through and so i think that's where you're going you may see a hang up in some of these other again wealthier. northern european nations and now dean quotes this plan seems to endorse the principle of collective borrowing and allows for the transfer of funds via grants from richard to weaker nations now it is this deal also in some ways acting as a blueprint for future relations within the e.u. . well as the us expanded over the last 50 years in one incarnation or another there's always been a balance between the rich and nations and the poor and nations within the e.u. and there's always been an element of wealth redistribution associated with the whole european idea so this is really the latest reflection of that i do think it's important though to underscore that by. organizing all of this loan activity centrally through brussels rather than having an individual nations. individually make their own debts debt arrangements and loan arrangements there is an element of procurement efficiency here that is not to be on the rated but. you know when you have 27 nations trying to forge agreement o

how people , managing this parents- wealthier have more resources like being able to hire nannies and offload some of those responsibilities others. in terms of how they spend their time, parents are spending a lot of time adjusting. -- the majority of parents say they are spending at least a couple of hours a day every day on just keeping the house clean and running. host: we will show people the chart of what the parents respond. why focus on housework per se? if you have your kids, around 24/7, there is a lot more to clean up a lot more dirt being tracked in, and just keeping the household chores is more difficult when you have everyone in the house. host: 26% of those parents are responding saying they are spending more than four hours each day doing housecleaning and other activities. that goes to 60% of -- 16 percent of parents saying it is about four hours. 40% say they are doing 3-4 hours of housecleaning a day. if you want to ask questions to our guest, 202-748-8000 for those with children under the age of 18. than all others, 202-748-8001. you can factor this in, there is a

caterpillar fungus has been accepted by more and more people who are wealthier than before they're paying more attention to their own health care than ever before to many products of caterpillar fungus have become homeless as cities. a fungus is a parasite that preys on caterpillars absorbing all the nutrients from its host during summer until it dies 73 year old doctor of traditional chinese medicine lead him in says it is recorded in ancient traditional chinese medical books but that it's not something that can cure a disease the original. there that if it works on people in a slow manner. it's not like you're sick with your lungs and your kidneys and you take caterpillar fungus and you get well it's not like that. it's something that works on you through a long and slow nutrition process. however with traditional chinese medicine increasing in popularity caterpillar fungus has become a lucrative business which has led to over harvesting and populations falling 30 percent in 15 years. now the international union for conservation of nature has classified the fungus as vulnerable just one

grants and then there are all of the northern countries there are so-called frugal countries the wealthier countries they say yes ok solidarity is a good thing but we want to hand out the money as loans and the reason there is that they also have their own tax paris in mind that's at least what they say and the idea behind this that they're not in favor of centralizing more money and giving the e.u. more power. my nostrils in brussels thank you for the time being now to some other stories making news around the world saudi arabia is a king. has been taken to the hospital the official president who says undergo medical tests after developing and inflammation of his. health has been the subject of speculation for years his son the crown prince mohammed bin. is now effectively in charge of. judges in iran have suspended the executor of 3 men linked to anti-government protests the decision follows a public campaign against death sentences the men's lawyers are hoping the planned execution will be over. britain is set to suspend its extradition treaty with hong kong amid growing international c

grants and then there are all of the northern countries so so-called frugal countries the wealthier countries they say yes ok solidarity is a good thing but we want to hand out the money a sloan's and the reason there is that they also have their own tax pairs in mind that's at least what they say and the idea behind this of the not in favor of centralizing more money and giving the e.u. more power. my nostrils in brussels thank you for the time being and not some other stories making news around the world colleagues and friends of remember top ukrainian journalist i met a monument was unveiled at the site bush elements was blown up in the capital kiev 4 years ago suspects have been charged with the murder of upset about supporters believe they may have been framed to hide the real killers. the german daily hundreds of the former head of payments giant why god has fled to russia yanmar solich has been on the run since by elapsed after the 2000000000 euro hold was found in its balance sheet the austrian national has been linked to russia's g.r.u. military intelligence service in media reports.

