stu? stuart: got it, thank you very much, indeed.f executive bob iger would at least be interested in serving as america'sword to china. gore -- ambassador to china. gordon chang is with us. gordon, what are your thoughts on the possibility of disney's chief becoming our ambassador in beijing? >> this would not be good for the u.s.. now, i have the greatest respect for bob eyeing or. he's one of the -- iger. he's one of the most capable people on the planet. the problem is how beijing would view this. beijing would believe that they could manipulate the american political system to determine outcomes, get outcomes that they want because iger would be someone who would be friendly. also there are some other picks that i think would encourage beijing to think that way. this is going to be very difficult. we know that the chinese elite right now are are very arrogant. they believe they can do whatever they want with an incoming biden administration. i'm not saying they're right, stu, but that's the way they're thinking. so we should not

these are the first stu d e nts getaway.d tests here at anglia ruskin university. a quick swab and two hours is all it takes. going home to my family, i wanted to make sure i was safe to go home. those with the all—clear need to travel as soon as possible. if you are found to be carrying the virus you have to wait and self—isolate. during the test now means there is still enough time to quarantine and get home for christmas. i'd like to know whether or not i will be endangering my family. obviously if i get the test and it is positive i won't be going back. it is peace of mind. students don't have to do this testing is volu nta ry. have to do this testing is voluntary. around the country, tests are happening. here in london, in newcastle, the infrastructure in place, in st andrews in scotland, across the uk, the aim is to limit the risks so university christmas plans vary. in england and, students are being asked to travel by the 9th of december. in scotland and northern ireland, no set window, instead staggered date to avoi

that is stu ingis. what do you take about this fight and who gets hurt?i think it's a significant issue. i think smes will undoubtedly be hurt if this goes through as currently articulated and i think ultimately consumers would be hurt. one of the challenges here is the reason consumers love and the reason i love my apple device, and the reason consumers love it, is the plethora of apps and streaming services and offerings, many of which are supported through advertising. supported through advertising and of course, this is the quid pro quo everyone has to understand. perhaps they didn't want to think they got a free email from google. you are selling your data if you weren't really realizing it. but now they are getting to grips with it. how can apple shine a light and bring transparency and ensure that we are aware of what we are being targeted, but without breaking off the food chain for small to medium-size enterprises? >> it's a great question. part of it is continuing education from the public of how all this works, but at least in the advertising s

i ask the secretary of state a couple of weeks ago if you tell me how many times stu d e nts ago if youndi students had been absent from school and i still don't have that information but don't think that we have suggested that could help to recognise where learning has been significantly disrupted, more optimality in the exam papers so stu d e nts optimality in the exam papers so students would at least know that would be a part of the paper that they could answer where they had cover that part of the syllabus even if they had to miss other parts —— more optionality. we also suggested a regional dimension to standardising results so that different regions of the country that have suffered more disruption could be reflected in the way that end grades were moderated. i recognise we are in a very difficult situation this year and there is no perfect answer put i am however worried that if we cannot have fair exams eczema we need to have a plan band if exams eczema we need to have a plan b and if it is relying on teacher assessments, schools need to know about that as well now so they can

ashley: good morning, stu.he governor says that because jfk has a six incoming flights from one did every day, but i count 10 with multiple airlines that have yet to see restrictions put in place. cuomo calls that reprehensible" grossly negligent to allow uk travelers to fly to jfk without being tested and the governor says it's the feds that have the authority that they should impose a covid test at the minimum if not an outright brand-- man and adds it's only working assumption the vaccine would be effective against the new strain. north of the border as we know canada suspended entry of all passenger flights from the uk for 72 hours which went into effect at midnight. we are keeping an ion us and and health authorities and the federal government to see if they will impose some sort of restrictions on any flights from the uk, stu. stuart: this new virus strain in britain is considered-- i think the way to express it is 70% more contagious than covid-19. infectious disease doctor dr. matt mccarthy recurrence t

notjust that stu d e nts exchange arrangement.is country could study in of the european union universities but also their students could come to our country and i think we benefit hugely as a country from those relationships being formed between students from different parts of the european union. that really helps us in our international relations and our friendships with those countries in the future. so you will know that we hoped that the government would negotiate for us to continue as members of erasmus and the european union were willing for that to happen, keen for that to happen. you know we also suggested that the very least that the scottish and welsh governments if they wanted them to continue in erasmus, they should at least have the chance to do so. i am glad the government is announcing a scheme for at least our students to continue to travel to other universities and other countries, but i want to see the detail of that to make sure that not only does it really give good opportunities and enough resources for those

