we ll not be open to doing nothing. inaction is not an option. that was moments ago. a lot in there to talk about. peter doocy is standing by with what we just learned from the president. hi, peter. good afternoon. something else president biden said, his american jobs plan is the biggest investment in american jobs since world war ii. i m not trying to punish nick. but dammit, maybe because i come from a middle class neighborhood, i m sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced. so he wants to pay for the huge plan with increases in corporate taxes. determining how many jobs have going to come out of the american jobs act requires you to listen very carefully. an analysis was run showing the economy would create more than three million jobs than if it doesn t. there s a math problem there. the biden white house likes to the projection from moodies. it would create 19 million jobs. only 2.7 million more than moodies would be created if there s another another
their business just won t make it. let me know on instagram, twitter or send us an e mail. also this hour, dr alex george former love island contestant, and now a government ambassador for youth mental health. we ll be talking about the importance of taking care of our mental health, especially in lockdown. airlines and holiday companies say they ve seen a surge in bookings in the past 2a hours, despite the prime minister insisting a foreign travel ban will remain in place until at least mid may. the rate of unemployment in the uk rises to its highest level in almost five years; we ll be hearing this morning about the struggles for some to find work in the hard hit area of blackpool. facebook is to restore news feeds in australia after the government agreed to amend legislation forcing social media companies to pay for news content. and new views of the martian landscape nasa releases videos of its perserverance rover landing on the surface of mars. the prime minister has
and have a snack with them as long as they are socially distance. but he can t be inside with them. that s the lot, thank he can t be inside with them. that s the lot, thank you he can t be inside with them. that s the lot, thank you very he can t be inside with them. that s the lot, thank you very much. - time for a look at the weather, here s helen willetts. a tale of two halves for the weather, from the sunshine to the wind whipping at the waves in northern ireland. it really depends where you re sat under this weather front. but you can see the cloud stretches right the way back into the atlantic, we have a lot of rain to come, hence the met office having an amberwarning to come, hence the met office having an amber warning particularly for the southern uplands and southern highlands in scotland, where we could have over 100 millimetres of rain in the next 2a hours. but it is not exclusively these we have the rain for much of scotland and at times for northern irelan
hello and welcome. new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern is, within the next few minutes, expected to announce a date for the start of a travel bubble with australia. the australian authorities say they re hopeful their citizens could travel to new zealand as early as the end of this week. a two way travel bubble would allow citizens of both countries to cross the tasman sea without having to quarantine at either end. with me is our reporter tanya dendrinos. just explain the background to why they are thinking of doing this, and when. why they are thinking of doing this, and when. both australia and new zealand this, and when. both australia and new zealand have - this, and when. both australia and new zealand have done i and new zealand have done incredibly well in controlling the coronavirus pandemic but that has largely come to the closure of their international borders, so there has been no international tourism really since before last march, and what that means i
social media companies to pay for news content. starving to death a special report on yemen s 400,000 children, innocent victims of an increasingly brutal conflict. and new views of the martian landscape nasa releases videos of its perserverance rover landing on the surface of mars. also this hour the dangers of dating apps. with more people than ever using them, we ll be finding out what warning signs you should look out for. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s prime minister boris johnson has defended what he says is a cautious plan for easing lockdown in england, after facing criticism from some of his own mps and businesses leaders that the pace of change will be too slow. the outcome of a review on international travel is set to be announced by a special global travel task force on the 12th of april. but there s already been a surge in bookings for foreign holidays by travellers with easyjet reporting a 630% increase i