all in all the audi r s e trying t. t. is a super sports car with the elegant look of a sedan and a decent range the charging time is likewise top tier however prices for the entry level model started just under $100000.00 euros and the version we tested cost at least a 3rd more. this man is on a mission to make berlin a cleaner more sustainable and more pleasant place to live whole and decided that the city's transportation logistics needed to shake out. his 3 wheeled urban cargo delivered to customers doors all around the city with 0 emissions. the idea is that the final section of the delivery chain needs to be greener. was among the view i need to be permanently on the ball looking for the latest trends and developments and putting them into practice. my approach to life is constantly doing something new and never standing still and that's kind of my inner motivation. changing traffic conditions here with vehicles like this your fault for listening to that noise from the truck behind me i want to rid the city of that r

audi estimates that there are 85 percent he turns you t. customers charge. at home so that the wall both with 11 or $22.00 kilowatt which would then take the maximum off 8 hours to fully recharge if it was empty. speaking of empty. well you will usually find the engine with cars will be key when you open up the front you will find trunk or like to call it. it's not exactly very big but you can still fit a few things in there and. you still got the trunk in the back. feature 405 meters but i think it is flat so you won't be able to fit any big things in there but on the other hand that's what most calls that have body type so it's ok. my final verdict on the car if you are a fellow racing this crazy thing is very good there is almost nothing to complain about except when you know if only i had 100000 euros to buy 1. 150 i don't know all in all the audi r s e trying is a super sports car with the elegant look of a sedan and a decent range but charging time is likewise top tier however prices for the entry level model started just under 100000 euros and the r.s

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posted the strongest sales increases in this segment china is really a hot market for example for audi audi overall worldwide in february saw an increase of 31 percent that was outperformed only by porsche it with an increase in sales of 33 percent other brands which depend more on the european market like skoda also in part at least folks cars itself they have seen a bit more shaky sales numbers and it has to be said for its bar group wants to make sure that the. skoda brands like this don't become too successful compared with the core folks who are they are not supposed to compete to successfully against you know the v.w. bread. all right there thank you so much for bringing us up to date on the fog sodden numbers thank you so much. brings us to our next topic namely is a no deal breaks it's still possible the european union says it will take legal action against the british government after it announced it will unilaterally extend the grace period for brakes it the e.u. says london's decision to delay imposing customs checks on food deliveries to northern ireland amounts to a violat

of firsts seven days thao's audie worn camera.offer 71 thao's audie worn camera at a:34:48. >> offer 72 photograph from body worn camera 20:53:47 offers 74 body worn camera 20:38, 72. offer 195 a still photograph from defendant chauvin's body worn camera 20:18:18. offer 196 thao's body worn camera at 20:18:30. offer 197 thao's body worn camera to 7:18, 40. >> offer to 37 a photograph of kings audie worn camera. offer to 38 chauvin's body worn camera at 20:18:18. offered to 39 thao's body worn camera 20:18:40. offer to 40 king's body worn camera at 20:18, 27. offer to 41 lanes body worn camera at 20:19:53. offer to 42 body worn camera 20:23:50. offer to 43 lanes body worn camera. offer to 44 body worn camera 20: 26:45. offered to 45 lanes body worn camera at 20:28:23. now to exhibits to 48 body worn camera at a:27:41. and then one final body worn camera exhibit for publication that is relatively short your honor exhibit 45 another segment of defendant chauvin's audie worn camera. >> we need to publish 45. [silence] >> you can't win

i just got an email from audi. do a new report about the car about cruise card has the man send me something or scream or were you to go sure that this man only says that they can just tell me i don't either document. it right it's just so you know what's up can turn was my savior and now he's a person who's become part of my life. back to the most well. that is what i want because both ways i stop by regularly and i always look forward to it also to drinking tea together of not talking about things other than computers and children 1st who could not and i think. it's a ritual they wouldn't want to do with out here thanks anita. heart element yes we're on some rogue no hostility bit then it'll be fine just who is helping here. we lose might rescue people in certain situations but without knowing it they actually give us more than we give them. i'd forgotten there was this human aspect to life. but it's not just about money. most of all it's about what you can give to others that makes you feel good. and it makes yo