to >> stu: this is going to be the toughest test for this back line which at times especially early in the game showed a bit of movement around them there can be some space and jordan morris with his speed and the finishing of diaz, that's a lot to contend for, this will be their toughest test of the season. >> alexi: for minnesota, this is without a doubt their biggest victory in their biggest moment in their mls life. the death loon has not yet been punched in the beak and they won three games in a row 3-0, the less two games certainly there were big opportunities that they've given up and i wonder what this loons team looks like if one of those goes in and goes in early. >> stu: you know how you avoided? you throw the first punch. it >> rob: they were able to take those punches and still be standing. columbus right now in the driver's seat to host mls cup, they just have to win over the weekend. sporting kc's season is done, the loons flight continues they had west monday to take on seattle, the western conference final live on fs1, we'll see you monday night. ♪ this holiday, get ip

that dog don't hunt, stu.he mainstream media is using joe biden's foot injury to fawn over how transparent they think the biden administration will be. hold on a second, joe. just watch this, please. roll it. >> all right. >> when biden hurt his foot i appreciated it. why? because i'm a sadist. no because we just got the straight truth about it. no lie. there was no bs. there was no blocking us from the reason that trump was rushed to a hospital. no fugasi doctors with absurd lauding statements about being superhuman, the strongest pinky toe in history. just the truth. stuart: joe, this is a real stretch. hard to even watch this stuff. >> speaking of bs, stu, by the way, if joe biden hurt his foot, broke his foot on saturday, why did then his press team decide not to let everybody else know until sunday? that is anything but transparent. let me read you a couple headlines real quick. slate said, biden breaks foot engaging in tried and true expression of presidential vigor. meanwhile "the new york times," speak

stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, maria. have a great weekend. everyone, have a great weekend, if you can. >>> three big stories. the jobs report, california has backed a lockdown and the market rallies. let's deal with jobs first of all. just 245,000 new jobs last month. clear evidence that the recovery in the job market is indeed cooling down. the unemployment rate dropped to 6.7%. that's good. so, too, is the news on hourly earnings, up again. perhaps the slowing labor market will encourage a rescue package before year end. we shall see. >>> then there's california. it's about to put in place the most severe restrictions since the spring. outdoor dining will be closed. cancel travel, stay at home, don't even walk around outside if you can avoid it. as the restrictions grow, so does the revolt. the l.a. county sheriff says he will not enforce these new rules. but more restrictions are coming. joe biden says he will ask us all to wear a mask starting at his inauguration january the 20th. let's sum it up like this. a record virus death toll yeste

take it away, stu. stuart: good morning. new york city just took a heavy blow, a blizzard has shut us down and this comes on top of the bar and restaurant shut down, theater shut down, store shut down in these giant office buildings remain virtually empty. we are not done with the mayor threatening another full lockdown after christmas. it's time to question the whole lockdown policy, not working. it may slow the spread, but when restrictions are lifted the virus comes back and when restrictions come back, more business owners are rear-ended. yes, the vaccine is the way out, but will be months till everyone is inoculated and this city keeps sinking. who would've thought a year ago that such a great and vibrant place as the big apple would be brought so low. bad policy did it, the snowstorm made it worse, but we are here and for the next three hours we will cover everything you need to know. "varney & co." is about to begin. ♪ run, rudolph, run . now, there's a guy. susan: with the snow out there, it's hard to run. stuart: it

take it away, stu. stuart: good morning. it all comes together today, vaccine approval, a huge ipo in the creation of new billionaires as they are all linked. right about now the fda needs to consider emergency approval of pfizer's vaccine and if it is go at inoculation again, 20 million could be protected in the next three weeks. a half hour from now airbnb offers a shares to the public for the first time with another opportunity to invest in a new industry. it's a 12-year old company now what worked and $40 vaccines, ipos, what brings them together? the creation of a new batch of billionaires, which may not go down well. recent stock price gains have created at least three multibillionaire's beyond attack, three at more direct and when it luminous went public last week 25-year old ceo made a billion and when doordash sold shares yesterday three founders joined the billionaires club. by the end of trading today, brian chesky, founder of airbnb will likely be a multibillionaire as well. these guys may not fulfill the america

appreciate it. >> stu, good to see you. become mandatory for students in miami-dade schools. their superintendent is considering it. he will join us. >>> ben bernanke just admitted democrats held up virus relief. watch this. >> the democrats walked away from that bill because they wanted 2.2 trillion. >> that's right. >> they walked away from 1.8 trillion. was that a mistake. >> that's what i'm saying. that is exactly what i'm saying. stuart: they walked away from helping ordinary people. more on that story coming up for you. ♪. turn on my tv and boom, it's got all my favorite shows right there. i wish my trading platform worked like that. well have you tried thinkorswim? this is totally customizable, so you focus only on what you want. okay, it's got screeners and watchlists. and you can even see how your predictions might affect the value of the stocks you're interested in. now this is what i'm talking about. yeah, it'll free up more time for your... uh, true crime shows? british baking competitions. hm. didn't peg you fo

