in our education technology series, week to -- we spoke to jeff richards, who invests in education technologythe world. i asked him about investments in these companies and how remote learning is going so far on both sides of the ocean? jeff: i tell people, if you were a lab technician or scientist running a 10-year experience, and it all happened in 10 months, that is what we are seeing in categories, e-commerce, telemedicine. telemedicine has boomed. doctors are switching to primary care telemedicine, all these companies have suddenly become darlings of investors. down onsay doubling e-commerce, doubling down on telemedicine, doubling down on tech, and a massive adoption by fortune 500 ceo's, accelerating options by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next few years. emily: venture capitalists often say they don't pay much attention to what is going on in public markets, but you can't ignore the environment we are in right now. over the last days, we have seen a massive selloff. that could turn around today. we don't know about tomorrow. how much is happening on the public side that is

here is jeff richards, an investor in public and private education technology around the world. people initially try to sell technology into the existing education system and our system is largely government run and the government is not an impressive adopter of early technology. in an ideal world, the school systems would have been prepared for this digital transition. most of them got started in q2. i think you will see a shift and adoption of zoom and remote learning and the applications we talked about. but outside the u.s., there are 7 billion people outside the u.s., the trend has been happening for some time. have portfolio companies with tens of millions of users on digital learning platforms that are way ahead of companies in the u.s. and i think you will will probably it happen outside the u.s. first. 20 years ago, there were only 100 million people on the internet and now you have several billion, creating access not only to education but finance, banking, all of the things we have known in the u.s. as a modern economy for a long time. emily: that said, you can have th

i will read this list that includes richard blumenthal -- blumenthal, jeff merkley, bob casey, kirstenillibrand, they have been asked, they don't have any interest in meeting with her. chris coons who is a member of the senate judiciary committee says he is going to speak to her, haven't decided whether to meet with her in person or over the phone. >> we are in the middle of a pandemic, to talk with her by phone the normal process of considering a nominee but this is not normal timing. we should consider judge barrett's writings, her opinions, things she has seen as a law professor so we can way the nomination. >> you have the opportunity or this moment to be able to press her if you want, any questions you want answered, the number of democratic senators saying they are refusing to meet with her. todd: the issue then becomes how far the individual will go, we were talking about this on and off the air and the mother of 7 they might go easier on her has not led us to believe the case, ted cruz doesn't think so either. >> i expect the confirmation hearing to be a political circus. i exp

pull up the list of democratic senators refusing to meet with amy coney barrett, richard blumenthal, hirono, chuck schumer, jeffrkley, bob casey, you see them on your screen. >> it is a partisan -- democrats think they have power they don't have a majority, it is largely irrelevant to be honest. >> chris coons decided to speak with her one way or another in person or the phone. >> that is part of the normal process of considering a nominee and we should not have this rush to process. we should have the time to consider her writings, her opinions, things she has said as a law professor. the judicial philosophy, her policies. i look forward to questioning her about that. jillian: he says i want to question her because i want to get these things answered. what will be the main focal point of their questioning? >> they will look into her viewpoints personally. she is an attorney and member of the bar, and will do so again for the supreme court and the principal called start this isis. whether her views are religious or not has nothing to do with how she holds as a judge and articles, people may have certain viewpoi

thank you, richard, it has been a pleasure to spend the last couple of days with you and these magnificent aircraft. what struck me over the last couple of days, and also meeting jeffhe portrayed it beautifully for us. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. a group of care workers from north london are to awarded up to £10,000 each after a judge ruled they should have been paid for travel time between clients. the decision comes after a four year legal battle for the workers, who were contracted by haringey council. it could have major implications for other employers. a teenager has died after being stabbed in north london. met officers were called to north road in islington yesterday at around 8pm. no arrests have been made. the number of people claiming unemployment benefit in and around london has risen significantly in the last year. in tilbury the figure has gone up by 125%. residents say they are fearful for the future. we've been hearing from one struggling shop owner. yesterday, it wasn't raining, the weather was ok, i only made £22, for the whole day. and suddenly, i was sad. it's not eno