hello, alex thomas. initial money came from the conservative party, it was paid for by the conservative party. does that matter, is anything wrong with that? it party. does that matter, is anything wrong with that?— wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that _ wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that the _ wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that the prime _ wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that the prime minister i wrong with that? it matters, and it matters that the prime minister is| matters that the prime minister is transparent about where money came from, it came from the conservative party, it could have come from a donor to the conservative party and the bigger picture reason why it matters is this morning we are hearing the prime minister wants his cabinet to focus on the people's priorities, citing coronavirus, that is right, the reason we have rules around transparency is so the public know his decision—makers, up to and including the prime minister, what their

alex thomas, from the institute of - thomas, from the institute of government. thank you.cted that to conservative mps had been told to vote against this, so that was the result we expected. this doesn't have any impact on the existing government review that is happening into greensill capital and its involvement with government. i think the other thing it's interesting to look at is a lot of the points the conservative mps made this afternoon as there are existing processes and mechanisms within government. this is not likely to be the last we will hear of this and certainly i think we will hear a lot more pressure to get something done about lobbying. sure, ok. helen catt with the latest from westminster. a major uk trial to assess whether people can safely be given different types of covid vaccine for their first and second doses, will be expanded. the trial will now include the moderna and novovax jabs. people over the age of 50, who've had a first dose of either the pfizer or astrazeneca vaccine, can apply to take part. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports.

>> 141 >> perfect you got it >> reporter: meet alex thomas, age 8, and joan bondi, age 80. >> i've gotretired school teacher, but since december she's taken on a new student. >> i was a little bit nervous because i haven't taught anybody for a long, long time. >> reporter: she lives at westminster canterberry, a senior living center and is part of a group piloting a tutoring program, called birdsong connecting seniors with students online. >> it is very exciting to learn from her very challenging in a good way. >> reporter: alex is in second grade. he hasn't been back in school since the class went virtual. >> when we started subtracting it was a little hard and i actually rocked it. >> you rocked it. >> can't put into words the help that it's been. >> reporter: alex's mom is crystal, a nurse working the night shift. >> struggling and trying to balance home life and work life has been difficult it's more than i could have ever expected or wanted got lucky with mrs. bondi. >> i'm the lucky one for sure. >> this is my owl. >> dr. rosemary hughes is a former teacher and therapist. >> ryan

it is going to look into the lessons that can be learned from greensiit _ earlier i spoke with alex thomasvernment. i asked him what he makes of labour suggestion that this is all tory sleaze. it is not something that you can say is unique to conservative governments are labour governments or anything else. where i do think a number of the commentators in the labour party have a point is that checks and balances on individuals, whether they are ministers, former ministers, serving civil servants of former civil servants like me are too loose and are generally reliant on conventions and on people sort of generally behaving themselves and when they are tested, as this government has tested them, the ministerial code and others in the recent months, in the last 18 months or so, they tend not to get much purchase on those people who might be sailing close to the winter. but lobbying is an essential part of how government works, how society works and as helen catt made the point, it is notjust politicians lobbying potentially on behalf of big companies, it is charities, trade unions. it is surp

alex perez and pierre thomas standing by tonight. >>> in other news, as the chauvin verdict was abouto be read yesterday, the deadly police shooting of a 16-year-old girl, armed

alex perez and pierre thomas standing by tonight. >>> in other news, as the chauvin verdict was able to br- armed with a knife, unfolding in columbus, ohio. tonight, authorities quickly releasing body camera video now. and what the mayor is saying tonight. >>> the coronavirus in the u.s. president biden saying, we did more than 200 million shots in arms in his first 100 days. but tonight, the new challenge in the u.s. to reach those who haven't gotten the vaccine, even with it now available. tonight, the president's push to employers, to give workers paid time off to go get the shot, to protect themselves and their communities. and overseas tonight, the crisis unfolding. the virus in india. the highest daily death toll yet. patients sharing beds. >>> on the eve of his climate summit with world leaders, president biden expected to commit to slashing carbon emissions in half by 2030. ginger zee in the mojave desert searching for what's called white gold, lithium. >>> severe storms moving across the northeast. the chain reaction crash in wisconsin. and now the deep freeze from oklahoma

alex perez and pierre thomas standing by tonight. >>> in other news, as the chauvin verdict was ablearmed with a knife, unfolding in columbus, ohio. tonight, authorities q

alex iwobi. the chelsea manager thomas tuchel says "now�*s the time" to win titles and one could come in the championset that advantage. i hope we embrace the challenge, i hope we feel it, that this is a match that everybody waits for since he's a little kid and a little boy, everybody wants to play champions league, everybody wants to be part of it, everybody wants to have a decisive match. and forget the result. like i said, it's the past, we have to deliver again. northern ireland's women can make history tonight, by reaching their first majorfinals. they're in belfast for the second leg of their euro 2022 qualifier against ukraine. they insist they're still underdogs, despite a 2—1 lead from the away leg — and manager kenny shiels says that slender advantage has made it a challenge to prepare for the game. pa rt part of me is saying i wish it was 2-2 part of me is saying i wish it was 2—2 and not to — one because then we would have a clear map of let's win the game. ifeel would have a clear map of let's win the game. i feel it's a precarious advantage but it's also one which we have to be grateful

alex: let's get to that. down 2%, but off the lows of the sessions. bloomberg spoke with the ceo and asked about that to billion-dollar raise. thomasave addressed most of the issue. archegos we are down to the last 3%. we have exited the positions and we have raised almost $2 billion. we have taken action, we have taken management exchanges. we have done quite a lot. still some work to do in the second and third quarter, but we have taken a lot of measures. >> why do the convertible bond instead of doing something else? thomas: traditional capital is the best way to raise the equity. it was important for us to get to 13% he one ratio, which we now have. that was important for us to take the capital discussion off the table. francine: what concrete measures are you taking to reduce risk, especially in the prime brokerage business, besides tightening financed conditions? thomas: we are going through the entire portfolio. we have already started to reduce the risk. our plan is to reduce leverage exposure by 35 billion by the end of the second quarter. we will take further action in terms of control systems, both on the first line of d

thomas for us as always. thank you so much. >>> we want to turn to the derek chauvin trial. week two getting under way today after five days of emotional testimony last week. alexez is covering it for us. he's at the courthouse there in minneapolis. good morning to you, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, t.j. after a week of explosive testimony last week, the prosecution will continue to present its case before the jury later this morning. now, former cop derek chauvin has spent most of the trial taking notes during testimony. jurors last week's hearing from emotional witnesses including george floyd's girlfriend who detailed their opioid addiction and testimony from lieutenant richard zimmerman, the most senior officer on the police force and head of homicide who testified what chauvin did goes against everything officers have been trained to do, calling the use of force while floyd was already handcuffed totally unnecessary. >> pulling him down to the ground face down and putting your knee on a neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for. i saw no reason why the officers felt they were in danger if that's what they felt, and that's what they would ha