take it away, stu. stuart: here's a headline to grab your attention, and apple card production by 2024. tesla is already shaken up the auto industry, imagine what an apple car would do. sources insist on apple car is in the cards. couple of details, it would be for single drivers, not taxi fleets and would feature what is described as innovative be autonomous driving and battery technology. if this happens it's a sick example of big tech money developing new industries as we has seen with amazon and microsoft appeared apple closed about $200 billion in cash, why not use it to develop a whole new product, after all a modern car is a computer on wheels. the left doesn't like this as they don't like or trust big money unless they control it, but it's a example that big tech money funded the iphone, revolutionary products, why not on i car? "varney & co." is about to begin the ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ stuart: all right now, free, free. susan: america is free. isn't that great? stuart: whatever you say as a free people, that

all university stu d e nts qualifications.,000 devices to schools across the country on the 4th of january alone, and over 100,000 altogether during the first week of term. this is in addition to the 560,000 devices that have already been delivered, as we continue aiming fora target been delivered, as we continue aiming for a target of over1 million devices to be distributed for children who need the most. this programme has now been extended to include students aged 16 to 19 in colleges and schools. so often, mr speaker, we have had to close things down to try and beat this awful disease, but with schools, our best line of attack is to keep them open, using mass testing tools that we now have available, so that we can ensure that children are able to continue to gain the benefit of a world —class continue to gain the benefit of a world—class education. as we continue to hear more encouraging news about the vaccine roll—out, i am more determined than ever that children will not have to pay the price for beating covid. mr speak

stu.ipped 9 beatles at beginning of hour. i'm trying to recover. stuart: it's a lousy song, brian. awful stuff. >> anything post rubber soul you have to love. i'm with you on later beatles. with respect to the markets, reacting to what is happening with respect to coronavirus and corona vie are you which talk with clients all day long, fool me once, shame own you, fool me twice, shame on me. this in march was hitting us flat long with chaos, moving, working from home and. society, businesses now coexist with the virus. we have clarity earns with respect to one, two, three, maybe four vaccines to increase therapeutics. i think people are more pointed toward. one thing we caution investors, transformation and normally will not be a one-year event, stu. till with be a two or three-year event. so i do think we're looking for obviously more stimulus when mr. biden is the president and i think that is going to fuel stocks higher. so i don't think people want to move the move in markets. that is

and stu the broader movement of progressive change the subject line and in london i just wanted to talk to you about how you change things legislatively through law through law making in the u.k. we have the race relations act it's not perfect but a lot of people have suggested that it has changed things for the better for colored communities in the u.k. do you think that's true do you think it is law making or is it culture that needs to change. well when you support kl communities often it's quite offensive when really is the top book and what you say in. say that in britain there's been nearly 50 years of campaigning for race quota let's close in the 1st piece was in 1965 which was to stop discrimination people discriminates in and get an accommodation and then the men did stop discrimination and people didn't 11 markets and then it was a focus on structural racism in terms of government departments and local farted in other agencies and private businesses discriminates and so over the long history and tradition in the u.k. but those on it those changes how i want to come about throu

take it away, stu. stuart: good morning. let's call this what it is, on american triumph, the day when the pfizer vaccine arrives, a medical triumph, first case to reliable vaccine , 10 months, remarkable. would just a cultural and files kept cold and disturbed it mac 50 states and fast and it's working, 145 hospitals get it today. 600 in the next few days , the first inoculation's will take place today. the credit for all of this, in my opinion, should go to the trump administration. when the president is that there be a vaccine before the end of the year, he was laughed at, here it is in the governor of new york said he had experts investigate the vaccine because he didn't trust the president, here it is, fully approved it when the first trucks rolled out with the vaccine there were rounds of applause and a future from flags he deserves the credit, that's my opinion. monday, december 14, it's an important day and "varney & co." is about to begin. ♪ susan: flash. stuart: i started talking over the music. the clash is okay,

i think also the government has a part to playful stu b government has a part to playful stub and thinkreally crippling business rates over the past for years have put quite a lot of shocks out of business —— they really crippling. i think it is easy for previous chancellors, not rishi sunak, to get of business rates, thinking that that is a quick fix and companies can afford to pay, easier to do that than to target individuals, and actually that is the way to ruin for lots of shops, sunken —— so ——so| —— so i hope soon apple consider a breakfor —— so i hope soon apple consider a break for businesses —— so i —— so i hope soon apple consider a breakfor businesses —— so i hope that sunak. if you can shop online, a company that has a brick—and—mortar shop in your local high street, rather than on amazon, so high street, rather than on amazon, so there are ways to slow decline or reverse the decline... you want to come in on this quickly? we have long had a wrongly aligned economy, in which we believe that services and consumerism, those two aspects of our economic life would lead us to nir

