still key to tackling regional inequality so says robert jen req.— so says robert jen req.so says robert jen req. still little bit surprised by this. i think - so says robert jen req. still little bit surprised by this. i think for i bit surprised by this. i think for many— bit surprised by this. i think for many of— bit surprised by this. i think for many of us _ bit surprised by this. i think for many of us in areas that are currently— many of us in areas that are currently served by mayors and regionai— currently served by mayors and regional mayors weeds feel that this iocaiism _ regional mayors weeds feel that this localism agenda from the tories has really— localism agenda from the tories has really stalled recently. i think we have _ really stalled recently. i think we have in _ really stalled recently. i think we have in the liverpool city region we have in the liverpool city region we have a _ have in the liverpool city region we have a metro mayor and of course there _ have a metro mayor and of course there is— have a metro mayor and of course there is burnham and

local leaders are meeting with communities secretary robertjen communities secretary robert jen regulatorobertjen regulator, some of them have also expressed concerns about a lack of clarity about how much funding they will get to how's each refugee, but at the core of all of this is the fact that the uk has promised to resettle afghan citizens, both those that help the uk government but also vulnerable people who are fleeing persecution in the country. the question now that ministers have to answer is will they put their money where their mouth is, will they commit to this extra funding which this government document estimates is needed so that councils can come forward with that support in the knowledge they will be able to foot the bill for it?— a man who stabbed and wounded at least six people at a supermarket in new zealand has been described by the country's prime minister as a "violent extremist". the sri lankan man was shot and killed by police. jacinda ardern said he had been known to authorities. our correspondent phil mercer reports. the attacker was under 24—hour surveillance

jen psaki. join john roberts and me for america reports at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪ >> imagine getting paid to getct, a recent survey shows that two-thirds of american would be motivated to live a healthy salad that came with a return to her board a financial reward would get them off of the couch. some say tickets to concert and other say a metal or trophy. you just completed a triathlon and i watched you train with only your inspiration. no material word getting through there. >> did the santa cruz iron man half marathon and even when you sign up for those and you have to train months and months were, they social you the metal. i think that's a great incentive. there has to be motivation in order to do this. as long as it does not come from the federal government, i don't care what motivates people. go out there and take care of yourself. >> is in this short-term gratification versus delay gratification inspiring people to live one small chapter at a time instead of health benefits and the greater picture? >> i'm sure it's human nature to say, "yes, i would like money or tickets to something or

robert e. lee. joining us now is former special assistant to george w. bush scott jennings.cott, i have a lot of feelings about this. but before i get into any of that let me just ask you when you read the statement from the former president, which by the way, included a lot more than just that about the good generalship of robert e. lee but conveniently left out the fact that he chose to fight against the united states and for the confederacy and in the defense of slavery, aside from that, what did you make of the statement? >> well, there were a lot of things going on in here. the first part about the statute piece, this is an on going debate. i have no use for these c confederate statutes out there. there's a lot of polling that indicates trump's position on the statute part is not an invalid political statue. the statue people went off the rails is when they started removing statues of nonconfederate. that's a topic for another day. the idea of a time traveling robert e. lee going to afghanistan is enough for a book. like a sort of historical sci fi thriller of some kind

robert kelly, a professor of political science at tucson national university. thank you. thank you for having me. still ahead on al jazeera indonesia ram. se vaccination dr. getting the car. the 19 jen to isolated island communities is proving a major challenge. and where is the love, why supporters of brazilian president able to narrow and now rally against him and demanding he be in paged? ah, we can say good bye to the hurricanes. that was yesterday. that's attractive. just the edge your screen there. and now it's back to standard low pressure areas to have and running through the canadian prairies, spreading their rain in the form of shells or a belt of rain across the dakotas and the midwest. miss drive the south to hit the gulf of mexico and his drive to the west. the pacific coast is dry. that breeze is quite strong, but in land readily, it's fairly hot, not quite hot enough to warn of the heat wipe. it's certainly it is feeding the fires and they are still burning. as for rain though, is where it's forming. this is monday that spinner probably won't develop into a name store. but even if it doesn't, as a huge amount of reading, can we get the flat coast of texas further sout

robert costas' new book. joining me is pentagon correspondent courtney kube and michael mcfall, former u.s. ambassador to russia. thanks, all. jonathan lemire jenre standing behind general milley. how much angst is there about this book? >> i pressed the white house press secretary yesterday in her daily press briefing and certainly, they are supportive of general milley. they sidestepped how president biden if it went out of the chain of command and they said that he was acting out of a sense of patriotism and jen psaki reminded everyone watching what just happened there january 6th that the insurrection and how tumultuous the time was in our nation and why general milley was compelled to act. there is a sense here that general milley, of course, was going to be called up before hearings on capitol hill in the coming weeks and he'll testify on afghanistan and this will certainly be added to the docket and we heard calls for the president to fire him or for milley to resign. there is no sign that he will, and that he is expected to continue in the day, weeks, month ahead. >> courtney, you followed this so closely at the pentagon. what are milit

jen psaki just gave interview a few moments ago, she says he's going the talk about teachers getting vaccinated today. we will see what the president says later. well, virginia removing a statute of robertph northham announced plans to remove last year after it became focal point of protest in wake of killing of george floyd but the move delayed following two lawsuits that made to state supreme court and stored in state facility until its fate is decided. well, gamestop is getting boost in sales. saw net sales rise to 1.8 million, gamestop is looking to restock in management. ryan cohen as chairman and the stock on that news getting a pretty big hit right now down 7 and a half percent and finally there's this, macy's, thanksgiving day parade turning to the streets of new york city this year. there's going to be new covid precautions in place. the retailer will partner with the city and state of new york to ensure current cdc guidelines will be enforced for the viewing public and the staff, all staff and participants even the clowns will have to be fully vaccinated unless they are performing. viewers can expect to see their favorite balloons, marching bands, maria. big breaking news from