ione wells, bbc news.could be at risk, if the uk fails to reach net zero carbon emissions as quickly as other countries. as its annual conference gets underway, unions are particularly concerned about heavy industries like steel production. the government said it doesn't recognise the tuc�*s figures, and said it would cut carbon emissions by almost 80% by 2035. our business correspondent, katie prescott, reports. making steel can be a dirty business, but there are ways around it. in sweden, they are using new technology to produce steel without using coal. workers in blast furnaces like this one fear that, if the uk doesn't go the same way, they could lose theirjobs. the whole infrastructure needs looking at and it all needs to be coordinated. people are thinking, where i going to be working? what is going to happen to the plant that i work in at this moment in time and what does the future look like? there is no doubt that industry will have to undergo a green revolution and that will inevitably have an i

ione wells, bbc news.orrespondent helen catt, who's at the conference in brighton. yes, it has been among morning of two halves, really. this morning before the conference opened, we had the further discussion of the changes to the rules for electing the next labour leader. what came out of that in the end was a change to the number of mps who would have to the number of mps who would have to nominate a labour mp to then get on the ballot from 10% of the parliamentary party and that would go parliamentary party and that would 9° up parliamentary party and that would go up to 20%. that was passed by the nec this morning and will go to the conference floor tomorrow. we have since then have some policy with angela rayner setting out what she said was a new deal for workers, saying labour government would enact it within the first 100 days. jonathan reynolds is with me, the shadow secretary of state for work and pensions. let's start with the rule changes. this looks like a climb—down from what sir keir starme

here's our political correspondent, ione wells.eir starmer to set out his stall. this government is letting people down so badly, whether it's hammering working people on tax and universal credit, whether it is shortages of food, of fuel. an embarrassing start on rule changes, though, sir keir? interrupting his pitch, though, are tensions within the party itself. he and his deputy leader angela rayner wanted to spend today talking about their plan to set minimum standards for pay and conditions for different sectors, starting with social care. it is about a fair day's pay for a fair day's work, and it is about my culture that work does always pay and the minimum force of the unscrupulous employers that are undercutting those that are trying to do the right thing are taken out of the market. but there has been rain on their announcement. the leader was forced to withdraw his plans to give mps and unions more say in future leadership contests after a backlash from the left of the party. the labour leadership should get real. people o

ione wells, bbc news.hejoins us now. thank you for being with us today, steve. presumably you are celebrating this news? yeah, there is a sense of— celebrating this news? yeah, there is a sense of relief, _ celebrating this news? yeah, there is a sense of relief, definitely. - celebrating this news? yeah, there is a sense of relief, definitely. i - is a sense of relief, definitely. i think many people in the industry so this u—turn coming and for the last couple of months we have been... looking at how practically it can go ahead. companies like music venues trust, which do fantastic work for independent venues, including night clubs around the country, have been asking the government for the past months how is this going to work and how is this vexing passport system going to go ahead anyway that doesn't discriminate people? so we anticipated quite early on that this was a bit of a tactic to get more 18-25 was a bit of a tactic to get more 18—25 —year—olds to get double jabbed. 18-25 -year-olds to get dou

ione wells, bbc news.t the conference in brighton. hello, yes, so those reforms we talked about this morning went through the national executive committee, labour's ruling body, this morning, and the headline one is that they have changed the rules for labour leadership election so an mp would have to have the support of 20% of the parliamentary labour party rather than the current 10%. there has been quite a lot of controversy about this in the days approaching this discussion, certainly from the left of the party, jeremy corbyn had accused sir keir starmer this week of sidelining the grassroots, but i have the national campaigns coordinator with me labour. sir keir starmer says that these reforms, if they pass tomorrow, but you in a better position to win the next election. why? position to win the next election. wh ? ., , ., position to win the next election. wh ? ., ,., ., , , position to win the next election. wh? ., , ,., why? the labour leadership role seaks to why? the labour leadership role speaks

ione wells in westminster. from lisa nandy mp, who's the shadow secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs. thank you very much forjoining us. what did you make of the answers that dominic raab was able to give to the select committee today? i to the select committee today? i think it almost defied belief. we expected him to turn up after having been criticised all sized with answers to very basic questions including how many british nationals are still in afghanistan about how he's going to work to ensure that those who are left behind can find safe passage and be allowed to cross borders. we thought he would be able to give as an honest appraisal of the failures over the last 18 months that led us to this point but instead he refused to answer those very basic questions. he didn't seem to be in command of the facts when he was presented with an assessment from his own department on the 22nd ofjuly showing the situation was deteriorating in taliban were advancing much more quickly than they previo

