a £58 billion revamp for the uk's national grid — but it will mean higher bills and more pylons?ome to world business report. we start with the uk economy, because the woman who wants to be running it after the next election — labour's shadow chancellor, rachel reeves — will be outlining her plans in the next few hours. in a speech to business and finance chiefs in the city of london — ms reeves will promise a "new chapter in britain's economic history". we don't have many of the details yet — but it's thought she'll outline a new industrial strategy for the uk — including a "national wealth fund" to invest in growth industries — that would in turn create half a million newjobs. she's also expected to announce reforms to the treasury — the government's finance department — to make it support economic growth. but the government's chief secretary to the treasury — laura trott — says labour are offering "no plan — just more borrowing and more taxes". so what are the priorities for british businesses? joining me now live is the chief economist of the confederation for british industr

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operator, which national which is part of the national grid, issued a new report grid, has issued a newn additional £58 billion will need to be spent decarbonising the grid to reach net zero status by 2035. this is about £1,000 per adult in britain. in the united kingdom , britain. in the united kingdom, exposing the lack of affordability of the project, not least because the official commons committee report says the expects its goal the government expects its goal to decarbonise the power system to decarbonise the power system to require wait for it 275 to £375 billion of public and private investment , as well £375 billion of public and private investment, as well as 50 to £150 billion of investment in the electricity networks . but in the electricity networks. but this poses a serious problems for the labour party. this policy attempts to out green the tories by pledging to achieve a decarbonised grid by 2035 years earlier. so if current cost projections are already this high, what would it be under the labour party? well, i'm joined now by doctor paul dorfman, associate fellow of t

but burying cables underground can be up to four times more expensive, according to national grid.planning process — a stage at which many infrastructure plans have failed. but without a grid upgrade, the uk's wind power risks going to waste. simon jack, bbc news. now a reminder of some news we broke moments ago. the cabinet secretary simon case will give evidence to the uk covid inquiry on the 23rd of may. his planned testimony had to be cancelled last year because of ill health. mr case is expected to face questioning about whatsapp messages he sent during the covid pandemic which were critical of the government's response. of course, we will bring you that coverage when it happens. naturalist chris packham has revealed how "broken" he felt growing up undiagnosed as autistic. the tv presenter, who british viewers will know best as the face of nature programme springwatch, has spoken to the bbc�*s nick ransom about how he believes people who are neurodivergent — those who are autistic, dyslexic or living with adhd — are being let down by a society that was not built with them in m

but burying cables underground can be up to four times more expensive, according to national grid.robust planning process — a stage at which many infrastructure plans have failed. but without a grid upgrade, the uk's wind power risks going to waste. simon jack, bbc news. the availability of childcare is falling as costs go up, according to a survey of councils in england, scotland and wales. fewer than a third say there's enough childcare for under—twos in all areas. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke explains. see you later! come on, guys, let's go. it's drop off time at granby nursery on the border of nottinghamshire, and the children here are ready to start the day. but the cost of a nursery space like this is rising fast. an increase in the minimum wage and other costs mean nurseries are finding it hard to balance the books. we do want to pay the staff more because they are very valuable to us, but we're simply unable to do that because of the amount of money that we're getting in, in order to provide the care for the child, just simply doesn't meet the costs that we're faci

that's according to the national grid, which says the extra power lines as well as underwater cabling electricity bills. here's our business editor, simonjack. green, cheap, home—grown. offshore wind has been a massive british success story and more huge wind farms are planned to decarbonise uk electricity and make it less reliant on imported fossil fuels. but you need to get the electricity from where it's produced out at sea back onshore to where it's used. the current grid is not ready for that and needs a massive rewiring. here is what is needed over the next decade. according to the people who will manage the uk's power grid. in green, those are the wind farms that will be there in 2035, as you can see, clustered around the east coast of scotland and the east coast of england. in blue, 4000 miles of subsea cables, moving the power around the coast. and then in red, 1000 miles of onshore power lines cutting through scotland, north—west england, wales, east anglia and here in essex. a 100—mile stretch of pylons from norfolk to the outskirts of london will run right through these bl

