michelle fernandez there for us in colombo. good. he was president joe biden has defended his administration's response to a surge. and on the cong cases, more people are now in hospital, a coven, 19 than ever before. and infections a hitting an average of 3 quarters of a 1000000 a day, a u. s. senate committee has question federal officials on how they've handled the approach. the pandemic particle haine has the latest on the situation and call them another new coded record in the us. more than 145000 people hospitalized with the virus. still u. s. president joe biden is sounding optimistic on top of that. we're on the right track, back pulled, show much of the country, disagree. one problem casting. this is boston and here in missouri long lines to get a test and results are taking longer to come back. everywhere we've been, it's been a lot like this is we're testing looks like in most of the country, the other option at home tests. but they are expensive and really hard to find. same with masks, the government says i'm a crohn mea

a whole new man—made land adjacent to colombo, now a vast expanse of sand. international financial centre with tony's funding. this land was under the sea a few years ago. a chinese company has invested $1.4 chinese company has invested $1.1; billion to reclaim this $1.11 billion to reclaim this entire land, about 269 hectares. the sri lankan government wants to build a huge financial district rivalling singapore or dubai. sri lankan officials are excited about the prospects. it excited about the prospects. it will be an economic game changer, what you see out here, which is desert at the moment was reclaimed from the sea, which gives three longer a chance to redraw the map, build a city of world—class proportions and functionality, and compete with centres of business excellence. this promotional _ business excellence. this promotional video - business excellence. this promotional video says . business excellence. this promotional video says that the colombo port city will be the first of its kind in south asia, hosting multinationals and globalfinancial as

david colombo, ceo of colombo technologies and the man behind the tesla hack. and ed ludlow. you both. coming up, the fate of meme stocks. what comes next as speculative stocks are coming down hard even as tech stocks are going back in the green. we will have more on that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: at&t is rolling out the fastest consumer broadband offered by any internet -- of the major internet providers in a move aimed at cable providers after the new 5g service went live last week. at&t's ceo spoke earlier with matt miller. take a listen. >> it is a big day at at&t because we are making progress on our mission to become america's best connectivity provider. as you alluded to earlier, as one of the largest if not the largest fiber operator in america, we are pleased to announce the availability of multi-gig across our footprint in over 70 metro markets. speeds you can get all the way up to five gig speeds for fiber product, which is the fastest that is available. i tell you that, the purpose, why we are doing this is we actually listen to our customers. we tested th

anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news, colombo.ent time with family and friends, others headed to the shops in search of a bargain. but a surprisingly large number decided to see in 2022 by getting wet. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. what is it with new year's day and people doing things like this? cheering here at cavour bridge in rome, for more than half a century, every year, to celebrate the new year, they threw themselves into the tiber. normally, the water is icy cold, although milder weather meant it was perhaps a little less bracing this time around. in the netherlands, a group of hardy souls went for a dip in the north sea. an official event had been cancelled due to covid restrictions, but some just couldn't stop themselves. it feels like a refreshment, you know? now, ifeel like all my troubles are gone and i actually feel really energised. not that far away in portugal, their destination was the choppy seas of the north atlantic. the sun was shining, the water was cold. the mood, surprisingly positive. "it's a portugues

the archbishop of colombo has frequently criticized the slow pace of the investigation and implied that people now in government may have been involved in the attacks. government representatives and the police denied those allegations. they point out that hundreds of suspects have been detained. an indictment issued in a dozen cases $25.00 men appeared at a special court on wednesday, indicted on more than $23000.00 chargers. security was tight, and anyone entering the court was checked. lawyers for some of the defendants told al jazeera that their clients weren't involved in the bombings. the trial was adjourned until march. meanwhile, delicia and dozens like her face a long wait for justice. calling a banner guillory, i think i've told god only you can show me the way to secure justice because people keep exchanging allegations about who did us while the years go by. we can't live with peace of mind, les stating, look identical and they can only hope their prayers are answered. mere fernandez al jazeera colombo unemployment on the rise in india as night. curfews. and we can lock downs