. —— relationship a stu b up the league. —— relationship a stub i could do some bluff that he is in bigother side of north london, the picture has been considerably bleaker, arsenal said 13 places below their neighbours and mckellar tessa is in his hardest speu mckellar tessa is in his hardest spell —— mikel arteta. despite winning silver in his first season, people asserting to question whether this is true. unlike spurs, his main man have not been firing, although perhaps a 4—0 win in the europa league. the slide. we created many chances. into sunday, a very special game, we are looking forward to it and let's do it again. mourinho has never lost a home game in his career against arsenal, all signs point to against arsenal, all signs point to a totte n ha m against arsenal, all signs point to a tottenham win, but this season has been anything but predictable. craig templeton, bbc news. well, champions liverpool will be keeping a keen eye on that game, only below spurs of course on goal difference. their home game with wolves won't be allowed fans because the city is in tier 3 and mana

so you will see stu d e nts grade boundaries.me percentage? as you will be aware, you have grade boundaries that are established, so depending on how that child does in their exam and what they achieve in their exam, that will determine the grade. but obviously the grade boundaries are more generous and therefore they will be lower. the reason i am asking this, and you will be aware when we looked at the exam results over the summer and i will make sure i get this correct, that the proportion of private school stu d e nts proportion of private school students receiving a grades was more than twice as high as the proportion at comprehensive schools. the reason iam asking at comprehensive schools. the reason i am asking with all children will be marked up and if all children in a certain subject will be marked up by the same percentage is, can you guarantee that if you are a student ina guarantee that if you are a student in a comprehensive school, you may bea in a comprehensive school, you may be a disadvantaged area, that you wil

that has a huge impact on the florida economy, stu.illion dollars every year are spent by just canadian snowbirds in florida. i want to bring in dennis kemper, the general manager of the funky pelican. best of the coast. >> i agree. ashley: canadian snow birds is not taking it down here. how is your business? >> we're down 30% from last year. so it definitely affects us. we're doing the best we can with what we have. ashley: you have a governor pushing for businesses to stay open. how much does that help? >> incredibly, incredibly. we follow all of his protocols. where we can pay the bills instead of being completely shut down. ashley: dennis, thank you very much. appreciate your time. tell you about canadians and how much real estate they buy in florida. would you be amazed. there is a clue, it is billions and billions. we'll get into that. stuart: let's do it. you got it, ashley, thanks very much indeed. love that mask. ashley: thank you. stuart: joe biden is going to georgia today, campaigning in the senate races there. by the way i

llegar a un acuerdo republicanos y dem crÁs el presidente donald trump dejÓ en vilo el nuevo paquete de stulla como millones de norte americanos, se preparaba para recibir el cheque de 600 dÓlares por persona. pero segÚn el preside be ser de 2000 dÓlares. pidiÓ al congreso que revise la ayuda y no se sabe si va a vetar la iniciativa que debe firmar. si no firma y la veta seria la muerte de la iniciativa. >>> por 2 meses estuvieron convenciendo a los republicanos para un cheque de # t mil dÓlares. sostuvo que el preside be firmar para ayudar a la gente, y luego buscar mÁs estÍmulos. algunos hablan venganza polÍtica. >>> esto es una venganza del presidente. porque el presidente del senado y sua sis tents no estÁn de acuerdo que Él ganÓ las elecciones. >>> no solo es el paquete de ayuda que estÁ en veremos sino los fondos para que el gobierno pueda seguir funcionando, y mÁs recursos para vacunas, asÍ como ayuda para pequeÑos negocios. >>> un escenario, que complica el panorama en una pandemia que golpea mÁs. >>> definitivamente que el presidente veta esta medida. va a poner en 3 y 2 al gobiern

it's too embedded in the international system but, again, the perfect case stu of the fact that china does not sit still whent's under pressure. xi jinping is under tremendous pressure, i argue. xi jinping isacing internal backlash at home and criticized by prominent figes, tycoon who had a following of millions of peop. they criticized him for being incompetent, xi for being im-- incompetent. but xi doesn't back dow from this pressure. in fact, he escalates. so during the same year that china has been suffering from covid, it has picked a fight with ind. it is pressuring and bullying australia for saying, we need thorough investigationf the originsf covid. is pressuring europeans to remove any languagef campaigns around covid. it is cohortsing, intimidatg taiwan as we speak. it marched into hong kong and removed the status, hope for any democracy in hong kong during this period of time. as xi gets more compensated he will compensate with aggression and that's what we have been seeing. t me wrap up before i turn it over to general mcmaster for comments and corey for questio and commen

