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welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan. a third of the country is underwater that s according to the country s climate change minister, who called the devastation caused by extensive flooding a crisis of unimaginable proportions. at least a thousand people have been killed and 33 million are affected. that s one in every seven pakistanis. let us have a look. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions have also been badly hit. our correspondent pumza filhani sent this report. a moment of quiet in the middle of chaos. inside a crowded hall, families that have been displaced by the floods in northern pakistan have found temporary refuge. for many, it was a narrow escape. translation: our houses have collapsed because of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now, all our belongings are buried under 12 to 13 feet of water. when i left with my children, i saw my house collapse. the rivers are s ....
there s a need for bold action to fight is pandemic. we re still facing a very dark winter situation and when it comes to gas prices, we re going through an incredible transition that is taking place and god willing, when it sng over , we ll be stronger w. the idea we re going to be able to, you know, quick switch, bring down the cost of gasoline is not likely in the near termik . we aren t likely to see the kind of blockbuster job reports month after month like we had over this past year. that s a good thing. yeah, that s a good thing. and remember, record high gas prices are good too because it means that more of you are going to be forced to take out a loan to buy some electricff car that you can t afford and you don t want the fact that americans are getting poorer under biden s kind of european style socialism. it s also a good thing as far as the elites are concerned. let s face it, they ve always preferred countries like france and germany over the united sta ....
so in a very short time the poverty rate in venezuela doubled. by 1995, 66% of all venezuelans were impoverished. getting poorer tends to make motors radical so inevitably venezuela got radical politics. you know what happened next, venezuela is now rated one of the most miserable places on planet earth. a few years ago, citizens in caracas were reduced to eating zoo animals. there was no food, for that matter there was no electricity. seven just half a lifetime, an advanced society had returned to the stone age. united states is not in danger of becoming venezuela next week but we are moving closer to it. inflation is a big part of the reason. of all the economic crises a country can face, inflation is the most dangerous. inflation doesn t just make people poorer, it totally destroys their confidence in their leaders, the authorities who issue the now worthless currency they are using for toilet paper. inflation is not an act of god like a drug or hurricane, it is an a ....
Whole recovery is doomed. Apparently the low numbers are pulling a number on the economy, the folks that cant make it in to work. A rolling government shutdown. The School Closings in the business closings. The people not shopping. The retailers not retailing. The rumble that is now really rumbling because it just isnt quitting. Our very own guest on something else. The sticker shock that is coming. Phil, i suspect that youre talking about a utility sticker shock . You bet that i am. We saw Natural Gas Prices earlier today go over 5 for the First Time Since august of 2010. And we have experienced Energy Emergencies across the country. Shortages of propane, heating oil bills going through the roof. Right now it is in a crisis mode. Already if you think abo ....
Whole recovery is doomed. Apparently the low numbers are pulling a number on the economy, the folks that cant make it in to wk. A rolling government shutdown. The School Closings in the business closings. The people not shopping. The retailers not retailing. The rumble that is now really rumbling because it just isnt quitting. Our very own guest on something else. The sticr shock that is coming. Phil, i susect that youre talking about a utility sticker shock . You bet that i am. We saw Natural Gas Prices earlier today go over 5 for the First Time Since august of 2010. And we have experienced Energy Emergencies across the country. Shortages of propane, heating oil bis going through the roof. Right now it is in a crisis mode. Already if you think about just ....