kibazo who's partner atjk associates and a former director of communications at africa development bank these numbers that have come out from the institutedirectors. any thoughts about fake news or the rest of it. 1200 iod members but this represents about 30,000 firms, medium and small sized firms, and 2996 medium and small sized firms, and 29% of them according to the iod have taken action or they are looking into relocation, mainly looking into relocation, mainly looking to opening offices in the eu. we've heard the likes of sony and panasonic relocating. it's interesting, isn't it, that it's happening. the institute of directors is a lobby group the business in the united kingdom and the survey is important because part of the debate on brexit has been couched in political terms rather than talking about the hard facts of what could happen in the event of britain crashing out without a deal with the european union. this puts some figures to it to show the extent to which businesses have actually not only thought about it but in some cases, have gone far enough and said they would move headquarters or some of their operations. this is

s institute of directors business lobby which conducted that study here's what she had to say that's quite a lot of your members so it's quite a drastic step as well it is quite a just accept and we were quite surprised but i think what it shows is that it's getting to the crunch time now and that is a very frustrated there's been no progress in parliament to for recent weeks members a small medium sized businesses and actually moving to the actually quite a drastic measure to take so it just shows that it's getting to the point where they're very frustrated and they want some progress and what about the free trade deal that's come out recently that most of the free trade use of the e.u. has with other countries are not going to be rolled over and i'm for braggs does that have any consequences to the pressure for your members i think one of the main ways that the government can ensure continuity of business in the u.k. is ensuring that they can roll over these trade agreements by march it is disappointing that there hasn't been too much progress in that regard but the same time two th

trade analyst with britain's institute of directors that's the business lobby that conducted that study here's what she had to say that's quite a lot of your members though it's quite a drastic step as well it is quite a just accept and we were quite surprised but i think what it shows is that it's getting to the crunch time now and that is a very frustrated there's been no progress in parliament to for recent weeks members a small medium sized businesses and actually moving to the ease actually quite a drastic measure to take so it just shows that it's getting to the point where they're very frustrated and they want some progress and what about the free trade deal that's come out recently that most of the free trade use of the e.u. has with other countries are not going to be rolled over and i'm for braggs does that have any consequences to the pressure for your members i think one of the main ways that the government can ensure continuity for business in the u.k. is ensuring that they can roll over these trade agreements by march it is disappointing that there hasn't been too much pro

today we have had some news from the institute of directors. ey of their members, a significant portion said they might think about putting their money elsewhere. we have got to bear in mind this is a business lobby group, there to put the pressure on government and make sure members get what they want. this is everybody getting very anxious, we are due to leave the eu next month. there have been all sorts of predictions in the past. a pinch of salt. what we know from looking at investment figures over the last couple of years is that they have been flat. businesses do not know what to do. this has all sorts of repercussions for the uk's competitiveness, employment, productivity growth. and, ultimately, profitability. very tense times indeed. a reminder of what is at stake. lets talk about what is at stake. lets talk about what is at stake. lets talk about what is going on more widely. sometimes our head is so focused on brexit it is hard to see what is going on in the wider world. we found out that italy is in recession, germany is slowing. we

this is what all the big business lobby groups are saying, this time it is the institute of directorshe frustration, especially in the service with is a huge part of our economy. 83% of huge part of our economy. 8396 of jobs, idid huge part of our economy. 8396 of jobs, i did not know was that high. that is the reflection that we have been talking about the manufacturing sector, getting goods on times and customs, but the service sector is also impacted colours there is also this issue is around whether the sector could work the way it does under no deal brexit, and also of course you have overall economic confidence going down and interests and demand for banking and financial services, all that, you would also see an impact on the sector as well. the noise and dissension getting louder and louder as all the politicians who were in westminster and not going to make another vote until the 12th of march, which is still quite a way off many would argue. let's move on, to the story thatis argue. let's move on, to the story that is dominating financial markets, and that is president trump

