year-over-year, nothing to complain about. 100 consecutive months of job gains, that is a record. david: it raises the question of how much longer can we keep this straight going? streak going? the jumpers as a patient rate went up the job rate went up, so people are still looking for jobs. michael: this is them compared survey to actual data that is a year old, and by doing that the they were forcing grew smaller. and you can get this kind of job dissipation and the number of people getting jobs with even a smaller labor force, there is something going on, so this could go on for a while. as long as the demand is there, companies seem to be hiring. david: will the chinese vice premier keep that going by working with president trump? michael: china has announced it will buy more soybeans while they are here. we do not know for sure, both sides are making noises like they made progress, but there is still a long way to go. the chinese have a law on technology transfer th
prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has dodged another political bullet. after the recent flare up of violence in gaza, his demence minister quit and another key cabinet hawk, naftali bennett, said he would go too if he wasn t given the defence portfolio. the pm called his bluff, and mr bennett, who is my guest today, decided to stay after all. what s behind the chaos in israeli politics? are the right wing factions putting their own interests before those of the nation? naftali bennett, in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. great to be here, stephen. it s been quite a week. how would you characterise your relationship with prime minister netanyahu today? well, we re political adversaries, but i m part of his government and i support prime minister netanyahu as the prime minister of israel. so, you know, it s not unlike the uk, where things are also quite tumultuous. we re going to continue in order to strengthen israel s security. let s un pick this notion that you re sitting t
it uses electro aerodynamic propulsion to fly, which is greener and quieter than traditional aircraft. is this the future of aviation? asa as a child i was a fan of star trek and was quite taken by the silent shuttle craft that would fly by without a whoosh all abnormally. that made me think, what would enable something a bit like that? it is fully electrical, no rate hitting propellers, no gas turbine. it does not emit c02, carbon monoxide, it also has the benefit of being nearly silent. it might be possible that it could carry people, but it is too early to say yet for sure. the path to carrying people with this solid state propulsion, would be combining it with conventional propulsion and it could be that we find some reason why it could be usable in the future, but it could be that it will be used on drums and larger aircraft. if you think forward , larger aircraft. if you think forward, ten, 20 years, it is quite possible our airspace will be covered with drones, if we c
in skipton in north yorkshire. skipton in the yorkshire dales is a prosperous market town, attracts plenty of tourists, and votes tory blue. but in the red lion pub, it was time for sunday lunch and a chew over the brexit deal. it might be pleasing both sides, and that s what she is trying to do. she s tried to please everybody, and it will not be a good deal for either side. it looks unacceptable, and if enough brexiteers have left the cabinet because it s so bad, then theresa may and all her remain colleagues are just pushing it through, it looks awful. in the referendum, 53% of people here voted to leave the eu, similar to the national result. among them, zoe venn, who has lived in the town all her life and helps to run the family canal business. i think it isjust dragging on a bit now, i think they could just do with getting the deal done, and then we can move forward. in the town centre, the local band is on stage. the majority of them voted to remain, but we took two me
minister, carl sargeant, has opened in north wales. mr sargeant, who d been sacked last november following accusations of sexual misconduct, was found dead four days later at his home. our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. carl sargeant was a well known figure in the welsh assembly. his death last year left his family grief stricken and sent shock waves through the welsh political establishment in cardiff bay. his body was found at his family home, four days after he d been sacked from his post and suspended from the welsh labour party amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. walking arm in arm, mr sargeant‘s wife bernie and sonjack came to his inquest today, where the note that she d found close to her husband s body was read to the court. directed to family and friends, it said: the inquest heard that carl sargeant had suffered from depression and had been prescribed medication on a number of occasions. a former colleague, leighton andrews, said he wa