i just got an email from audi. don't you weep about the car about who's card has the money send me something or scream or were you. sure that this man only says they can just tell me i don't either document. it right it's just so you know what's up can turn was my savior and now he's a person who's become part of my life. back to the most well off. to work on one because both ways i stop by regularly and i always look forward to it also to drinking tea together of not talking about things other than computers and children 1st who could love them i think it's a ritual they wouldn't want to do without here thanks anita. hot element yes we're on some rogue no hostility bit then it'll be fine just who is helping hear hear. it says. we lose much risky people in certain situations with that but without knowing it they actually give us more than we give them. much forgotten there was this human aspect to life. but it's not just about money. most of all it's about what you can give to others that makes you feel good. and i

ok you're breaking up a little bit here on the audie you didn't hear kareem and great kids. but we'll try try just what one more just just worry about what sort of damage has been caused by is no scream i'm afraid we basically do. is just breaking up too much perhaps we can talk to you again later on that was kareem. talking to us from cairo on a very shaky line now moving on to myanmar international condemnation is growing of saturday's bloodshed there in which the military killed more than $100.00 civilians including children u.s. president joe biden the european union and the united nations have all expressed anger over the violence calling it outrageous unacceptable and mass murder funerals were held for the victims of what was the country's bloodiest day since the army seized power. a funeral for a 13 year old boy sajjan was killed when security forces in yangon opened fire the neighbors say there were no protests in the area this just one of many funerals held the day after the armed forces day massacre in the streets of myanmar cities were stained in blood. his mother

germany's highest courts has set a high bar for prosecutors seeking damages from audi in connection with the manipulated diesel motors used in some of its cars according to the ruling senior management must be aware of the fraud in order for the company to be held liable. time now for a quick check on financial markets chose to delay me as our correspondent in frankfurt chelsea let's take a look at tech stocks where the selloff seems to be continuing the nastase now down more than 10 percent since its february record and kerr currently officially in correction mode take stocks have sewer throughout the pen demick why are they falling now. well for the past year markets have really and lock down so all of these stocks that benefit from people being in quarantine staying home working from home amazon's apples the peloton were really really seeing very strong really strong growth in business and business and that helped to project to propel the overall market higher but now investors are starting to take more seriously this idea that we could be moving towards normality again so investors a

let's start with audi. audi. au it is recalling all a3's build from 2013-last year. the cars passed your occupant detection system may malfunction and turn off the airbag when someone is in the front passenger seat. they recommend not using the passenger seat and taking the car into a dealership as soon as possible. the company says there is a possible risk of injury if anyone is sitting in the front passenger seat when there is a crash. however, they are not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the problem.>>> volkswagen pulled in early april fools joke on nearly everyone for about an hour monday. the company's website made it look like it was changing its name in the united states to vote wagon. the german automaker says it was a marketing stunt to get attention to the company's electric vehicle plans. it a massive medium coverage. they will make an announcement about the announcement soon. >>> the ira has announced the fair will have until to contribute to their ira account. they had already extended the tax filing deadline to the same date. individuals h

nike audi does 3 western brands are under attack in china for their stance on forced labor in. which calls for boycott spreading what is the anger mean for western companies increasingly caught between china and markets elsewhere. also on the show experts warn the pandemic is widening the digital divide in africa look at what needs to be done for business owners and workers on the continent. and germany was supposed to be the model of pandemic management that's changed and businesses are especially frustrated. walking to the show in berlin good to have you with us a furious china is lashing out against global fashion brands u.s. sports apparel maker nike is facing a backlash on social media in china after saying it was concerned about reports of forced labor of weekers in the sheen john region a region that it says it no longer sources cotton in and the fallout comes after the e.u. and the u.s. imposed sanctions on chinese officials for legit human rights violations and change on. nike is trending on social media in china but not in a good way it's facing a backlash after a sta

audie murphy story generally have the back story.they tried to make pat tolman a hero, he was in here they tried to build him up and found out they been killed by friendly fire tragically. and jessica i cannot member her name, shoot iraq from first woman soldier to capture say she'd gone down blazing that turned out not to be true. but we like our heroes. i heard murmuring on their having a little bit of interview issues. stop in and grab a coffee and thanks again for joining us that was great. thank you enjoyed it. >> you're watching book tv on cspan2. every weekend was the latest nonfiction books and authors buried book tv on cspan2, created by america's cable television company. today were brought to by these television companies who provide book tv to viewers as a public service book tv on cspan2 has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern, on "after words", claremont review of books editor charles kesler talks about his book, crisis of the two constitutions. the rise, decline, and recovery of