the institute of directors warned that research has revealed that confidence in the service sector isncial crisis. and rain at times, it will turn breezy and also a bit cooler. the ft reports on us president donald trump saying he will delay an increase in tariffs on chinese goods that had been scheduled for friday, after admitting "substa ntial progress" had been in recent trade talks with china. in the telegraph, children as young as four will for the first time be taught about how social media affects their mental health. next year the uk government will introduce compulsory health education lessons, to encourage children to limit their time on facebook, smartphones and games consoles and spend more time outdoors with friends. and finally, its hollywood's biggest night of the year. you guessed it, the oscars. this year it's the actor billy porter who has set world and internet alight after arriving on the red carpet wearing nothing less than a tuxedo gown. other highlights include rami malek winning best actor for his portrayal of queen frontman freddie mercury in the film bohemian

we begin with the guardian who say according to the uk institute of directors, nearly one in three britishoad or have already moved them to cope with a hard brexit. meanwhile the new york times focusses on italy which has officially slipped into recession. the paper says europe as a whole is essentially at an economic standstill, raising anxieties that the world is on the verge of a significant slowdown. the japan times is a little more upbeat on the european economy as japan and the eu's free trade pact comes into force today, creating a free trade area that covers about a third of the world's economy. the pact will eliminate tariffs on most reciprocal trade and encourage business investment the paper says in the telegraph business pages, amazon has revealed record profits. the online retail giant said revenues in the final three months of 2018 grew by 20% to $72.4 billion. while the company's profits surpassed $3 billion for the first time.

ahead with relocation plans a further thirteen percent are actively considering doing so the institute of directors which conducted the study has thirty thousand members two thirds of them export to the e.u. . chief among the concerns of exporting companies is the prospect of overnight tar ifs which could come into effect of british lawmakers fail to sign off on a deal with the e.u. . now this was fought in turning to europe's top club tournament and the ronda sixteen in the champions league tonight's premiere match up sees england heavyweights liverpool hosting munich liverpool is jailed and coach club has managed to bring new energy to liverpool and is gaining or less legendary status in the legendary city. of liverpool loves its legends among them the beatles and hometown club never poor f.c. since its foundation and eight hundred ninety two the club has won eighteen league titles but it's been twenty nine years since they were last a champions under coach. their fans are allowing themselves to dream big again jurgen klopp the but. if you need him. being in charge at liverpool since twenty fifte

robert kopp, director of rutgers institute of effort, ocean and atmospheric sciences and professor in the department of earth sciences at rut gugers university. he served as co-director of rutgers risk and resilience initiative. dr. kopp's research focuses on past and future sea level change and the utilization of climate risk information and decision making. he is the lead author of volume 1 of the fourth national climate assessment released last year and the ipcc's sixth assessment report which is due out in 2021. dr. kopp received his ph.d. in geobiology from the california institute of technology. our third witness, dr. jennifer different sis, a senior scientist at the woods hole research center. dr. francis' research focuses on

of the plane be laid on those who said no to the shots. so, joining me now is the man who led the human genome project, director of the human genome institute and now the director of the national institutes of the health, doctor francis collins. thank you for being here. >> thank you for the invitation. gerry: i want to come to those issues about ethical dilemmas. the mystery of some of these immediate controversies were seeing. on the measles this year, we've seen this outbreak of measles. is this clearly the case that has happening in areas where people were opposed to vaccinations and refuse to be vaccinated? >> it is clear that these outbreaks happen routinely, now in areas where there were a lower proportion of children that received the recommended vaccinations. in washington state, where current outbreak has attracted a lot of attention. it should have about 5% of children they are not vaccinated because of a personal or philosophical preference of their parents, that has made it possible for them to still be admitted to school, but without an appropriate measles vaccination. when you reach a certain proportion of individuals in that

with me is the senior economist from the institute of directors. why is it coming down? e a number of factors, the first driver is that gas and electricity prices have been pushed down by this cat implemented by the government injanuary. the second is that lower oil prices are now passing into lower prices out the petrol pump for a lot of consumers. also, we are seen as a feat that depreciation that sterling had on us importing at a higher cost, that has now fallen out of the figures as well. all in all, that is what has pushed inflation down recently. but think about the impact on household finances, what is the impact, how would you explain it? for the best part of two years, we have seen that wages have not been growing strongly and inflation has been high which means that the earnings that workers do get get eroded at a quicker right. however, with inflation falling, it means consumers are likely to be less tight with their wallets. this might bea tight with their wallets. this might be a boom with the high street, who has been facing a lot of concerns around consumer

