thank you very much, bronwen maddox, from the institute for government.'s queen's speech. the aim of this new legislation is to encourage more adults to return to higher education, and to make it easierfor them to gain new skills in some of the high productivity sectors. zoe lewis is the principal & chief executive of middlesbrough college. good afternoon, thank you for joining us. just if you could spell out to start with, how difficult is it for the moment for people who are in work to access education? there are a number— in work to access education? there are a number of— in work to access education? there are a number of barriers. - in work to access education? there are a number of barriers. over- in work to access education? there are a number of barriers. over the| are a number of barriers. over the past 20 years we have seen a gradual shift from taxpayers paying for education and lifetime free education and lifetime free education and lifetime free education and a move to education being funded by employers or by individuals themselves through fe

so this speaks to why it's so so important for institutions for government institutions to play a straight with fact and to be transparent. so that way, when things like this come around, they can be trusted and their, their credibility won't be called into question like elements in china. that, of course, have a very deep interest to uphold the natural emergence theory. while i'm grew craft reporting for us there, thank you for bringing us that story. japan has been seeking to reassure countries around the world that the olympic games in july will be safe. despite the pandemic, organizers say they've put plans in place to prevent a spike in infections, but opposition to staging the games during the public health emergency is growing. $40000000.00. i'm looking forward to deal eviction. i'm not worried. the official stones remains the same. the games will go on no matter what, even if the current state of emergency due to the corona virus is extended. and for some locals, that's no problem at all. moments you know, the game should take place if everyone sticks to the rules and there won't b

so this speaks to why it's so so important for institutions for government institutions to play a straight with fact and to be transparent. so that way, when things like this come around, they can be trusted and their, their credibility won't be called into question like elements in china. that, of course, have a very deep interest to uphold the natural emergence theory. while i'm grew craft reporting for us there, thank you for bringing us that story. now eric carl, the author of one of the world's most popular children's books, has died at the age of $91.00. karl's most famous book, the very hungry caterpillar was published in 1969, using the simple words in bright colors that told the tale of a caterpillar with an insatiable appetite. during his career, karl wrote and illustrated more than 70 books. ah, a child once called him a picture writer, a turn the american author eric call thought was very fitting. in 1969, he created the very hungry caterpillar over all he wrote and illustrated more than 70 children's books. but none of his work touched as many hearts as the tale of a caterpill

so this speaks to why it's so so important for institutions for government institutions to play straight with facts and to be transparent. so that way, when things like this come around, they can be trusted and their, their credibility won't be called into question like elements in china. that, of course, have a very deep interest to uphold the natural emergence. very well. i grew croft reporting for us there. thank you for bringing us that story. now, india is still battling a devastating 2nd wave of the panoramic children may be among the least likely to be killed by colbert 19, but they suffer in other ways, especially when their own parents die from the disease. the money, the child reports from delhi, on how one organization is trying to help the most vulnerable for 9 years now, 3 people had worked with children from under previous communities on a daily basis. she deals with children who have experienced creek laws and forced to grow up before they're ready. but since the outbreak of who with 19 their numbers are growing with children not being made to quit education and pick up ho

kristen taddonio is a senior climate and energy advisor at the institute for governance and sustainablepment, which works to strengthen environmental law. she previously worked at both the e.p.a. and the energy department in the george w bush and barack obama administrations. thanks so much for joining us. in layman's terms, you can help us understand why hfc's are so mot ent-- potent in climate change. >> certainly. so we've all heard about carbon dioxide or co2 and we know that it is responsible for much of the world's warming. however there are these other classes of climate poll out ants called short lived climate pollutants of which hfc's are one of the most potent. so if you go out today and you have a pound of co2, that creates a certain amount of warming. if you go out and emit a pound of hfc's it is thousands of times as co2 as warming the globe. >> that this is oftentimes when we see the epa or the government move to limit the production or the output of greenhouse gases, we see environmentalists on one side, the industry on the other but that is not the case in this. in this

so this speaks to why it's so so important for institutions for government institutions to play a straight with fast and to be transparent. so that way, when things like this come around, they can be trusted and their, their credibility won't be called into question like elements in china. that, of course, have a very deep interest to uphold the natural emergence. very well am, grew craft reporting for us there. thank you for bringing us that story. now, india is still battling a devastating 2nd wave of the pandemic. children may be among the least likely to be killed by hope at 19, but they suffer in other ways, especially when their own parents die from the disease. the w money, the child a report from delhi and how one organization is trying to help the most vulnerable for 9 years now, 3 people had worked with children from under previous communities on a daily basis. she deals with children who have experienced creek laws and forced to grow up before they're ready. but since the outbreak of who with 19 their numbers are growing, children are being made to quit education and pick up hou