comes to the cops summit, so when it comes to future cooperation on areas that they may see on the ion well, i mean china is committed to. ready their own their own targets for climate change issues. they've got 2030 as neutrality. 2060 as you know, completely 2030 peak and 26 years as neutrality. but there is always this tension us on a per person basis is 2 times the carbon footprints of anybody in china. it's just china's large size that is out there. there's also differences in the economic stages that these 2 economies are trying to knows and has been implementing all along. but the u. s. has had 3 different climate change policies in the last 5 years. and there's this question about reliability, not only on these issues, but data sound and what's happened in the middle east obviously calls that under question. and as i said, i don't know how to welcome this kind of nother alliance of outsiders trying to kind of muscle into their neighborhood and tell them what's good. i mean, for some, this has all the finance of a gang land style extortion ring. you know, you need to pay us protectio

our political correspondent ione wells is in westminster — how big is the shortfall thought to be?efugees are still being worked out, but this leaked government document which was discussed by ministers on wednesday suggests in the next ten years about £2.5 billion could be needed to resettle afghan refugees was stop it also says that in this current window of government spending, just under £400 million has already been committed, but about £557 million could still be needed over the next three years, and why this is significant is, on the one hand the uk government are currently calling on local authorities, councils, to come forward with offers of support to house and support afghan refugees. on the other hand, this government document says the treasury needs to urgently commit to that extra funding so that councils can come forward with these offers of support. so there is a slight tension here between what has been promised publicly and, privately what the estimates of the costs are. local leaders are meeting with communities secretary robertjen communities secretary robert je

we're hearing, that would provide some relief and get us started again. 0ur political correspondent ione wellsre details on those temporary visa plans. they are due to announce further details of this tomorrow but the expectation is it is going to be temporary. it is going to allow visas for about 5000 drivers to come and work in the uk. and this is something that has caused tensions within government itself, not least because there are figures in government pushing the idea that the whole point post—brexit immigration policy was to sort of not make companies reliant on cheaper foreign labour. there are also some concerns about what president this might set for other industries asking if they can have these rules relaxed to allow more workers to come from abroad and overseas as well. but we are now expecting that the government will be going ahead with this visa scheme and there are also likely to announce a kind of wide a raft of measures to tackle a crisis that things like how they plan to tackle a massive backlog in testing the hgv drivers. also how they might try to attract more people to

to nightclubs and large events in england should be kept in reserve. 0ur political correspondent ione wellsjust last week vaccines minister nadhim zahaawi said that by the end of the month in england vaccine passports would be needed for entry to places like nightclubs and other venues. today the health secretary said that in england, he has considered the evidence and that will no longer be the case, they won't be needed to entry for certain venues. let's have a listen to what he said earier on the andrew marr programme. i'd never liked the idea of saying to people, you must show your papers or something to do what is just an everyday activity. but we were right to properly look at it, to look at the evidence. but you're not doing it? well, what i can say is that we looked at it properly and whilst we should keep in reserve as a potential option i'm pleased to say we will not be going ahead with plans for vaccine passports. so, a pretty definitive message there from sajid javid, the vaccine passports are not going ahead in england for entry to other venues. just to recap, elsewhere in the

we want to encourage high wages and high skills, mr speaker. 0ur political correspondent ione wells isuplift. that is right. the labour leader sir keir starmer has accused the prime minister of clobbering workers seeing somebody working full—time on minimum wage would have to work an extra nine hours a week to make up that £20. the uplift is due to be scrapped on the 6th of october and that has attracted criticism from the opposition and from charities but also from senior conservative mps including the former work and pensions secretary they told me he was part of the team in 2015 that took the decision to freeze in work benefits when the conservative messaging at the time was that the mean rate of work into poverty —— the main route out of poverty should be work. levels of poverty increased and he fears the government is about to make the same mistake again by cutting this uplift. the government argue this uplift was always meant to be a temporary thing through the pandemic and the prime minister reiterated his view he would rather see wages rise to to do work and more skills but his

let's speak to our political correspondent, ione wells. ione, what more can we expect to hear?light. we are expecting more from the prime minister in a statement on tuesday. winter is coming and potentially a triple lock coming down the line for the nhs. covid coupled with flu and the big nhs backcloth of procedures that have been postponed due to the pandemic of the need to be tackled. first our booster programme about who will be eligible for a booster jab and we expect the elderly will be those are prioritised. we are also expecting from the prime minister some idea about what contingency plans may be put in place if the nhs is in danger of being overwhelmed again. they are looking at behavioural changes such as wearing masks and social distancing and working from home that might need to be implement it again if the nhs is that any danger of being overwhelmed. sources are keen to stress they are not considering for the lockdown is in england. the prime minister will also talk a bit about the fact that coronavirus act, the emergency law introduced to give ministers the powers