that's according to a new plan from the national grid's electricity systems operator.er lines, including pylons, are needed. its estimated the investment would add between £20 to £30 a year to customer bills. hello from the bbc sport centre. in the nba, the la lakers kept their slim chance of a playoff place alive after a dominant win over the atlanta hawks, helped by impressive performances from lebronjames and de'angelo russell. it was a bad night for atlanta, aside from some spectacular dunks from jalenjohnson, who finished the game with 25 points. james produced yet another standout performance for the lakers as the end of the regular season approaches. the 39—year—old scored 25 points and had ten assists and seven rebounds as the lakers won their 13th game of the last 20. however, on this occasion the accolades went to his team—mate russell. he finished with 27 points, which included six three pointers. the sixth saw him score his 183rd of the campaign, which drew him level with nick van exel with 12 games of the regular season remaining. it's just really cool. i

operator, which national which is part of the national grid, issued a new report grid, has issued a newg an additional £58 billion will need to be spent decarbonising the grid to reach net zero status by 2035. this is about £1,000 per adult in britain. in the united kingdom , britain. in the united kingdom, exposing the lack of affordability of the project, not least because the official commons committee report says the expects its goal the government expects its goal to decarbonise the power system to decarbonise the power system to require wait for it 275 to £375 billion of public and private investment , as well £375 billion of public and private investment, as well as 50 to £150 billion of investment in the electricity networks . but in the electricity networks. but this poses a serious problems for the labour party. this policy attempts to out green the tories by pledging to achieve a decarbonised grid by 2035 years earlier. so if current cost projections are already this high, what would it be under the labour party? well, i'm joined now by doctor paul dorfman, associate fellow o

its gas unit, which has a capacity of 307 megawatts, is connected to the national grid. during the new visit of the president to this province , 30 new water industry projects are planned. and the electricity will be put into use, like the first stage of the andimashk water supply community project, increasing the production and storage volume of drinking water, completing the darkhorvin water treatment plant, building transmission and super distribution stations, and increasing the reliability and stability of the electricity network of khuzestan province, one of the half-plans the work that is supposed to be implemented after 30 years by the order of the president is the first stage of the national plan. the sewage is ahvaz. the physical progress of this project was about 30% until two years ago. but now it has reached more than 611 and with the operation of the station the pumping of sewage entering the karun river is stopped at six points. ruqiyeh hoyda, radio and television news agency. the third aid convoy of irgc and executive headquarters of farman imam to the fl

grid. some of the sections underground.■= >> mr. speaker my honorable friend to raise the concern that this constituents and recognize the balance when you strike by making sure we give our country that do away insists respectful. i'll be sure to make the concerns he has raised and all of these constituents have taken into account. >> final question. the days are numbered. will soon be in opposition will use thisovailable to him enjoying the hundred 38 nations member states and recognize the >> mr. speaker. our position has been consistently clear that we will recognize the state of palestine makes most beneficial sense to go over the peace process. of course there is a two state solution for the here and now what we are calling for is an immediate sustained humanitarian force for the safe release of hostages including british and nationals all sides to seize the opportunity and continued negotiations to reach an agreement as soon as possible. >> questions?■x

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could my quite horle destroy when finally ministers are considering the consultation from national grid. speaker my to raise the t this constituents and recognize the balance when you strike by that do away insists respectful. i'll be sure to make sure the nc■n has raised and all of these constituents have taken into account. >> final question. numbered. will soon be in opposition will use this to make it available to him enjoying the hundred 38 nations member states and recognize the state. >> consistently clear that we will recognize the state of palestine makes most beneficial sense to of course there is a two state solution for the here and now what we are calling for is an immediate sustained humanitarian force release of hostages including british and nationals. we would urge all sides to sze ew negotiations to reach an agreement as soon as possible. >> questions? checks treury secretary janet yeen white house budget director slonda young were on capitol hill today testifying about president biden's 2025 budget request. taking questions from members of the house appropriations suo