a senior climate and energy advisor at the institute for governance and sustainable development, whicho strengthen environmental laws, worked previously in both of epa and the energy department in the george w. bush and barack obama administrations. thank you for joining us. in layman's terms, can you help us understand why hfcs are so potent? >> certainly. we have all heard about carbon dioxide and we know it is responsible for much of the world's warming. however, there are other classes of climate pollutants called short-lived climate pollutants of which hfcs are one of the most potent. if you emit a pound of co2, that creates a certain amount of warming. if you emit a pound of hfc's, it is thousands of times as potent as co2 at warming the globe. that is why it is important to be facing -- phasing these chemicals out. reporter: often times when we see the epa or the government move to limit the production or the output of greenhouse gases, we see environmentalists on one side and industry on the other. but that is not the case in this instance, is that right? >> this has been a rem

govern for everybody. showing that our institutions are made for this. the institutions are made to be respected to govern everybody, and to defend the separation of powers. the days of the way of governing with opulence and hypocrisy are numbered. mark: we will be joining our correspondent and an hour from now. to get more analysis of what this could mean for spain. a definite push towards the right being registered in the regional elections there. lawmakers in france believe they have made a significant move to save the planet. the green campaign has been -- campaigners have been demonstrating to say the french government is dragging its heels. france has approved wide ranging lima change bill that will prevent future airport expansion, and reduce packaging waste. france needs to cut greenhouse emissions by 20%. that's compared to 1990 levels. protesters say it's not enough. >> approved by france's national assembly, what could be a flagship piece of legislation for emmanuel macron. >> [speaking foreign-language] >> france's climate law was inspired by

government party has sunk into poles. do you think that if these intermittent protests continue, they will convenience, the middle and upper class columbia institute for them again? so the government doesn't want to negotiate a 2nd. there is a growing split between the union and the people on the street. we don't recognize them as leaders. and 3rd, there's the clear deterioration of the situation with police abuses and growing violent acts in the streets that make negotiations difficult where the risk of violence escalation in many parts of the country are becoming increasingly real. and neither the government nor the leaders of the protest seems to have an easy solution as hence we're all right. this 2nd further spiral out of control that i'm just the south career is pushing, for instance, so called mudflats to be recognized by unesco as a world heritage site. they've often been overlooked by many, but there's been increasing appreciation for the environmental value. south chris health with coastline is considered to have some of the best title mudflats in the world. says room at bright, went to the region and has this report now from she non countri

second there is a role for government outside of the region. an international institutions. the united states and bassett are of the united nations is working within the un to support their humanitarian response plan. i've also spoken with world leaders from canada, finland, ireland, japan, about partnering with us to help the northern triangle. and for our part, the united states has announced that we will send an additional $310 million to the region. departments and agencies across our federal government are joining in this effort. the united states department of commerce is planning a virtual trade mission. our agricultural department is increasing food assistance. usaid has deployed a disaster assistance response team. and as i have told our cabinet secretary, we must be ambitious and deliberate. we must also be proactive, not just in the northern triangle but across latin america. third, we must think beyond government. i've spoken with foundation leaders have been sending support to the region for long time. and are now prepared to do more. i've also been engaging wit

institution of our democracy. it shows a polling disregard for institutional government and legislators, law enforcement and since that date doj and the fbi have launched an extraordinary effort to hold accountable all those who engage in criminal acts at the capitol. the investigation spans almost the entire country and agents and prosecutors in multiple states are a vital part of it. the prosecution efforts led by the attorney's office of and the district of columbia and more than 430 and visuals have been charged thus far and that number continues to grow. we've also recently witnessed evidence to intimidate our members of the community and family they don't know who they are as is the recent horrific attacks directed at asian americans. the department and the fbi are for supporting local investigations into those attacks and while attempting [inaudible] regardless of the motivation our goal at the doj is to prevent those attacks and bring those responsible to justice. today i'd like to have a brief overview of how the apartment of justice organized to handle the mystic tourism cases and the illegal authoritie

