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With the holidays fast approaching, we wanted to check back in with a remarkable volunteer group that we first met at the height of the pandemic last year. when new york city was in the grips of covid for the first time leon launched a delivery service for people who couldnt leave their homes to get groceries and other essential items. invincible hands has took off and expanded the areas it serves and its mission is now bringing free food to those who cannot afford it. joining me now is the co-f...

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 19 — The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) will intensify its monitoring of the supply of goods in the country, especially during the monsoon season. Its enforcement director Azman Adam said the move was necessary to ensure that the supply of essential items is...

Will only be for vaccinated or recovered people. there could also be the requirement for a test, so—called 2g—plus. this will also be extended to shops with an exception for essential shops. 0ur berlin correspondentjenny hill explained the background to the new measures. this has been coming for some time, and actually some german states had already imposed these kind of restrictions on unvaccinated people. but you heard angela merkel there speaking, shes now announced that country—wide, i...

Were indoors right now. the average three star hotel is $162. ainsley: okay. thank you. i wonder if thats gone up, hotel prices are up. brian: good point. maybe it was 145 last week. pete: maybe. ainsley: i ordered hayden two halloween costumes last month. i still have not gotten them. its slow. the mail is slow. pete: theyre in a container in the ocean somewhere. yes. are you a three star hotel guy, brian? brian: yes if i end up with too many stars i feel like im living too luxurious, if i have...

Gas prices are up, essential items, we cant get those very easily. we dont have truck drivers on the road or enough of them at least. we cant get cars easily. if you buy used car, the prices are through the roof now because they know these cars are hard to find. traffic jams at our ports, i saw one tweet that had a picture of the traffic jams of all of these container ships in the middle of the ocean and it said they are just bidens their time. pete: the other one i saw like that that said biden...

Joining us is the president of ht k streets, a made in the usa manufacturer based in upstate new york. you dont rely on imported products. out that prepare you for the past 18 months, better than most? >> started in 1985 by my father anthony. i joined in 86 and ever since the mid 80s we had a domestic supply chain. we always purchased all of our raw materials and any essential components from companies located in the united states. laura: you didnt have to go hat in hand to china or india or the...

Liberatory, president of hp k industries, made in the usa manufacturer based in upstate new york. thank you for joining us. now, you dont rely on imported products. how did that prepare you for the past 18 months better than most? >> well, laura, my business was started in 1985 by my father anthony. i joined in 86 and ever since the mid-80s, we had a domestic supply chain, so we always purchased all of our raw materials and any essential components from companies located in the united states. >>...

To this crisis will be found - from the industry and the market, as is already happening, - and government, i repeat, will not be bailing out- failed energy companies. but the opposition says the government hasnt done enough to avoid a crisis. on monday, i said to the secretary of state that he was being far too complacent about the situation we are facing. events since have unfortunately borne this out. complacent about the crisis in the market, complacent about the impact on families, complace...

Although the price cap does protect the most vulnerable consumers, it is going up next month, and is expected to rise sharply again in the spring. ultimately, if wholesale energy prices stay high, consumers will have to pay more, and this comes at a time when the cost of many essential items is already rising, and less well off families face the loss of £20 a week in universal credit. the lights may be staying on, but paying for them is going to get harder. theo leggett, bbc news. for more on t...

The customers, especially vulnerable ones, from price spikes, and i the solution to this crisis will be found from the industry and the market, as is i already happening, and _ government, i repeat, will not be bailing outi failed energy companies. but the opposition says the government hasn�*t done enough to avoid a crisis. on monday, i said to the secretary of state that he was being far too complacent about the situation we are facing. events since have unfortunately borne this out. complac...