national grid thinks that option is too expensive.external affairs manager because the cost of infrastructure like this goes onto all of our bills. >> government expects us to keep costs as low as possible, even though proposals are in early stages for locals, they are no less shocking. >> will hollis gb news in lincolnshire is that affecting you? >> if so, let us know, would you allow it to happen in your area or not? in the race to be. what are we carbon neutral or whatever? but, it's all it is. listen, it's just saving money. they put them overground and underground where it would be expensive to do . they're ugly. expensive to do. they're ugly. it could be argued they're dangerous. let us know what you think. an paul coyte is now officially in the studio, and he's going to bring us up to date, because there's a lot to talk about. >> there is morning. >> there is morning. >> but firstly, though, i never, ever went near a pylon. i know you said would make your hair you said it would make your hair stand it, because i remember stand

today the national grid runs an auction every half hour to decide which electricity generators will contributethe most expensive they buy becomes the price that everyone pays, so even if one generator is up 5p pays, so even if one generator is up 5p and the next is 15, one that is 5p 5p and the next is 15, one that is 5p gets isp and we all pay for it, and if we break the country into different regions, what you find is that in most regions, the winning bid will be lower than it is today. and in every region in fact the average price will be lower than it is today. sometimes people say, isn't it fair that we have the same level of electricity costs all the time everywhere? that is saying, the way we would make them face to judge everyone the same level of rent that people pay in london around the country, but that is not fair. we wasted a lot of money last year turning off wind farms and balancing the system, but instead of doing that we should be getting cheap electricity to the people that live near the generation. you electricity to the people that live near the generation.— electricity to

a £58 billion revamp for the uk's national grid — but it will mean higher bills and more pylons?nning it after the next election — labour's shadow chancellor, rachel reeves — will be outlining her plans in the next few hours. in a speech to business and finance chiefs in the city of london — ms reeves will promise a "new chapter in britain's economic history". we don't have many of the details yet — but it's thought she'll outline a new industrial strategy for the uk — including a "national wealth fund" to invest in growth industries — that would in turn create half a million newjobs. she's also expected to announce reforms to the treasury — the government's finance department — to make it support

yes, we do have to invest money in the national grid, think that can be grid, but i think that can beional invests a lot of national grid invests a lot of money in making sure it's resilient, think that's in resilient, and i think that's in the of consumers to the interests of consumers to make more independent, make us much more independent, energy independent. >> obviously, there's this move to drive electric to get people to drive electric vehicles currently, as it stands, your stands, mr harper, your transport secretary. so you should know the answer to this. how many electric vehicle charging are there charging points are there in the uk . uk. >> so we've just driven up. well it depends what you mean by charging points. most people with electric vehicle with an electric vehicle actually charge their vehicle at home. yes, we're obviously when they're out on the road, how many are the points ? we're we're many are the points? we're we're going to need an increasing number of charging points publicly. we drove up the number of charging points in the last year by 43. the charge point

. >> vickers thank you, mr speaker i >> -- >> the prime minister will be aware of plans by national gridd network through much of rural lincolnshire , which is rural lincolnshire, which is causing much consternation, particularly in rural villages. could my right honourable friend assure my residents that when finally ministers consider the consultations that come forward from national grid, that they will give sympathetic consideration to putting some of the sections underground? yeah >> well, mr speaker, my hon. friend is absolutely right to raise the concerns of his constituents, and he will recognise the balance that we need to strike by making sure that we give our country the energy security that needs, but do that in a way that is respectful of the impact on local be sure local communities. i'll be sure to make sure that ministers take into account that into account the concerns that he's raised, and that all the views of local constituents views of his local constituents are into account. are taken into account. >> final question. mr speaker, given the prime minister's and his go

