what does it mean for reopening our states economies? we ll check in on nevada with its governor steve sisilak. and there are 3,800 cases of hate crimes reported since the beginning of the coronavirus. that is the tip of the iceberg. how will americans respond to a rise in hate crimes against asian-americans? we ll look at activism. i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. senate democrats have two big priorities right now. gun control and voting rights. there seems to be some common ground on a background check bill. here is what democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut said today on meet the press. i m not interested in getting 50 votes in the senate. i m interested in getting 60 votes. that s what is required to pass a piece of legislation today. and so i ve been instructed by senator schumer to work over the next several weeks with democrats and willing republicans to try to get a bill that expands background checks that can pass, that can get votes
war. there are new indications that russia is moving more supplies to the border with ukraine as the threat of an invasion looms. we will take you to moscow for a live update. we re so grateful to have you this sunday, january 30th. thanks so much for waking up with us. yes, good morning to you. we are always grateful that you are here. hey, boris. hey. so let s talk about what you didn t get yesterday in terms of the snow. i thought d.c. was in the path, but more than 15 million of you from maine to southern florida, if you have not stepped outside, you know it s cold, but you re waking up under this windchill alert and that s actually a remnant from yesterdays nor easter. the frigid cold follows historic snowfall that broke records throughout the northeast, and this is what it looked like in boston. officials there still are urging residents to stay home and off the roads. appears to be whiteout conditions. and it wasn t just snow, a lot of places saw coastal floo
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british gas is to increase electricity prices by 12.5% from september. the move which will affect more than three customers has led to calls for a cap on energy costs. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. apple reports sweet earnings due to better than expect that sales of iphones and ipods. and it splits in two to form a new currency bitcoin. we start with apple, which has reported a juicy set of earnings. its shares are rising to record highs. it is best known for its iphones and computers, and they have reported a 7% rise in revenue to just over m5 have reported a 7% rise in revenue tojust over m5 billion. have reported a 7% rise in revenue to just over m5 billion. profits from apple watch, apple tv and other productsjumped from apple watch, apple tv and other products jumped more than 20% compared to last year. but revenue from china fell for the fifth straight quarter. we go to our north america technology reporter. he talked us thro