dot com coming up the streets of haiti have tragically exploded in political protest in the people so joining us will be the director of the institute for justice and democracy in haiti brian todd cannon to bring us a better understanding the situation taking place on that island nation state to watch her go home. because the slowness of the mood of them someone. who was before. much of those who heard it's a preview of this will see him we will. we will. move. move but he. will show you this new video of the liberal media collector a good. old muslim also who is the also the review films for good girls. don't go to shows look but do you distribute belonging to show the story should go . to starbucks to take it to meet until it was a little missed don't see it look it is it's. just testing understand just moved and mashed on. a stick to present it to the speech from this morning. as we have producers to post this for. to snap them up on the up because that's the cousin with you for this approach to go she should explain you should cut off the one who's doing business with. us. i still believe in. sat still observed in mild form of t

announcer: josh stelter, director of university law school institute. director during the obama administration. thanks for being here. talk about your background and election security and cyber national security. >> there is this link between counterterrorism and dealing with election security issues and that the private sector has become the front lines for both and the counter terrorism era, you have isis coming up with new ways to radicalize followers through the internet using social media file upload sites to do with they cannot do physically and region and try to get people to engage in violence. that is what is happening in the election security field as well. russia, notors like other actors as well reaching into america, trying to polarize american voters, deceive them about what candidates stand for, even deceive them about went to vote or whether to vote. host: how big is the threat and how does it work? guest: it is a problem. to isolate the foreign to his because when online, it becomes a domestic application. it gets picked up by actors and

because nick is professor of history and director of nuclear studies institute at american university is also co-author with all of a stone of the untold history of the united states thank you. friday seen the start of the annual munich security conference where high ranking decision makers from around the world gather to address pressing global issues and then the day a number of speakers have outlined their concerns are one attendee the stood out from the rest british defense secretary kevin williams and devoted much of his speech to russia and how it poses a threat to global security let's get more on this from the respondent peter oliver good to see peter what message then did gavin williamson have for the world and russia in particular. well the speech by governor williamson was a world certainly something that drew attention on a day that didn't really have its flaming moments but what we heard from the british defense secretary was how he saw the world at the moment and how we saw the better protection of the world he wants to see. this as a nation who holds dear the values of

play the national election here in germany all right thanks much think of managing director of the inn for trust polling institute thank you so much thatcher . you're watching good news still to come in this half hour a family chronicle covering china's explosive development of the last forty years the chinese director has already won the silver bear's the berlin film festival and carpet tells us what are so long my son is likely to get a gold. the first u.s. president donald trump is threatening to declare a state of national emergency to get enough money to build a wall along the mexican border trump is angry that congress has only approved a quarter of the funds he wants for the wall one point four billion rather than the five point seven billion he had demanded declaring a state of emergency would give him direct access to funds the bill approved by both parties in congress also avoids another federal government shutdown senators in the chamber wishing to spite u.s. lawmakers efforts to come to a compromise trump's decision sets the scene for a constitutional conflict the border security bill had support from

international good to speak to get your views my guest peter professor of history and director of the nuclear studies institute at american university thank you peter. so different as well in our the self-proclaimed interim leader one glider has appeared on u.s. television explaining how he intends to oust the incumbent president nicolas maduro and he did not rule out using pentagon support i just want you to tell me whether you would support a u.s. military intervention we're doing everything to be able to put as much pressure as published so that we do not get into that kind of a scenario in which nobody would wish to have. well the u.s. backed opposition leader we saw the bronze majeure as regime a dictatorship as the madeira though of attempting to stay there appears to have similarities to events from the past easily paternal explains. they really think the whole world is too fullish to notice either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his mayhem when we stand with the syrian people or with their oppressors the former dura regime has oppressed its people for years repressive regi

