fraser? seeing none, is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> no, chair, there is no report. >> there any public comment? >> our operation is checking to see if there is any caller in the queue. please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. if you have not done so, press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. please let us know if there are any callers who wish to comments on item number 3. >> operator: we have no callers in the queue. >> great. thank you. public comment is now closed. seeing no additional questions or comments from my colleagues, i want to move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. roll call, please. [roll call] >> thank you. lit go to the full board with a positive recommendation. thank you for joining us, mr. fraser. madame clerk l you please call item number 4. >> yes. item number 4, resolution retroactively authorizing the department of public health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $242,000 fo

i cured myself and i saw patients all over fraser and middle park.ile i charged 25 cents for a house call, i rarely collected cash, but lots of firewood. ten years later in a single day, officials canceled church. they canceled school. they even had to forbid people from attending funerals. in 1918, the worst epidemic ever to hit this plannic spanish inflew wensa arrived. newen with knew what to do about this horrible disease but this country physician. i am susan anderson, medical doctor. some folks call me doc susie. denver doctors told me about the spanish influenza. some said it started in the trenches in france during the last months of the great war. some said it started in a military camp in ft. riley, kansas. it was a massive outbreak which began as a nasty cold that either got better in a few days or killed the patient. this flu often skipped the young and elderly but sucked the life from robust adults in their 20s, including servicemen. while we won the great war, spanish influenza was the deadliest battle. i worked day and night going from

. >> jane fraser will be the first woman to lead a u.s.or big but it will be a turnaround project, we all remember last year erroneously spent 900 million to creditors they are dealing with that some regulators found weaknesses in the control that they have to fix, and for a patient investor, citigroup does seem to be well-positioned expenses are expected to go up and possibly into next with attacking infrastructure issues but a lot of analysts are feeling bullish believing that the expenses will make the bank more efficient, maybe a year down the line we will see the stock buying and unders. jack: the bond yields backing up will help everyone in the financial industry, thank you unfortunately none of the 900 million made into my bank account, viacomcbs ceo bob bakish on the future of entertainment. that is next. it's not “pretty good or nothing.” it's not “acceptable or nothing.” and it's definitely not “close enough or nothing.” mercedes-benz suvs were engineered with only one mission in mind. to be the best. in the category, in the indu

i am christian fraser in london. _ very warm welcome. i am christian fraser in london.washington. this is the first day of the impeachment trial, and we've been hearing some there from david schoen — a bit more focused, it has to be said, then the first hour of this defence. and today was the bus to be largely procedural. we have just come out of the trial because they are showing video, as we saw earlier in the day from the democrats, pretty graphic, it had some fairly strong language, and elements of violence in it. we do not know what is in this video, so we're going to take a human... we do not want to desensitize it but we will show you when we have a chance to look at it and we will, for the course of the programme, take you back to the proceedings in the senate as well. let's bring in hakeem jeffries. he is a democratic congressman for new york who was an impeachment manager at trump's first trial in 2020. he joins us from brooklyn, new york. it is very good to have you with us. it is very good to have you with us. i wonder if you could just give us your thoughts

in a special programme christian fraser takes a look at an unprecedented moment in us history.s an unprecedented moment in us history. donald trump, the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, was also the first to be put on trial after leaving office. they were the gravest charges everfaced by a us president — incitement of insurrection. the former president was alleged to have made false allegations of election fraud, and onjanuary 6 to have encouraged his supporters to storm the capitol. we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country any more. conviction would require a two thirds majority in the upper chamber of congress, the senate. 17 of the 50 republican senators would need to break with donald trump. new evidence brought the actions of his supporters that day into sharp focus, and his trial came down to this crucial question — did donald trump, in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, inspire and incite a capitol riot? was violence foreseeable ? did he encourage violence? and did he act wilfu

christian fraser reports on an unprecedented moment in us history.cedented moment in us history. donald trump, the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, was also the first to be put on trial after leaving office. they were the gravest charges everfaced by a us president — incitement of insurrection. the former president was alleged to have made false allegations of election fraud, and onjanuary 6 to have encouraged his supporters to storm the capitol. we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country any more. conviction would require a two thirds majority in the upper chamber of congress, the senate. 17 of the 50 republican senators would need to break with donald trump. new evidence brought the actions of his supporters that day into sharp focus, and his trial came down to this crucial question — did donald trump, in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, inspire and incite a capitol riot? was violence foreseeable ? did he encourage violence? and did he act wilfully? the s

