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Good intranet connections are, for everything from home learning to keeping small businesses going. and the concern is the digital divide between town and country could widen. there is going to be difficulties in rural communities in terms of economics and economic disadvantages. and doubling that with the digital disadvantages those communities have will really mean that recovery in these areas will be a lot harder hit. and we really need government to deliver for those communities, to make sur...

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Genomic surveillance system. but weve been talking for months about the necessity to lock down cities where the virus gets out of control. and politicians have been unwilling to do that. theres been this false dichotomy between the economy and the pandemic. but in reality, the best way to restore the economy is to put the pandemic down. that means in some cases having to lock down. we need to be prepared to do that. >> doctor, thank you. ill see you soon. >> my pleasure. polls in georgia open ...

>> it made headlines and move markets but the much bigger problem with theft. i spoke to former microsoft president and motorola ceo above others who explain the cost of that fact. >> 90% of companies are using the microsoft operating platform and only 1% pay for it. >> without any pressure from the u.s. government, talking about $10 billion plus for example that would go into profit. you want to compete in china, you have to usually turn over your intellectual property to a local alliance. quit...

Yeah, i think i seen her on a friday and it stuck with me over the weekend, and i said, i got to go back there, you know. >> reporter: so john returned and started working for free. he also started a facebook page titled, "nice old lady needs help," where he called on other tradespeople to join him. on the facebook page, you said, "its not like were trying to rebuild her whole house." >> yeah, well, now it looks like we are! >> reporter: it sure does. >> this whole porch is going to get rebuilt....

To the opportunities. we have got more businesses to discuss a little later in the programme as well. there are fears that not enough of our old technology is being recycled. the royal society of chemistry has revealed that only 13% of people recycle old tech. its estimated that 155,000 tonnes of electronics end up in uk bins each year. there are worries that new gadgets purchased as a result of the rise in home working will result in a spike in tech waste. the tampon tax ends today in england a...

The vice president by putting him in an office in the west wing. real estate means a lot in washington. >> when the vice president is far distant from the oval office, and you have a crisis arise, there is a difference between a personal presence and a telephone call. and if you meet with a foreign leader and the vice president is in a distant and fairly remote office, its hard for him to find it convenient to be there so sit in on the session even in an unanticipated way. >> its hard to be a pr...

It was very humbling to be able to help out all those people. its my dream now to go into clean energy and whatever the next new fuel source is, thats where i want to be. i want to be on the front lines of implementation. rachel: in the final days of their campaign democrat candidates jon ossoff and warnock sounding the alarm about their ability to keep up with g.o.p. spending. we need to continue our historic efforts to turn out every single voter. we wonten be able to do that if our fundraisin...

>> bret: the suspected russian hack into a series of u.s. government agencies appears to be the top of mind about the outgoing and incoming administrations. correspondent david spunt has the latest from the justice department. >> it certainly appears to be the russians. >> just days after top u.s. officials blamed russia for a cyber attack that affected the department of commerce and energy, russia appears to remain unscathed. >> this attack constitutes a grave risk to our national security. we ...