for the viewers on this subject of a hope to have you back again to talk about it in the future once again this is a human rights lawyer and the director of the institute for justice and democracy humanity brian concannon thank you so much for coming on. oh thank you for covering haiti. in the words of the ancient greek philosopher socrates is the only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing and when it comes to physics it looks like we might not know nearly as much as we think the monthly notices of the royal astronomical society published a new paper recently that attempted to find out why after the big bang the universe expanded but its expansion rate measured by what's known as the hubble constant isn't slowing down instead it's speeding up that's why researchers simon burr of the university of california berkeley and his team decided to measure the hubble constant using light from very bright quasars and cosmic radiation but no matter how are they tried it seems like the hubble constant isn't very constant we'll have to wait a while before scientists have more answers but isn't it nice to know that even in the world of physics we really really hav

of the institute. this is our >> good afternoon. good afternoon, and welcome to the washington institute. i'm rob satloff, the director of the institute. this is our first major policy forum of the year and i'm delighted to welcome and you delighted to welcome people around the world watching on c-span and on live stream and on all the various ways in which one can watch washington institute events. thank you for joining us. if i could ask you to please make sure your phones are on mute, feel free to tweet as much as you like. but make no noise about it. but make no noise about it. i'm delighted that we can meet at a time when the federal government is now open. there is so much on the middle east agenda in 2019. it's good to have a government that's focused on that. i'm delighted to be joined on this panel, to be introducing a panel of three of my colleagues, two of whom have made journeys around the world in recent days, coming back to report to what they have observed and seen and learned in the middle east. one of whom who has made a longer journey from capitol hill because this is a very different environment tha

he is the president of the danube institute and a director of 21st century initiatives. specialppointed as advisor to margaret thatcher and aided in the writing of her memoirs. he has served as editor of the times,k post, the london national post, national interest, policy review, united presents -- press international, and radio free europe. of mccarthy is the editor modern age. they all have long connections with kirk. he is also the director of the barbara novak was fellowship program. for six years, he served as editor of the american conservative. in writings have appeared the new york times, usa today, the spectator, the national interest, reason, modern age, and many other publications. i would invite the panel to come up. each will get a few remarks then we will have a q&a session. >> can everyone hear me? a few stories about how russell kirk came into my life. i visited america when i was a child. i had not lived in america as an adult so i did not -- until i was about 30. i didn't know a great deal about the american conservative movement. i went into the u.s.

isn't it the city the new home to millions of syrians displaced by the war it's run by the it live health directorate a rare example of an operational institution in a rebel held area its director says they were ridiculed for even attempting to oversee the help needs of a whole province. what makes the directorate special is that it's observing two hundred medical centers and thirty three facilities directly if it wasn't for us essential projects will collapse like vaccination centers for four hundred seventy two thousand children but the war in its eighth year money from international donors is running out. without funding we cannot continue we need diesel expenses covered all of the employees have homes and children and they cannot volunteer for more than two or three months. many international organizations are rare you have hair or e.t.s. the largest group which controls most of the city it's linked to either and used to be known as a loss for front to help directorate says it's been able to fight off h.t.s. as interference. and we said if you would feel one more time we will close it. within a span of two hours ago if you find find a backi

of the ice. to talk about this milestone anniversary i'm being joined now from the alfred they can or institute for polar and marine research by next door if he is a director of the institutes a good to see you sir celebrating the tenth anniversary of their research station i may or three what have you discovered so far. you know first that we say good afternoon to you and make a slight correction i'm a biased director not the director the director would be until it would suit us. well we are doing numerous measurements at law in miami but during the last ten years one of the biggest experiment that we served for it was the search for the oldest ice in antarctica and therefore you know in my own laws the logistical hub for accuracy measurements and the acar off we're equipped with radar systems and with these radio systems we undertook last service over the an arctic in illinois is where we've searched not only for the thickness but also the entire layering of the ice and why it would be a look for the oldest ice this is because we want to understand why in all our climate today we have a period of about one hundred thousand years between glacial in interg

