Please knew your microphone. Mute your microphone. [indiscernible] we have previously provided guidance as to how this would [indiscernible] [indiscernible] cspan. Org [indiscernible] [indiscernible] thank you. I want to welcome mr. Menendez and his wife. I appreciate you taking on this post. Tonk you for taking the time talk to me last week and take the best thank you for taking the time this morning. This is the first hearing the committee has held since march the 10th. Since then, millions of americans have filed for unemployment. Nearly one point 5 million have contracted covid19 and nearly 90,000 have perished from the disease. Is work in the u. S. Senate that much more critical and we respond as we respond to this pandemic and return to the economy. Second the highestranking office and the department of energy and the department has been playing a role in helping the nation fight coronavirus. The department of energy is a scientific powerhouse. Its National Laboratories are some
A gut punch for the tech sector. Apple is the latest to pull the inperson events. Its worldwide conference will and a red online only ashless society fear of the virus via the greenback. Well talk to the cofounder of square. Take a eantime, let us look at how wall street ended, this wild week. I have no words. Erased all of the losses that we had on yesterday, look at this, s p having its 20008 and tech really one of the big outperformers here followed by as you can see, 13 basis points. At one point it was above 1 96 basis about points. South of the border with volatility this week, it was all at one point, we had a 75 on the vix, coming down to 57. And crude, a supply and demand in there above 30 a barrel. That means a bloomberg commodity made up of a lot of energy, you are getting the weakest levels you have seen 2016. Since it is all about king dollar, the safe haven bids investors rushed and the bloomberg dollar index now the strongest in almost three years. That we sawet moves th
Now on bbc news, click. Navigating the world feels like a huge challenge. I lost my sight seven years ago. Navigating the world can feel like a huge challenge, even with my gorgeous guide dog, olga. I usually use my guide dog willow to get around, but today were trying out a new device wewalk smart cane. I think olgas a bit confused with the cane. The device has a round sensor to detect obstacles. Ive paired it with my smart phone and airpods to send me directions. So my airpods pick up the information from my phone and the Navigation System reads it out to me. When we got there it said, starbucks now on your right. And, yeah. By then we could smell it anyway, couldnt we . When i was using the cane it was always vibrating. Thats buzzing a lot. Is it . Yeah, the buzzing got really quick. So i new that i was in front of something that was quite a large obstacle. This might be an improvement for some cane users, but personally ive found the feedback slightly overwhelming. I could imagine
England are chasing new zealands first innings score of 375 in the second test in hamilton as their hopes of levelling the series fade. Are bitterly cold start to the weekend with a hard frost and some fog out there. But, it is going to bea dry fog out there. But, it is going to be a dry story for many of us this weekend with lots of sparkling winter sunshine. All the details coming up shortly. Its saturday the 30th of november. Our top story the man who carried out a terror attack on London Bridge yesterday was a convicted terrorist. Two people, a man and a woman, were stabbed to death. The attacker named as 28 year old usman khan was shot dead by an armed officer. He had beenjailed in 2012 for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and set up a terrorist Training Camp, but was freed on licence a year ago. Simonjones has this report. Terror returns to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed. Now the question is, how was this allowed to happen . Fit pictures of film from the
Time now for click. This week long jumps, a soft landing, high fives. High five a blind girl high five . And squeaky toys. December 3 marks the Un International day of persons with disabilities. And each year on click we use the occasion to look at some of the latest technology thats helping to change the lives of disabled people. This is the beazley designs of the year exhibition at the Design Museum london, which feature some great examples of Inclusive Design. This is mysleeve, silicon grips that make crutches more comfortable. Theyre also magnetic so they snap together and can be held in one hand. Thisables is a 3 d printable add on that makes small buttons bigger and more accessible. And the canguro is a concept mobility robot which can carry your shopping for you. One area of cutting edge design and research which is playing an ever increasing role is prosthetics, particularly in the world of sports. This is paul carter. Hello. Youve been looking at some of the latest prosthetics