countries are calling for solidarity in the form of grants that do not need repayment while the wealthier and more frugal northern countries favor loans. columnist tom crepes is advising the german government during these talks and help put together germany's our rescue package tom what are the member states need to do to get a deal or what is the e.u. have to do to get it still. hears china and things will never meet i think it's a very important moment as to florida hurt and i think you'll look all together and united they reach some sort of deal the big issue will be how much of the general recovery front how big it will be will it be the $750000000000.00 euros which is a lot how much of it will have yes grants and how much will be as known and importantly germany and france france this time came together and actually put forward initially a proposal and now it's up to a few countries their so-called trigger countries or the stingy countries if you wish. to agree to to some sensible measures well tom if it is such a big i'm out do you really think it's going to be enough to get the blo

we tell you that the loss of those crossings is unacceptable and risk the health and wealthier of millions of their fellow syrians are those people who gave the instructions instructions to cut out the april 500000 children . to look into the mirror. this experience he counseled was in a deadlock the majority of members argued to the 2 crossing points were essential especially during the coronavirus pandemic but the veto powers russia and china argued that the north west of syria can be reached from within the country. we each have the right to these results much earlier. ones most ludicrous is what russia was he says the very. innocently the u.n. aid mission had included access to syria from jordan and iraq those crossing points were cuts in january also due to russia and china. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. in american city of san diego firefighters are responding to a large blaze aboard a military ship after an explosion several people have been reported injured video footage shows think smoke billowing hundreds of meters into the air t

principle of solidarity within the european union that is about the money home much money is the wealthier nors willing to give to the poor and hard so after the current crisis that is the one thing and the other thing that he referred to the rule of law has been since years heated debate within the european union that it is not possible and it should stop that the e.u. funds the increasingly autocratic regimes in hungary. and the government in poland that goes the same way they don't stick to democratic principles anymore that is the free judiciary the free press free opinion and so on and so forth and they want to sort of tie that together a country that doesn't stick to democratic rules can be punished in the way that money is withdrawn now of course orbit and the polish prime minister they're up in arms against them and says no way will veto this and there has not been a chance yet in the form of fun to sort of consoles to console the 2 sides and to bring this together so we're talking about values you were talking about a lot of money what you tell us about the mood at the bargaining

doing it once or twice a year was an option for people from rural areas as well or at least for the wealthier ones and a lot of people were very curious at the beginning this led to a boom in train travel which then subsided somewhat. understand up. in the chain the importance of the railway grew year by year it played a particularly decisive role for armies during the various military conflicts that beset the region including during the 2nd world war bohemia had been incorporated into the german empire shortly before hand. this signal box next to the town's main station dates from that time. it's now a museum headed by peter chan a check. most of the old equipment has been preserved and the former signal man explains how it worked that. this is a signal box number 15 which coordinated around way traffic ended chain on the northern part of the train station. there would be a dispatcher working here as well as a signal month and someone keeping a record of all the train journeys in a register outdoor not a little most of the dispatcher organized train traffic at the navy but f.c.c. could only

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the coronavirus pandemic is pushing the poorest to the brink, even in wealthier nations like japan. no rain in sight. drought is a big problem for farmers in germany. what's behind it? but first, we hehead to the amazonon, where the brazilian forestry commission is putting up a fight against a powerful timber lobby.. ever heard of flflying rivers? this the movement of large quantities of water vapor released into the atmosphere by the amazon rainforest, which causes preciptptation across south america and is key to the health of our climate. a single tree with a crown diameter of, say, 10 metres releases up to 300 liters of water in the form of vapor into the atmosphere every day. on a sunny day, the same tree will absorb up to 10,000 liters of co2 and transform it into oxygen. the amazon rainforest is home to tens of thousands of plant and animal species as well as 320 indigenous peoples. but for how much longer? logging is on the rise. in 2019, twice as much timber was felled here than in 2018. and since ththe coronavirurs pandemic began, illegal loggers have become increasingly r

ive in the but hundreds of billions of tax dollars are going to wealthier, well connected companies, including the l.a. lakers, kanye west's clothing company, and even an anti-tax lobbying group called the americans for tax reform. mark herbert with the advocacy group small business majority says there isn't much left over for actual small businesses. >> 2500 businesses here in california received a ppp loan of less than $1,000. there's one business that has 13 employees that received a ppp loan for 1 dollar. he says the problem is the program is administered through the banks who get fees based on the size of the loans. so companies with a cozy banking relationship or requesting millions of dollars are getting priority status. >> the micro businesses, the businesses that make up downtowns and neighborhoods, those are not the businesses at the front of the line here. >> there's no way that the lakers, worth 2 to $3 billion got a 20 million-dollar loan before i did. >> david morales is co-owner of the beauty box in san francisco. his salon has been closed for months. because his worke