our political correspondent ione wells has more. this. just last week or so about this. just last week, vaccines minister nadhim zahawi said that by the end of the month in england, vaccine passports would be needed for entry to nightclubs and other venues. today, health secretary sajid javid has said he has considered the evidence and that will no longer be the case, they will not be needed to entry to certain venues in england. let's hear what he said earlier. i certain venues in england. let's hear what he said earlier. i have never liked _ hear what he said earlier. i have never liked the _ hear what he said earlier. i have never liked the idea _ hear what he said earlier. i have never liked the idea of - hear what he said earlier. i have never liked the idea of saying i hear what he said earlier. i have never liked the idea of saying to j never liked the idea of saying to people, you must show your papers for what is just an everyday activity, but we were right to properly look at it, to look at the evidence. but properly look

let's speak to our political correspondent ione wells. rify what their stances on transgender issues. rosie duffield has come out with quite a controversial stance on transgender issues. this is something which involves people's identities, it involves people's right to self identify and to access certain spaces. that view, like any view on politics, something which has opened her to a lot of scrutiny as well, particularly with an issue like this where there is very live debates going on at the moment about whether gender recognition laws need to be reformed. 0thers whether gender recognition laws need to be reformed. others in the labour party have different views. 0ne senior labour mp said they were frustrated with the oxygen this row was getting, saying they would rather labour focused on was getting, saying they would rather labourfocused on nhs waiting times for transgender people. so there is this pressure. this is what rosie duffield asked of keir starmer earlier in terms of clarifying the party position. lots of women have been ask

let's speak to our political correspondent ione wells. what is the latest from the government? the latest from the government?— what is the latest from the covernment? ~ . , . government? we are expecting the government — government? we are expecting the government later _ government? we are expecting the government later this _ government? we are expecting the government later this weekend - government? we are expecting the government later this weekend willj government later this weekend will formally announce a temporary visa scheme to make it easier for foreign drivers to come and work in the uk. they are due to announce further details tomorrow, but it is expected to be temporary, allowing visas for “p to be temporary, allowing visas for up to 5000 drivers to come and work in the uk. this has caused tensions within government itself, as there are figures in government pushing the idea that the whole point of their post—brexit immigration policy was to not make companies rely on cheaperforeign labour. there are also concerns about the precedent this will set for other indus

let's speak to our political correspondent, ione wells.st week the vacc minister said vaccines would be needed for entering places like nightclubs. today sajid javid has said they would be needed for entry to nightclubs. i would be needed for entry to nightclubs-— would be needed for entry to nightclubs. would be needed for entry to niahtclubs. . ~ nightclubs. i have never liked the idea of saying _ nightclubs. i have never liked the idea of saying you _ nightclubs. i have never liked the idea of saying you must - nightclubs. i have never liked the idea of saying you must assure i nightclubs. i have never liked the i idea of saying you must assure your paper is to do what is an everyday activity but we were right to properly look at it and look at the evidence. what i can say is we have looked at it properly and while we should keep it in reserve as a potential option i am pleased to say we will not be going ahead with plans for vaccine passports. shire plans for vaccine passports. are re plans for vaccine passports. are pretty definitive

our political correspondent ione wells is at westminster for us.coming back to britain today from the united states, facing charges his government has been complacent in the midst of all these difficulties? ., �* , difficulties? that's right, essentially _ difficulties? that's right, essentially the _ difficulties? that's right, essentially the prime - difficulties? that's right, - essentially the prime minister is coming — essentially the prime minister is coming from talks about the climate crisis _ coming from talks about the climate crisis abroad to talks about what some _ crisis abroad to talks about what some of— crisis abroad to talks about what some of his own conservative mps have _ some of his own conservative mps have been— some of his own conservative mps have been dubbing a crisis and the cost of— have been dubbing a crisis and the cost of living here back at home, that is— cost of living here back at home, that is firstly due to this issue of rising _ that is firstly due to this issue of rising energy bills, and as we have heard _ ris

