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It comes to gun legislation. So, instead of beginning this hour with whats happening in congress today, we thought wed start with whats not happening, which is a bigger story. So, First Senate Republicans are expected to block a bill creating a commission to investigate the attack on the u. S. Capitol on january 6th. This is their workplace. Not just the centerpiece of American Democracy but this is where they and their staffers go to do the work of the people. The attack led to the deaths of fi...

Tracks right here at 150 miles an hour. >> tell me, what are the -- what is different about today? >> in october, we had a time trial competition. teams were just trying to get the top speed. for the first time ever, our cars will pass each other. two cars on the track at the same time trying to overtake each other. we have a lot of amazing teams from around the world. this car is from tii, one of the top teams. its an amazing challenge. >> there you go, john. well see cool racing today. these h...

It was about energy—friendly technologies. that phrase, five—year plan, is very important, isnt it? what you dont write much about in your book is policy, �*cause youre an economist, not a politician. but isnt the reality that the short—termism of democratic politicians, the degree to which they have to think about the problems of people today rather than next year, or in a decades time, it undermines much of your mission—based economics. thats why in the book, i spend a lot of time lo...

Technologies. that phrase, five—year plan, is very important, isn�*t it? what you don�*t write much about in your book is policy, cos you�*re an economist, not a politician. but isn�*t the reality that the short—termism of democratic politicians, the degree to which they have to think about the problems of people today rather than next year, or in a decade�*s time, it undermines much of your mission—based economics. that�*s why in the book, i spend a lot of time looking at what...

Theyve been investing much more than the west because of their urgent pollution problem, right? i mean, often, its problems themselves that make one feel forced to think about whats the goal? how do we have a concrete target to face that problem? so they had, already, some years ago, their five—year plan had $1.7 trillion worth being invested in greening their entire economy. and it wasntjust about renewable energy... and that very phrase... it was about energy—friendly technologies. that ph...

Youre absolutely right that with the vaccine, it was, you know, quick, great, we should celebrate that... and, if i may say so, private—sector led. no, it wasnt private—sector led, there was both public and private. theres six different vaccines. the mrna, a technology of thejohnson &johnson vaccine, for example, was all early stage darpa—funded, but thats not really the point. of course there was private—sector investment, there was also public—sector investment. in the us, the nation...

Will convene in the coming weeks to include members of the cabinet today, all the people on the stage there, and they will drive a whole government to unleash everything within our power, within their jurisdictions. the white house office of science and technology policy led by dr. eric lander sitting on the end there. i am calling on congress to fund my proposed research project for agency health. this will be a new kind of energy within the national institute of health, the nih, with autonomy ...

Pretty darned well. the private sector was activated very quickly, pump—primed with some state money in the united states and in countries like the uk, and with extraordinary speed and skill, the private sector came up with solutions. came up with effective vaccines. well, ok, so first of all, we were unprepared on different levels. you know, test and trace failed miserably in the beginning. in fact, in the uk, we had to outsource it to deloitte, that didnt do too well. so the kind of local pr...

On the vaccine rollout, that the systems we have in place actually work pretty darned well. the private sector was activated very quickly, pump—primed with some state money in the united states and in countries like the uk, and with extraordinary speed and skill, the private sector came up with solutions. came up with effective vaccines. well, ok, so first of all, we were unprepared on different levels. you know, test and trace failed miserably in the beginning. in fact, in the uk, we had to o...

Cabinet which is convened in the coming weeks to include members of the cabinet who are here today. all the people sitting on the stage here. theyll drive a whole government effort to release every possibility within their power, within their jurisdictions. the white house office of science and technology policy led by senior scientist dr. eric landers sitting on the end there, will chart the path for the cancer moon shot for 2022 and beyond. im calling on congress to fund my proposed advanced r...