course is that this multibillion euro coronavirus recovery plan which is incredibly important for the wealthier and the poor european states and she made she didn't mince her words when she said that this has to happen very soon but there's controversy on this planet tell us what the challenges are there. yeah i mean there are all sorts of challenges and really trying to stretch this out i mean that there's a there are basically kind of 2 plans that are just the genesis of a. it is being discussed now one which germany and france put forward together a few weeks ago of $500000000000.00 euros for for the whole block that would be primarily made up of grants so that money the countries would not have to pay back when they receive it then the european commission followed with a plan of $750000000000.00 euros and that is now the basis for discussion but with a higher proportion of loans so money that would have to be paid back there could be a lot of haggling ahead over you know what is the balance between grants and loans with countries that would see themselves more of contributors saying that th

but showed real promise as a painter and received the patronage of some wealthier more influential people in maryland and eventually early 1770's painted virginia colonel named george washington and starting very a reputation as a good painter. this is a portrait of it philadelphian named benjamin flower. he is depicted and officer in philadelphia artillery. philadelphia the soldiers that lived in philadelphia and really marched assistance as his army were starting to fall apart after that new york that have been driven through new jersey. and by the first week of crossing 776, they're the delaware from trenton into pennsylvania. not washington crossing used to painting in the museum.itan but crossing east to west. this was really one of the lowest moments of the revolutionary war. congress is fleeing philadelphia. there's a sense that this revolutionary effort is over and men who signed that document were all going to end up being hauled off to the london. part of ilson peele is the group of philadelphia soldiers who marched up to washington's army. one of the men that's been with washin

to deal with this crisis do you see wealthier countries richer countries coming together to support the countries that need help. well germany has increased its aid for many developing countries 1550000000 euros more to be spent for to believe 8 the consequences of the qur'an off and then make i think that's that's a good sign we hope that other countries will also follow in particular the european union who have also shown signs to step up their aid to developing countries this is very much needed bow in order to alleviate the consequences i just described yeah all right mathias know the secretary general of the belt on the hill so that's one of germany's biggest charities thank you israel. thank you australia 2nd city malbon has been ordered back into lockdown for 6 weeks on that night on wednesday after a single day of rise of 191 new coronavirus cases the move comes as the border between the state of victoria to neighboring new south wales is sealed for the 1st time since the spanish flu pandemic more than a century. it's become a familiar scene one playing out all over the world an

they are struggling to reach a compromise between wealthier northern countries.tion was for a50 billion euros in grants. talks are due to resume on sunday. the leaders of france, germany and italy have warned that they're ready to consider imposing sanctions against countries who violate a un arms embargo on libya. in a joint statement they called sides to end what they describe as the ‘increasing interference' in the libyan conflict. twitter has confirmed that hackers made use of tools that were supposed to have only been available to its own staff to carry off wednesday's cyber attack. the breach saw the accounts of barack 0bama, elon musk, kanye west and bill gates among other celebrities used to tweet a bitcoin scam. president trump has followed other senior figures in the united states in paying tribute to the civil rights leader and democrat congressman, john lewis, who has died. he was 80 and had pancreatic cancer. mr lewis played a key role in the march on washington in 1963 — which culminated in martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. rajini vaidya

shows sites and communities of color in many major cities face higher demand than sites in whiter or wealthierthose same cities. dan noyes is live with his exclusive report. dan? >> reporter: dan, our new study shows where you live and how much money you make could determine how easy it is to get a covid-19 test. but there are some exceptions in the bay area. the review of testing sites across the country by 5:38 and stoegss such as abc7 show people of color, especially black and hispanic center are likely to have longer waits. we looked at the number of sites and the number of people living nearest them. in los angeles, for example, test sites serving mostly whack neighborhoods were 26% busier than those serving white neighborhoods and those serving majority hispanic neighborhoods were 9% busier.

