but spending reviews are also meant to set a long—term course and tomorrow first, a national infrastructure strategyhe south—east, welcomed by the chair of the national infrastructure commission. this national infrastructure strategy, the first time we've ever had one in this country is a golden opportunity to set out our determination to get our policies right in these areas. every economist in the world almost at the moment is saying that governments should be investing in their infrastructure, despite the impact of covid. the covid crisis is obviously fundamentally changing the numbers and the official forecast tomorrow will see the economy shrinking in this year by more than 10%, bigger than any single year during the world wars, the interwar depression is, in fact, for three centuries. that has had a knock—on effect to government borrowing where it has spiralled close to £400 billion. 15 to 20% of the size of our economy, and that has not been seenin our economy, and that has not been seen in peacetime. only ever seen during world wars. so the levelling up during world wars. so the levelling up

tomorrow, a first — a national infrastructure strategy, spending more, particularly beyond london andstructure commission. this national infrastructure strategy, the first time we'll have ever had one in this country, is a golden opportunity to set out our determination to get our policies right in these areas. every economist in the world almost at the moment is saying that governments should be investing in their infrastructure, despite the impact of covid. the covid crisis has obviously fundamentally changed the numbers. the official forecast tomorrow will show the economy shrinking in this year by more than 10%. that is bigger than any single year during the world wars, during the interwar depressions, in fact, for three centuries. that has had a knock—on effect to government borrowing, where it has spiralled close to £400 billion - 15 to 20% of the size of our economy — and that has not been seen in peacetime, only ever seen during world wars. so the levelling up problem is bigger, our ability to deal with it now more constrained. tonight, the finishing touches being put to a rev

the delayed national infrastructure strategy will be published, covering flagship programmes such asroadband and investment in green projects. the rules the treasury uses to assess the value for money of big investments will change, in an effort to remove a long—standing bias towards london and the south—east, and focus on the possible regional benefits of schemes. to replace money previously allocated to poorer regions by the eu, a fund will be unveiled targeted at in places including coastal communities and former industrial heartlands. an independent group representing businesses and civic leaders across the north of england welcomed the plans, saying that projects like transport were crucial to improving productivity and prosperity. we will not close the north—south divide if we don't build the full high—speed north network, that means hs2 on the east and west of the country and a new line across the pennines. labour said communities around the country wanted action, not more empty rhetoric. the government's hoping it can build a way to brighter times. katy austin, bbc news. now

the delayed national infrastructure strategy will be published, covering flagship programmes such as broadband and investment in green projects. the rules the treasury uses to assess the value for money of big investments will change, in an effort to remove a long—standing bias towards london and the south—east, and focus on the possible regional benefits of schemes. to replace money previously allocated to poorer regions by the eu, a fund will be unveiled targeted at places including coastal communities and former industrial heartlands. an independent group representing business and civic leaders across the north of england welcomed the plans, saying that projects like transport were crucial to improving productivity and prosperity. we will not close the north—south divide if we don't build the full high—speed north network, that means hs2 on the east and west of the country and a new line across the pennines. labour said communities around the country wanted action, not more empty rhetoric. the government is hoping it can build a way towards brighter times. katy austin, bbc news. n

tomorrow, a first national infrastructure strategy, spending more particularly beyond london and to theon to get our policies right in these areas. every economist in the world, almost, at the moment, is saying that government should be investing in their infrastructure despite the impact of covid. tonight at the finishing touches being put to a review, still needing to rescue the economy as well as reset it for the long term. faisal islam, bbc news. here in the us — comedy central‘s the daily show with trevor noah is appointment viewing for its devoted audience. trevor noah is the host, satirizing the political news. but — long time correspondent jordan klepper has been the show‘s star this year. indeed, he's spent much of the election on the road — following president trump and talking to his most avid fans. his "jordan klepper fingers the pulse" segments have become must watch television — going viral and inspiring thinkpieces galore. he'lljoin us in a moment to discuss his extroadinary year but first here's a clip of him talking to voters at the president's final rally before the el

