prevent it from happening in the future and ultimately makes us in america a safer country and democracy gets to be promoted and move around the world. funding for the syrian people is necessary and appealing for $5.4 billion is 10% funded so far. back to you. mike: bipartisan push by california lawmakers to repeal the state s travel ban to certain conservative states. coo- that pulls heat away from your body. so, the mattress feels up to 10° cooler all night long. for a limited time, save $500 on all-new tempur-breeze mattresses.
celebrations over the weekend to mark the start of pride month and some businesses are using it to put lgbtqia+ rights in focus because what is known as the pink economy or the consumption powerfrom as the pink economy or the consumption power from the lgbtqia+ community, it is really growing quickly. ten years ago, the spending power was less than 3 billion us dollars but this year according to one research it could grow to one research it could grow to $5.4 billion. timothy hindle byrne is an associate professor at the london school of economics and political science and earlier he told me that lgbtqia+ people continue to pay a penalty, particularly when they are openly gay. two-thirds ofthe they are openly gay. two-thirds of the world s they are openly gay. two-thirds of the world s population - they are openly gay. two-thirds of the world s population is - they are openly gay. two-thirds of the world s population is in l of the world s population is in a and presumably two thirds
to introduce cost savings and some efficiency gains. it is not related to legal matters. just a reminder back in february walgreens reported a $5.4 billion after tax charge to cover opioid claims litigation, but these job cuts do not appear to be related to that particular incident. and one more for you here. microsoft has unveiled a new proposal to keep artificial intelligence under control. this has become such a hot topic. they re also trying to get regulators onboard. what s the latest, joumanna? yeah, absolutely. so microsoft president brad smith gave a speech to lawmakers in washington just a couple days ago and he talked about the need for further regigation of artificial intelligence and highlights some of the perils of misuse. what he s most concerned about are deep fakes, which of course are realistic looking images but carry false content. on the back of that he proposed a five point plan for regulation including licensing for most
by downloading the app today. duckduckgo, privacy simplified. (upbeat music) laura: after 9/11 we did a heck of a lot of stuff that in the moment felt really good. but then, later on, years later, comes the waste, fraud and abuse and we re seeing some of those things creep in during this covid crisis as well. now, i said that on april 3rd, 2020, and even now, three years later, there are still new stories about rampant fraud and abuse, theft, from this, what, $5 trillion in covid relief if you understand that were disbursed. now this is just a drop in the bucket but as an example $5.4 billion in covid aid may have gone to firms just using the suspect s social security numbers. a new york woman was sentenced to 45 months in prison for
probe, i would love to work with you on that or any of the 50 states. i believe it is a problem in all 50 states, especially kentucky. cheryl: there you go, sure, let s work together. she makes a politically motivated accusation accusing him of playing politics, great, let s work together. we spent 5 trillion on covid. billions is likely been lost to fraud, one of the people that testified yesterday said exactly that, we re looking at at least 5.4 billion in questionable loans. the fraud from unemployment and small business loans, scratching the surface, i am glad they are having hearings. ashley: i think the washington post or one of those, they said where did the covid money go and broke it down in increments, they are saying todd: we had a guest ask, is it higher? he said way, way higher.