measure, whatever you want to call it, to the tune of 484 billion. Now the house physically there, in person, some Wearing Masks to make sure they get this done. Lets get the latest from chad pergram, how this will all sort of fan out. Chad . Reporter hey there, neil. This is the debate. They started 15 minutes ago on this bill, about 324 billion of this goes to Small Businesses. You might recall a couple weeks ago that fund ran dry. The cupboard is bare. The cost of this bill ballooned from 251 billion specifically to Small Business, to 484 billion as you say. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says democrats improved the bill. There is money in here for hospitals and testing. Listen to the speaker. Im very pleased that it was transformed from a bill two weeks ago on the floor where the leader in the senate said, this is it, 250. Were no
Know its a problem of security itself. And you know losing one year of school goods into problem of protection psychosocial does orders etc so this this crisis if it persists. What are your concerns and what do you need. When of course its potentially if you goes on like this several years a generation which has been lost. For. Jobs and so on so we were asked to. We currently try to maintain a certain contact with. Their regular programs calling program. For children who have high that 4 months of school. To have accelerated programs of education so that they can go through several otherwise in the long run you know we just programs which allows them to go into. Training exeter etc all right thank you very much that was the Country Representative of unicef on vincent who basically has been telling us about the impact the security crisis is having on children here and work in a fossil. Catherine thanks very much i weve got plenty more ahead on this news Hour International condemnation a
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