the moment at least from back scenes is there is something called the co-ax the city where some wealthier countries are being asked to pledge money to buy vaccines in advance which then will be distributed according to a global equitable allocation framework by the world health organization's all country isn't it companies should adhere to this huge or framework once that is out there and so that vaccine supplies truly allocated based on public health need are not captured by let's narrow political or commercial interests the world health organization the bill gates foundation and the like are trying to get a more equitable equitable distribution. of vaccines how's that going to work when you have rich nations snapping in a snapping up all of the the available supply. absolutely and that is a big concern also for us these bilateral deals really help no one because it's been said before and no one is safe until everyone is safe really the world to have heard immunity we're going to beat this thing so it will be crucial but this is successful in that countries commits a certain proportion o

shows sites in communities of color in many major cities face higher demand than sites in whiter or wealthier areas in those same cities. >> the review of testing sites across the country by 538, abc news and abc-owned television stations including abc 7 shows people of color, especially black and hispanic people, are more likely to experience longer wait times and understaffed testing centers. we estimated the potential demand by looking at the number of sites and the number of people living nearest them. in los angeles, for example, test sites serving mostly black neighborhoods were 26% busier than those serving white neighborhoods and those serving majority hispanic neighborhoods were 9% busier. in the bay area, our analysis found that testing sites serving san jose's mostly hispanic neighborhoods were about 20% busier than those serving mostly white neighborhoods. >> unfortunately, it's not too surprising. >> reporter: arthur is professor of epidemiology and public health at uc berkeley. >> this country has a long history of disparities in health and access to health care. with the poorer

what we saw in her survey edges of people are faring, sort of emotional managing this crisis, that wealthier parents are unable to manage because have more resources whether to hire nannies or sort of offload some of the principal responsibilities to others. one of the interesting findings in terms of how they spend their time, parents are spending a lot of time just doing basic housework. talk about childcare anddj importance of those responsibilities for parents but majority of parents said they are sending so many hours a day every day and just keeping the house clean and running. >> host: because we show people the chart of what the parents response but why focus on household work per se? >> guest: if parents are like my, you have your kids are in 20 4/7 is a lot more to clean it, a lot more good being tracked in and just keeping up with basic household chores is a lot more difficult when you have you one in the house. >> host: 26% of of the spiritsf respondents responding say they are spending more than four hours each day doing housecleaning and other activities. goes down to 16% of pa

shows sites in communities of color in many major cities face higher demand than sites in whiter or wealthier areas in those same cities. >> the review of testing sites across the country by 538, abc news and abc-owned television stations including abc 7 shows people of color, especially black and hispanic people, are more likely to experience longer wait times and understaffed testing centers. we estimated the potential demand by looking at the number of sites and the number of people living nearest them. in los angeles, for example, test sites serving mostly black neighborhoods were 26% busier than those serving white neighborhoods and those serving majority hispanic neighborhoods were 9% busier. in the bay area, our analysis found that testing sites serving san jose's mostly hispanic neighborhoods were about 20% busier than those serving mostly white neighborhoods. >> unfortunately, it's not too surprising. >> reporter: arthur is professor of epidemiology and public health at uc berkeley. >> this country has a long history of disparities in health and access to health care. with the poorer

can't pay back the money anyway so and on the other hand we have the northern countries from the wealthier northern part of the european union also austria and they all say they just wanted to have loans though your leaders managed to find a compromise here and there's always the same process when the 27 member states meet everybody has to sell a victory back home also true to the netherlands prime minister let's listen what he had to say this morning. what i was aiming for and i think we have achieved emerged i mean emergency break at the level of european council to be able to enforce the reforms in member states if they are not taking place against the broker of that particular member state. commission so marc rich really driving the opposition to many parts of the steel actually over the past days we were seeing those divisions emerge marina talk with us about how you know those wedges are being driven between various member states sarah it's not unusual that leaders take a bit longer when they talk money we've been seeing that earlier when they talk about a budget it can last longer e

roughly point one percent of his estimated fortune another billionaire in line musk has just become wealthier than warren buffett now alon must from the beginning has been vehemently opposed to closing down the tesla plant over the virus some employees have even come forward to say they were fired for staying home from work over coded 19 fears even though alarm musk said that they could now tesla has denied these allegations sure seen the super rich talk about safety code at 19 and shared sacrifice is great but it sure would be nice if these concerns trickle down to their employees who keep their profits rolling in it will come up and arch in new york. it's been claimed that for the past 5 years the british government has been selling security goods like wiretap spy were another interception equipment to more than a dozen countries ever consider this repressive regimes reporting from westminster than on the average bashed into being. the british government has a reputation for prioritizing profits over human rights this time it's been revealed that the united kingdom has sold millions of poun