let's bring in jeffrey albert talking now he's the editorial director of the american institute for economic research good to have you on jeffrey. going to be fair competition is don't trump claims he wants if the u.s. is blocking its thought rival. no and that's exactly what's going on and i'm really glad to hear that trials for five hundred sixty seven g. i mean this is that maybe that ten g. man you know that's next that it but this is actually good news this treat this one it was actually a decent thing to hear because i don't know it suggests maybe the u.s. is going to lighten up a little bit on its appalling outrageous discussed and attack and why way and this is been going on now for what about six months now completely and just totally outrageous and has no way to win the tech wars through through violence and so on this is utterly absurd so and i think maybe the tweet this morning suggests that at least the latest person down from talk to made some sense to him so just to clarify i mean the claim from the u.s. is that you know the chinese companies a security threat and they are usi

of no deal. he said business investment in the uk had fallen 3.7% over the past year. lesley batchelor is the director—general for the institute international trade. good morning. you are listening to all of that. what do you make of what the bcc is saying? you are absolutely right, there are so many questions unanswered, it is getting to bea questions unanswered, it is getting to be a problem for all businesses, it doesn't matter what size they are. i think the larger companies are. i think the larger companies are angry because they are trying very ha rd to are angry because they are trying very hard to understand how to operate, and the smaller businesses, to be quite honest, aren't always understanding the impact that this is going to have on them. are you at your institute having to help out companies as much as possible? i presume they are on the phone to you all the time wondering if you can help. not as much as you think, we do feel the lot of calls, but we have done a lot of work with hmrc, creating some training for people to understand the nitty—gritty of the paperwork and the procedures that they may face. and we k

of the main city is great. he is also a professor -- he is the representative director of the economic research institute of northeast asia. but also a professor at the graduate school of public policy at the university of tokyo. he also served as previously as deputy vice-minister of finance for international affairs at japan's ministry of finance. he is a stanford university graduate. has his master's and ph.d. in economics from stanford. he began list career as a research fellow at brookings. am i allowed to say that word here? then he was an assistant and associate professor in the economics department at johns hopkins. afterwards, he was a full professor at the university of tokyo. and he also served during this time as a consultant at the board of governors of the federal row desereserve system imf at washington, d.c. he worked as chief economist from 1998 to 2001. then subsequent to that, he was with the ministry of finance, the japanese ministry of finance. he also joined the asian development bank and served as head of the office of regional economic integration and special adviser to the adb president in ch

of the cold war and kind of we see we know what we've read the books we've seen the website so i want to thank you so much daniel the executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity thanks for joining us thanks scott. invasive technology and invasive subjugation of crossed paths once again hawk watchers this time in the country of saudi arabia three government sponsored website and application that allows saudis to try and control the waters of saudi women yeah it was rightfully guarding intense criticism but it's not just the kingdom it's taking the google and or are in the crosshairs as well or to use actually stored. according to insider rights group search using our pool and google of the helping to enforce a gender apartheid in saudi arabia by offering an app called app sure that allows men to track women and stop them from leaving the country both i tunes and google plus host and share which is a government web service that offers an alarming function that allows men to specify when and the how women can cross saudi borders and also alerts men in real time to one of a woman is using her passport at the borders so that if you want to

he is the president of the danube institute and a director of 21st century initiatives. he was appointed as special advisor to prime minister margaret thatcher and aided in the writing of her memoirs. he has served as editor of the new york post, the london times, national post, national interest, policy review, united press international, and radio free europe. the other panelist, dan mccarthy, is the current editor of modern age. as i noted, they all have long connections with kirk. modern age.founded dan is also the director of the barbara novak fellowship program. he served as editor of the american conservative. his writings have appeared in many places including the new york times, usa today, the spectator, the national interest, reason, modern age, and many other publications. so i would invite the panel to come up. each of them will give a few remarks and then we will have some questions and answers. >> can everyone hear me? ok, good. well first of all, a few stories about how russell kirk came into my life. i visited america when i was a child, six, but i had no