in a special programme, christian fraser takes a look at an unprecedented moment in us history.nted moment in us history. donald trump, the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, was also the first to be put on trial after leaving office. they were the gravest charges ever faced by a us president — incitement of insurrection. the former president was alleged to have made false allegations of election fraud, and onjanuary 6 to have encouraged his supporters to storm the capitol. we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country any more. conviction would require a two thirds majority in the upper chamber of congress, the senate. 17 of the 50 republican senators would need to break with donald trump. new evidence brought the actions of his supporters that day into sharp focus, and his trial came down to this crucial question — did donald trump, in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, inspire and incite a capitol riot? was violence foreseeable ? did he encourage violence? and did he act wilfully? the sena

but i also want to show you this story just appearing on bbc online, the hit tv show fraser is yet toourse the star. i did love it, but will it be the same? i will see you in a moment. hello there. following on from the last couple of days' rain, there are still flood warnings in force. but to the south of that weather front, we've seen some exceptional warmth, and that's down to the wind direction. 18 was the warmest day of the year so far on wednesday, but we won't see a repeat of that despite the weather 18 was the warmest day of the year so far on wednesday, but we won't see a repeat of that despite the weather settling down because we lose that strong south—westerly and we pick up a brisk westerly wind across the atlantic. so, slightly cooler direction which will push in showers through the day ahead, some heavy showers as well. so very different complexion to the weather here. there could be some heavier bursts of rain, and it'll certainly be a much greyer, damper start across many southern, central and eastern parts of england. could be a little bit misty over the tops of the h

i'm laura trevelyan in new york city, christian fraser is in london.vaccination sites opening across new york, and on this — day 39 of the biden administration — the president's already halfway towards his target of 100 million shots in 100 days. it's a very different picture in europe. so far, just 5% of eu citizens have received a jab, compared to 27% in the uk. there are wide disparities within the eu. but, while 50 million doses had been delivered to the member nations, not even half have yet been administered. eu council president charles michel addressed european leaders a short while ago. our top priority now is speeding up the production and delivery of vaccines and vaccinations across the european union. that's why we support the commissions efforts to work with industry to identify bottlenecks, guarantee supply chains, and scale up production. one factor explaining the slow take—up is scepticism surrounding the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine. german authorities acknowledge that only 15% of the available astrazeneca jabs available have so far been

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the company announcing a reboot of the sitcom fraser.dio psychiatrist, fraser crane. paramount plus going to launch in the united states actually next week. hopefully our viewers know what fraser is or was. back to you. [laughter] maria: i love it. that should be good, cheryl. thank you so much. we're looking at a new agenda out of the biden administration, revoking immigration executive orders is on the table. president biden yesterday lifted the order which halted the issuance of green cards to foreign workers, initially instituted by the trump administration to protect the american economy at the height of the covid-19 pandemic. this new order, however, does not lift restrictions on h1b temporary worker visas. the administration currently reviewing those visas which are due to expire at the end of march. joining me now is florida attorney general, ashley moody. ag moody, it's great to have you this morning. thank you for joining us. give us your reaction on these new moves out of the biden administration. >> well, look, we need safe a

christian fraser is in london.ew hours, the british prime minister has been setting out a road map he hopes will bring england out of lockdown — starting march 8th with the return of schools. but the easing of restrictions will be gradual, and it will be many months — well into the summer — before life returns to anything approaching normal. with the return to the classroom on the 8th, school sports and activities will also restart. one—to—one recreation in public spaces such as parks will also be permitted. four weeks later, the 29th of march, up to six people will be allowed to meet outdoors and some sports will resume. and, in the best—case scenario, from april 12th shops, gyms and hairdressers can reopen for the first time since january 6th. what we will look like by then goodness only knows. speakfor speak for yourself! from may 17th, cafes, pubs and restaurants will be able to reopen their indoor dining areas. the government says the final restrictions will be eased no earlier thanjune the 21st — 15 months af