to deal with this crisis do you see wealthier countries richer countries coming together to support the countries that need help well germany has increased its aid for many developing countries 1550000000 euros more to be spent for to believe the consequences of the. i think that's a good sign we hope that other countries particularly the european union who have also shown signs to step up their aid to developing countries this is very much needed now in order to alleviate the consequences i just described all right. secretary-general. that's one of germany's biggest charities thank you. thank you. as in the showing last man attacking the boats of migrants trying to reach greece up to now the identity of the attackers has been unclear but our own investigations unit and the research collective belling cats have uncovered information suggesting they may have been linked to the greek coast guard at the instant all wrongdoing we will have more from a great minister in a moment but 1st this report i did obvious thank you and by. the sea off greece poses a puzzling question was a disturbing

some of the wealthier northernnt european ces, the so- called "frugal nations" led by nge netherlands, want strict controls on spenwhile southern european countries, like h argue conditions on the coronavirus aid should be minimal. died and tens of tds havele have been evacuated during days of heavy rains and severe seasonal flooding. in southern and eastern regions oferhe country the yangtze r and some of its tributaries are far above flood levels. se levee broke and offici opened floodgates in other areas to preventore damage. rescue workers were sent into town remain under water.ps china's central and southern regions experience seasonal flooding annually but rainfall so far this year has been unusually high. >> sreenivasan: it's not surprising that healthcare the coronavirus pandem facein increased chances of contracting covid-19. they risk lost wages, expensive healthcare cos, and potential death. what is surprising is that sick workers and families of those ve died from the virus a finding themselves fighting for workers' compensation. recent "kaiser health news" report found th

countries are calling for solidarity in the form of grants that do not need repayment while the wealthier and more frugal northern countries favor loans. did every is bar of a zola's following this for us from brussels good morning to you barbara can you outline for us the competing views on this massive fund that's dividing the you. the worst problem at this point in time is indeed as you said is there going to be free money without strings that's what the southern countries want italy portugal spain above all and if you look to the netherlands which might at this point constitute the biggest stumbling block this say no as far as we're concerned there is no such thing as free money now the dutch have a reputation as being frugal and the question at this point is of course how can you split the bill on a pandemic so how. can this work out it should be rather like in a family but it is not so we'll go in dutch finally implode the european union. in the last days they have all been beating a path to michael 1st came the italian prime minister. then his spanish counterpart. and finally the p

countries are calling for solidarity in the form of grants that do not need repayment while the wealthier and more frugal northern countries favor loans. and barbara v's all is covering the summit for us as than european countries and the north the southern european countries say we are in dire straits we do need help we need money from you and we need it in the form of grants because we can't burden ourselves further with debt and we don't want strings tied to these grants because we have to decide how we best spend this money in the us however the so-called frugal for. many even call the sort of countries who was stingy the stingy 4 and they say we don't like communal debt in the 1st place if we have to agree to it all we want to do is give loans to the southern countries money they have to pay back plus we even more or less total control about it and if we in the end should have to agree to grants then really really want even our parliament have to be able to decide on how this money is being spent and that is something that is hard to bridge at the core of this argument are the noblem

people of color this is being tested on access to it is wealthier people white people essentially. absolutely and i think that that reinforces one of the key elements in ethics such as the importance of both public and human and community engagement i've spent time in south africa looking at this issue in the context of. this is also come up in microbicide trials that cetera communities can have backlash biomedical intervention if they feel that they have being exploited out if they feel that it's not in that interest or anywhere from feeling that they've been deliberating fake did that it is the white scientists coming in and experiment thing on our bodies is something which has led to a lot of controversy in the boss it's in our best interest hence to keep that in mind and then book on the strategy bridge at the piece of it in charge that there is an understanding with. communities that you book in maybe you want to know if you want to talk a child's for them to understand by vetoing it how he had doing it and what kind of protections filling it in the absence of that actually en

property tax dollars are a lot lower and that helps to set the standard between schools that are and wealthier areas or upper middle class areas versus those that are largely under-served underprivileged or areas that are black and brown and the free market is going to change because as we've talked about on this show as you've talked about most lenders aren't given out home loans to folks who live in that area to begin with so they're being go no that's not going to change anytime soon unless people get together in the community through the government or through the elected politicians that we are aware of these things and want to change things for real that's the only way you're going to see that change absolutely so it's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy but you know with still funded a very high levels regardless of being in black and brown impoverished communities the police. these school districts particularly touch on l.a. but they are looking to push towards a lot of the deep on the police narrative because they're seeing how many billions are thrown to policing districts at the behes