the delayed national infrastructure strategy will be published, covering flagship programmes such asre broadband and investment in green projects. the rules the treasury uses to assess the value for money of big investments will change in an effort to remove a long—standing bias towards london and the south—east and focus on the possible regional benefits of schemes. and to replace money previously allocated to poorer regions by the eu, a fund will be unveiled targeted at in areas including coastal communities and former industrial heartlands. an independent group representing business and civic leaders across the north of england welcomed the plans saying that projects like transport were crucial to improve productivity and prosperity. we will not close the north—south divide if we don't build the full high—speed north network, meaning hs2 on the east and west of the country and a new line across the pennines. labour's shadow chancellor anneliese dodds called for the spending review to set the country on the right path, saying that communities didn't want more empty rhetoric. katy a

the delayed national infrastructure strategy will be published, covering flagship programmes such asprojects. the rules the treasury uses to assess the value for money of big investments will change in an effort to remove a long—standing bias towards london and the south—east and focus on the possible regional benefits of schemes. and to replace money previously allocated to poorer regions by the eu, a fund will be unveiled targeted at places including coastal communities and former industrial heartlands. an independent 6roup representing business and civic leaders across the north of england welcomed the plans, saying that projects like transport were crucial to improve productivity and prosperity. we will not close the north—south divide if we don't build the full high—speed north network, meaning hsz on the east and west of the country and a new line across the pennines. labour's shadow chancellor anneliese dodds called for the spending review to set the country on the right path, saying that communities didn't want more empty rhetoric. katy austin, bbc news. the government says m

of pounds towards infrastructure, including road improvements, and the long—delayed national infrastructure strategyhip schemes on things like fibre broadband, flood defences and transport. and yes, another big change is that so—called green book, how it assesses the value of certain projects, will change towards considering the regional impact more, not just looking at the benefit compared to cost, which has been seen to favour london and the south—east at the expense of other regions, including the north. another thing we are expecting to hear about is something called a uk shared prosperity fund. this is replacing money the european union has allocated to less well—off areas. this new fund will be targeted at so—called "left—behind places", including coastal communities and former industrial heartlands. labour's shadow chancellor anneliese dodds has called for the spending review to put the country on the right path, saying communities up and down the country didn't want to hear more empty rhetoric. the headlines on bbc news... the home secretary priti patel keeps her job after being found to hav

funding for research and development and we are publishing today a comprehensive new national infrastructure strategyns, i can also announce we will establish a new uk infrastructure bank, headquarters in the north of england, the bank will work with the private sector to finance major new investment projects across the uk, starting this spring. i have one further announcement to make. for many people, the most powerful barometer of economic success is the change they see and the pride they feel in they see and the pride they feel in the places we call home. people want to be able to look around their towns and villages and say, yes, our community, this place, is better off thanit community, this place, is better off than it was five years ago. for too long, ourfunding than it was five years ago. for too long, our funding approach than it was five years ago. for too long, ourfunding approach has been complex and ineffective. i want to change that. today, i am announcing a new levelling fund worth £4 billion. any local area will be able to bid directly to fund local projects. the fund will be managed

he will publish the government's national infrastructure strategy next week, which will include changess allocated for programmes including flood defences, transport schemes and faster broadband. at least eight people have been killed in rocket attacks on the afghan capital. officials say 1a rockets slammed into parts of central and north kabul. 0ur afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani is following the story. video shared online shows terrified students at a girls' school screaming and running in panic with the sound of explosions behind them. i've also been looking at cctv footage from outside a popular bakery showing the moment that rockets landed just outside there, sending passers by and customers sprawling to the ground, reallyjust underlining how these tragedies are occurring as people are trying to live their everyday, normal lives. now, the taliban have denied responsibility for this attack, but levels of violence in the country, across the country have been intensifying over recent weeks in spite of ongoing, but slow—moving peace negotiations in doha. the us secretary of

