Frustration all over this country. Case in point, the situation in chicago where a fight over what constitutes a Safe Working Environment Led to a walk out and four days without inperson school. The city and union came to an agreement overnight and chicago kids will be back in class tomorrow, and that is where we begin. I want to welcome nbcs meagan fitzgerald, she has been moving the situation in chicago since it began. Ellison barber joins us from New York State and dr. A Dal Gentleman A Senior Scholar at Johns Hopkins center. Doctor, lets talk about this hearing today. Do these doctors and this white house need to reset the messaging and clear things up in order to regain credibility with the public . I mean, were confused. I definitely think they need to reset the communication and really lay out the goals of where were going in this pandemic. What metrics were going to be using and how the country transitions from a State Of Emergency to one of endimicity. That needs to be articul
That britain and the eu finally managed to seal the trade and Cooperation Agreement that now governs most Post Brexit Trade. A year on, our economics editor faisal islam has been speaking to a number of business owners. A battle of wills, a precision wrestle. At times during the first year of the Post Brexit Trade deal it has felt like the uk and the eu have not stopped the fight. But its exporters, such as thisjudo equipment and Video Producer in bristol, feel like they are the ones left on the floor. Rubbish. It is bad on every level and i would like someone to say to me there was some kind of upside but there isnt one. Overall, uk exports to the eu are down 12 in the first ten months of the year on pre pandemic levels in 2019. Uk imports from the eu are down further, 20 on that year. Some of both these numbers is down to the pandemic as well. In addition, eu figures show tariffs have been paid on over £10 billion of british exports to the eu over the past year. This means for some
Is likely to increase as many of the passengers have severe burns. And the queen is expected to give a very personal christmas message this year, her first since the death of her husband prince philip. The annual broadcast was recorded last week, before the queens decision to stay in Windsor Castle because of concerns about the pandemic. Now on bbc news, injanuary, something very strange happened on the us stock market. The shares of gamestop, an unfashionable high street games store, suddenly went through the roof and kept rising. James clayton met the investors who made a fortune trading from their bedrooms, The Tech Supremos who were watching on astonished and the Hedge Fund Giants who are now nursing their losses. Theres this narrative that this was a David And Goliath story. It was all of these hedge funds, like yours, against the people and the people won. Ill put it this way. If a five year old walked into this room right now, i could probably kick his ass. If 1,000 five year ol
up with been told go to college, get a job make a living. frankly, that s just not realistic for a generation. it is really frustrating, the boomers think were lazy, you know the whole term pull up your boot straps and work hard, to get the same life they had? no, the world is very different these days the next pandemic in 2025 might wipe this all out anyway i have no time to wait for retirement you ve got to will it into existence life just not fair, the world is a hot place, and the stock market which is the purest form of yolo. short sellers continue to get hurt by wallstreetbets. it s making me sick. this is populism coming for capitalism through gamestop. on the surface i can be pretty scattered. in the water though it s coming for me. because you re seeing everything is quiet. you hear your bubbles, you hear breathing. and you just hear the water around you. i don t give a shit about risk. i was deployed to the middle east, we were doing anti-terrorism force p
a year ago theatres in england closed their doors because of the pandemic. in that time the theatre world has lost income of around 200 million pounds. many theatre workers are freelancers and a quarter of them have gone out of business. our arts editor will gompertz has spoken to four performers who ve had to change jobs to make ends meet. music: there s no business like showbusiness theatre, one of the great success stories of britain s creative industries but this time last year the bright lights of the west end went dark. theatreland s professionals suddenly found themselves unemployed and needing a plan b. i am a freelance and as well as the show, i also do a range of other kinds of playing such as concerts and recording sessions and tourism things like that. as well as the show closing, all of that went up in smoke. so all of your income has disappeared? yes, exactly. these guys here were looking for an extra pair of hands and they kindly agreed to take me on. in fact