whole of the whole purpose i have is trying to get people to have confidence in understanding why freedom works much brother rather than foreign policy or whether it's in individual liberty or whether it's in economic policy people weren't smart enough to go to washington or some people say well we'll put you in charge of the of the federal reserve and then you can tell us what to do i don't know what to do i don't know what interest rates should be or in the market conditions that this whole thing that it's a management problem management is impossible you can't manage an economy like this or or the whole global system by just having different managers put in place now dr paul we have a little less than a minute left i do want to ask you this with all this in place and all of the stimulus that the federal reserve planned plans to to continue to tonight the economy with what do you see that. future looking like and does a federal reserve need to make some sort of change to its infrastructure. well i

and the chancellor said that it's up to germans themselves to make sure the regain freedom works. economies around the world are grappling with the economic fallout from coronavirus lockdown measures in germany the all important manufacturing sector is among those hardest hit new figures show industrial orders in march fell by more than 15 percent the lowest level in 3 decades this says demand both at home and abroad plunged as a result of the pandemic and things looks but look bad for the rest of the e.u. chill on wednesday the bloc released its spring forecast for 2020 with the expected contraction for here said to easily be the biggest ever. after more than 2 months of lockdown romans are slowly getting used to spending a little money in their neighborhoods again citizens and many other e.u. countries are taking similarly tentative steps towards normality but the economic damage already done across the 27 country block by covert 19 has been severe. quite. economically. you can only go. by one. old man there's been a. demand. and. on the result of all that the e.u. forecasts tha

return to normal and the chancellor said that it's up to germans themselves to make sure the regain freedom works. germany has been as they got sokolich will resume its season on may 15th behind closed doors their decision makes the bonus a guy europe's 1st major football league to resume play at will be a kick off watched by professional sports leagues around the world i tennis at wimbledon cancell 1st time since world war 2. the tokyo olympics postponed until 2021 if it even takes place the. same goes for the cancelled european football championship the list of postponed major sporting events is law top class sport worldwide has come to a standstill. but the german football league is now allowed to start again the chancellor announced on wednesday the nun the female among other things the topic of shops which cannot open without restriction but of course with the hygiene concepts will be covered by a mass and leisure sports this one is 5 the 1st and 2nd german football league which will be allowed to run the games again from the 2nd toughest may onwards under the approved under also tested rule

and the chancellor said that it's up to german for themselves to make sure the redeemed freedom works. are this bill in our chief political correspondent in the creative she's covering this force here in berlin going to you melinda i mean these are significant steps that have been agreed to what do they tell us about how the government health state governments how they view the state of the pandemic here in germany where they tell us that the federal government a sense that at most germany has come out at the very 1st phase of the pandemic the words caution and careful were mentioned frequently by the chancellor the seedling and in the past she has said that it would be a crying shame if germany were to squander the good results that it had it she in the 1st phase of dealing with the pandemic but what we can also see from this meeting and it's reported that there were some heated exchanges during the course of the meeting is that they had the federal states the ministers presidents are very eager to get their economies up and running once again and for obvious reasons the crisis here

and the chancellor said that it's up to germans themselves to make sure the regain freedom works. our political correspondent kate brady is covering this story for us kate germany's coming out of law for the most part what does this say about the state of the pandemic in the country well i'm going macro summarize that quite nicely yesterday in that press conference saying that germany it's safe to say has come through the 1st phase of the pandemic but it is still very much in the early phases of this pandemic and it's something that germany will be facing for a long time to come so clearly the german government isn't taking the progress and relative success that it's hard so far in getting a grip on the pandemic for granted and so i also have the impression in recent days especially from state premiers and also from the business sector to get things back going in especially in the for the german economy to keep that floating a jury in the condemning and in the aftermath so that has had a huge effect on those decisions that we heard from. yesterday but that the granted that these t

return to normal and the chancellor said it is up to germans themselves to make sure there regained freedom worksbrent: let's pull in our chief political correspspondent in berlin. these are significant steps that have been agreed to. what do they tell us about how the government, how state governments view the statete of the pandemic here inin germany? melinda: they tetell us that the federal governmnment says that,t most, germany has come out of the very firstst phasese of the pandemic. the words caution and careful were mentioned frequeneny other chancellor this evening, and in the past, she has s said it woud be a crying shame if germany were to squander the good results that it had achieved in the first phase of dealing with the pandemic. what we can also see from this meeting, it is reported there were some heated exchanges during the course of the meeting, is that the heads of the federaral states, the minisr presidents are very eager to get their economies up and running once again, and for obvious reasons. the crisis here, as elsewhere, has takenen a very great economc toll. those are th

