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Reservoirs outside of london. in waste water recycling plants. this will cost billions. i think the likelihood is that we will see rises in bills, but the amount of investment that the south—east is of the order of 8 billion over the next 15 years, potentially up to 16 billion up to 2060. so there was an issue of investment needed and how that money will be raised. . , raised. clearly we need infrastructure - raised. clearly we need l infrastructure investment raised. clearly we need - infrast...

Elections and im joined by one of those fighters now, colorado secretary of state jena griswold. good to see you. thank you for being with us. youre always so kind, youre in a different time zone, it is unusually early for you. but you put meat on the bones of this issue, right? we have discussed this, this voting rights thing is an abstraction to a lot of americans. we released a poll under an hour ago at nbc news which demonstrates 76% of americans answered yes to the question, is there a thre...

Anything against my -- the good senator from south carolina. but for him to say because hes in the senate, that therefore the voting rights act is not necessary, is the most ludicrous thing i could hear out of his mouth. who told him that black people voted for him in first place? who told him that the reason hes there is because others were not suppressed from being able to vote? >> but in fact, the tim scott problem is americas problem right now, right? because if i, in new york or philadelphi...

There the whole time. our job is to help ukraine deter russia. make sure that russia understands there will be some really costly, some really costly consequences. whether it is kinetic, troops dying, and we should be doing that in conjunction with ukraine. >> you served in war. it is not an abstraction to you. when you hear that 8,500 service members are on stand by, possibly heading to eastern europe and who knows where else, do you think thats an appropriate decision from president biden to p...

And he can -- i think hes just knowing the personality patterns from living with stewart rhodes i know the tendency to want to manipulate and snap fingers and say, you know, your fate is in my hands. i can set you free if you do this thing for me. and i think thats what hes doing. >> tasha adams, i appreciate you being with us this morning. what you say is chilling, frankly. please be well and stay safe. . >> thank you very much. that was so fascinating. >> well, you know, what she does there ...

Active denial that it happened, and so if you have no awareness that it happened, if you havent been taught the truth of history. i think youre more susceptible of an know true view of being accepted as truth. >> for people who think this is an abstraction, mcmin county, the school board in tennessee voted unanimously against the graphic novel "maus" on the familys experience in the holocaust. >> yeah. i -- ive been -- ive been told by some critics like they feel its a straw man argument, i wish...

Ukrainians shore up their military. if the russians go too far this will look like the balkan wars. i really hope that somehow we prevail upon putin not to take any further military action. >> ambassador, ukraine is an abstraction to many americans. i think many would have trouble finding it on a map and the concept of an invasion by russia of ukraine is an abstraction to many americans. sadly as was the invasion of crimea. we are talking about 190,000 russian troops on the ground and not talkin...

Beijing was the first winter olympics to be 100% reliant on the creation of artificial snow. 222 million litres of water were needed to create the snow conditions and that is the equivalent of 85 olympic—sized swimming pools. one snow gun alone can create the equivalent of ten lorry loads injust one hour. but artificial snow is not new. back in 1980, lake placid was the first olympic games to use the stuff but the growth and reliance at sochi and pyeongchang showed that this is a growing probl...

A lot of them just simply hadnt, you know, packed their bags. they hadnt gone to the store to buy any supplies. they felt like they were on the back foot, totally caught off guard, and then they had to pile into trains, and cars and travel to where i am now, here in lviv or shelter in metro stationings. s -- stations. so a lot of people are willing to fight, because of the depth of feeling, and hatred for vladimir putin. they are willing to pick up arms as admiral stavridis said, they have somet...

Has just cost you about 7.5% of your life savings in one year. its a real callousness. same thing with the border. we have this idea that the border is obsolete. they are telling people along the border we dont care how your schools are impacted, your fine. we dont care you have to wear a mask and get vaccinated and 2 million people dont. its really revealing, i think we have the wrong paradigm. these are selfish, arrogant people who worship theory and abstraction and have no concern -- >> laura...