in particular it s been a great american success story. we are actually quite good at it here in america, 50,000 afghan refugees in the nation, over 300 million is not even a drop in the bucket. across the united states, we are seeing widespread support for afghan refugees, but for refugee resettlement in general. laura: while it is certainly heart wrenching to see the needless suffering wherever it occurs in the world, it s just awful, none of us want to see that. but why is it that most of the same people you just saw in those clips and all these politicians, all the people going on and on about letting everybody in the country, why are they so often ignore the very real suffering here at home? you don t have to go to the afghan provinces near bob graham to see tragedy. you can see it not far from here in baltimore. in the last three weeks, five teenagers have been shot there, two of them fatally. 115-year-old was gunned down in the street broad daylight. if you don t h
this has been a great american success story, we are quite good at it in america, 50,000 afghan refugees in the nation, 300 million is not even a drop in the bucket. across the united states we are seeing widespread support for afghan refugees, of refugee resettlement in general. it is heart wrenching to see need to suffer wherever it occurs, none of us wants to see that, but why is it but most of the same people you just saw in those clips, politicians, why do this often ignore the very real suffering happening here at home. you don t have to go to the afghan provinces to see human tragedy. you can see it not far from here in baltimore, in the last three weeks 5 teenagers have been shot there, two of them fatally. one, 15-year-old was gunned down in the street in broad daylight. you don t have to to go to conduct hard to see thousands of in constant fear of violence, you can go to chicago to see that. 16 were shot yesterday alone including a 7-year-old boy who was sitt
vaccines for concertgoers. hello and welcome to the programme. tokyo has recorded its highest number of new daily covid cases for six months ahead of the olympics opening ceremony in a matter of hours. almost 2,000 infections have been reported as the host city remains under a state of emergency. the official opening of the games later will be a subdued affair, with just 1,000 guests due to attend. let s go live now to our sports presenter, sarah mulkerrins, who s in tokyo. and sarah, there s only a matter of hours remaining until the opening ceremony? good afternoon and welcome to tokyo. we all wondered, didn t we, if we would ever get here to the opening day of the olympic games with the official ceremonyjust hours away. the coronavirus pandemic, well, it has altered the shape of these games into something we have never quite seen before for an 0lympics. they were delayed by one year, they are now here but they are, as you say, a more subdued affair. today we had got the l
sundar pichai about a wide range of issues, from the company s hotly debated privacy practices to its pioneering development in al and quantum computing. few people could be said to personify any of the vast new forces shaping the 21st century, let alone more than one. but perhaps the ceo of google, sundar pichai, can be said to embody two. born to a modest, middle class family in south east india, pichai is globalisation made flesh. the personification of both the indian and the american dream. and as the boss of alphabet, the parent company to google and youtube, he is uniquely qualified to detail the promise and the peril of technology in our time. valued at over $1.5 trillion, his california based company pioneered the internet that we have today and is a global leader in both artificial intelligence and quantum computing. google delivers a vast range of products and services, from google maps and docs to gmail. pichai s total pay ranges hugely from $7 million last year t
the nba championship. hello, everyone, happy wednesday. now the united states is seeing a shocking increase in doefd ca covid vases as the delta variant surges. the cdc says that variant now accounts for more than 83% of covid cases and about 22% of the population live in counties with high covid transmission. the cdc director continues to plea with americans to get vaccinated. take take a listen. this is a dramatic increase up 50% from the week of july 3. in some parts of the country the percentage is even higher particularly in areas of low vaccination rates. the message from cdc remains clear. the best way to prevent the spread of covid-19 variants is to prevent the spread of disease and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have. some states are taking measures to control counts. new york city will require workers at hospitals and health clinics to get vaccinated or take weekly tests. it has been detected among some who are fully vaccinated. the delta variant is po