christian fraser is in london. there was encouraging news for britain's government today.st came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two—thirds. until now, there had been no real data on that. and the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. the report hasn't been peer reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk government's strategy. the other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 million people. 15% of the population has been given a first coronavirus jab, which means the uk is bang on target to vaccinate all elderly and vulnerable people by the middle of february. here's the british prime minister, borisjohnson. we have today passed the milestone of 10 million vaccinations in the united kingdom, including almost 90% of those aged 75 and over in england and every eligible person in a care home. and with everyjab and every day, we have more evidence about the effectiveness of these vaccines. new res

hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london., impeachment—shaped cloud has cast a shadow over the first few weeks ofjoe biden�*s presidency. that cloud has now lifted. and mr biden is stepping out into the light. later this evening he'll fly to milwaukee, wisconsin for a nationally—televised town hall event. mr biden will take questions directly from voters, and lay out the case for his first major piece of legislation — a coronavirus relief bill. and the $1.9 trillion he's asking for from congress is no small change. it's equal to nearly one—tenth of the entire us economy. and it's no coincidence that joe biden has chosen wisconsin for his first official presidential trip. his campaign won the state byjust 20,000 votes back in november — and it's bee hit hard by both the pandemic and the economic fallout. let's bring in bill glauber, who covers national politics for the milwaukee journal sentinel. hejoins us from milwaukee in wisconsin went to the people of wisconsin milwaukee one from joe biden tonight? fix, milwaukee one from

christian fraser is in london.world where the more vaccines we have, the closer we are to normal life, it is good news that another one is about to be approved in america. possibly as soon as tomorrow, the us food and drugs administration will approve a new coronavirus vaccine which is effective afterjust one dose — and can be stored for up to three months in a normal refrigerator. the united states has ordered 100 million doses of thejohnson &johnson vaccine, to be delivered byjune. the uk and eu — which have yet to approve the vaccine — have ordered 30 million and 200 million doses each. today, the white house covid task force coordinator said the firstj&j jabs could be administered within days. if an eua is issued, we anticipate allocating 3—4 million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine next week. johnson &johnson has announced it aims to deliver a total of 20 million doses by the end of march. we're working with the company to accelerate the pace and timeframe by which they deliver the full 100 million doses

christian fraser is in london.winter storms across the south and east of the us have left millions without power, and more snow is on the way. nowhere has been hit harder than texas, where nearly three million people are facing their third day without light or heat. the state has its own electrical grid, and it's been unable to meet the increased demand for power. it's striking these power outages are happening in a state with such abundant energy resources. texas produces more electricity than any other us state, almost twice as much as florida, the next—closest. but because it has isolated itself from the rest of the grid, it can't import any, and so there is a very public row under way over who is to blame — the public private partnership that operates the grid or the state politicians who oversee the regulation. the bbc�*s barbara plett usher reports. another day of winter misery for texas. millions of people are still without power. this historic storm has generated an epic energy crisis in america's energy st

christian fraser is in london.till many unanswered questions about the insurrection at the us capitol onjanuary 6th. how much did law enforcement know about plans for violence that day? was intelligence properly shared? and just how could police have been so ill prepared for a riot that was organised in plain sight? today, lawmakers have been trying to get to the bottom of exactly what happened at a senate hearing that's still underway. among those tesitfying are two of the top security officials who were at the capitol that day. it's the first time we've heard from them in public. this is what the former sergeant—at—arms of the house of representatives said about the intelligence reports he'd received in the days leading up to the riot. safety was always paramount when making security plans forjanuary six. we did discuss whether the intelligence pointed having trips of the capital. that was the issue in the capital. that was the issue in the collective judgement at that time was no. the intelligence did not warran

christian fraser is in london. our top stories...rs after hours. an impeachment trial has all the trappings of a courtroom. you have thejurors, the 100 senators who deliver a verdict. the lawyers filing their trial briefs — and sometimes, though maybe not this time, witnesses called to the stand. all in the name of deciding whether or not the accused should be convicted. but in truth, an impeachment trial is hugely political. and everyone has a story they're hoping to tell this week. for democrats and a small number of anti—trump republicans, it's a chance to relive the scenes of 6 january and write what they hope will be the concluding chapter to the trump presidency. to mr trump's supporters, an acquittal is the chance to chalk up another win for donald trump in his fight against the washington establishment. but the most important audience — america's voting public — seems to have already made up its mind. 0n the face of it the country is split — half wanting the senate to convict mr trump. but when you break it down along party l