, thank— chief medical officers. 0k, ione wells, thank you _ chief medical officers. 0k, ione wells,hird of people arriving in england and northern ireland as the coronavirus delta variant took hold may have broken quarantine rules. more than 300,000 cases were passed to investigators between march and may, according to figures seen by the bbc. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the background. you need to cast your mind back to spring of this year, when we had just been through that winter wave of covid, and the vaccine programme was being rolled out across the united kingdom. the government introduced travel rules to try to limit the spread of new variants coming into the country. it meant you could only travel if it was essential, and if you went to a higher—risk red country, when you came back, you had to quarantine in a hotel. most other passengers had to quarantine at home for ten days. they were subject to a series of phone calls and text messages to check they were doing so, but we have obtained figures, using the freedom of information act, which show that, in more

ione wells, our political — provided to the company.nce - provided to the company. ione wells, our political correspondence in - our political correspondence in westminster for us. thank you. let's take a look at what the energy price cap is. around 15 million households in england, wales and scotland face a i2% rise in their energy bills from october. this is because a higher energy price cap is due to come into force in england, scotland and wales. the cap is the maximum price suppliers can charge customers on a standard — or default — tariff. suppliers will be able to put prices up to the new maximum and, given the rise in gas prices, they probably will. those on standard tariffs could see an increase of £139, from £1,138 to £1,277 a year. people with pre—payment meters could see an increase of £153, from £1,156 to £1,309. households on fixed tariffs will be unaffected, but those coming to the end of a contract will probably be unable to find a cheap deal to replace it. in northern ireland, which is a separate market with two supplie

ione wells has spoken to one woman whose story illustrates how the system isn't working.how to fix social capital thousands of people don't end up selling their homes to pay for it. sharon's mum sold her house to find her staring at a care home for dementia, but that money is now run out. i tried to be jolly — that money is now run out. i tried to be jolly and — that money is now run out. i tried to be jolly and bubbly _ that money is now run out. i tried to be jolly and bubbly when - that money is now run out. i tried i to be jolly and bubbly when i'm with to bejolly and bubbly when i'm with her because it's not for her to worry about comments for me to worry about. i will find that money. but i must admit, i will only hope that mum doesn't live too long because otherwise i would be bankrupt as well. most of the money for social care will come from 2023 onwards. there will be state support so that. anyone with assets less than 20k will have their costs fully covered by the state. and there all be a cap so that no—one will have to pay more than 86k for care in their lifet

with a roundup of the announcement, here's our political correspondent ione wells.ands of people do not end up selling their homes to pay for it. so in her house to fund her staying at a care home for dementia but that money has now run out. it'll it's not for her to worry about comments for me to worry about. i will find that money, but i must admit i would onl hoe that money, but i must admit i would only hepe that _ that money, but i must admit i would only hope that mum _ that money, but i must admit i would only hope that mum doesn't - that money, but i must admit i would only hope that mum doesn't live - that money, but i must admit i would only hope that mum doesn't live tool only hope that mum doesn't live too long because otherwise i would be bankrupt as well. it long because otherwise i would be bankrupt as well.— bankrupt as well. it was one of boris johnson's _ bankrupt as well. it was one of boris johnson's first _ bankrupt as well. it was one of boris johnson's first promises l bankrupt as well. it was one of. boris johnson's first promises of borisjoh

let's speak to our political correspondent ione wells. eld to clarify their position on transgender issues. rosie duffield herself has taken a stance on this. she has raised some of her own concerns on this very emotive topic, which of course involves people's identities and their right to self—identify, to access certain spaces. and her taking opinion has opened her up to some scrutiny, is taking any kind of political opinion does, particularly on an issue like this, where there are currently very live debate going on about whether gender recognition laws need to be reformed. herview gender recognition laws need to be reformed. her view is not one that is shared by everybody in the labour party. today i have heard some senior labour mps are saying they are quite frustrated with the oxygen that rosie duffield's stance on this has taken, saying they would prefer that labour focused on things like nhs waiting times for transgender people. but rosie duffield thinks the labour leader sir keir starmer needs to meet with women in the party to cl

indefinite leave to remain, rather than the five year residency previously offered. 0ur correspondent, ione wellsce — more do we know about them? a very delicate piece of _ more do we know about them? a very delicate piece of diplomacy _ more do we know about them? a very delicate piece of diplomacy going i delicate piece of diplomacy going on. we know the uk is now in conversations with senior officials from the taliban to try and work out what the plan will be for further evacuations from afghanistan. that is because we obviously know there are still british citizens but also afghans are eligible for resettlement in the uk who did not make it out of afghanistan and that first wave of evacuations from kabul airport. we know that we have the primary minister's special representative who has gone two down hard to speak with senior members from the taliban. they have pledged that they will allow for further departures, but there is a question about how, through third countries, across a land corridors, departures from the international airport scale? these are all questions that still need to be wo