." >> a 62-year-old stu art bee arrived in wilmington yesterday.escued about 86 miles off cape can after val. he was sleeping on his 32-foot boat when it began taking on water. >> pushed me up to the front. took in a little bit of water. i opened the hatch in front and got out that way. i hung on to two floating cushions. fortunately the boat did not sink, not totally. >> bee said he took off his shirt and waved it for about 45 minutes. he said being on the ship was better than a cruise ship. >>> the world champion u.s. women's soccer team settled part of its lawsuit. the two sides reached agreement over unequal working conditions compared to the men's team. the women will now get the same kind of treatment as the men including similar charter flights, hotel accommodations and staff support. the two sides di their dispute over unequal pay. that decision is still ongoing. >>> still ahead, a binge worthy treat. ben and jerry's teams up with netflix for a new ice cream flavor. teams up with netflix for a new ice cream flavor. rinvoq a once-daily pill.

take it away, stu. stuart: thank you. good morning. it's friday, december 11, and it's the end of the history making weak. hope you could put aside the political backbiting because into areas sings went very well. history was made. a vaccine arrived, and occupations of started in britain, pfizer kick off the green light here with 20 million doses promised. astounding success story, president trump deserves credit to go from first case to infected vaccine in 10 months is an achievement that unfolded this week. investors showed enthusiasm for the companies in the industry of the future, doordash a food delivery company offering shares to the public and the money poured into it. airbnb a travel company now worth $100 billion, more than marriott hotels in hilton combined. ashley: ai about artificial intelligence, that doubled. what's going on here? this week we started to see the other side with the vaccines offering hope next year covid can be tamed and ipos it showed american companies will lead the economy when we get to the other side.

been asking as a women in other international organizations and also that you for diebel the majority stu identified an alternative location for the people that you just so lipa with also for us tonight of course $1500.00 people that were already sleeping on site in forest cams and in abandoned buildings and unfortunately despite i think our base it for it's not particularly green movement has been released and today i don't expect any progress either any it's really a political issue because unlike you know there's a military in crisis we actually have sufficient resources to immediately help all the people the only 'd thing that you need these for you know to refuse to identify where these people can be properly housed if you're ready to deploy it in the next half an hour. before we. and you know we've seen this in other places like lesbos greece where once again that camp was apparently burnt down by the people living in it in a gesture of desperation. is there is a european union to blame there for than for not taking action should. no i don't believe the fire started after we had dec

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of the vaccine02y the end of >> to deliver a saffe and ive covid vaccine in less than a year is a stuingievement. the challenge now, to ensure rapid rlout to those who need it most. >> our medical editor reporting there. millions more peoplen england will be placed under tier 4 restrictions in the coming hours and asked to stay-at-home. the health sncretary, matt k, said it was due to the rapid increase in the cases in england, fueled by the n the quarters of the english population will be under the our health correspondent reports. >> in birmingham, time for a last trim before tier 4 restrictions at midnight. after tough year, another bitter setbk. >> absolutely devastated again. because we just got going after reopening on december 2, just getting back on our feet again. how many more times can we be locked down and the bills keep rolling in? it is difficult to keep coming back. >> in england, more than three quarters of the publisher will be in tier 4, the highest level of restrictions. health secretary matt hancock told mp'she new, were contain just very it is driving infections up.

i see it as a huge problem. >> stu, good to be back on the program.ke indiana anyway. stuart: right. >> you are correct, if you do not put some type of liability protection into it, for schools, for hospitals, yes, for businesses, you're going to make this recovery even more tentative. so i know they have dug in. it is mostly the trial lawyers on the other side that are making a ruckus out of this. they have come down from craziness of a couple trillion down to under a trillion. so that's progress but we will, we passed it back in september and october, with some reasonable liability protection in there, if that doesn't happen, i don't think it will get a vote. the other big issue is state and local government help. talked to our governor last week, place like indiana, that had high unemployment out of gate. we're down to 5% unemployment, 1% from full. my home county is at 3.3. a lot of those state economies are a function of how well you manage your state finances before, what kind of business climate you had. that is the political hot potato as well

