Well read thank you so much. Good night. Bestsellr most recent book held Voter Suppression is destroying our democracy. Doctor anderson is a renowned historian and author. She is the professor of africanamerican studies at every university and is the author of the unspoken truth of our nation is divided. I am a great admirer of her work exploring the legacy of slavery, segregation and discrimination and how we remain fundamentally an equal nation 400 years after the arrival of slavery in north america. Doctor Andersons Book one person no vote, calls the history of the Voter Suppression including all of the current ways the Republican Party is undermining Voting Rights. Doctor anderson, im delighted ti am delightedto have you heret your work. Its wonderful to meet you, and to talk about what they can do to fight back against efforts to suppress the most fundamental rights we have, the right to vote, and we know that this is occurring each and every day in the country so thank you again.
March and early april. How is it in london and the United Kingdom . Is the same tension there . Francine attention remains around the world but i think if politiciandoner, a in the u. K. , france, and spain, look at states that reopened may be more quickly than others, maybe without the same precautions than others, to try to give you a sense of what you should be doing. In london, if you look at our rate of infection, still below 1. Boris johnson this week said bars could reopen july 4. We will see as the number of cases around the world increase, exactly if consumers will go out and spend like the Prime Minister has asked them to. Return one has done the to sport like english premier football. It has been extraordinary. Their distinctive from the disaster that is american sports. Speaking of that, jason kelly in february began a project in speaking to the basketball star lebron james. Little did mr. Kelly know that this would be an extraordinary moment for bloomberg and also the spea
Good afternoon i am the president Bookings Institution is my sincere pleasure to welcome you to todays event celebrating our brookings fellow release of his new book. Know your face. Roughly 104 year history we have taken powerful positions on issues of race and equality and civil rights these matters stand at the top since becoming president i have made this a president ial priority both personally and for the institution that only has there an obligation then to study these issues but also our responsibility of the organization as well that we examine race and policy not just because were capable of impact and committed to the cap public good but based on washington dc our Nations Capital as a city of politics but also great adversity and history of the roughly 700,000 residents that call the city home nearly half are black america. Walking past such sites as the Lincoln Memorial in the immortal words of doctor mlk i have a dream speech a wonderful place to live and work we at brooki
Him to run through the timelines . When did these 11 cases test positive, and how long does the genetic sequencing take, and when was he told of these cases . Can these processes be made speedier . And so for example that the ealing case tested positive in late december. These variants bring into focus the importance of border controls. Times radio reports that Quarantine Arrangements for hotels wont be in place until the 15th of february. Why the delay . According to the times newspaper, sage weeks ago said tougher Quarantine Arrangements were needed. Will he publish at this stage minutes from the 21st Of January . I welcome the extra testing, but can i suggest it was further . People move beyond postcode boundaries. They go shopping, many still have to go to work. Will he therefore roll out testing in neighbouring postcodes . He wants to come down hard on this variant, but isnt the lesson of mass testing, such as in liverpool, that people are hesitant to take a test if they arent com
The u. S. Recovery could drag on through 2021 as long as theres no second outbreak. There might take a vaccine for people to regain confidence. Speaking of that, as present a aims to get 3 million vaccine doses ready for the u. K. By september. But Boris Johnson warns that u. K. May not be free of the virus for some time to come. And the Trump Administration steps up its campaign to blame china for the coronavirus, with an aide suggesting beijing sent Airline Passengers around the world to spread the infection. Were just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We had a bit of a mixed picture. And now you see big, strong gains in european futures, 1. 5 on dax futures, 1. 33 on ftse futures. If you look at u. S. Futures, you also see 1 gains, about, a little bit less for s p 500 and nasdaq futures, but just barely. And more than 1 on Dow Jones Industrial average futures. What you see on the gmm . Gmm. Well, difficult f