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with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. millions of readers all over the world are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. horror sells, and no—one does it better or more prolifically than my guest today, stephen king. hes written more than 60 books, sold close to 400 million copies. he is the master manipulator of dark places and the paranormal. if youre not a reader, you may have seen the shining, carrie, stand by me — all films based on his stories. hes be...

we start on the markets because — a day after wall street closed at new record highs — the jitters have returned. but i dont seem to have a camera! what i can do is... you know what? you can look at my chair. we are coming back. hello, nice to see you again. shares have fallen sharply, oil had its steepest one day fall since last summer, and those bond yields — the effective interest rates on government debt have soared again. the yield on the 10—year us treasury bond hit almos...

that looks like a real blunder. and a cabinet minister said to me, "youve got a $100 million bill lying on the floor and you dont pick it up." so its notjust the mistake, its also the lost opportunity of the mistake. and laura, last night when we did newscast, you mentioned that text youd had about somebody saying, "this is just the worst operation ever." and as i was going to bed last night, i was like, "i wish id asked laura more about that," because thats an amazing quote. not to ge...

particularly for students and even more so for younger students. let me explain. weve been talking about this idea for some time. its now official from the cdc. but theyre specifically saying for all students, elementary school students, they can maintain just three feet apart when mask use is universal regardless of what is happening with community transmission. thats for elementary school students. so thats going to be a big deal. but they also say, kate, that for middle school and h...

testing. its going to help us accelerate our nationwide effort to reopen schools safely. last week i directed all states, tribes and territories to make all adults eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. while this is a time of optimism, its not a time for relaxation. i need all americans to keep doing your part. wash your hands, stay socially distanced, keep masking up as recommended by the cdc and get vaccinated when its your turn. none of this is political. its all science ba...

anyway, so just before we dive into this episode of newscast, just a little moment to explain what we actually do. so, we and some of our other kind of bestjournalistic pals in the bbc get together every night, chew over whats happened in the election that day, and then publish it as a podcast, which is newscast. and you can get that every night wherever you get your podcasts. and itsjust, for me, as a journalist, its really kind of fun, but also kind of in—depth way ofjust processin...

very interesting way. >> bill: during the trump years this was quite common. make a phone call, take you down there, see what you wanted to see. a very different story in the first two months of this administration. >> dana: as the feds restrict media access rob portman let fox news tour the border with him. griff jenkins joined him last night and has been delivering incredible reporting from the border for weeks. lets take a look. >> the residents here in at least the rio grande valle...

the el paso border sector. the biden administration still getting hit over a lack of transparency. >> sandra: to "the new york post" covered today showing migrants of the border with the headline "divide and said help." and a rise in crime. >> john: but first lets get to griff jenkins, hes on the border in sunland park new mexico. chris, youve been doing some amazing work. >> thats what the dhs and biden administration doesnt want you to see, and thats access as to what writer lungs ar...

the biden administrations radical border policy. the demand comes as the administration reveals more than 14,000 migrant children without parents are now in its custody. theres reported estimates the number could grow to 120,000 by the end of the year. smashing recent records. the administration admits that were potentially facing the biggest surge in migrants in 20 years. today speaker pelosi says that the situation at the border is under control. >> i think the administration is pull...

restaurants, retail, gyms, bars all allowed up to full capacity today. masks are required and so is social distancing. here in new york city, we have indoor dining going up to 50% today. safe for new jersey as well. the mets and the yankees can fill stands up to 20% on opening day. april 1. americans are flying a again with travel recovery. the tsa screening a record 1 million passengers a day for the past week. thats the most over a week now since the pandemic started. the big screens...