lack of trust right now between our citizens and our law enforcement community and our government institutions. fordent of the united states, donald trump, openly use racial rhetoric that inflamed tensions that have resulted in people who look like me having a target on our back. just the other day i was literally pulling up to a stoplight and someone pulls up next to me, starts hurling insults at me, threatens to assault me, and speeds away. >> now. >> that's the type of country we have right now. hopefully legislation like this will help us move forward. rev, i want to say thank you because you have been an amazing partner in calling out hate and being an advocate and a champion, not just for asian-americans, but for all communities of color. if we stand together, we have a better chance at doing something about this. >> it's all of us against hate, no matter who it is. you can't fight for hate of those that don't like you if you don't fight for hate against everybody. that's why i stand out there with the asian-american community and every other community. hate is hate is hate. danielle moody an

limit the path to them but the way you work out those limits is through institutions of government, juries, local legislatures. for them to would have included the church and it would have included the militia. today we have a very different discussion. we have a very different conception for very good reasons because the founders discussion was exclusionary. communities of interest to them or communities of property of white men and that is certainly not a legitimate government are something we should want to go back to but what we have been trying to do i think unsuccessfully over the last 230 years is to integrate an understanding of that government as being something that you do to protect your rights with an understanding that in some instances that's not going to be sufficient for some other institution to protect the rights of those who are not well-integrated into the political life of the community. that's the post-civil war constitutional amendment so what happened is we ended up i think for entirely contingent reasons in the middle of the 20th century understanding rights as having one of two characters

on that on that front and we will working with our networks and our institutes for an organization that aims to overthrow governments and install puppet leave his legs or is remarkably loose lipped they like villains out of cartoons that the boast about how grand their plan these for world domination but ultimately they fall in there but in all seriousness these seas moring stuff that's the sort of meddling is worth bringing up here and lead to me of putin's proposed meeting with joe biden the sama will unite with the russian opposition we can. make a big pressure to regime right right right. and obviously i think you know with the . with the new administration here in washington. there is a great readiness to help a great readiness to help i think we're really wonderful people in this new administration for one i'm not looking forward to watching these wonderful people tear apart what remains of relations between russia and the u.s. suffice to say at the very least ned has been worked out a notch it's always fun isn't it seeing the spiders high in the scenes in the dark those that think that they pull the strings a

also arabs being attacked as well in various places and so this is a real crisis for the government they have instituted a civil emergency in la they've put in a curfew in place due to come into force at 8 pm tonight so let's less than an hour away and 3 other cities as well the border force usually used in the occupied west bank they have been deployed to try to restore order the prime minister benjamin netanyahu pledging to use an iron fist to do so. and harry. the song about the situation in israel itself with that power of rockets over a 1000 rockets now having been fired from gaza into southern israel a number of people have been killed there. what's the mood in the country itself and is there anyone at the moment who is mediating between 2 saw the 2 sides to perhaps bring an end to this. well to start with that point there were efforts we understand from the egyptians who have acted as mediators in the past during these it's difficult to say these sorts of escalations because this is an extremely unusual rare and enormous one but that yes there were efforts by the egyptians to try to to mediate bu

at home the head of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, the serum institute of india, blames narendra modi's government forhe shortage of covid jabs it comes as india reports more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a twelfth straight day. the queen sends a message to the people of northern ireland. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. police in manchester have condemned the protests that led to the postponement of manchester united's premier league match against liverpool, calling them "completely unacceptable". two officers were injured when fans stormed the pitch. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has also condemned the violence. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. the concourse outside old trafford where protesters were expected to congregate... ..to voice their continued opposition to the ownership of manchester united by the glazer family. some protesters soon decided to go further, and ultimately, onto the pitch itself. this was the scene at one of the most famous football grounds in the world, that revered manchester united pitch, the place o

according to the institute for government, the scottish parliament is not allowed to pass legislationocrat. it is unsustainable for boris johnson to keep saying no... nicola sturaeon johnson to keep saying no... nicola sturgeon said _ johnson to keep saying no... nicola sturgeon said if— johnson to keep saying no... nicola sturgeon said if it _ johnson to keep saying no... nicola sturgeon said if it was _ johnson to keep saying no... nicola sturgeon said if it was rejected, i johnson to keep saying no... nicola sturgeon said if it was rejected, it | sturgeon said if it was rejected, it would end up in the courts. to be clear to your photos, you do think it is a responsible way to spend taxpayers' money? iii it is a responsible way to spend taxpayers' money?— it is a responsible way to spend taxpayers' money? if anything ended u . taxpayers' money? if anything ended u- in taxpayers' money? if anything ended up in because — taxpayers' money? if anything ended up in because it _ taxpayers' money? if anything ended up in because it would _ taxpayers' money? if anything ended up in because

