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united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, panic in the markets as the banks need rescuing again. i ll ask one of the people who was at the center of the storm the last time around, the former ceo of goldman sachs lloyd blankfein about whether the system is stable. and is your bank account safe? also, how did it come to this? did we learn the wrong lessons the last time? i ll talk to gillian tett of the financial times. then, don t mess with the french people s retirement plans. that is the lesson from weeks of strikes and protests that sent chaos in parliament as government pushed through their policy anyway. which brought the outrage right back to the streets. we ll tell you what you need to know. but first, here is my take. on his trip to saudi arabia last year, president biden made an emphatic declaration about u.s. policy in the middle east. he said, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be f ....
come the same week that hunter biden lawyers will meet with department of justice officials, one source telling fox news it s not necessarily a signal that prosecutors are ready to charge hunter but the timing it sure interesting especially now that white house appears to be doing damage control over that testimony from the former cia deputy director who told congress now secretary of state blinken played a role in inception of the letter signed by intel officials that describe the hunter biden laptop story as disinformation a white house spokesperson attacking republicans on the judiciary committee, claiming that testimony was highly misleading and a selective whreek all of the accusations about hunter bide about and corruption within the biden administration, the president himself says his presidency is actually pretty dull. take a listen. putting on my sunglasses. so i can see [applause] as i told my distinguished friend from massachusetts and good friend senator ....
released. what will the reaction be? airstrikes and rocket launches after the deadliest day in palestine. could the conflict escalate? the national archives reaching out to former presidents including obama, bush, clinton asking them to check for classified documents. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. the city of memphis holding its collective breath this morning. today video will be released of the traffic stop that led to the beating death of tyre nichols. the release of that deadly encounter coming one day after five fired police officers were charged with nichols murder and a candlelight vigil last night, anger mixed with tears. his mother pleading for nonviolent protests after the video is made public. when i hear it s going to be horrific but i want each and every one of you to protest in peace. i don t want us burning up our cities, tearing up our streets because that s not what my son stoo ....
operations likely to be impacted so cancer treatment for example we know that 140,000 operations have had to be cancelled over the winter because of a range of strike action but what are they calling for? well, it is all about pay and conditions and the british medical association is calling for a 35% increase in wages and they say it hasn t kept up with inflation of the last 15 years and they ve essentially had a pay cut. junior doctors as well themselves say that people are leaving the profession to find better paid jobs elsewhere. joining me is doctor robert levenson who is co chair of thejunior robert levenson who is co chair of the junior doctors committee on the british medical association. people will be wondering why you are not at work and you are here on the picket lines. . , u, work and you are here on the picket lines. . , , , , lines. there are significant issues that face junior lines. there are significant issues that face junior doctors, - lines. there are s ....
let s start in china, where the latest figures just released show the world s second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid 19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expected. most people are saying we re looking at 4% growth, give us your take on this number? really the strength is all about the consumer centre, we saw the vigors beads on the retail sales numbers are more generally in qrs or the household savings rates, so households are feeling more comfortable, households are feeling more comfortable, spinning again, they have comfortable, spinning again, they have the comfortable, spinning again, they have the possibility - comfortable, spinning again, t ....