and al fernandez has us up day from outside the court ain colombo. we had to some of the lawyers making appeals to court, or some of them said that they wanted to me be applications because obviously this is going to be a long drive. 23000 chargers. they said they wanted to submit applications for bill . however, they were told by judges that a bill applications by a number of those who wish to make them would be taken up at the next hearing, which has been fixed for the 3rd of march. but there were other things like there was one lawyer who brought to the notice of the court that 4 men claiming to be local police from his clients area had gone into his glance, how spoken to his mother, who was alone at the house at the time demanded to know who the counsel or lawyer that was representing her son was and how much he was being paid. he said this was out of order and shouldn't have been done. or there are other sort of a request that had been made of the court for some of the prisoners to be given court on some of them and had the court on to read whil

we know fernandez ow, jazeera colombo flood. so devastated indigenous villages in the, southeastern brazil, forcing dozens of people to abandon their homes and seek shelter beyond their traditional homeland days of heavy rainfall and none inundated parts of minature ice state indigenous leaders in one village say, a local medical center has been destroyed. the damage is so bad, they say they won't be able to live there anymore. on kong, as drawing out more laws to combat what it calls crimes against national security chief executive carolyn made the announcement in the 1st session of the new legislature which has been scrubbed of political opposition. beijing imposed a wide reaching national security law in hong kong. in 2020, as a response to mass pro democracy, protests rights groups and western governments say the law has empowered authorities to deduct a sweeping crackdown on descent. ju, i on thy soil, your psalms up whole national security law passed and june is an immensely well written law. it's been implemented for abou

this used car dealership in the capital, colombo doesn't need to give incentives or put commercials on t v. a 5 year old toyota land cruiser, for example, costs and i watering $312000.00 enough to buy a luxury apartments in the nearby city center. but even at these prices, this cardella still finds by us over the long carry it got some, i want to schedule a people, a car and a home are symbols of success after their marriage. feeling that is why people are willing to buy, even at these high prices, harpooned me like they had good salad underwarner, if you me are one of our a lot it in better a minute. and import. ben on new cast has also left pots and shots supply, meaning drivers are at risk of being stranded after break down mechanics, a thriving as car owners look to maintain their vehicles, most drivers are unable to afford the astronomical costs of a different car. we don't have any ballistic production records in st majority of the main border, mainly from india, followed by japan. so ha, behaviorally, sri lankan, have a love of our be there where he gets any t, c ness of the. al

the archbishop of colombo has frequently criticized the slow pace of the investigation and implied that people now in government may have been involved in the attacks. government representatives and the police denied those allegations. they point out that hundreds of suspects have been detained. an indictment issued in a dozen cases $25.00 men appeared at a special court on wednesday, indicted on more than $23000.00 charges. security was tight, and anyone entering the court was checked. lawyers for some of the defendants told al jazeera that their clients weren't involved in the bombings. the trial was adjourned until march. meanwhile, alicia, and dozens like trees along wait for justice gardening, authentic eyes. i've told god only you can show me the way to secure justice because people keep exchanging allegations about us while the years go by. we can't live with peace of mind stating that we can only hope that, pres, i mean, s, and then there's just the ra, colombo, at least 30 people had been killed since the start of this year in fleeting, on the border between columbia and venezu

catholic church has been scathing about the investigation cardinal malcolm runjun, the archbishop of colombo. as frequently criticize the slow place of the investigation and implied that people now in government may have been involved in the attacks. government representatives and the police denied those allegations. they point out that hundreds of suspects have been detained. an indictment issued in a dozen cases, lawyers for some of them have told al jazeera that their clients had no involvement with the bombing. meanwhile elisha and dozens laker season only suggested la been on the balcony, declared that can only panic that only i think i've told god only you can show me the way to secure a justice because people keep exchanging allegations about and did us while the years go by we can't live with peace of mind when they're stating allegheny can, and they can only hope that brands are answered. bonaire fernandez, al jazeera colombo at, let's go to the u. s. for president joe biden says the nation is at a turning point on voting rights. he's urge the senate to pass key legislation and to m

michelle fernandez reports now from colombo. the 1st 2 years of gustave, roger pucks, his presidency vina rule across to ride. just months after he took office, the cove at 19 pandemic kit locked downs, disrupted people's lives and businesses. but addressing parliament's opening session of 2022 on tuesday, he said things are improving. then rugby are they up. we are with now the economic process in the country as gradually returning to normal tourists are coming back or so there is clear growth and export 2nd. while i finish, however, a number of challenges remain before us. both short term and long term solutions are essential to overcoming, marcia, if you do it the been but the president didn't say watch those solutions are in a position m p. 's were critical, which one describing the speech as empty, more the country is facing a huge problem. arising, cost of living, inflation is soaring right now and president had read the 2nd problem, the concrete facing is a lack of foreign concept dollars. and now we need the foreign curr