supporting customers if you're a supplier or a service provider bidding for government contracts likewise if you're a charity or an institution receiving government grants you want to trade carefully also but business is vocal however on the need to restart reset the relationship between politicians and industry after 14 months of cold restrictions u.k. exit in the european union and also decade of very slow economic growth so businesses stand was the focus the argument on the government helping to grasp new trading opportunities reducing costs up skilling and rescaling the workforce prison promoting investment in digital technologies renewable energies infrastructure so hirsch cure or some entrepreneurs will applaud independents most of the business world and shifts anxious but the complexities of in the end is there and there is about the polarization right polarization of reparation debate given his negativism let me or appropriate give us an idea of how disruptive independence would be to scotland given its business with the u.k. which i would imagine is substantial. yes it is now 60 percent of scott was $82000000000.00 p

it's is what my institute works on, the existence of institutional capability in government. thing that makes the difference for countries today is the quality of their government. amb. green: i just want to emphasize on a couple of things that tony has said, strategic vaccination is important because it means that we are understanding what the risks are and where they are, we are getting vaccines into dense urban areas where the spread can happen fast and variance can spring up at any moment. we don't have to wait around on the supply of vaccines to build up capacity, that we can start today and we should work on it now. unless we get that simply producing more vaccines and getting them into capitals will fall short of where we need to be on this framework. i think the tony blair institute framework is an important roadmap forward and we are delighted that the wilson center is in support of it. i think it does provide a good framework for policy makers to take a look at this important challenge. dr. fink: i would like to thank both of you and our audience today for taking time with the response to delve into t

bitterness amazon loses the jedi contract which is a huge leg up in the cloud business for governments and public institutionse problems with the post office. and a lot of publicity around trumps bitterness toward the post and jeff bezos in particular now a lot of what trump wanted to do never happened. he talked about raising corporate taxes. were made ridiculous claims about being a lobbyist for amazon. none of that was true but recently the judge and the jedi case ruled amazon should be able to continue to protest that decision that was awarded to microsoft radiate raising the possibility to rethink the whole process so now it's possible with some time and reflection that amazon and jeff did not lose much in terms of their ongoing fight with the trump administration. probably they would prefer to fly under the radar but with jeff's ownership of the post that probably would have been impossible. >> i think the whole e-mail thread between carney and jeff bezos how to respond to trump was my personal favorite part of the book. that was very good. but how unusual is that for business leaders to have tension wi

it's is what my institute works on, the existence of institutional capability in government. thing that makes the difference for countries today is the quality of their government. amb. green: i just want to emphasize on a couple of things that tony has said, strategic vaccination is important because it means that we are understanding what the risks are and where they are, we are getting vaccines into dense urban areas where the spread can happen fast and variance can spring up at any moment. we don't have to wait around on the supply of vaccines to build up capacity, that we can start today and we should work on it now. unless we get that simply producing more vaccines and getting them into capitals will fall short of where we need to be on this framework. i think the tony blair institute framework is an important roadmap forward and we are delighted that the wilson center is in support of it. i think it does provide a good framework for policy makers to take a look at this important challenge. dr. fink: i would like to thank both of you and our audience today for taking time with the response to delve into t

have pro- palestinian protesters who are essentially attacking american jews for policies the israeli government is institutingthey have to be separated and it's important that we not muddy the watters to the sense was going on between israel and gaza is not the same thing going on here with these anti-semitic crimes and we have to condemn them and the media is not calling them out and it will take more than a tweet from president biden to stop it. they have to stand up and say they are not going to tolerate violence. >> the president of the united states puts out a tweet condemning anti-semitism and violence against american jews in los angeles and new york and cities and towns in between but he can't make a public statement about from his own mouth. why? >> as a why. it bothers me more than anything else, joe biden is an anti- suit, taking marching orders from the progressive left, the squad. they have basically taken a pro- palestinian position within the democratic party and joe biden is afraid of them. what's going on in places like los angeles anti-semitic hate is going on, in new york city, the democrat