she got herself a cute little red car, an audi fox, ordered personalized plates, cjsfox. the car has long gone now, so we did this up to look just like it. quite often she'd get in her little car and go roaring off to school or to meat markets like the local red onion was back then. >> i know she was going to the red onion. i never went there with her, so i don't know what she was like. >> and then that night in march, kids off to bed. their son mike jr. was just a boy, 10 years old. >> i was in bed. i had just got a new stereo for my tenth birthday and was listening to the headphones. ♪♪ >> from his bed, he could see something happening out in the hallway. >> i remember them getting into an argument which was unusual. >> because they just didn't? >> not that i knew of. i remember her marching past and going out the front door and slamming the door. >> you heard the slam? >> i heard the slam of the front door, i know that. >> the next morning -- >> we got up, and she wasn't there. >> mike sr. told carol's dad that carol demanded he sign papers to sell their house and he d

i just got an email from audi. don't you weep about the car about jews card has the man sent me something or scream or were you. sure that this man only says that they can just tell me i don't either document. it right it's just so you know what's up can turn was my savior and now he's a person who's become part of my life. back to the most. of his work on one because both ways i stop by regularly and i always look forward to it also to drinking tea together of not talking about things other than computers him until the 1st who could not form i think it's a ritual they wouldn't want to do with out here thanks anita. heart and then yes we are on some rogue no hostility bit then it'll be fine just who is helping here. we lose might rescue people in certain situations but without knowing it they actually give us more than we give them. i've forgotten there was this human aspect to life. it's not just about money. most of all it's about what you can give to others that makes you feel good. and make sure you realize you

that eases the pain we have paved the way for the natives to use it easy man and wait a long that i'm audie at the end which across. the remote village of not to cooper is one of the most advantaged regions in the district. near the vehement world as cheap labor to use for as this and franchised house. to the sometimes group they have gained a certain degree of independence. my family didn't let me study i got mattered as soon as i completed my 12th standard in school after i b.b.q. and one i attended meetings of a self-help group calling anybody interested in working with. at 1st i was skeptical about how i would work with a young kid and by that i could work with others in the team and i know. the neighboring and 9 nursery here plans are grown for other. self-help groups as well as for home gardeners across the state. tell you we have the most sustainability is one of our most important principles. it was the home of the law and then a final who said i mean i wanna know if i need 500 plants i take only 500 seeds the rest will fall down and will become forest again only if we uproot plants

audi's condemned the war in yemen there was a peace flag kind of offered in the release allusion all hot tool saudi woman human rights activists. and then of course the release is the cia intelligence report on the show you murder but this report shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that i mean we already knew this but now just confirms that the bahamas been solomon ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi and then he has declined to impose any sanctions or any meaningful punishment. on the kingdom and so you know what this does is send the message not just to have been silent but authoritarians all over the world that murder will be tolerated but i think biden says that's not the message but have you said this film to him. we have people on the team that have been working to get him to see i don't know if you seen it you know i know hillary clinton has seen it because she was our screening last year i know various members of congress have seen the film i mean it's my hope that you know leaders around the world not just buy it and see the film because i think that we're in a day and age whe

questions still hanging over the games and only 142 days to come up with the answers david stokes audi's era. the threat of a boycott slew big over next year's winter olympics in china more than 180 organizations have urged governments to take the action because of alleged human rights abuses against mostly weak as tibetans and other minorities china's government denies the accusations it says the calls to boycott the beijing games are doomed to failure. some individual foreign politicians have politicized courts with an attempt to disturb and sabotage the preparations and the holding of the beijing winter olympics calling for a boycott these acts are in violation of their own and pick spirit we believe that the move will not win support from the international community and are doomed to failure. the japanese billionaire is looking for 8 people to join him on a trip to the moon on board a space x. flight in 2023 years says he'll pay for the entire journey and wants to recruit people from all kinds of backgrounds and what he calls the dia mood mission this hour is a fashion mogul and art

