Welcome to all of our regulars, for anyone who is a first timer, this is an event series. We bring signs of all disciplines out of the labs and onto the public stages. The tries of new york city and people like you and me and come and be informed, energized and y engaged by scientific ideas and discoveries and interact directly alsoed with some of the scientists. Our regular hangout means they are in brooklyn but north, were back here tonight in manhattan as partners are with miniseries here. We would like to thank all the people at symphony space, the staff particularly kathy, johanna thompson, rebecca white, mary, james lasko and zack and wiki for helping us expand our universe. And yours also. Ty [applause] [cheering and applauding] a very big special thank you, we have the barr to the back and left if you havent visited yet. Theyve concocted our cocktail disorder, however you say it, its called atlantis, fabulous blue growing drink. Ed its named for the Space Shuttle in which our s
Stabilize and support the financial system, support and rescue. Its moving quickly. On the ground, it is grim. 22 states have deployed the national guard. The virus is now infected all 50 states and d. C. And this is a first, kansas closes all schools for the rest of the school year. Its beginning to sink in that many of us will be confined to our homes for weeks and millions will not be getting a paycheck. You are waking up to an anxious america. Theres an eerie feeling when you see empty cities, shuttered businesses and a country thats really grinding to a halt. Now the markets. Limit down before the opening bell. We might be 5 or 6 down in early trading. Remember, if the s p goes down 7 trading is halted for 15 minutes. We have already seen that twice. The dow, s p, nasdaq limit down, big red arrows right there. Look at this. The yield on the tenyear treasury is now 1. 12 . So money is coming out, repeat, out of treasuries. Why is that . In part because some investors have to cover
Park here are the thoughts of Newcastle Legend and Match Of The Day analyst alan shearer who played the last time the magpies payed in the Champins League against barcelona back in 2003. Iam i am excited and i cant wait for tonight, like everyone else in newcastle, the stadium will be rocking tonight. These were the nights at stjamess park we were thinking of, 20 years, such a long time and the fans have had some real ups and downs over the years. Bear in mind two years ago we were still thinking is the takeover going to happen . To be this far ahead already and having nights like this already is an incredible achievement and that tells you how well eddie and the players have done. I have been lucky enough to travel all over and i have never seen anywhere like newcastle than in terms of the mums or dad and the nanas boyfriends or girlfriends with the newcastle tops on. Stjamess park on girlfriends with the newcastle tops on. St jamess park on saturday whether newcastle win or not, it m
President trump meets survivors of wednesdays High School Shooting in florida. The president declined to answer a reporters question on gun control. And click goes skinny dipping in the himalayas, as a remote village receives electricity for the first time. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Lizzy yarnold has won team gbs first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Shes won the womens skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. Shes not alone on the podium as her team mate laura deas got a bronze medal in the event. Joe lynskey reports. Weeks and months on snow and ice can come down to just an instant. At these games, a few seconds can turn joy to despair. This was elise christies second medal shot. With a lap to go, she had a route to the final. She had to finish in the top two, but this happened. And its between zhou yang and christie now. And christie has crashed again now this most