good evening. welcome to tonight s in depth interview with bill gates. bill gates saw the coronavirus pandemic coming, or a pandemic like it and tried to warn the world. it s fair to say not enough people listened. maybe they will about what he sees as the greatest threat facing all of us today. in a new book, he details why we ve never seen a challenge like this, climate change. his book, how to avoid a climate disaster. he says it won t be easy. in fact, it will take global cooperation on a scale we have never seen before. but in his estimation, it is doable. we talked about it in our fascinating and wide-ranging interview. let s begin. i want to start with what s going on in texas. we re watching authorities dealing with just how unprepared they were for this extreme weather event, and we re seeing the very real human consequences, the suffering going on because of it. what is your takeaway from what s happening? well, specifically texas was not ready for these cold te
esses party approaches the midterms. i m going to be out on the road a lot making the case around the country with my colleagues up for reelection and others making the case of what we did do and what we want to do. what we need to do. and so i don t think i ve overpromise at all. i m going to stay on this track. clustering and former clinton pollster, mark penn the priest chairman of the harris poll and chairman of the state well group welcome. as you look at the polling, what accounts for the presidents standing the precipitous fall from mid-summer? our new polling has him at 39% approval. i think it really is a combination of people think 61% say maybe he is too old to be president. 54% they cannot handle issues like the complexity of the ukraine and china. and core confidences number one. the second of course, the issues here that seem out of control to people crime, immigration, the economy, inflation. so a combination of things going exactly the wrong way on these
it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. women are still fighting for equality all over the world. even in long established democracies like the uk, plenty of evidence suggests that from the workplace to the law courts, there is an awful long way to go. my guest today, baroness helena kennedy, has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the british legal system for five decades. is she winning the battles that really matter? baroness helena kennedy, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. it s great to have you. you have had a pretty extraordinary legal career spanning some five decades. yes, i know. you used to talk about a system that smelled of the patriarchy, a man s world. do you still see britain s legal system like that today? oh, yes. i mean, i think that we haven t yet managed to remove that power imbalance. it s still there. and, of course, a lot of work has been done and we ve, you know, reformed certain areas of law and we ve seen
there, communications data, broadcasting telecommunications data. it will also extend to education and childcare but i will address that epically now. separately now. before i do that, let me note that the commonwealth has already lifted the 20 hour rule on a student these are holders. that decision has orally been taken, it was taken yesterday, after the meetings we had yesterday that has already been taken. children will have no restrictions on them available to work in australia if they are already here. i also noted that students can return, that has been in place for some time now is can also come to australia now under those working holiday visas. so they are enabled to come to the country, both students and backpackers, if they are double vaccinated, and that is a necessary condition for entry into australia. moving back to schools, one of the most important ways of assuring our workforce is not depleted and we heard today from the treasury secretary that we c
airlines have already started to cancel flights for the weekend, as well. travelers of all ages being forced to change their plans. the thing i don t like about it is when you get stuck because airport is is so busy. it s canceled. it was bound to happen. it sounds like me as a convenient excuse for delayed flights because they are already short-staffed as it is. david lee miller is live in new york city with more. hi, alicia. many of the cancellations taking place are entirely not unexpected. it delta s ceo earlier this week fearing staff charges could result in disruptions, for people testing positive for the virus from ten days to 5. the airline boss at the current policy was developed last year when there are no vaccines and effective treatments. today, delta granted at least 141 flights, about 7% of its schedule. united canceled 170, about 9% of its flights. in a statement, united said, and i quote, the nationwide spike and overcome cases this week has had a