the national regulator cannot cross live to our correspondent sean diaz with a donkey promotion idea stutell us the details. well it's a new 3 folding waiting for here and you can dismounting it cause it 19 bucks will have mounting approved by the men to cool regulators and could be rolled out as soon as next week this announcement means that you can becomes a size country in the world to approve this vaccine and it comes off to the british medical record they can which is the and h r a says it's a job which ringback offers 95 percent protection has it lengthy and is now safe to roll out as soon as next wait so currently what's being talked about is $40000000.00 doses of nothing or just finding united them in these at the 5 supply could be a factor of around 800000 doses that could be sent to our students next week and that means that immunization could start within just a few days so far as i'm buying techs that are the ones that these distributors of all of this and that means flooding a lot of load to the u.k. most other examples as well gearing up for mass distribution in the united

take it away, stu. stuart: keep me out of the canine competition, please maria good morning to you and good morning to everyone would have thought hospitalizations rising with new lockdowns on the way and if a of snow is coming to the northeast and yet the market is right at record highs. after a year like no other, stocks power had two levels we have never seen before. the president was impeached in january, the first virus cases appeared soon after with the locked down in march and a cast topic drop in economy and by april, it felt like we were in a depression. november, contentious election and after all that you may have expected negative reaction on wall street and in the spring stocks took a dive, but now 51 records for the nasdaq, i think 21 for the s&p and i lost count of the dow industrials which has a broken above the 30000 mark. warp speed vaccines have helped them so have the money printed by the feds, low interest rates and a housing move-- boom, but who would've thought at the end of a tum

we spent six days testing, and the effort required, in a university setting, we had signed stu d e ntsnd we found two positives having worked for six days, so it is a logistical challenge in doing this, but alongside it, this test isn't designed or suited for this role, and the government hasn't got evidence together to actually check whether it will work before it is being implemented. you say they haven't got evidence together. what is your evidence for saying that they haven't got the evidence, if this is what the government is doing, pushing ahead with his lateral flow tests for schools ‘s the studies which the government have done were done by the university of oxford, in test and trace centres with symptomatic people, released at the beginning of november. the evaluation in liverpool is more helpful because it has been done in people who haven't got symptoms. we heard a couple of weeks ago they reckoned they missed 50% in the first data of using that test and we are writing from new data from them soon which will give their final results data from them soon which will give theirf

rumour about the advice the government has received from sage, the scientific advisers and parents, stucientific advisers and parents, students and school staff will be really concerned. i want to see children safely in school but we have to know very clearly what the scientific advice is to make sure everybody is being kept safe and i really do think it's imperative that the prime minister with a scientific advisers comes forward today and makes that advice very clear on what steps the government will take to keep pupils and staff and everyone going in and out of school safe through this worrying pandemic. they have to keep this review, don't they? if it's an evolving pandemic as the government says, exchanging, with this new variant, it's very ha rd to with this new variant, it's very hard to be absolutely clear about what's going to happen injanuary. rewrote the shadow schools minister andi rewrote the shadow schools minister and i to the secretary of state for education asking what the advice was, what the plans were and what the government would do if children are not able to be in

and the seventy's a more islamophobia for example that examples that were brought up is that accurate stu you think. well i think it's accurate especially one people of african descent black people in belgium are in that event trying to talk about black feet and said it's racism a lot of people will say well what are these people saying they come here in their countries and they want to change a technician that's actually pointing out that people don't see us as belgian are not it citizens of the net and thence and so yes of course it's an issue we don't recognize the pain of black people that people african descent but i've seen in the past years there has been some effort especially on iraq and a level to recognize these things by writing some resolution and other political statements so i think we are still not there where people recognize the being and i struggle and the structural reasons that people and people of african descent in all you are face but step by step we're moving to the right direction let's assess and where you are right now when you talk to people about black paint

he has even built a signs lab at home to share experiments with stu d e nts to share experiments withes in conflict with one another and has shed his tech skills with other teachers. in accepting the million—dollar prize, ranjit disale also made this extraordinary and far—reaching pledge. 5096 of the prize money will be equally shared with the rest of the nine top ten finalists. together we can make a difference and we can make this world a better place. 's over $50,000 for each of the other nine finalists, including teachers from brazil, south korea, and nigeria —— that's over. this year's broce also come at a time when lockdowns have reminded us how important inspiring a face—to—face role teachers carry out really is —— prize. mark lobel, bbc news. congratulations to him. a quick reminder of our top story this hour. the us doctor leading the fight against coronavirus has apologised for appearing to question the speed with which britain approved a vaccine. that's it. get me online on social media. i'm lewis vaughan jones and this is bbc news. bye— bye. hello there. the weather is giv