well he's going to address an audi a big audience there's the local press the international press its supporters from the workers party also from other leftist parties in brazil were invited to he said the met meant to learn a trade union where his political career was born where he started his political campaign he's expected to make. to have a speech like a statesman not like an angry person who who is just very upset because he has been in prison apparently now without motive since the charges have been a nulled. and he's supposed to mark like a contract wean himself and write when pres sinatra was elected. as part of his campaign was he would be the person to defeat communism and the law and the left and corruption so he that we're expecting him to make. to speak like a statesman and not 20 just to face the political campaign tribulations which will be and by the 2021 write this this could pave the way for a new of course to fight for the presidency next heir in 2021 how popular is is he still among brazilians know that. no he's a very popular figure but on the same side he's also

but the entire world's most why is such a resigned tone from the kremlin well just to recap quickly audie of this week on national television president biden essentially called vladimir putin a killer a shocking statement that was unprecedented in its lack of diplomacy unfounded in its lack of evidence and really unexpected given moscow's insistence over the years that it wants to work with a washington and in keeping with this tradition despite that remarkable comment from his american counterpart vladimir putin reiterated russia's readiness to cooperate with all countries of the world including the u.s. but washington stopped by its guns person boy we were going forward you. know the president gave a direct answer to a direct question i would say that the president already had a conversation already with president putin even as there are more world leaders that he has not yet engaged with and we engage with russian leaders members of the government at all levels but i don't have anything to report to you in terms of a future meeting the president will. course be in georgia tomorrow and

wants a fog and nato russia relations but the ball is in russia's court now can you explain to our audie. and why that seems so odd or actually upside down go ahead marcus well we should all be hoping for in date train for a full invalidations between nato and russia because the preservation of global peace to a very large extent depends on improvements in ties between the western military block and of russian federation however it is simply ludicrous for the german foreign minister to argue that the who is in russia's coats when in truth who is in nato school firstly it is not russia who has violates it the nato russia found in acts of $99.00 to $7.00 indeed it is nato because nato now has a permanent military presence in eastern europe on buses western buddhists and that is a major file ation all the agreements of $997.00 between nato and russia it is not russia which has a russian led military alliance on for example america's oil jodie's all britain's oda so in fact the who is in the coats of nato but then nato and the german foreign minister i'm not sincere when they say that they w

italian businessman has made a 6000 kilometer round trip just to get his ass on the road up on the audi he flew to moscow to get his sputnik very because he said he wasn't willing to wait months to get a job back at home. only people of my age are scared 'd to be vaccinated after the summer so the fire i decided to make initially in school. even if sputnik has not been approved for oen day europe region see. quite clear that it's very very good to be seen and many countries are using their own as. we see many call. it so more than 2 weeks which is. my advise to be versatile in russian most of the balls thrown on facebook for my friend pleased with one of those for me. network and some friends asked me next time we give you some free and because you know the recent must be between them to remember i think between 5 and ascended to be something that italian engineer was able to get a russian visa thanks to his russian wife and so is his main motivation to get the job as soon as possible was simply to protect his elderly parents along the road of ali ali he made a trip as a 3rd coronavirus

effective than claimed thought he's revealed of may have included outdated information in vaccine trials audi's shot at the reports. well astra zeneca is hardly out of the headlines these days and now with its in them because its drug is said to be less effective than originally thought the data and safety monitoring board expressed concern that astra zeneca may have included outdated information from the trial which may have provided an incomplete of the efficacy date u.s. regulators questioned the it because see. job forcing the company to publish additional data to show what happened in trials as a result of that we now know that the astra zeneca job is 3 percent less effective at dealing with symptomatic cases of however it is still 100 percent effective at dealing with severe cases including those that require hospitalization this is what astra zeneca has had to say the primary endpoint maxon efficacy at preventing symptomatic of it 19 well 76 percent occurring 15 days or more after receiving 2 doses given 4 weeks apart well astra zeneca has had a pretty bumpy ride in the e.u. after they w

questions still hanging over the games and only $142.00 days to come up with the answers david stokes audi's era. an unmanned space x. rocket has exploded on the ground after an otherwise successful test flight is the 3rd catastrophic failure for a long musk's prototype starship rocket as you can see here the rocket did manage to land after the flight but with flames apparently coming from one side of its landing platform fire crews on the ground trying to put them out but the rocket exploded a few minutes later. your child to 0 with me still robin a reminder of our top stories police say they've obtained intelligence of another possible plot to storm the u.s. capitol 8 weeks after it was breached by donald trump supporters. house representative sessions have not been shy jeweled or counsel for thursday the international criminal court is open to us to go into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories it says it will take a nonpartizan approach into possible crimes by both israel and the palestinian armed groups. the u.s. or.