the prospects faced $23000.00 charges between them. manella fernandez, hatha lacey from colombo. almost half of them when the trial started a few weeks ago, did not have any legal representation. this, this lot sort of is drawn to more walks of life. there are pavement talkers, there are a centrally id analysts, there are taxi drivers, and some of them just cannot afford the legal representation. we had the bar association offering to, to help name a, some lawyers that would help with this legal representation. so it's a little bit of housekeeping at this state. you as president obama has defended his administration's response to a surge and amik wrong cases. he says he's confident the country is on the right track. more people are now in hospital with coven 19 than ever before. and infections are hitting an average of 3 quarters of a 1000000 a day. meanwhile, the world health organization is warning of an approaching tidal wave of infections across europe and says more than half of the population is likely to be infected by the on the con variant in the next 2 months. north kore

the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan reports from colombo. this woman is adjusting to the new reality. for, or food for her four children. but now, is only children. but now, is only children. her husband is a day wage labour. with the cost of essential items rising, they are struggling to make ends meet. translation: ., ., ~ ., , translation: cooking gas finder translation: cooking gas cylinder prices _ translation: cooking gas cylinder prices have - translation: cooking gas cylinder prices have almost| cylinder prices have almost doubled, and we cannot afford it any more. i used to provide fish and vegetables daily to my children. now we are giving them one vegetable with rice. earlier we used to have three meals a day. now we can afford only two. we can't spend all the money on food, as we have to spend on their education, as well. . . , to spend on their education, as well. . ., , ., ., well. the increasing food -rices well. the increasing food prices are _ well. the increasing food prices are hitting - well. the increasing food | prices are hitting families hard, particularly low i

the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan reports from colombo. a family in distress.r hizbullah, a prominent civil rights lawyer, has been imprisoned for 20 months. the government accuses him of hate speech and causing communal disharmony by inciting young muslim children against the christian community. the trial is due to begin injanuary. his wife firmly rejects the charges. he was very outspoken, he was very active in defending muslim rights and minority rights in general. it is a message for anyone who wants to speak about or against racism, against discrimination. activists allege the arrest of mr hizbullah is part of the ongoing harassment of the minority communities in recent years. the 2019 easter sunday bombings were a watershed moment. more than 260 people were killed when islamists carried out a series of suicide bombings. since then, activists say some political parties have been whipping up anti—muslim sentiment. for the government, it is a trump card that they keep using to keep their workspace up to 6.9 million. saying that is a threat to the country fr

catholic church has been scathing about the investigation. caught in a malcolm runjun the archbishop of colombo as frequently criticized the slow place of the investigation and implied that people now in government may have been involved in the attacks government representatives and the police deny those allegations. they point out that hundreds of suspects have been detained. an indictment issued in a dozen cases, lawyers for some of them have told al jazeera that their clients had no involvement with the bombing. meanwhile, elisha and dozens like her face and long wait for justice. now i know that i will call you to claim that god owning a vanity that only i think i've told god only you can show me the way to secure a justice. because people keep exchanging allegations about who did us while the years go by. we can't live with peace of mind unless dating a got a gun and they can only hope their prayers are answered. now fernandez has his update from outside the court. we had the some of the lawyers making appeals to court, or some of them said that they wanted to meet bill applications becaus

the defendant's face $23000.00 charges anal fernandez, has latest from colombo. we had to some of the lawyers making appeals to court, or some of them said that they wanted to make bill applications because obviously this is going to be a long trial. $23000.00 charges. they said they wanted to submit applications for bail. however, they were told by judges that a bill applications by a number of those who wish to make them, would be taken up at the next hearing, which has been fixed. for the 3rd of march, north koreans claiming the successful launch of another hypersonic missile state media released images of late kim johnson, observing the 2nd launch in less than a week. the russian true build up on ukraine's border will be at the center of talks on security between nato and officials. from moscow, the u. s. and nato are concerned about a possible invasion efforts on the way to de escalate the situation. you as president joe biden has defended his administration's response to a surgeon, omicron cases. most people are now in hospital with coven 19 than ever befor