media organizations and also on you tube from alexina bali himself of various 3 year theories asked stu how it all happened there your speculations about a 2nd poisoning at some point in that story i like saying. avali also is saying that his team has already investigated the matter and that they found a team of russian secret agents that were following him all all along sorry and attempted to poison him so this is something that. the western media in particular was worried about and there was a straight forward question from a b.b.c. journalist about it and there here's what vladimir putin responded to it. the patient at the pearling clinic is actually supported by american intelligence and so then of course he's followed by other intelligence services but even if he's followed by russian services or others it does not mean that he should be poisoned with it. but this wasn't the end of it there was an important message from the russian leader again to western countries to germany in particular crucial data on all the biological material that was retrieved on all the tests that were und

it's not unusual for present stu d e nts to it's not unusual for present students to give so many pardons0 this point in the presidential career, withjust 20 plus this point in the presidential career, with just 20 plus days left. however, what is a little bit different, is that so many people that he is granting the pardons to, 90% is one estimate, people that he has a direct tie to. loyalty may be one of the things that is driving him to give these types of pardons to people. you mentioned roger stone, and paul manafort. they had some connection with the president and they have the biggest audience of the mac. they have the biggest province right now. why are they so significant? we took about paul ma nafort significant? we took about paul manafort and roger stone. they had the legal issues because they were tied to the russian interference in the 2016 election. the president has been on the side for the whole time. he doesn't believe that this whole russian investigation should have even happened. so he has been giving pardons. they were two of five people connected to the molar invest

she said it has got worse and i know there are definitely more stu d e nts and i know there are definitely and ultimately that means for her because she is so passionate about it is there are more families that she has to help. it is definitely disheartening but the main thing is now you can't look back, you have to look forward. footballer marcus rashford successfully campaigned for more than! million pupils to receive free school meals over the country. he becomes an mbe for services to vulnerable children. in my eyes a lot of the work is my mum because work —— mark my mum's work. never mind an mbe, even been a football player, it just wouldn't mind an mbe, even been a football player, itjust wouldn't have been very likely if i didn't have somebody like her behind me. nice. whilst marcus waits for commitment from the government, another influential person has been in touch. acclaimed actor emma thompson is also campaigning to end child food positive. -- poverty. hello, marcus. we have to stay like this. in april 2019 emma went to downing street to deliver a report on poverty written from

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then you've got the issue of the personnel, a school of about 1000 stu d e nts personnel, a school ofts needing 13 members of staff to deal with the actual testing. we've got to make sure that these people are trained, that they are appropriate, that they know what they are doing, that they've had all they are doing, that they've had all the necessary checks etc and in a sense we've been given a day at the start of term to get disorganised. how much time you need? —— start of term to get disorganised. how much time you need? -- to get this organised. if it was the army coming on in mobile units we don't need as much time. we can do that responding quickly with all sorts of environments during this pandemic so if it was what the government have set out, i think we would probably need about two weeks to really get that up and running. what happens if this doesn't work as the government proposes it will? this is part of the problem, we don't really know and this is part of what teachers have been calling out for, trust in school leaders. we just want some clarity. everything is up in the

in hong kong, more than one third of high school stu d e nts than one third of high school students playstudents are said to suffer from gaming addiction. for some, gaming said to suffer from gaming addiction. forsome, gaming is addiction. forsome, gaming is a way of life. real—world divisions have also played out in the virtual world. last year, hong kong gamers dressed as protesters in grand theft auto five and started a mass violent campaign. they were met with mainland chinese players dressed as riot police. bella isa dressed as riot police. bella is a former protester. she agreed to it to us under the conditions of anonymity. translation: there are some correlations between playing games and the actual protest. example you can learn a lot of strategies from playing. during the protests you are like the protagonists inside the games, fighting against rivals, trying to escape. it is quite the same. protesters, she says, learn from their mistakes, like in games, and adapt. translation: some scenarios in the games they standing up against rivals are similar to protesters standing up aga

you so much time ends 4000000 migrant workers are more vulnerable than ever after a recent layoff stu's of the covert 19 pandemic with most borders closed thousands of stranded and relying on handouts scott highly reports from some would suck on. about an hour south of bangkok a summit so called the hub for thailand's seafood industry and home to the largest population of migrant workers in the country primarily from e.m.r. . up now because of the covert 1000 shutdown many are without jobs and are relying on food handouts to prevent the spread of the virus thailand sealed it borders with neighboring countries back in march stranding tens of thousands of migrant workers mostly without any assistance from the thai government. mom momo had been a garment factory worker here for 9 years she lost her job when the shutdown started to take hold any. they a combination am i don't know this crisis is probably the worst one that i've experienced there are no jobs in the market and i couldn't find work i haven't paid my rent for the past 2 months she only has another few weeks to pay what she owes

