Advance. Everyone needs a chance to prosper. And broadband, the internet, modern communications is to us what pencil and tablet was to my greatgrandparents 100 years ago. Peter lets bring our guest reporter, gopal ratnam, from cq roll call into our conversation. Gopal thank you for having me, peter. And congressman lucas, thank you for taking this time to speak. I want to ask you about the proposal you have, that you put out in january, asking for an increase in spending on federal r d. Among the things that you called for is a boost in spending on Artificial Intelligence, biotech and quantum computing. But given the pandemic we are amidst now, 120,000 plus americans have died, is there anything that you would change in terms of areas of focus, areas of research where such federal spending to be applied . Could be applied . Rep. Lucas i think what we have seen in recent weeks demonstrates not just the need, but the magnitude of the resources that are necessary. When legislation was bei
Make sure its accessible to all americans across the landscape. I cant imagine as a member of congress how we would have functioned in this pandemic without the ability to use a variety of conferencing and communications technologies, not just the traditional phone calls we use for our Republican House conferences but zoom and webex and a whole variety of platforms to move information back and forth. Thats not just in politics. Not just in the legislative process. Listening to my friends and industry its been a necessity because many have spent a minimal amount of time in the office in the last 90 days just as i sped a minimal amount of time in my office in the last 90 days. Host so whats the role of congress in advancing that or is there a a role . Guest we are a facilitator. This is something that going all the way back to the telecommunication act of the 1930s, things that essentially everyone in the country is going to have the best technology and if its going to be widely availabl
Would you fancy eating food like this during a hospital stay . Celebrity chef prue leith has been called in by the govt to improve the food thats served to patients. It seems to me so obvious that if youre in a hospital you need to be fed healthily food is medicine. But its notjust about health, its about pleasure. I mean, why not take the opportunity of lunch or supper to give patients, who are not having a joyous time in hospital, no ones there voluntarily, a bit of pleasure in their lives . You know, to put a smile on their face. The boss of one of the biggest suppliers of hospital food will tell us why he thinks frozen food is safer and better for patients. And could a daily pill save your life . New Research Suggests the so called poly pill, containing four medicines could cut heart attacks and strokes by a third. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victorialive. If youre emailing a
The dreams still alive. Will some day come true. This country belongs to folks like me an you. And you. Cheryl welcome to the fbn a. M. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at how your money is moving. It is fed decision day. U. S. Futures are slightly down, dow down 23. Lauren we continue to watch the yield on the 10 year treasury, right now, 2. 08 , a gain of 2 basis points. Cheryl as tensions continue to escalate in the area around iran and the strait of hormuz, oil is down 13cents, 53. 77, weakening Global Economic story. Lauren a rally in asia overnight. Shanghai composite gaining 1 , hang seng up 2 andahalf percent on news of the extended meeting between President Trump and xijinping at the g20. Cheryl on the heels of Mario Draghis stimulus in europe, that powered markets in europe, slightly in the red. Lauren President Trump kicking off his Reelection Campaign with a big rally in the Battle Ground state of florida. Che
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