now fernandez has more from colombo, the president basically talking about food security being a top priority that he needs to be addressed in 2022. he talked about a, some of the plans for green economy. this is the president who basically brought in a band, a complete ban on chemical fertilizers, drawing a lot of criticism down at the grass root level for the sort of quick wait happened . but the president said their policies and goals weren't properly communicated to the people. so he was talking about that he also talked about investment essentially in a gamut of airs. that the government is looking at a one addressing essentially the energy sector, which is a very real problem at the moment. ah, where we're having sort of power outages, power cuts, also because of the foreign exchange crisis that the government is facing. there's a very limited amount of fuel to run generators at the power plant and the president, outlining a wide series of a sort of projects to bring in solar power to increase the generation of power in the next coming years. or he also talked about the need to

al jazeera michelle fernandez in colombo, explains how shall anchor got to this point. some people are looking at the possibility of power cuts a one hour a day according to what has been announced by the salon electricity board. that the said electricity provider, the headquarters, that you see are just behind me. now the government is very conscious that this is going to be inconveniencing people because the power card will be coming during peak demand and that's during the evening hours. we had the minister yesterday saying that there will be no power cuts, but a few hours later we had the formula, fisher, shad, you of power caught being released by the electricity board. now, the government is conscious that this all comes at a time where people are being essentially wacked by all sides, or the prices of us. angel items are skyrocketing that are shortages of mid powder of gas. and this is all been exacerbated by a huge foreign exchange prices that the sri lankan government is facing. it does not have foreign currency for import. ah, and that's to, ah, they've got to

the request was made during a meeting with china's foreign minister in colombo on sunday.ur asia business hub. bring us an update on this? sri lanka's bring us an update on this? s lanka's economy is in real trouble right now. the country's foreign exchange reserves have whittled down to much nothing, it is only cash left and therefore are another month's left of imports and if you listen to some analyst, the country could be heading towards bank the in about a year's time if nothing is done so that is where china comes in, the country's foreign minister is an columbo right now, he's been checking up on some of the many, many chinese backed infrastructure projects, is a big port city an columbo right now, of course china is one of the countries that sri lanka owes money to. they are money to many countries but about $5 billion is owed towards china. the president of sri lanka has basically said we cannot repay this debt, we have to come to some kind of agreement, we have to restructure at. we have had no word from beijing on that at the moment but it does raise these famil

in a series of tweets, david colombo says a flaw in a piece of third-party software allowed him to unlock and windows, start the car without keys, and disable their security system. tesla has not responded publicly to these claims, but like many tech companies, it does have a bug bounty program where people can report security flaws and received money. lucid's chairman spoke to bloomberg. >> they are working closely with the ministry of investment. they have obviously worked with ford motors and the industry has been cooperating with us. we announced our intent. we worked very hard on what percentage will be owned directly by us, but 2025 is our timeframe. >> would you say it is gaining a bit more momentum? is that part of the reason you are here? >> i'm here for lots of reasons. we have boosted our ambitions here. we are three years in the making, and now that we are successfully producing and selling cars in the u.s., our attention is on the factory here. su: --yousef: lucid has set ambitious goals for deliveries. what do you see in terms of supply chain constraints that might walk back

thing to remember, the lawyer made his bones in new york defending organized crime families, the colomboses, so he's at home. they're trying to pull all the stops to block the legal machinery going forward. they've thrown one hail mary after another and finding increasingly laughable and weak grounds for doing so. subpoenas will be enforced, children are going to testify, donald trump is going to testify. we'll see what happens. >> one of the similarities to crime family prosecutions is the targeted defendants in mob trials never cooperate or testify. but people around them do. >> that's exactly right. so ordinary people testify, if you're a government official, of course you testify under oath. trump and his kids have taken a page out of the organized crime book, writing lawsuit to prevent the subpoena from being enforced. i've read the papers and they're a joke, frivolous. i expect the court will see that soon and i completely agree with tim, these subpoenas will be enforced. >> neal katyal and tim o'brien, thanks for joining me. i appreciate it. >>> coming up, donald trump plans to pre