s plan is in secondary schools there should be mass testing of pupils and staff, much of it done by stuf pupils and staff, much of it done by students themselves. under supervision. it's a huge logistical challenge. it's not going to be easy. it will be difficult, we are ina easy. it will be difficult, we are in a national emergency but it will make a huge difference to teachers and children and hopefully, meaning that schools will remain open. the opposition wants the government scientific advice to be published but those giving it believe getting children in class as a priority. we do need to do what we can to make sure our children are in school, we know for some children virtual learning is a real challenge and thatis learning is a real challenge and that is what worries me, that we will increase the divide between those that will thrive with virtual learning and those that will not. to assist the idea is one and half thousand military personnel who have already been running testing to help out. not in schools but remotely, giving guidance online and over the phone. we are education

then police said they brought in armed defence vehicles to drive the attackers out, and 200 of the 800 stufor, so there could be up to 600 abducted or missing and it's very worrying. a mother who had a son and a younger brother at the school said that when she turned up on saturday there was scarcity of information and terrifying conditions for everyone involved. the military said they located the attackers in a forest on saturday and a joint operation is under way with the military, airforce and police but so far security guards were injured but no reports of any student casualties. astonishing numbers. what has been the reaction and who is behind it? the president, who is coincidentally 200 kilometres away from the school, on holiday in his home state, has condemned and asked for an audit of who was at the school. issued a statement and said that they strongly condemn the cowardly attack on the innocent children and prayers are with the families of the students, the authorities and the injured. who is responsible? no—one has claimed responsibility but two theories and the more likely is

turning out whatever they need to turn out on monday morning, remote learning or sitting in front of stu or sitting in front of students and physically teaching. they are adapted doing that. what we can't deal with at the moment is the sureness. this ad hoc way in which we are kind of been held on to advice for the future and future plans. the biggest concern is about keeping everyone safe. i ellis, good to talk to you. thank you for your time. —— anita ellis. let's speak now to the chair of the education select committee, robert halfon. i think the head teacher and all other head teachers and support staff are everything they're doing. you are right, it's not easy to roll this out and it has been announced very quickly, just before christmas. but the rapid testing hopefully will make a huge difference to students and teachers because they will get tested on a regular basis. what i would like to see is the government to make teachers and support staff a priority for vaccination as well because that means that teachers will feel safe, they won't need to be sent home if there are covered r

our job is really to make sure that stu d e nts job is really to make sure that students get as clearation as possible and that we are clear in oui’ as possible and that we are clear in our communication with parents. for some primaries are forced to close, head teachers are resigned to this new way of working. we have good systems, the schools are used to closures, we have had blended learning and bubble closures and children have had to be learning online anyway, so our systems are robust and we are ready for that. the education secretary is confident mass testing in schools will be ready when pupils go back. there is no reason schools would be ready. we have given them extra time to fully prepare and we are giving them £78 million worth of additional funding. on monday next week, all secondary schools are going to be getting a drop of tests, all the equipment they need to set up. for those staying at home, it's back to the new way of learning for now, online or with your parents. people across the uk are being urged not to celebrate the new year with anyone outside their household,

to —— learning when i —— ransomware meant all pupils to —— learning when i —— ransomware attack imp stuil wednesday. ireland's taoiseach michael martins is british and eu negotiators have the options in front of them to conclude a brexit free trade deal this week. he went on to say there isa landing week. he went on to say there is a landing zone for an agreement but it will require political will to conclude the deal. he has expressed hope at the beginning of last week that the beginning of last week that the outline of a trade deal would be agreed within days. french lawmakers are rewriting a controversial clause in a security bill that would have made it an offence to share pictures of the police online maliciously. critics say it could have stopped people exposing police brutality. paul hawkins has more. images which have shocked france. a black music producer beaten in his own studio by police officers followed him for not wearing a mask. they are now under criminal investigation for assault over the beating of michel zecler in paris. he was never charged after 48 hours in police c

a government spokesperson spoke to the bbc today and said there could be as little as ten stu d e nts over 300 students are still missing. but i think what this incident really illustrates is how big ofan incident really illustrates is how big of an issue insecurity is in the country. there are islamist militants that are active in the north—east of the country, viewers will remember the chibok girls kidnapped in 2014. in this part of the country, kidnapping for ransom is rampantand the country, kidnapping for ransom is rampant and is on the increase. this is problematic, because the president was elected because many nigerians believed he would tackle insecurity. the fact these types of kidnappings are still happening shows that insecurity is a problem he cannot handle. thank you very much. with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks, mishal. good evening. the stage is set for one of the biggest fights in british boxing history after anthonyjoshua and tyson fury verbally agreed to unify the world heavyweight belts for the first time. it come