and the chancellor said that it's up to the germans themselves to make sure they regain freedom works. a political correspondent kate brady is covering this story for us kate germany is coming out of the law for the most part what does this say about where the penn demick is right now in germany well i'm going so summarize that quite simply yesterday in that press conference saying that it's safe to say the 1st phase of this pandemic is now behind germany but that we are here in germany still in the early phases in the fight against this virus and that it will be something that germany still has to tackle for a long time to come but of course there was a lot of pressure growing in recent days both from the business sector and also from those state premiers of the 16 states say in germany to ease restrictions and in the end of that pressure had a huge effect on the results of those talks yesterday and the relaxed measures that we're expecting to see put in place in the next couple of days but let's not forget all of these relaxations are in the conditions on the condition that social d

amendment is also supported from a diverse group of stakeholders across the political spectrum from freedom works and americans for prosperity on one end, to the aclu and demand progress on one other. americans across the country overwhelmingly back this amendment. this is a core constitutional issue. the pride of democrats -- that brought the democrats in oregon together with a republican from antenna. montanans and oregonians may haveri different priorities bute all believe strongly in the right to privacy, to protect the our civil liberties, and preserving our american way of life. i urge my senate colleagues to stand with senator wyden and myself to protect the privacy of all americans, and i urge them to vote in favor of this amendment. mr. president, before i yield to senator wyden i also wanted to commit to speak in support of the lee leahy amendment. this bipartisan amendment strengthens and clarifies the role and the authority of the anarchy in the fisa court. unfortunately we continue to see series of abuses and misuse of the fisa process. most notably the department of justice inspecto

it has brought together conservative groups like freedom works, left-leaning groups like the aclu, conservative senators like mike lee and rand paul but liberal senators like patrick lakey. instrange bedfellows here pushing for reform for the senate. host: our guest is with us if you want to ask questions,. (202)-748-8000 for democrats. republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, (202)-748-8002. voteu look at the house that took place on march the democrats and 126 republicans. of those voting no, 75 democrats, six republicans. how bipartisanws support the house bill had. the house bill was endorsed by adam schiff and bill barr. we will rarely find them agreeing on anything else. that shows -- one of the things that i thought was interesting was back in march, i was on the hill and matt gaetz and congressman powell were having a conversation and they were both complement each other on their ideas for fisa which goes back -- fisa reform which goes back the further right in left where this is the only issue they can agree on, they object to the spying of americans. host: do you think this will get

he's a senior contributor to the conservative advocacy group freedom works and is a writer and regularentator. and from beijing is victor gao. he's a former chinese diplomat and is now vice president of the centre for china and globalisation, which is one of the most influential think tanks in china. he's also a regular commentator on the media. so, that's our panel, welcome to you both and to our questions. i'm going to give you a round of applause here. and remember, you, too, can join the conversation. it's #bbcglobalquestions. and now without further ado, let's go to our first question, and it is from new delhi in india. and fire away, please, your question? wildlife markets, neighbourhood wet markets and worldwide industrial farms have been breeding grounds for zoonotic diseases like the covid—19. is this time for us to reboot and rethink consumption habits? all right, victor gao, that's one to you, cos we've heard a lot of criticisms about the wet markets in china. isn't it time for the world to stop this? the traditional wet markets are very much part of the lifestyle of the peo

success of this among the applicants for loans from the small business administration stimulus is freedom works a conservative operation that advocates small government and made its name opposing bailouts see they hate free money except when it's for them when it's for you that's dirty socialism now a story for people who like to breathe after many realize that high air pollution increase over 1000 death rates european cities would like to get rid of some cars even if they are fiat's milan is to introduce one of europe's most ambitious schemes re allocating streets based from cars to cycling and walking in response to the crisis the city will turn 22 miles of road over to cyclists and pedestrians what is italian culture going to be like with scooters and i got. the pandemic has forced colleges to a vic their students and put all operations online but the problem is that students are still paying full price to ition some students are now suing their schools including california state universities the lawsuits claimed it was unfair and unlawful for u.c. to keep fees to cover the cost of certain o