i just got an email from audi. to a new report about the car about his car has them and send me something or scream or were you. sure that this man only says that they can just tell me and either document. right it's just so you know what. can turn was my savior and now he's a person who's become part of my life. the most. that is what i want to because both ways i stop by regularly and i always look forward to it also to drinking tea together of not talking about things other than computers with him until the 1st group could off and i think it's a ritual they wouldn't want to do without. thanks anita. hard to element yes we on some local know hoster to bit then it'll be fine just who is helping her here. senior thought we lose might rescue people in certain situations but without knowing it they actually give us more than we give them. had forgotten there was this human aspect to life. but it's not just about money. most of all it's about what you can give to others that makes you feel good. and it makes you reali

i just got an email from audi. do a new report about the car about asian whose car has the man suddenly something or scream or were you. sure that this man only says they can just tell me i was a document. right it's just so you know what's up can turn was my savior and now he's a person who's become part of my life. back to the most. of his work on one because both ways i stop by regularly and i always look forward to it also to drinking tea together of we're talking about things other than computers him until the 1st who could love him i think it's a ritual they wouldn't want to do with out here thanks anita. harlem and yes we're on some local no hostility bit then it'll be fine just who is helping who here. we lose might rescue people in certain situations but without knowing it they actually give us more than we give them. i'd forgotten there was this human aspect to life. but it's not just about money. most of all it's about what you can give to others that makes you feel good. and make sure you realize you're

his name is audi. excuse me, sir, could you tap him and let him know when he gets to 129th street?. >> trevor: marlee matlin, welcome to "the daily social distancing show." >> i'm so excited. i'm so excited to be with you. well, kind of sort of. we're at a distance, but that's okay. >> trevor: i am super excited. i have watched you my entire life. my mom may be a bigger fan of yours than i am but i think we would fight about it. i grew up watching you. i grew up admiring you. in south africa, your shows were huge, and it's interesting because it feels like, in this journey, you know, you sort of come full circle from being the star, from being the person who is getting the deaf community on screen and just as a character, really, you know, where being deaf is just who they are to now getting into the deaf-blind community and telling us another story. let's begin with yours. as somebody who won as many awards as you did, did you think that those awards would still be your record to hold 30-something years later or did you think there would be more deaf or deaf-blind performers also

we think about things like offices, commercial, we had auto this week in our first partnership with audi excited about the opportunity in all those categories and i would say stay tuned because we definitely want to be playing in all those different areas. emily: we have been talking about the global chip shortage. the supply chain was heavily disrupted by the pandemic. how does hardware development -- how has it been impacted by the pandemic and what changes? parks it has been a tough year. we have relied in the past -- our people have made heroic efforts to launch new products. then deal with all of the disruption over the last year. we face everything you can name. chip shortage is just one thing. port delays, covid has hit, tariffs. there have been some any different things. our team has set themselves apart in terms of being able to manage through these things. they have shown a lot of resiliency. we have come in ahead of expectations every quarter during the pandemic. i think we are going to continue to see challenges. our team is up to the task ultimately and it comes with the ter

it seems like mercedes would make a great partner and audi would also be a great apple partner.s it possible we see one of these big luxury carmakers team up with the cupertino company? elizabeth: my guest is as good as anyone -- my guess is as good as anyone following these markets. i doubt the luxury carmakers would invite a huge disrupter into their midst. i think that would be difficult for them to stomach. at the same time, it is hugely tempting to be on that apple ticket. what we have seen so far is apple talks have focused on carmaker partners like hyundai and we know talks there have fizzled. the opinion in the market seems to be a collaboration with the likes of foxconn would be more likely than perhaps one of those luxury carmakers in germany. matt: or maybe magness dyer. they make the wagon in austria. inc. you for joining us. our european autos editor coming to us out of bavaria. still ahead, the nfl signed a series of tv deals valued at an estimated $105 billion. we reported that last weekend now we are going to discuss some of those changes and ask what's next with

