tiesen is also feeling the pressure. he is trying to persuade fruit retailers of the benefits of online to offline commerce. but the angel investment of $300,000 he got a year ago is running dry and he can barely afford staff wages. an average of 70 start—ups are registered every day and over the past 20 years the population of optics valley alone has jumped eleven—fold to nearly 2 million. the zone was established, in part, to encourage young talent from the city's 80 plus universities to stay in wuhan. like huazhong university of science and technology — tiesen‘s alma mater. tiesen needs another $700,000 to keep his business afloat, so he seeks out professor liu, nicknamed "business matchmaker" for her aptitude in pairing start—ups with investors. in spite of tiesen‘s shortcomings, professor liu can see promise and offers him a place at the next 0ptics valley investment fair she's organising in beijing. but she gives him a strong warning. in the 19th century, wuhan was known throughout the west as a major c

many, like tiesen, would rather forget. not only did some wake up to a fresh covering of snow this morning, but last night was not only the coldest night of the season but the coldest of the year, temperatures down to minus 7.5 celsius in north yorkshire, and another cold day continues. still more snow across parts of upland scotland, turning to rain at lower levels as temperatures left, rain and sleet in northern ireland, but still a wintry element to the showers across the west of scotland, devon and cornwall, a dusting of snow in places. most of us will stay dry and bright, lingering fog patches where the winds are lightest towards parts of east anglia and the south—east, but as i said, another chilly day. this evening and overnight, seeing out 2020, wintry showers in northern scotland, rain and sleet in north—east england, and that will continue into tomorrow morning. away from that, another frosty night, and where the ground is wet, with snow lying, icy conditions into the start of the new year. as for new year's d

for tiesen, that dream seems out of reach. spirits are low, the only person tiesen can turn to is his girlfriend and colleague, ying menghua. always in search of ideas and inspiration, xu jishui and a colleague go shanghai to attend an international robotics exhibition. tiesen is also in shanghai. he's come to give his angel investor, mrwan, an update on his company. but mrwan is becoming impatient. mrwan is unimpressed. tiesen comes under renewed pressure to deliver. xu has returned to wuhan and is visiting his father, a retired mechanical engineer. his father's geveration grew up in the aftermath of world war ii and watched wuhan become china's largest industrial centre. but the shift towards high—tech has brought new and unexpected challenges. as their time in shanghai draws to a close, tiesen and menghua make their way to the city's famous riverside. before they leave shanghai, they go and check out the competition at a fruit and vegetable industry fair. after the initial shock, they continue looking at what other softwa

accused of glorifying cancel culture after an incoming college freshman is forced to withdraw, mark tiesen joins us live top of the hour on that we'll see you live from america's newsroom in moments. griff: well turning a hobby into a source of income after being laid off from disney world one man started his own patriotic business out of his florida garage creating a one of a kind wooden american flag, as well as thin blue line, and military flags. the owner of it all started with the flag, and joining me now, mark, a few days ago we did this as our shot of the day showing your great flags. it's great to have you thank you for being here. explain to our viewers who may have just heard of this story, why you're doing this. >> well, i was laid off officially from the walt disney company after being a leader there for 23 years and during our furlough period when we were in the shutdown in florida, i had always dreamed of and wanted to make a flag for our house, so i started hand crafting and made a flag, a large one, and my son said hey that's a really cool flag can i put that in my room? i'

many, like tiesen, would rather forget. hello. snow and ice continue to be hazards for some as we move into the final day of 2020. still very much in the cold air across the uk, temperatures widely well below freezing through the early hours of thursday morning, with the potential for some freezing fog across parts of england and wales. for new year's eve, it's a cold day wherever you are. for most, a mixture of wintry showers with some sunshine, but across scotland through the morning, a more general spell of rain, sleet and snow sliding its way southwards and also into northern ireland as well. as the morning wears on, that snow will tend to become confined to higher ground, just pushing to the far north of england through the afternoon. a few wintry showers for parts of northwest, southwest england, west wales. the further south and east you are, mainly dry with some sunshine once any freezing fog has lifted through the morning. still a cold northerly wind, particularly biting for parts of western scotland and northern ireland.