loads of similar schemes, key differences but with the same aim. it is happening a lot of already, as you probably know. the idea is, breathe. some people say lights versus livelihoods, soaring cost of living, soaring number of health problems from pollution. some people say it is set versus livelihoods. a dichotomy is shaping politics. some of the arguments are on the working classes, take london, sw19, leafy london, less of a problem than in e14, less leafy tower hamlets. the question, is ulez for you? tower hamlets. the question, is ulez foryou? sw19, tower hamlets. the question, is ulez for you? sw19, leafy wimbledon. here is the news from nick hatfield. good morning. the high court is to hear arguments for and against the expansion of london s ultra low emission zone. five conservative led councils are challenging the move by mayor sadiq khan, who says it s needed to tackle air pollution. financial regulators will demand to know why banks aren t passing on highe
and maybe we can even be closer than six feet apart. imagine what that would look like with your friends and family. president biden says it s a realistic goal if we all buckle down a little longer. in his first primetime address last night, the president pledged to make all adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by may 1st. that s just seven weeks away. and a month earlier than the last projection. so the president spent only part of his speech touting the $1.9 trillion relief package that is now law. but the hope is here tour, as they re calling it, is about to begin with the president and vice president hitting the road to promote it. the first round of direct payments to americans will arrive in bank accounts this weekend. we ll speak to a member of the biden cabinet in a moment. we begin with john harwood. great to see you this morning. what was the takeaway from president biden s speech last night? some people thought he would be doing more of a sales job, but th
impacts human health in wide ranging, devastating ways. this is something that national government needs to act on urgently, to invest in, and to take seriously. but bearing my son in mind, i am hopeful, i know, that this will improve the levels of air pollution that we are breathing in, and from the point of view of a parent taking care of a child with asthma, it is a daily worry what he is feeling in. what do you make at the controversy that has cited this as well? some people are saying that they are putting a financial penalty on during a cost of living crisis, that is not the right way to deal with it, what you think about that?
the particles that people are breathing in, the tiny particles people are breathing in, are so small, when pregnant or an expectant mother breathes them in then they enter the bloodstream and pass through the placenta barrier into the unborn child. that s how toxic they are. they get everywhere. as medical research moves forward with finding out more and more things linked with the impact of air pollution. linked with the impact of air pollution- linked with the impact of air ollution. , .,. .., , pollution. but in practical terms, if ou pollution. but in practical terms, if you take pollution. but in practical terms, if you take london, pollution. but in practical terms, if you take london, does - pollution. but in practical terms, if you take london, does it - pollution. but in practical terms, | if you take london, does it work? pollution. but in practicalterms, i if you take london, does it work? is the reduction in pollution worth it as against the harm to businesses, becau