but burying cables underground can be up to four times more expensive, according to national grid.eliminary plans that would have to go through a robust planning process, a stage at which many infrastructure plans have failed. but without a grid upgrade, the uk's wind power risks going to waste. simon jack, bbc news. the availability of nursery and preschool care is falling in england, scotland and wales at the same time that costs are rising. that's according to research by a childcare charity. government—funded places for two—year—olds in england are due to be expanded from april, but the charity coram family and childcare suggests fewer than one in three councils in britain believes there is enough childcare provision for under—twos in all areas. here's vanessa clarke. see you later. it's drop off time at granby nursery on the border of nottinghamshire and the children here are ready to start the day. but the cost of a nursery space like this is rising fast. an increase in the minimum wage and other costs mean nurseries are finding it hard to balance the books. we do want to pay

we have all of these local grids connected to the national grid, nobody takes responsibility for thefornia is part of the disaster. when you think about it, china and russia are the best allies that these these greeniacs have. the inflation reduction act, even though as jesse was talking about, we have to have fossil fuels, there has to be a mid way the point where we get to where everything is working off of the electric grid, the truth is, under the inflation reduction act, the tax credits that the electric companies get is like 50% greater than the fossil fuel companies get. so he can be out there saying "oh, i am really drill baby grill -- drill" with the only people who get the tax credit of the electric companies. >> kennedy: not building refineries and not enough charging stations. only 70 charging stations -- go it's an outrage. >> greg: it is an outrage. personally i would like to thank you for helping with my green agenda. i had a little bit of a booger on my nose and she was able during the break to clear it off my nose. you put the us in mucus. anyways. again, it is when

the national grid says the extra power lines, as well as underwater cabling, will cost close to £60 billion more huge wind farms are planned to decarbonise uk electricity and make it less reliant on imported fossil fuels. but you need to get the electricity from where it's produced out at sea back onshore to where it's used. the current grid is not ready for that and needs a massive rewiring. here is what is needed over the next decade according to the people who will manage the uk's power grid. in green, those are the wind farms that will be there in 2035, as you can see, clustered around the east coast of scotland and the east coast of england. in blue, 4,000 miles of subsea cables, moving the power around the coast. and then in red, 1,000 miles of onshore power lines cutting through scotland, north—west england, wales, east anglia and here in essex. a 100—mile stretch of pylons from norfolk to the outskirts of london will run right through these blackcurrant fields in rural essex. opponents say there are better ways and vow to fight the proposals. we've never had options. we've been told

we have all of these local grids connected to the national grid., nobody takes responsibility for thena if you think about it china and russia are the best allies that these green advocates have. you have to move toward thiss electrical stuff and the inflation reduction act, evense though as jesse was talking about, you know, we've gottas, t have fossil fuels, there's got to be a midway to the point where we get to where everythinr is working off of the electric grid. the truth is rid,, under the inflation reduction act, the tax credits that the electric companies get is like 50% greater than the fossil fuel companies get.get. so he can be out there saying i'm drill baby drill, but that's not happening because the only people who get the tax benefits are the electric companies. cre >> and we are not building any more refineries or enoughgi charging stations.ng >> that is so true. >> only seven new charging stations -- and outrage. >> greg: personally i'd like to thank you for helping me with my green agenda. i had a bit of a bugger on my nose. she was able during the break to clear it

why the national grid is warning britain needs thousands more electricity pylons and it means that billsop — how the bbc�*s famous newsnight interview with prince andrew has been turned into drama. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. kensington palace is making no comment about footage of the princess of wales at a farm shop in windsor over the weekend. the video, published by the sun, is the first we have seen of her since the palace announced she was going into hospital for abdominal surgery in january. today, prince william was back at work visiting housing initiatives in sheffield to promote his project to tackle homelessness. here's our royal correspondent daniela relph.