let's bring in steve moore, freedom works economist and member of the great american economic revival group. steve, i like the title. it makes me hopeful just hearing it. we heard from the governor of iowa. part of what you're group is trying to do get on calls with governors from different states to help them reopen. you say if states open aggressive we could see the economy turn around in six months. where does that stand? are the governors prepared? do they know what to do? do they need more things? >> so governor reynolds is an interesting case there in iowa. we did a little report grading the governors, which governors have done the best job opening up the economy and getting ready to get businesses back to work and workers back on the job and governor reynolds is one of the six governors who has done the best job. we gave her an a. glad to see her at the white house. what you're seeing, melissa, the division between the states where red states are opening up two or three or four weeks earlier than some of the blue states. iowa, nebraska, georgia, florida, texas, tennessee, are o

melissa: let's bring in steve moore, the member of the great american economic revival group in a freedoms work economist, thank you so much for joining us, when they roll out all of this spending night now, do you think that there are portions of that that will help get states back on their feet help get b. >> if you're talking about the plosive plan that was announced yesterday? melissa: 's yes. >> this is a severe negative for the economy, we've known each other for a long time, how many times have i drilled you, government spending does not stimulate the economy, government spending stimulates government, boy by my estimates if we were to pass that god-awful bill at $3 trillion for the first time since world war ii the government sector of our economy would be larger than our private sector, all the output over businesses across the country, that's a scary idea, i don't think bernie sanders could've imagined something like that the united states, i do think that nancy pelosi is overstepped, think most americans are aghast at what she's talking about, most of the spending in the bill has not

working group. on content, moderation and freedom of expression. >> you mentioned earlier that some u.s. companies are not operating necessarily in europe. susan: for example, our group had a session in vienna. don't ask me what the acronym stands for. in any event, we had dinner with the u.s. ambassador. from a government in virginia. his wife was commenting she could no longer get the virginia times. the reason is they shut off because of gdpr and not wanting to be liable, they have shut off access to european citizens. >> are we heading toward a bifrocated world wide web? susan: the internet is fractured. you have a number of different internets. you have china. russia is trying to replicate that in large measure, where they control input and output. you have certainly the rules in europe and they are working to address liability. some of the rules involving platform behavior this year. and then of course you have what is going on in the u.s. we share values with europe in large measure. working together, i think is beneficial on both sides of the atlantic, even if we don't come up wi

get to the truth that's why this year dortch of fellow freedom of speech award is honoring journalists who have suffered harm because of their work on the coronavirus virus crisis we are only naming 17 but they represent all those journalists bloggers and citizens who have defied curbs on media freedom to report on the virus. threatened attacked arrested press freedom was already a contentious and often dangerous issue in countries governed by repressive leaders such as china russia or venezuela now the current crisis is making it even more difficult for journalists to do that job. in january 2020 these images were secretly shot by chinese citizen journalist found being inside a hospital in ruhani the epicenter of the pandemic his report stiff a vastly from the image of the country portrayed on state television. a while ago i saw 3 corpses here he says on video now there are 8. chain krishi a lawyer with the most prominent citizen journalist a more hom. which underpin the virus is right in front of me china's criminal prosecutors are behind me i'm not afraid of death do you think i'm afraid of you communist party or child i was i

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freedom. while campaigning and journalists often find their work obstructed by governments who would rather certain information does not go public we hear from 2 reporters who've fallen foul of the authorities at the very highest level in brazil. to meet the investigative journalist glenn greenwald in rio you need to know someone a middleman his home address is a secret cameras and electric fences security is of the utmost importance that's because the us american has received death threats for his work in brazil. we only leave the house with security we fortified the security in our house so every kind of pressure from legal threats from the government including the president himself greenwald investigative website the intercepts had released leaks text messages what he did was fully legal but nevertheless president jabal sonora was outraged. mom well there's a scoundrel who simply can't be deported because he's married to another scoundrel in brazil it's a problem but it very well could be that to wind up in a brazilian jail sometime soon workroom argue over of. the president's threats were later