the physical side of climate change on 2013 she received her phd in meteorology at mit and now we will recognize her to be the first witness the second witness director of the institute national ocean atmospheric scientist and professor and he also served as codirector of the resilience and that research to focus on past and future sealevel change in that utilization of decision-making he is a lead author of volume one of the national climate assessment released last year in the ipcc assessment report from 2021. receiving the phd in biology from cit. and a senior scientist from the research center doctor francis focuses on climate change impact and how that affects around the world especially how that could the two and she is regularly quoted in media outlets and has her phd in atmospheric scientists from washington the fourth witness is the doctor from the center and expert on climate science and policy and with the analysis and decision-making and is frequently cited by media outlets on scientific research receiving his phd atmospheric and oceanic sciences and then the final witness director for the center for health and global environment for change and the profes

of columbia.nancy messonnier, md / director national center for immunization and respiratory diseases (ncird): most of the cases that we are seeing are in unvaccinated communities. doctors from the c.d.c. and national institutesf health on capitol hill telling congressional leaders that despite the eradication of the virus in the u.s., measles continues to circulate globally, posing a threat to unvaccinated children.nancy messonnier, md / director national center for immunization and respiratory diseases (ncird): measles is so incredibly contagious, and it can spread really quickly, so yes we should be concerned. but there are some, including people attending the hearing, that believe vaccinations may cause negative side-effects. rep. brett guthrie / -r- kentucky: i've heard some parents claim that measles vaccines can cause brain inflammation known as encephalitis, is that true? nancy messonnier, md / director national center for immunization and respiratory diseases (ncird): in healthy children, mmr vaccine does not cause brain swelling or encephalitis.the doctor then admitted that this could potentially happen to unhealthy children, but said in those rare cases, parents should talk to their doctor. anthony

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of the main city is great. he's also a professor -- he's a representative director of the economic research institute of northeast asia, but also a professor at the graduate school of public policy at the university of turkeokyo. he served as the deputy minister of finance. he's a tstanford university graduate with a ph.d. and masters in finance. and he began his career at brookings. and then he was an assistant associate professor in the economics department at johns hopkins. afterwards, he was a full professor at the university of tokyo and served during this time as a consultant. at the board of governors of the federal reserve system and the imf in washington, d.c. he's worked as chief economist for the world bank's east asia and pacific region from 1998 to 2001. and then subsequent to that, he was with the ministry of finance, the japanese ministry of finance. he served as head of the regional economic integration, and special adviser to the adb president. he's published a number of books and numerous articles on economic globalization, regional financial cooperation in east asia, including lessons from the

letting aid in but in both cases it's actually backfired ok daniel mcadams executive director of the ron paul institute thanks very much for coming on to the program and having your opinions there thank you. now tracey may has told m.p.'s to get a say on whether to no deal bragg's it and crash out of the e.u. in a month's time or to delay britain's departure the vote will be triggered if the commons rejects the prime minister's back seat plan excitement was met with yet more skepticism from m.p.'s. i've lost count of the number of times the prime minister has come to this house to explain a further delay voted to end on certain g.i. backing the deal the government. here the prime minister can surely not be unaware of the fear out there in the country about what no deal means my sole focus throughout all of this has been on getting a deal that enables us to leave the european union on the twenty ninth of march with a deal this is a shameful moment nothing has changed from the fact that some of us who used to sit over there are now sitting over here it is the prime minister's obstinacy that is blocking a

peter cosmic professor of history and the director of the nuclear studies institute at the american university told us that washington's move is a serious threat to world peace. back in the mid one nine hundred eighty s. we had seventy thousand nuclear weapons one point five million here is she. the equivalent to us and now we're potential is we can go back to that from seems indifferent to that risk the europeans understand it this was a nuclear treaty that eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons and wasn't as good as what we hoped to get out of reykjavik but it was still a major step forward and now we're threatened with going back to that very very dangerous confrontational situation that we dealt with back in one nine hundred eighty seven given all the tensions now internationally the bull needs how much scientists executives just kept their hands a doomsday clock at two minutes before midnight we've got hotspots around the world crises conflicts that are very very dangerous right now and every country all nine nuclear powers are modernizing their nuclear arsenals so we're in a very