there are many people here in india who believe that the serum institute and the government over promised when it came to those commitments forbout how the indian government said more than 70 countries coronavirus vaccine. many indians cannot get a dose of vaccine themselves. looking at the latest stats, something like 3% of indians has been vaccinated. it's a very small percentage of a country that is in dire need of getting it out to the country as a continues. katty: rising tensions between the u.s. and russia are spilling over into the arctic were a senior russian military commander told the bbc that u.s. forces are acting more aggressively than they have in decades. that is raising the potential for conflict -- conflict. sarah has just returned where her team was given rare access to russia's northernmost military base. >> this was our flight almost to the edge of the map. a russian military cargo plane carrying us far up into the arctic. we were among the first foreign journalists invited to visit russia's most northern military base. a site that is making some in the west nervous. they can our seaplanes all year. for h

for decades. until recently, with the help of government institution created to protect them and the amazon rain but not anymore was supposed to natalie. you after present in both and i was elected everything change. he dismantled the institutions that protected us. wildcat miners are feeling so empowered that they are now attacking our homes and even the federal police you what the 14000 people feel they're on the wrong. this week, the house of a little qu activist, was burned to the ground in the legal miners, then tried to burn the helicopter. the police would come to investigate. the miners said they had a right to make a living, and with continued their illegal activity. once the police were gone, for the wildcat miners are giving alcohol cell phones and the young members of our tribes to gain their they've already contaminated, our rivers are fish and our bodies with mercury. now they're dividing us and weighting conflict. it's not just about gold mining, it's also right drug and arms trafficking. thousands of illegal gold miners are also believed to have a tax. again, no money people on the l

for rich edson and that's where we begin our live coverage. rich. >> good morning. a growing number of scientists and government officials are pressing for an investigation into the wuhan institute of virology and whether the global pandemic may have begun there. in january the state department revealed that the u.s. government had reason to believe that several researchers at that lab had become sick in the autumn of 2019. the journal now reporting three of them were hospitalized. former state department official tells fox news that foreign government contacts informed the united states that several scientists were who conducting covid research there had fallen sick in november of 2019. china's government disputes this. scientists and experts say investigators still need to examine how this pandemic started. >> the investigation should address all scenarios in a deliberate manner and involve a variety of expertise and disciplines and follow the evidence. the biden administration needs to come out more forcefully in this regard and something they've not done yet. >> the state department has called for more thorough investigation into the or ij begins. earlier this world a world

institute. why has it taken so long for the german government to recognize these atrocities as a genocide?: because it is a tricky issue from a german perspective. it might have far-reaching implications and it touches on the protector he of denial is him. germans were at pain to go back to what they perceive as the gold old days -- good old days which may never were good. who felt the run of german colonialism. germans were trying not to look back at the initial steps towards the holocaust where in colonial rules they executed. host: now the people, just before the report we are talking about what took place and you had 80% of people that were killed. around 20% of the original population had their land seized from them and their livestock was taken from them. what happened the consequences of that for the indigenous people in the area today who live in dire poverty? guest: the consequences are very obvious. in ordinary daily life in namibia, colonialism is presence. they are confronted every day -- owned by whites predominantly german-speaking farmers. the land of their ancestors is the

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he's now the director of the institute for museum and library services of the federal government. crosby is ever as everyone knows one of the world's great readers and polymaths and among the subjects that he's mastered. is this story of winston churchill's trip with harry truman. to missouri in 1946 we also have with us. the incomparable his writer of popular history one of the great story finders and storytellers of her generation candice millard whose books have taken us into the lives of theodore roosevelt of james garfield and yes well, winston churchill. so without much more for me, i'd like to start with crosby and ask. set the set the stage for us paint the picture. how did it happen the churchill came to missouri? and what was the scene? what was that day? like so it is you have to start off by asking yourself there. they're actually so many reasons. this shouldn't have happened. i mean small town in, missouri fulton a small college westminster, which was failing at the at the time there were only 200 students because of the draft and world war ii and and churchill church