to churches and synagogues and mosques and enjoy in a safe and responsible way our freedoms of religion, so we're working very closely with university presidents around the country, over the last several weeks we'll be welcoming them to the white house soon, and we have every confidence that whether it be our universities around the country or whether it be primary and secondary education that we're in most areas of the country, we're going to be able to get kids back-to-school in a safe and responsible way. pete: mr. vice president thank you very much for joining us this morning. you know there is an ongoing tension between blue state governors, governors keeping states locked down a little bit more and the uncertainty that creates. i've got to ask you because the president just put out a tweet moments ago that pertains to this and we want your reaction. he said i love the great state of north carolina, so much so that i insisted on having the r nc, republican national convention in charlotte at the end of august. unfortunately, democrat governor roy cooper is still in shutdown mood and unable to guaran

stephen moore is with us, economist at freedom works.t shows red states growing at a much faster pace than blue states. democrat states, basically. which have not opened up very much. give me the numbers. >> so what we're seeing is not surprising, i'm sure, to fox business viewers which is that the red states are coming out of this recession much quicker, much more powerfully, than the blue states. i looked at what was happening in four or five big states, i was looking at california, illinois, new york, which obviously are prototypical blue states, then compared them with florida. florida is doing much better, they are starting to get their jobs back, they have suffered much less unemployment than these other states, and stuart, i got to tell you, i'm very worried not just about those blue states, but also those big blue state cities. i'm worried about what's going to happen to manhattan. i'm worried about what's happening in san francisco. i'm worried about my hometown of chicago, which right now, all three of those major cities are gh

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freedom suit. daniel bell worked side by side with joseph thompson. we can be sure they talked about these matters, right? in the navy yard one of the foreman at the yard was a man named robert armstead. robert was the slave holder who held mary and the six children. okay? a white man, a foreman in the yard, not particularly wealthy. his principle wealth really was mary and the six children, mary bell. so daniel clearly knew that robert armstead in the summer of 1835, he knew that robert signed a memorial for the abolition of slavery in washington, d.c. this was circulated in 1828, 1,000 or more white men signed it. 90 white men at the navy yard who worked there signed this petition, this memorial which was sent to congress saying slavery should be abolished in the district of columbia. bell knew that armstead put his name down. he knew the three justices of the d.c. court also signed that memorial. everyone probably took note of that. he knew one other thing

well, look, californians are just going to have to decide for themselves, how much of their freedom, their workschooling, their leisure, the family time that they're willing to sacrifice going forward for the promise of safety from a virus that so far, we did the math, has killed .002% of the state's population. and those are my thoughts at the end of day 29, america in shutdown. coming up, what would happen if joe biden were president during this covid crisis? well, i'm going to reveal who would really be in charge if uncle joe took the reins. it's scary, next. but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; it's important. we walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. - we've both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. after about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didn't notice before. - it's still helping me. i still notice a difference. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. but if you look to the land, it's a whole different story. from farms to backyards, wheels are turning. seeds are being planted. animals are getting fe

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freedom. as a veteran, i spend all my days working to use diplomatic power to secure freedom without putting serviceembers in harm's way. i want to thank the family members who have lost loved ones in their service to our country. forgeexington to valley to all the other fields of al -- fields of bowel -- fields of battle, i would like to thank them. i want to begin with a few observations on china. the media's focus on the current pandemic risks missing the bigger picture of the challenges presented by the chinese communist party. china has been ruled by a brutal authoritarian regime, a communist regime, since 1949. for several decades, we thought the regime would become more like us through trade, scientific exchange, diplomatic outreach. it did not happen. we greatly underestimated the degree to which beijing is ideologically hostile to free nations. the whole world is waking up to that fact. a few reported this past week that 66% of americans have an unfavorable view of china. that is a direct result of the chinese communist party's choices, which are influenced by the nature of the regime. the

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working. to protect both freedom of expression and at the same time, internet, and address hate, extremism andiral deception online. we have come up with a number of different recommendations we will be putting forth in the coming months. this is the time when we need to be collaborating with europe. to undergird fundamental values. not enough of that has been done. that is one of our main objectives. and working with platforms again, large and small. because the big platforms, they will be fine. any regulation they can do. it is the smaller folks like wikipedia that have small staff. like the internet archive, which has, i don't know, maybe 150 people in its employ. they are often the ones impacted by well-intended but poorly drafted regulation. host: what is the name of your commission? guest: it is a ridiculous name. thes under the auspices of annenberg public policy center is called the transatlantic high-level working content and expression. host: you mentioned earlier that some u.s. companies are not operating necessarily in europe. yes, our group had a in vienna.he osce, don't ask me wh

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