national health strategy. provide immediate financial relief. an infrastructurel jump start our economy. when we get this done, next year, it is thanksgiving to the whole family. to all who have given so much. thank you. with us now, congresswoman elect that just flipped the area in georgia. >> thanks for having me here. a couple of things. one, we have the votes to win, we just have to turn people out. we also ran a very, very vig russ campaign and that was where we made a big difference. >> is it wise for democrats to if he cuss on the control of the senate or is it bet tore focus on the merit of the individual candidates? >> i think it is a bit of both. we have very strong candidates. people who care deeply about the community. also, if we are going to accomplish anything. getting the skrie russ under control, then it is very helpful for them to win the senate race and for democrats have have control of the senate. you are saying, it's all about turn out. a turn out campaign or persuasion campaign or a bit of both. we worked very, very hard on turn out. we had

a national system national strategy, are i would push back a little bit, some of the are in a tifz i know at a americans are going to be safe vigilant doesn't hurt public health experts infrastructure to courage it in the strongest of ways, remember the people many have 20 take care of people, come down with the virus face awfully, awfully health situation frontline workers nurses others 2409 we might be in better position i can only hope whatever you may do thanksgiving i am normally hosted 40 people at home, i would assume a lot of americans will be i wish -- after thanksgiving hope they do very best safe, socially distance. >> i agree with that. >> all right, joe biden is now ratcheting up rhetoric about a presidential needs to authorize transition so he and team especially can get up to speed, on pfizer moderna venezuela vaccine he will be in charge of distributing. >> fox business we covered supply chain challenges i can tell you, this is a bear of effort ahead you've got to move vaccine millions,millions doses scatter it throughout united states, by the way, a lot of the cases are in red states the moment, and rural areas so you've got to work on that you've got to get nation

virus and implement a national health strategy with free testing and vaccinations, providing immediate financial relief for working families and small businesses and infrastructurell jump start the economy. when we get it done, next year it is thanksgiving with the whole family. to all that have given so much this year, thank you. >> joining the discussion is a democrat who just flipped georgia's seventh kjzal district. thank you very much for joining us tonight. what does your victory and joe biden's victory in georgia tell us about what will happen in the senate races on january 5th? >> well, thanks for having me here, lawrence. there are a couple of things. one, we have the votes to win. we just have to turn people out. we also ran a very, very vigorous campaign to really engage the many, many diverse communities across the northern suburbs of atlanta. that was really where we were able to make such a big difference in turning georgia's seventh congressional district blue. >> is it wise for democrats to focus on control of the senate in the campaigns, or is it better to focus on the merit of the individual candidates? >> it is a bit of both. we have really, r

national testing strategy. there are a lot of holes in the -- in our public health infrastructure that this bill was hopefully going to fill. what do you see as the top line need from congress in terms of what the medical community needs to fight back more aggressively against this virus? >> one of the really exciting areas where science has improved is in the development of testing for covid-19 and it's going on very quietly in the background. a little bit overshadowed by the vaccine news. i would not be surprised if in the next couple of months we have access to rapid covid-19 tests that are accurate enough and potentially usable for home use. that kind of power to be able to know without symptoms whether you're carrying the virus could help us decrease the spread of the virus to others. now, it won't be perfect. we know that testing is not a perfect strategy. the white house outbreak is an example of that and we're doing reactive testing. reactive testing to those who have symptoms already. i think the reason this has become such a broad pandemic is because it's spread by people who have minimal or no symptoms a

national health strategy with free testing and vaccinations. to provide immediate financial relief for working families and small businesses and an infrastructureprograms that will jump-start our economy, and when we get this done, next year it's thanksgiving with the whole family. to all who have given so much this year, thank you. i'm jon ossoff and i approve this message. >> that was the new campaign ad from georgia senate candidate jon ossoff who joins us now. his runoff election against senator david perdue is on january 5th. jon, i take it some campaign strategy changes now that we know the outcome of the election and you've been looking ahead to a biden administration. what other changes or strategy shifts are you putting forward right now, and, also, i guess there won't be a debate? >> hey, mika. good morning and thank you for having me. we sort of wanted to give folks a respite from the endless barrage of typical political ads and just take stock of where we are as a state and a country, and where we need to go from here. and as i was sitting with my team talking about what we wanted to say to the people we were just discussing that so