>> reporter: we're following audi, tracks down students who don't show up for school. >> did she go to show my i.d. and badge in the open to give them a little bit of comfort i'm from a school, not from new orleans police department. nobody home? yeah. so try to move on. i just feel like throughout the city's just like feel like kids are getting lost. >> reporter: pandemic has wreaked havoc on the lives of just about every american student. students from underserved communities, impact is even worse. experts are still gathering national data but there's anecdotal evidence of economically disadvantaged students and students of color getting left behind and sometimes dropping out of the system altogether. research shows that students who lack high-speed internet access, experiencing homelessless or living in foster care are higher risk. estimated 3 million marginalized students like that were missing from u.s. public schools by late 2020. >> morning. >> glad to have you back. >> yo, what's up man? >> reporter: this is first day of in-person educate at the net central city high school in

also on the show it you know nike audi dos 3 western brands are under attack in china for their stance on forced labor and she calls for boycott spreading what does that anger mean for companies increasingly caught between china and markets elsewhere. and germany was once heralded as the model of pandemic management has changed and businesses are especially frustrated. walk into the show on c beardsley in berlin and we begin in the u.s. where jobless claims have fallen to their lowest level of the pandemic last week the latest sign that an economic recovery is under way earlier than expected in the country the 1st time filing for unemployment a proxy for layoffs fell from a record of over 6800000 at the same time nearly a year ago to 684000 last week consumer spending is meanwhile rising and hiring also picking up however some 10000000 jobs remain lost since the beginning of the pandemic. and for more on this our financial correspondent jose luis de harlow joins me from new york hello jose. a big focus of u.s. policy has been restoring these these missing jobs there said the number aro

also on the show it you know nike audi does 3 western brands are under attack in china for their stance on forced labor and. calls for boycott spreading what does that anger mean for companies increasingly caught between china and markets elsewhere. and germany was once heralded as the model of pandemic management that's changed and businesses are especially frustrated. poor welcome to the show in berlin and we begin in the u.s. where jobless claims to fall to their lowest level of the pandemic last week the latest sign that an economic recovery is under way earlier than expected in the country the 1st time filing for unemployment a proxy for layoffs fell from a record of over 6800000 at the same time nearly a year ago to 684000 last week consumer spending is meanwhile rising and hiring also picking up however some 10000000 jobs remain lost since the beginning of the pandemic. and for more on this our financial correspondent jose luis de harlow joins me from new york. a big focus of u.s. policy has been restoring these these missing jobs there said the number around 10000000 what sector

i drove the audi and really enjoyed it.oblem was that weren't enough charging stations around for me to make good use of it on longer trips, but as manus just said, he's pushing the charging network as well. he made a partnership with bp, an announcement about a partnership and they are already in other partnerships to build out charging networks so they want to make this happen and their vehicles are going to offer to a charging so if you are living -- two-way charging. if you live in texas, you can plug in your car and run the heat with the vehicle. annmarie: all about the charging network. our thanks to bloomberg's matt miller and you don't want to miss a conversation matt will have later this morning, speaking to the volkswagen ceo herbert diess about the company's ambitions to lead the race in the ev car making. don't miss that interview 7:00 a.m. london time in about 30 minutes. let's get your first word news with laura wright. laura: it is not the time to hold cash or bonds. that's what billionaire investor ray dalio

about things like offices, commercial, we announced otto this week and our first toe in the water with audiited about the opportunity to be in all of those categories and i would say, stay tuned, because we definitely want to be playing in all of those areas. emily: we have been talking a lot about the global chip shortage and obviously, the supply chain was heavily disrupted by the pandemic area houses -- how has hardware development been impacted by the pandemic and what changes in post? patrick: it has been a tough year and we have really relied on people working together physically when you are doing the first build of a new product, so our people have made some heroic efforts to figure out how to launch new products and then deal with all of the supply chain disruptions. we faced everything you could name, chip shortage it was just one. we had covid hit different parts of the supply chain along the way, so there have been so many different things. our team has set themselves apart and being able to manage all of these things. they have shown resiliency, and we have come in ahead of exp

