Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Today were talking about screen time. New guidance from doctors in the uk says there isnt enough evidence to confirm that screen time is harmful to kids. Do you limit their access to mobiles and computers . Are you worried about the impact on their lives . Tell us what you think. Tust use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The us house of representatives, now under democratic control, has passed legislation that would re open the federal government without paying for President Trumps wall with mexico. It happened soon after the democrats took control of the house and reinstated veteran democrat, nancy pelosi, as speaker. But the legislation will be rejected by the Republican Controlled Senate and by President Trump hismelf. David willis reports from washington. Et is, in her words, et is, in herwords, a new et is, in her words, a new dawn in american politics. 12 years ago nancy p
need powerful, rich individual goals and companies. and when they donate 25,000, 100,000, 1 million, they want a favor or tan it should be obvious that that s corrupt, but with a wink and nod, political deals to the bribery line every single day. and we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois governor hadn t flung back the curtain within unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree in a set of the unprecedented audio recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. ladies and gentlemen meet rod blagojevich it was early morning because i used to get up every morning and turn on the 06:00 news. then, you know, like you can to wake him up and then you re like, whoa wait, what oh, outside of a boy of inches house, but they got cameras. they got cars then, they march amount and that s a governor joe. breaking news. the illinois governor, rod blagojevich, charged with plotting to sell barack obama s former senate seat
every day in every state across the country our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers pulling in millions of dollars a race. sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book eddie males so many emails. but for all those little fish throwing 100 to their local race, it s the whales. those campaign fundraisers really need power rich individuals and companies. and when they donate 25,000, 100,000, 1 million they want a favor or tan it should be obvious that that s corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political deals to the bribery line every single day and we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois governor hadn t flung back the curtain within unrepentant ego, a political corruption, crime spree in a set of unprecedented it s an added audio recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power ladies and gentlemen meet rod blagojevich it was early morning beca
proposal to raise minimum wage to buy a rifle. will anything actually get done? that is the big question. we re on that story. the mayor of one of call for s cities is defying the federal government warning illegal immigrants about upcoming i.c.e. raids. has she gone too far? more on that story coming up. first let s get back to the roaring stock market down on floor of new york stock exchange where our very own nicole petallides standing by. nicole, once again it seems the market wants to go higher. that s right. we had a bumpy week. friday we saw up arrow. that managed to push our numbers into the green for the week netflix and amazon. both of those names hit all-time highs today. amazon crossed 1500 last week. fourth straight record close. look at it. up about 17 bucks. netflix up to 293. general electric on other hand one area we continue to follow. it has been a laggard over the last a weeks. down over 50%. restating numbers for last two years on earnings. the sec lo