pre tax profits ringed in at $7.7 billion in the third quarter. now, this is all driven by rising global interest rates feeding into their balance sheets. but there have been questions before that these high rates were not being passed on to savers. joining me now is the independent banking analyst, frances coppola. nice to see you, doing rather well. i imagine those paying higher mortgage rates and everything it is a bitter pill. tell us more about the numbers? it is yet tell us more about the numbers? it is yet more tell us more about the numbers? it is yet more profits from their very healthily inaudible it has shrunk ever so slightly in this quarter but it is still way above where it was last year and that does reflect the fact that they have passed on interest rates to lenders much more quickly than they have to savers, which i think some people might get quite cross about. ~ . ., , , about. wanted we are seeing, is we are seeing about. wanted we are seeing, is we are
think his ideas aren t the correct ideals but he still moving along so is it a real age problem or just information problem with the american voters? i look at john fetterman for example, he s not an old man but the american people were robbed of what was going on at the t time. absolutely and i think there s a lot of situations where even biden s own supporters felt he was too old to run but felt they were left with another choice and i think sometimes with the two-party binary people feel they have to focus, they don t even think competent in the first place which is away american voters feel compromised so as much as age limit may be felt uncomfortable, term limits would be a great way to kill two birds with one stone but elderly people not being sharp but the corruption career politicians at
think his ideas aren t the correct ideals but he still moving along so is it a real age problem or just information problem with the american voters? i look at john fetterman for example, he s not an old man but the american people were robbed of what was going on at the ti time. absolutely and i think there s a lot of situations where even biden s own supporters felt he was too old to run but felt they were left with another choice and i think sometimes with the two-party binary people feel they have to focus, they don t even think competent in the first place which is away american voters feel compromised so as much as age limit may be felt uncomfortable, term limits would be a great way to kill two birds with one stone but elderly people not being sharp but the corruption career politicians at
tests if they feel any symptoms, and then if they are positive, we will figure it out very quickly, and be able to get them these new oral anti-virals shipped, you know, drill to their house, for instance, that is a very strategic and good use of the tests given that those antivirals need to be initiated within just a few days of symptom onset to have their benefit. other approaches are tests to stay. no child should have to not should be staying out of school just because they might be exposed and infected. covid s an information problem, and rapid tests give us the information we need to keep those kids in school. if you re negative, keep going to school. if you re positive, don t. all right. dr. michael mena, dr. abdul el-sayed, first question goes to you dr. el-sayed, thank you very much for your time. thank you. one year since the deadly u.s. capitol attack, the capitol
combination of vaccinations and masks. we also need to prioritize the kids and the teachers by doing things in the larger community to keep cases down. listen, it s all about the risks, right? there s always a risk in sending kids to school. i got my kids an n95 masks. they were wearing cloth before. we re wearing new masks. dr. mina, what role should testing play? in some cities like new york it s not mandatory. in los angeles they are requiring students get tested before they come back to class. what role do you think that should play? whether we close down schools is ultimately going to be in some ways going to be driven societily, about what risk associatity is willing to take. closing down schools just like the rest of the pandemic is the information problem. the information problem is we don t know who is positive when. so we end up closing things down