hello, i'm laura trevelyan in new york city, christian fraser is in london.our weeks since supporters of president trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen — and today, house democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection — accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. the impeachment trial will be in the senate next week. in the memo they submitted, the nine impeachment managers say the president incited the attack but had laid the groundwork for what they describe as the big lie, well before the election in november. they say the speech he delivered onjanuary 6th — whipped his supporters into a violent frenzy. and quoting directly from the constitution and its framers — they say the senate has the jurisdiction to impeach a former official. in the last few hours — mr trump's lawyers have responded — claiming it's unconstitutional to impeach and convict a former president. their defence is simple — the senate they say has no jursidiction given mr trump is no longer pr

christian fraser is in london. we start our programme with a mix of good news and bad.e plus side, the number of new covid cases and hospitalisations has been dropping in both the us and the uk. the bad news, though, is that new mutations of the virus could threaten to wipe out those gains. so the race is on to vaccinate as many people as possible, to try and prevent highly contagious variants from spreading and mutating further. the uk's vaccination efforts are going quite well. half a million people were vaccinated just yesterday. in the us, the goal is to get to 1.5 millionjabs a day. the fear is that as the coronavirus evolves it becomes ever more difficult to fight. the uk variant has now been discovered in at least 55 other countries, and we know it is much more transmissible. the now dominant strain in south africa is more of a worry, because we know the existing vaccines perform less well against it. and for that reason, the uk health secretary said today he was taking extra precautions before the strain takes hold. we've now identified 105 cases of this variant

hello, i'm christian fraser in london. laura trevelyan is in new york.ng back the america first agenda has been the hallmark ofjoe biden�*s first two weeks in the white house. he has already returned the united states to the paris climate accord and the world health organization. this week, he renewed the new start nuclear treaty with russia and signalled he'd like to return to the nuclear agreement with iran. part of his challenge will be restoring morale within the depleted state department. and today, he paid them a visit to set out a long list of issues on which the white house is now fully engaged. and it is quite a list, starting with russia and the arrest of alexei nevalny. "he should be released immediately," said president biden, "without condition." the united states will be stopping any troop withdrawals from germany. from today, the white house will end its support and arms sales to saudi arabia for the war in yemen. "the military in myanmar," said the president, "should relinquish the power they seized over the weekend and release the prison

christian fraser is in london.re about four hours into day one of the prosecution of donald j trump. —— day two. it's been an afternoon of text—book legal strategy — laying argument upon argument, fact—upon—fact, example—upon—example. house managers aim to prove without a doubt that the former president should be convicted of inciting an insurrection. but as we've said before, it's notjust a legal matter. there are politics at play. it's not a traditionaljury of one's peers, but a group of 100 democratically—elected senators who will decide the outcome. and while the democrats have clearly come out with a strong presentation, it's only day one. and it's not even over yet. anthony zurcher is in washington. hejoins us now. i was he joins us now. i was struck by how house managers have gone all the way back tojuly of house managers have gone all the way back to july of last year to point out that back then, donald trump was refusing to accept this prospect of the peaceful transfer of power. yes. the peaceful transfer

i am christian fraser in london, and katty kay is in washington.nned mission to mars. these are the live pictures from the nasa control room where very shortly a seven month mission to the red planet will come to an end, everyone in that room hoping for the safe touchdown of a new rover on the martian surface. the course —— of course, because of covid, there are less people than normally. we will be keeping an eye on the control room. only half of the missions to mars are successful and this rover, called perseverence, is bigger than anything nasa has tried to land before. to do it safely, the spacecraft that's carrying it will have slowed from the speed of a rifle bullet, to a walking pace in just seven minutes. it is going to be a tense, thrilling half hour. we will bring you all the reaction which will culminate, fingers crossed, with confirmation of a safe landing around five minutes to nine gmt this evening, with pictures hopefully from the surface. the rover will be set down close to a crater, that scientists believe was where an ancient rive