grid and having agreed a prosperity fund.is stimulated and grows more strongly, these challenges will be ones that are not just here for a short term, but for the medium and long—term. that's why it's such a priority for labour. that's why we bring so much priority into that area.— into that area. jonathan reynolds, thank ou into that area. jonathan reynolds, thank you very _ into that area. jonathan reynolds, thank you very much. _ the chancellor's been speaking to reporters this afternoon. we've shown that we can continue to cut taxes _ we've shown that we can continue to cut taxes in— we've shown that we can continue to cut taxes in a — we've shown that we can continue to cut taxes in a way that makes a real difference _ cut taxes in a way that makes a real difference to people's family budgets combined with the autumn. it's budgets combined with the autumn. lt's an— budgets combined with the autumn. it's an extra £900 in people's pockets — it's an extra £900 in people's pockets if_ it's an extra £900 in people's pockets i

we have all these local grids that are connectedocal gri to te national grid. nobody takes responsibility for the grids. california is part of the disaster. and, you know, when you think about it, china and russia are the best allies that these greenies have because they are you know, you got to move you got to move toward this electrical stuff in the inflation act, even though italg was just you was talking about, you know, we'v to havee got to l fossil fuels, there's got to be a middle way to ths,e where we get to where everything is working offo wher the electrc grid. the truth is, unde ghe truthr t the inflation reduction act, the the the tax credits that the electric companies get is 50% greater than the fossil fuel companies get. he can be out there saying, oh, really? drill, baby, drill.. >> but that's not happening because the only people the tax benefits are the electric companies. yeah, and we'rh the onlye not b. any more refineries. >> we're also not building enough charging stations >> ken. that is so true. only seven new charging stations station,

power grid. it also comes at a time when more businesses and households are embracing electric gadgets and moving away from fossil fuels. >> and so in buildings, we're now using electricity for heating, we're using electricity for cooking. we also have a build our vehicles, which are becoming electrified to help the power grid manage the growing demand. >> some tech giants behind ai programs are looking for ways to generate their own electricity. >> we are thinking about how can we develop smaller nuclear power plants to power our data centers? you can have nuclear operate 24 seven with with minimal environmental impacts. >> let's push for nuclear. comes as odonkor says renewable energies like solar and wind aren't supplying enough power for ai. >> the sun doesn't always shine, the wind doesn't always blow, so they're not necessarily the right fix, he recommends communities invest in infrastructure upgrades to their power grids to prevent system overloads. >> sean rangel, fox news ktvu, fox two n

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. >> one of my major concerns is how grid liability is a national security issue. we talk about renewables, and with evs, and a reliance on batteries, mr. chairman,i did not, i did not bring this to the attention of the committee earlier, but if you look at battery manufacturing, china controls 69%i tell people we do not make batteries, we assemble batteries so is, as we continue to shut down the power production and we try to move more to renewables we are creating a national security t only on our grid reliability. the single biggest threat is changing the resource mix. how would you respond to th as i tried to mention, having all of the above, which would include gas, which includes nuclear, which includes renewables, gives it diversification of the portfolio ana strength and a resiliency. the commodities, along with gas and coal, they fluctuate sometimes they trace each other, but if there is a problem with one it would not necessarily be with another and thatis where dive comes in. the thought of having more nuclear, small module, coal solar, gas, wind, all wo

but for instance, we've heard from grid saying from the national grid saying it's to cost 60 billiononise it's going to cost 60 billion to rea(grid, decarbonise it's going to cost 60 billion to rea(grid, is decarbonise it's going to cost 60 billion to rea(grid, is obviously;e the grid, which is obviously a significant of money. significant amount of money. we've heard from a solar we've also heard from a solar company longi, has company called longi, which has slashed 30% of staff because there's glut of solar there's now a glut of solar panels. we've also heard from the national audit office to suggest that 27 times more gas boilers than heat pumps have been sold in 2022, obviously, the government wanted us all to embrace heat pumps and we haven't. and therefore, let's put it to you. first of all, rupert, isn't it the case that actually net zero is running out of steam, not least because we read this week? and isn't this an achievement britain an achievement for britain that carbon emissions have to carbon emissions have fallen to the levels since 1879? so the lowest levels since 18

the national grid has embarrassed the labour party, undermining its plans to achieve a net zero gridns to decarbonise the grid by 2035 will cost you £58 billion. we must abandon this unaffordable fantasy speaking of the green agenda, buying an electric car won't save you from speeding tickets. as the noble lord, lord goldsmith, has just discovered, as he is banned from driving for 11 trivial speeding offences. but is this just the latest chapter of the war on the motorist? plus, last week , his motorist? plus, last week, his grace, the archbishop of canterbury, met the reverend fadi diab , the anglican cleric fadi diab, the anglican cleric from saint andrew's, ramallah in palestine , to discuss the war. palestine, to discuss the war. tonight, the reverend diab joins me live in the studio. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by a cerebral panel this evening. author and journalist michael crick and new culture forum fellow and broadcaster emma webb . as always, i want to hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.com. programme. email