let's speak to ione wells, who's in westminster. quite a storm over this.nter pressures given the fact winter is always busy for the nhs but in addition to ongoing covid pressures and backlogs of the waiting list. separately this row is brewing about how the new plan for social care is going to be funded after reports that the government were considering raising national insurance by at least 1% to pay for this. this has caused concern both by opposition parties but also within the conservative party as well. there is a number of different reasons why mps have been concerned about this on the tory backbenches. firstly, the effect it breaks a manifesto promise not to raise any taxes. there are a number of conservatives concerned about that. there is concerned about that. there is concern about it hitting lower wage income work harder because it is paid up until state pension age. there have been some mps like the former minister and tory mpjake berry arguing income tax would be a better way to pay for this. it would better way to pay for this. it would be be

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let's speak to our correspondent, ione wells, who's in westminster. made pledges before it got into power, we saw borisjohnson in chris mason's report. but something has to be done about social care. the prime minister suggested he did have a proposal before he became prime minister to deal with social care, he clearly didn't. this suggest that national insurance could be raised, is that a real starter now, given the opposition that we have seen from some in his own party and labour. . from some in his own party and labour. , , ., labour. yes, there is no disagreement _ labour. yes, there is no disagreement that - labour. yes, there is no - disagreement that something labour. yes, there is no _ disagreement that something needs to be done about social care. everyone wants a solution so people are not put out—of—pocket to pay for necessary social care and this is something that people at all stages of their life may need and it applies to the elderly and younger people with disabilities. we have seen reports about this rumoured rise to national insuran

plans expected to include a new dealfor care workers and unpaid carers. 0ur political correspondent ione wells with today? he has certainly been raising pressure _ with today? he has certainly been raising pressure to _ with today? he has certainly been raising pressure to announce i with today? he has certainly been| raising pressure to announce some with today? he has certainly been i raising pressure to announce some of his plans and that is after he and —— he opposed borisjohnson's plans to raise taxes on employers and workers to fund social care but also tackle nhs backlogs. he has notjust faced backlash from conservatives but also from his own party with quite senior labour politicians like the greater manchester mayor andy burnham saying that criticising the tory�*s plan alone won't cut it. today we are expecting to get more detail about what labour would suggest instead. earlier this week, labour�*s leader so keir starmer told sky news that he would back a wealth tax. today he is expected to give a little bit more detail on that saying he would specifically back attacks on landlords bu

trevor: trevor ault. , ion: the work continues, drew? drew: yeah, we made it well above averaging.he t 0's. and the next couple of days are keep that warm air overhead. tonight we have limited fog out there. just a little bit athrong coastline. it's a beautiful picture. we have the east bay in the background. and without that fog first thing tomorrow morning, we're going to quickly warm-up in a lot of cities right now, we're down to 59 in san francisco. 62 in oakland. 65 in san jose. 55 warmer. and your sitting at 71 degrees ls overnight tonight with that limited fog along our cost line, a lot of us will stay clear over the next 12 hours. most of us will into the mid and upper 50's first thing tomorrow morning. 54 in the city. 57 in san jose. down to 51 in santa rose washington 55 in vallejo. hour by hour. first thing in the morn morning by 9:00 a.m. we're warming even more. by lunch thyme our temperatures will be in thele 0's. and again, tomorrow it looks likepo are going to into the 90's. looking at our temperatures. a lot of sunshine warmer than average day. 87 in san jose. 86 i

well. some safety concerns about the self-driving of teachers on some of the tesla vehicles. keeping an ionfizer. the big news was the fda not recommending the broad use of booster shots. they signed off on a more narrow version. down by about 1%. tom: an eventful day. this is perfectly timed. she went on to a sterling effort in foreign exchange, and it makes her -- i love that at the back of your research, you show the equity sensitivity to interest rates of value and growth. the set of things that we do now, how does your economics world fold into the markets world? >> i think that is what we will see focused on the fed right now. around the world, yield curves are so flat. we are seeing more than a wobble out of china. it all reverberates. what does that mean? i think everybody has been sitting around waiting if we are going to get it. i think we will continue to see u.s. rates that are compressed lower. that is the paradox of what is going on. the fed is clearly edging towards the taper. still solid but decelerating somewhat. everybody is wondering why u.s. equities are hanging in there