that eases the pain we have paved the way for the natives to use it easy man and wait along that i'm audie at the end of which across. the remote village of not to cooper is one of the most disadvantaged regions in the district. near the very end well as cheap labor is for this and franchised house. to the some type group they have gained a certain degree of independence. my family didn't let me study i got mattered as soon as i completed my 12th standard in school after i beat on one i attended meetings of a self-help group calling anybody interested in working with. at 1st i was skeptical about how i would work with a young kid and by that i could work with others in the team and one at. the neighboring and niners here. a grown for other. self-help groups as well as for home gardeners across the state. had the most sustainability is one of our most important principles. people the home of the land then i know who said it i mean i wanna know if i need 500 plants i take only 500 seeds the rest will fall down and will become forest again only if the op root plants will it impact the foreign

the audis were expecting a bumpy time when president biden came in. but perhaps not quite like this. nic robertson, cnn, london. >>> and saudi arabia is not just a key player politically, it is hugely important economically as well. for more on how u.s. and global business could be affected, let's bring in john defterios from abu dhabi. good to see you, john. so the biden administration apparently plans to take a tougher stance against the sawedly crown prince, but how likely is it that mohammad bin salman would even feel the impact of any sanctions, if that's what's applied? >> yeah, great point you're bringing up here, rosemary. he'll be untouched by this, but we can't be too surprised because what jen psaki is saying, the spokesman for the house, it never reaches to the top brass at this level. but the biden administration is taking heat as a result. the narrative has certainly changed between donald trump who really embraced mbs and enjoyed the fact he might spend $100 million on hardware and balancing national interests. you have to think of the

so audie murphy was a medal of honor, you know recipient during world war ii and he actually starred and in on film to helen back and how the armory is interpreted in movies and it continues today and so we capture a little bit of that within this case and within this gallery so behind me is the newburgh theater which tells the story of general george washington at the end of the war in terms of civilian control of the army. so during the revolutionary war general washington took orders from the continental congress, which was a representative of civilians in directing the war effort and then at the end of the war his officers his fellow officers, so threatened the the continental congress so they need for the continental congress and a lot of it had to do with pay they weren't being paid. and so they the officers were always upset about that and sort of threatened to to revolt against the continental congress. so we newberg new york general george washington confronts his fellow officers and convinces them the the importance of having civilian control of the military in terms of uph

auto manufacturers ranging from gm to nissan to audi are investing billins yo of dollars to move all electric cars into the mainstream. the latest, volvo, today we got a chants to -- >> it has a range of 23 it miles and they wish to take advantage of the sudden drop in gas sales since 2017. >> this is the new normal. these are the new normal, and there are a ton of advantages that really appeal to everyone. they are typically cheaper than gasoline vehicles to operate. >> looks pretty cool. it's packed full of silicon valley technologies from companies like google and chart page. >> helping those in need from her own front porch. this woman would lives in oakley deserves a huge shout-out. her name is heather ochoa. and she said she in the the number of people needing food skyrocketed and at the same time many people were cutting staff because of the health concerns and so ochoa started a food pantry on her front porch. every day she places this out for others to do her sell >> ochoa also makes deliveries regularly bringing food to regular familiar his and to tamulis. >> let's bring in

so we are super excited to start that journey in aude with audi and do it with the keyboard, but we'reto start there. >> patrick, we always like to talk supply chain. we will save it for next seem. thank you. >>> thank you. >> coming up, more on my ceo interview with ge ceo larry culp keep it here no one likes to choose between safe or sporty. modern or reliable. we want both - we want a hybrid. so do banks. that's why they're going hybrid with ibm. a hybrid cloud approach helps them personalize experiences with watson ai while helping keep data secure. ♪ ♪ ♪ from bano manufacturing, businesses are going with a smarter hybrid cloud, using the tools, platform and expertise of ibm. ♪ ♪ ♪ good wednesday morning, welcome to the next hour of "squawk on the street". the dow high for the second day in a row actually four straight gains for the dow, the most in four months some pretty blends buying here the nasdaq up 1% still waiting for the house on a vote on stimulus that would send that bill to the white house that's where our roadmap will begin, the dow up four straight sessions, notch ac