economic crisis has led to the rationing of gas food supplies and petrol. men al fernandez has more from colombo. some people are looking at the possibility of power costs a one hour a day, according to what has been announced by the salon electricity board. that the said electricity provider, the headquarters that you see are just behind me. now the government is very conscious that this is going to be inconveniencing people because the power card will be coming during peak demand and that's during the evening hours. we had the minister yesterday saying that there will be no paragraph, but a few hours later we had the former law official shadow of power cards being released by the electricity board. now, the government is conscious that this all comes at a time where people are being essentially wacked by all sides are the prices of angel items are skyrocketing that are shortages of mil powder of gas. and this is all been exacerbated by a huge foreign exchange prices that the sri lankan government is facing. it does not have foreign currency for import. ah, and that to, ah, they've got to stret

's and people here say they're looking 1st to their government for a lead. men fernandez, are 0, colombo stella had only al jazeera in his hour. we explained my penguin numbers on the rise in chalet following the 2 year pent emmy plus sale of the century. why this roman villa has caused a half a $1000000000.00 round hands? this australian player is up to his old tricks in melbourne. that stories come up with jemma in sports. ah, we may have some record cole there, crossed the gulf this weekend. hello everyone. we'll get to those details in one sec. but 1st, here's what's going on on wednesday, energy sliding across. so the vance, we may have some more snow in our bill with a high of 7 degrees. now let's go into the gulf on wednesdays, still breezy, especially for doha. we could see gus up to 40 kilometers per hour. now we'll paint on the colors. this is friday night. as you wake up on saturday, this is what you're going to feel. kuwait plus one, we add minus 3. that could be a new record or right now your record low temperature is minus $2.00 in single digits in dolah with a high 9 degre

now fernandez has more from the capital, colombo, the president, basically talking about food security being a top priority that it needs to be addressed in 2022. a. he talked about a, some of the plans for green economy. this is a president who basically brought in a ban, a complete ban on chemical fertilizers, drawing a lot of criticism are down at the grass root level for the sort of quick wait happened. but the president said their policies and goals weren't properly communicated to the people. so he was talking about that. he also talked about investment essentially either gamut of areas that the government is looking at. are one addressing essentially the energy sector, which is a very real problem at the moment. ah, where we're having sort of power outages, power cuts, also because of the foreign exchange crisis that the government is facing. ah, there's a very limited amount of fuel to run generators at the power plant and the president outlining a wide series of a sort of projects to bring in solar power to increase the generation of power in the next coming years. or he also

catholic church has been scathing about the investigation. hardin and malcolm runjun, the archbishop of colombo as frequently criticize the slow place of the investigation and implied that people now in government may have been involved in the attacks government representatives and the police denied those allegations. they point out that hundreds of suspects have been detained. an indictment issued in a dozen cases, lawyers for some of them have told al jazeera that their clients had no involvement with the bombing. meanwhile, elisha and doesn't like her 3 long wait for justice. now if i don't need a going back, i don't need it. then again, i think i've told god only you can show me the way to secure a justice because people keep exchanging allegations about who did as well the years go by. we can't live with peace of mind stating, look at it, and they can only hope that brett on said no. fernandez reporting there now, an explosion of hits somalis capital market issue, killing 8 people according to ambulance services. them authorities have a blast with a cap on targeting a convoy of bullet proo

lauren: a white hat hacker who happens to be a 19-year-old boy, david colombo.ing horns, opening and closing the windows and doors almost like a ghost got into your car. imagine being home and hearing the engine start on your tesla. he couldn't get criminal of the steering wheel or the accelerator, so he couldn't steal the cars should he have wanted to do that. but he then told tesla about vulnerability that he found. tesla has fixed it. do they pay him any money or hire him? stuart: he's a good guy. lauren: a white hat hacker. stuart thanks very much, lauren. >>> president biden lashes out at peter doocy after he asked a question on inflation. you've got to watch this. >> do you think inflation is a political liability -- >> that's a great asset. more inflation. what a stupid son of a [bleep] stuart: i think you get the gist of what he said. the man himself, peter doocy, will join us in the 11:00 hour this morning. >>> the pentagon putting more than 8,000 u.s. troops on heightened alert. we have a live report from moscow. >>> meanwhile, state department spokesm