deborah ions told the un security council that if african assets and 8 payments remain out of reach, the consequences will be devastating. well, the 1st international passenger play and leave cobble since the end of the us lead evacuations has landed in cut off the flight carried more than $100.00 foreign passport holders, including american soldiers here. as mohammed jumped, june was at dough. how's international airport when the passengers arrived? we're seeing a lot of children among these 113 passengers. a lot of mothers, a lot of fathers as well. the people who have come by have seem to be in good spirits. they seem to be quite happy that they are here. as i said, there was a lot of uncertainty about what happens next. we've been told by officials here that this group of passengers are going to be 1st of all process. we are right now in the terminal where passport control is and then custom, so they will go through passport control, show their papers, go through customs. then we're told they will be taken to compound here into that is hosting hundreds of afghan refugees and evacuees. of course, that compound was built fo

well, key to this resistance was on that show must suit the nor than elias leader known as the ion of pen sheer while kind the assassinated just days before the 911 attacks the national resistance from that battle, the taliban there for days is led by his son and a former vice president. i'm a masood has tweeted that he is safe and cold for afghans to rise up against the taliban. shallow bellis reports from couple the pan she valley a learned the taliban has never controlled until now. this was the last pocket of resistance to the groups rule in afghanistan. less than a week after the last us troops deposit. the taliban now says it controls every corner of the country. when as the taliban a prison and pension of province were engaged in the purging pension, the capital pension was under the control of the taliban. the enemy suffered a lot of damage, but we didn't suffer any damage. after the taliban took cobble, 3 weeks ago, full no vice president, umbrella selah flayed to pen shear, joining local resistance later ahmed masoud and other soldiers who refused to surrender. they called t

well. li-s c.e.o. lee finniear joining us from brisbane. thank you for joining us. this is small i.p.o. but attracting a fair bit of interest. explain how lithium ion batteries are reaching their theoretical maximum and lithium sulfur batteries could be the next step forward. lee: thank you very much, paul, for having me on the show. lithium ion batteries are reaching their maximum theoretical energy capacity. they just can't do a step change. yet as we go into this cleaner, greener electrified world, we need better batteries. we need higher energy density, we need lighter weight. lithium sulfur has been known for 20 years to be able to do that. the only challenge has been the cycle life has been really low. so they haven't been able to last more than 52 to 100 cycles. and what we've done -- >> yeah. and the way you've extended it, you've embraced some rather exotic technology, haven't you? and if i can perhaps frighten our viewers for a moment. boron nitride nano tubes. i doubt very many people have heard of these but hard to make and why are they critical to this process? lee: they're absolutely critical because they have some unique properties.

where lithium comes from, you know, lithium-ion batteries, most of it comes from places other than the u.s., australia, chile, china. so concerns about that as well neil, whether we like it or not. this bronco, spanking brand new bronco, in water, if it was electric we would worry about that, i think you can drive electric cars in water. i don't think it's a major problem. we'll find out for you. neil: i'm getting dizzy just following you. god bless you, jeff. you're a trooper. jeff flock. reporter: why i get the big bucks. neil: there we could, there we go. you're in the back seat, aren't you? that is kind of cool. jeff flock following that and the industry. like lloyd investment partners chief strategist. the we would be selling a lot more electric vehicles if it were not for the chip shortage. it will cost all the auto guys 210 billion loss as a result. maybe they make up for that, maybe they don't. what do you think? >> when i travel i see all kinds of cars on the side of the road. month 1/2 ago i drove down to kentucky, i saw tons of trucks sitting there, hundreds of thousands of trucks because they didn't have semiconductor chips. there is

well. are you watching for their tonight? >> welcome back to winnipeg wear masks are still mandatory. the are hearing there are people waiting in line to vote. we will keep an iont is that progresses. we are in charleswood, st. james, that's the west end of winnipeg. this is one of three or four seats that the conservatives and liberals both believe are in play for them. the liberals took the seat in 2015, lost in 2019 and they lost to a majority. that old liberal mp is trying to get his old job back. doug is running against a former city counselor here in winnipeg. this is one of three -- three rematches between the liberals and conservatives from 2019. another thing that people will want to keep an ion is winnipeg south. it is a true bellwether. it has gone with the party that makes up the government ever since 1998. that's nine straight elections. it's one of the reasons why liberal leader justin trudeau was in her late last night, trying to shore up support in the four seats that the liberals hold here in winnipeg. if there is one thing that could be concerning to the liberal campaigns, it's this. over the last little bit there has been polling done in winn