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for joining us in the briefing room today. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of governmentwe are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to enable wi-fi listening to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front-row seat to democracy. peter: this week on "the communicators," our guest is "the communicators." representative bob latta. thanks for joining us. what are issues your committee will be facing this year? representative latta: thanks for having me. we are looking at getting broadband across the country. it is so important. and when he think about 5g and inc. about the accountability of big tech, those are top issues off the bat. especially on broadband issues in my district in ohio, there is a lot of areas that we don't have broadband, and it is so important that we get it out there, and it is so important after what we have seen with covid. because we saw everything from telemedicine, teleeducation, p

governments have reported. researchers at the institute for health metrics and evaluation say covid-19 has caused about 6.9 milliondeaths worldwide, more than double the official figure. topping the list is the united states with over 900,000 deaths, followed by india with more than 650,000 deaths. the researchers projecteabout 600,000 deaths each in mexico, brazil, and russia. german chancellor angela merkel said thursday she opposes a push at the world trade organization to waive patent rights for covid-19 vaccines. since the wto operates by consensus, germany's opposition could derail efforts to transfer vaccine technology to factories in places like india and brazil. over 100 nations, led by south africa and india, say the move is desperately needed to increase the availability of vaccines in the global south. they were given a boost wednesy whenredentiden saide woulno longer oppose a waiver. french president emanuel macron on thursday joined the call to waive patent rights on covid vaccines, while european commission president ursula von der leyen said the 27-nation bloc was open to debate on the issue. >> th

meet two days after the strike began, the national colombian institution, well-known for manipulating information and services the government not cover up the fact unemployment, poverty, inequality have grown in such a way like cali, that it is hell for most colombians. while the colombian government speaks of removing the tax reforms, the ministers the proposedep it, actually opening for dialogue, this is just a cover-up. in fact, we have a fascist regime that has ordered the police to shoot and kill. erthe former president, who is e president of colombia and the stroman of this country, s stated based on the theory of -- neo-nazi from chile that is teaching at a military university in colombia, there is a molecular revolution going on without leaders. and so the population being manipulated by a global leftist conspiracy is leading to the instability of the regime, and they must be crushed by force. so they have ordered the armed forces, the police, to shoot to kill. but not only that, worse than that, they have ordered to shoot and kill anybody, everybody, everywhere. so during the day you have a party he. a festivity of

statements from government officials saying that perhaps this virus originated in a chinese lab, in the wuhan institute of virology. i think it's time that the american people got to decide for themselves. it's time they actually got to see the evidence that the united states government has collected on this issue. that is exactly what the measure that we are introducing here tonight would do. it would make available to the american people the evidence that the united states government has about the origins of this terrible virus and this terrible pandemic. >> that's from senator holly. this issue on both ends of pennsylvania avenue with the white house statement by the president and last fight's debate in the u.s. senate, and the reporting from "the washington post" with this headline washingtonpost.com as biden asks the intelligence community to redouble efforts to determine the definitive origin of the coronavirus. it reads in part the new message reflects a notable shift in some prominent scientist assessments that the virus all but certainly jumped from an animal spee sheesh to humans. the theory that has gained track shup is the pan may have accidentally escaped from t

for acts of the israeli government. this is not acceptable at all, and of course, the police and security authorities observed well the situations, also the security measures for the synagogues and jewish institutions in germany have been enforced, and i hope that any perpetrator who commits anti-semitic crimes will be charged and will be held responsible for what is being done. laila: in the u.s., the family of a black man killed by police in ohio. the police officer was discharged from the force. probes into the shooting are ongoing. republicans in the u.s. house of representatives have voted in a new party leader after ousting liz cheney after criticizing trump's continued false claims of election fraud. facebook has lost its fight to block a data privacy probe into its business dealings. ireland's high probe has ruled it can resume. chile is gearing up for elections this weekend to pick a special assembly that will draft a new constitution. the existing charted dates back decades to the ankocratic rule of general pinochet. mass protests in 2019 spurred the initiative. the constitutional convention's 155 delegates will have a year to draft the new text. while some parts of the world are opening

we are not paying for government service, we are trying to institute a fair tax code where people are taxed on their ability to pay to benefit from the fruits of this economy and the bottom line is over the last several decades, the top 1% have benefited overwhelmingly from the fruits of the economy, and therefore, that is why it is only fair to ask them to pay more and why we need to make more investments to broaden prosperity in this country. host: two guests joining us when it comes to taxes by the biden administration. you just heard from seth hanlon, a senior fellow at the center for american progress. also, scott. we will hear from victor in pennsylvania, democrat line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just want to call in and relate to the thing that the other caller said. number one, i don't think that the tax code being 1000 pages long or your personal income tax being four pages, they have eliminated all the loopholes and all the deductions, so it is not as simple as they are making it out that although loopholes have been eliminated. it is very simple. as long as you