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and so if a nation states grid is not how it can be knocked out for a long time if it is emp.you will see nationstates rather work hardening the grid which will create economic incentives to basically build more resilience into all of the core infrastructure. okay. so those are our 20 trends for 2024, and happy to take questions for a few minutes. great. >> good morning. thanks for the straight presentation, and on the grid hardening and live in arlington, virginia, what a small windstorm cannot cut our electricity. so grid hardening would be a good thing, at least locally i would think in some places. can ask you a little bit about your trends, can you help us understand root causes versus impacts? i think in the international trade space we are seeing a lot of protectionism and the united states. i think that's rising out of fears among noncollege educated men primarily. that's driving some of the things you have here in your trends. other factors as well. i'm just wondering maybe if you could articulate a little bit which of these are kind of root issues and which of these

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power grid. >> tech companies behind these ai programs need huge data centers to help train their softwared that requires a lot of electricity. >> you can have chatgpt, for example, be able to talk to you like a human, a human being. we had to first train it to be able to do that. so that requires a lot of electricity, making it possible for you to just go on your phone and ask chatgpt anything that also needs electricity, because it has to be on standby 24 over seven to help manage the growing demand, some big tech companies are looking for ways to generate their own energy, which could include a push for nuclear energy or more renewable sources like solar and wind. >> the faa is issuing new guidance as next month's total solar eclipse approaches. it is set to take place on april 8th. that is a monday. the faa has warned travelers to expect delays comparable to those associated with high travel days. the agency says aircraft could have to be held back or rerouted around the path of the eclipse, and there could even be temporary flight restrictions. airports in texas, canada, pennsylvania

energy grid to the point of causing an electric powere shortage nationwide.as of thisly chaect would be catastrophic. you talk about rolling blackouts, you talk about supplyin chain disruptions,ed by loss of communications and an increase in vulnerabilitfoy of y foreign actors, just to name a few. and yes contin tt democrats conu to wage war on america's most reliable and abundant source of energy. >> republicans might sit here and tell you that renewable energy is a threat to our power grid, that it jeopardize s its security. simply untrue. you know what threatens the grid wha? >> dependent on fossil fuel? climate change. jo >> exactly who is take my cues from her. joinin turg now is daniel turne, founder and executive director of power the future. uture.how dodaniel, how do we gt restraining the grid to this point? >> welg it? he wa >> yeah, well, since day one ofu the biden administration, when he declaretd he was going to shut down fossil fuels, they've waged a war on shuttinge down coal plants, natural gas plants. you have billionaire green philanthropis

electric vehicles, however, perform less well in cold climates, and the nation's electric power grid needs to be far more robust to support all evs. >> all of that needs to happen. it will not happen overnight, but we are laser focused on on making it happen, and we're already seeing a shift. there is a lot going into r&d for exactly that, those kinds of questions. >> in other words, though, gillig and other ev bus makers prove it can be done. can it be done on the grand scale? transit needs to switch over to anytime soon. tom vacar ktvu, fox two news. >> tomorrow is opening day for both the oakland a's and the san francisco giants. the giants start on the road. the a's at the coliseum may be for the last time the team is planning to move to las vegas, and frustrated a's fans are planning to stage an opening day boycott outside the coliseum. it's being organized by the fan group last dive bar. earlier today on the floor, we spoke with brian johansen from last dive bar and he says they're urging fans now to skip the game and instead join a protest and tailgate in parking lot b at the