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you're watching bbc news with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.f rustie lee joins us with her top tips. donald trump's second impeachment trial is over. it ended much as we had expected, with his acquittal. but what still looms large over the former president is the mounting number of criminal and civil cases he faces in multiplejurisdictions. in georgia, there are two investigations pending, including an inquiry into mr trump's efforts to overturn the result of the election. the focus on that phone call to the secretary of state in which he asked him to "find" votes in his favour. in new york, prosecutors are looking into mr trump's tax and financial dealings. and in washington dc — there is still the chance of criminal charges over the us capitol riot onjanuary 6th. even his own party recognises the reality of the situation. here's senate minority leader mitch mcconnell speaking after the impeachment vote on saturday. president trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office — as an ordinary citizen. unless the statute of limi

you're watching bbc news with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. democrats — but can they make it happen? now they control both houses of congress and the white house, we ask what's stopping them also in the programme.... the iran nuclear deal is hanging in the balance — as european foreign ministers meet with the us — and agree to hold direct talks with tehran if that's what it takes to break the impasse. and, when you're this much of a legend, who needs a statue? dolly pardon asks her home state to halt plans to build a monument in her honour. this is bbc news. let's get back to our top story. the us' largest producer of energy, the state of texas, is still suffering from rolling power cuts, some six days after a huge snowstorm brought temperatures as low as zero degrees fahrenheit to the state. let's bring in one of 5 million of people —— let's bring in one of the millions of people who's still without power. patrick crowley is a professor of economics at corpus christi university , and hejoins us now from his home — on north padre island. is th

. >> wow, the head of city, so jane fraser, she's from scotland, she's 53 years old, taking over thiswall street ceo, ever. this is a huge deal. she has got a real blue chip background. she was at mckenzie and goldman. at mckenzie she was there part-time while she was raising kids. there was a quote there, where she said you can have it all but don't expect to have it all at the same time. right now she's having it all professionally at 53, the first wall street ceo who is a woman in quite a few. >> another newcomer on this scene is 58 years old. and karen lynch. again, there's a theme here of women taking over health companies, and i wonder -- >> yeah. >> what makes up that theme because it makes sense to me on so many levels. >> well, the empathy, right? cvs health is not just the drugstore you go to fill your prescription. aetna is underneath. quarter trillion dollars in revenue, 300,000 employees. this is a massive, massive job. and, you know, karen, you know, wrote for -- three years ago, just a point about health care, she got into some health care, she wrote, because her mother

kenneth fraser retiring as ceo effective later this year.ottom lines. the stock is trading up half a percent. a shame shakeup at parler, john matze fired as the company fights to get back online, they terminated the founder. amazon using a.i. in delivery vans that has drivers pushing back. the fallout at robinhood, janet yellen holding a meeting with regulators. markets have turned negative. we are waiting on jobless claims this morning, out in an hour and-a-half. we'll get the jobs numbers from january out tomorrow, dow industrials right now down 16 points, the nasdaq up 41 and s&p higher by a fraction. yesterdaystocks finished near the flat line, giving up much of an earlier rally. the dow and s&p finishing higher for a third day in a row. elon musk just couldn't stay away from twitter. what he is saying this morning is making a buzz. "mornings with maria" is live right now. european markets this morning little changed. ft100 down 17, the dax higher by 28. in asia stocks all seeing red, markets slipping after a rise in chinese short-term i

i wonder ifi could pursue a point which was raised by i pursue a point which was raised by mr fraser— pursue you for an answer on that and i appreciate you will know— on that and i appreciate you will know more about that than i do but the practical consequence of that is that you _ the practical consequence of that is that you were surprised that the crown _ that you were surprised that the crown office took an interest in the question— crown office took an interest in the question of— crown office took an interest in the question of whether parliament and its committees were in danger of breaking — its committees were in danger of breaking a — its committees were in danger of breaking a court order in its view, in this— breaking a court order in its view, in this instance one relating to the protection — in this instance one relating to the protection of the identity of complainers in a sexual harassment allegation — complainers in a sexual harassment allegation. i'm quite content for the crown— allegation. i'm quite content for the crown office to take whatever view it _ the crown