river taking in the landmarks of mali's capital bamako once a very lucrative business for captain dowden but data today he's happy to get even one paying customer aboard his barrow whose business is all but collapsed since the crisis began 8 years ago. but all managed to carry people and goods on large boats all the way to go. with the crisis i've only got 2 small boats left in bamako for tourists to do don't see any more of. hoteliers are also suffering for 2012 malise historic sites were major tourist attractions the deteriorating security situation means hotel operators wait in vain for customers like john claude a c. owner of the hotel near a bull who. look at the hotel's completely empty you can tell by the keys they're all standing in the boxes there. if the hotel was full they'd be lying flat. that we only have 4 molly and guests. that we give the last foreign tourists here left 5 years ago that we've not seen any since you all go to a 3rd we've been. outside the mervo the street has changed completely most of the bars and hostels long gone. this was one of the liveliest streets i

national solidarity and we will be building everything we can just put them and my colleague oliver dowden at cultural media and sport is looking at a specific fund in order to support charities in the work that they do. and we will be seeing more about this in the days to come. i also want to thank those people in the hospitality and sector who have stepped up and who are doing everything they can to support the vulnerable . john vincent leon is making sure that is stores remain open as takeaways in order to support the nhs. it's that sort of collaboration between citizens, the voluntary sector, back into government and enlightened business people that i think will help us defeat this virus and i'm grateful to you for the opportunity to thank all those making a contribution. i'm going to handed over to john. >> so the nhs does the more staff and it does need more hospital beds and we've been saying that for some time and what's going to be happening over the next five and 10 years . but the reality is that what i've described is that over the last several weeks we have freed up the equiva

thank you very much, oliver dowden mp. turning point for one of the biggest football clubs in the world? manchester united beat manchester city 2—0 yesterday. a big moment for boss ole gunnar solskjaer. united had a free kick after half an hour. anthony martial‘s seemingly routine shot, but city goalkeeper ederson couldn't keep it out. worse was to come for city — deep into injury time, ederson threw the ball out, straight to scott mctominay, who showed great technique to send the ball into the net in front of a delirious stretford end. united move up to fifth place. it is fantastic. for the fans, the players, the team, the whole club, to be able to beat manchester city at home is important. we have not done it for a while so it was a big game for us. so a great win for manchester united but how about this for commitment to the cause? goalscorer antony martial posted this picture on social media after the match. iam i am sorry if you are eating your brea kfast! i am sorry if you are eating your breakfast! he had a little i

i was just in communication with jennifer dowden, one of the co-inventors of the gene-editing technology crispr, and they're holding meetings about how do you find new detection technologies? how do you find new ways to fight viruses? you know, bacteria have been fighting viruses for 3 billion years, and one of the things that we've done in biotech recently is take from bacteria some of the ways that they fight against viruses. so i think you're going to see this type of innovation just like after world war ii, where the government, academia, and private enterprise all work together to create things like the computer, the internet, and the microchip. >> we try to keep religion out of this kind of thing, but your lips to god's ears. walter isaacson, thank you. we're probably going to ask to talk to you along the way. we greatly appreciate being able to interview you tonight. >>> coming up for us, a brief tour of our new reality in this business. aunted me. thankfully, i got quickbooks, and a live bookkeeper's helping customize it for our business. (live bookkeeper) you're all set up! (jan

to be affected by coronavirus in the immediate future, according to the culture secretary oliver dowdeniscuss the staging of events behind closed doors if the outbreak worsens and mass gatherings are banned. there is not i need to cancel such events. indeed, i was at twickenham on saturday with the prime minister. we had a huge crowd of people there, so there is no reason for people not to attend such events or to cancel at this stage, but we will keep it under review. we are cognisa nt we are cognisant of the impact cancelling events would have and under the advice of the medical officer, it is clear we should not be cancelling so we will not be cancelling any. outside the uk events continue to be affected. overnight a decsion was taken to cancel the indian wells tennis tournament in california because of fears over the spread of the virus. health officials said there was "too great a risk" to hold a "large gathering of this size". many of the players, including rafael nadal, had already arrived for the event. earlier we asked our tennis correspondent russell fuller what the ramificati

we arejust we are just hearing that the culture secretary, oliver dowden, who is himself in self isolationd. one of the bodies last night said we could be seeing hundreds of thousands ofjobs being put at risk. some pubs and bars already laying off staff, saying we can't keep you on, we can't keep the doors open, and therefore we are going to be in trouble, and the big question of course is how do you ensure those people's livelihoods are protected in the coming months? in what is essentially a personal crisis, that it doesn't extend into becoming a prolonged one when people are already facing a stressful time when it comes to health issues. there are industries across the board having phone calls this afternoon. industries across the board having phone calls this afternoonlj industries across the board having phone calls this afternoon. i am getting tweets right now from people saying, it's all very well to say work from home, but if you work in a shop and nobody is coming in, it means nothing. i took a walk up the high street at lunchtime to see what traffic was looking like, and there ar