electric vehicles, however, perform less well in cold climates, and the nation's electric power grid needs to be far more robust to support all evs. >> all of that needs to happen. it will not happen overnight, but we are laser focused on on making it happen, and we're already seeing a shift. there is a lot going into r&d for exactly those kinds of questions. >> in other words, though, gillig and other ev bus makers prove it can be done. can it be done on the grand scale? transit needs to switch over to any time soon. tom vacar ktvu, fox two news. >> a vacaville police officer reunited with the children he saved from horrific conditions. their journey from extreme neglect and poverty to much needed shelter. >> plus a major republican senator rallies around israel as the country looks to press ahead with an offensive into southern gaza. i'm trey yingst if advanced lung cancer has you searching for possibilities, discover a different first treatment. immunotherapies work with your immune system to attack cancer. but opdivo plus yervoy is the first combination of 2 immunotherapies for a

., pushing the nation's power grid to the limit.the demand for electrification and build ing up the nation's infrastructure. the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning and welcome back to "squawk box" right here on cnbc. we are live at the nasdaq market site in times square. i'm andrew ross sorkin with becky quick and joe kernen. a lot going on this morning. let's show you the futures right now. if things opened up right now, we would be up on the dow about 48 points. the s&p 500 up about 4 points. nasdaq up about 2 points. treasuries, let's show you the ten-year and two-year note. the ten-year, 4.161. two-year, 4.607. and then crypto, we're going to be speaking a little bit with mike novogratz from galaxy, but you're looking right now, that was energy, we'll show you bitcoin, $73,290. we'll talk to novogratz about all of that in the next half hour and about the impact of the crypto etfs. joining us now to talk markets, the president and chief investment officer for piper berman, $463 billion in assets under

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really ricketty arthritic power grid".overnment is behind the 8 ball and not stepping up. what do you think? >> we have so many fossil fuels in this country. we have generations of oil and natural gas and coal. our parents didn't deal with this grid power, our grandparents didn't. these are new problems and it's because we're attacking the fossil fuel industry. here's the best example of it, remember just two years ago, joe biden was in boston and he was outside of a power plant that closed, a coal plant and he said we're going to build wind and solar. they didn't build wind and solar first. they dismantled the coal plant first and that's what we're doing. we're shutting down coal and natural gas and they are saying the wind and solar will get built. in that delta we're having grid problems. this is not remotely surprising. elizabeth: stay on that for a second, it's grid problems and this, utility power companies are stressed. new reports coming in, utility excel energy said it may have ignited the texas wild fires and big

states and backed by western nations like the united states.y have not found lasting peace. >> thousands were killed during the 10 months of fighting between government forces and the opposing rs f. 8 million people have a fled their homes. more than 25 million civilians in sudan, south sudan, and chad are facing hunger and malnutrition. 90% of people enduring severe hunger in sudan are stranded in areas difficult for aid agencies to reach. i have been speaking to the spokesman for the united nations commission on human rights. thank you for joining us on bbc news. we are almost one year from the beginning of the conflict in sudan. can you describe the situation currently there? >> the situation is one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in the world. there are appalling human rights violations happening in sudan. 20 years ago, you will remember the world was shocked by the atrocities happening in down for. -- darfur. now, the same atrocities are happening again in darfur with very little consequence or attention from the world. so, this is

we'll also put more strain on the grid. >> for your health, a new study says our national parks are filled with small og and 4 of the most polluted parks are right here in california. they include joshua tree, sequoia and kings canyon national parks and mojave national preserve the national parks conservation association looked at 400 sites and said nearly 97% had significant or unsatisfactory levels of ozone pollution. you're 70 and death valley. national parks are also in the top 10 for most unhealthy air researchers say pollution can travel hundreds of miles from urban areas into the parks. it then becomes trapped and concentrated in the parks bally's before going into the foothills and the mountains. >> this winter was the warmest on record for the u.s. according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. those records date back to the late 18, 100's, in fact, winner has become the fastest warming season for nearly 3 fourths of the country. december was a full 7 degrees above average, aside from a brutal cold spell in january, higher temperatures were recorded throughout t