the a trillion? it s trillion dollar industry we will double between now and 2030. they are investing 52 billion dollars in semi conductor production here at home. 18 states now produce chips and benefit from the funding. global foundry started producing chips here in 2012. new york state kicked in 2 billion dollars to help the producing chips here in 2012. new york state kicked in 2 billion dollars to help the company secure another 13 billion to build a plant, today employing 3000 employees with a median salary, says the company, of 90,000 dollars, at just this one plant, the expected effect of the funding we expect a double capacity in partnership with the federal government, the state government. doubling capacity, adding up to 1000 more jobs, many high paying, all of it a boom to the area. in the last decade, how has the economy here changed? it has just grown. leaps and bounds, booming? it almost seems like a
that either. so, there is a hope that we can get a bipartisan consensus at least on that, which is that we identify the state level people who are in trouble, and should not have access to guns. that is what a red flag law is. and the hope we might be able to get that done. i pray and hope that at the very least, we are almost at a, time but i want to ask you about the nra as well, there is some new reporting from nbc news that is bringing to light attempts by that organization to tout its school safety program is doing after eovaldi. our reporter saying this, quote, the total amount of nra funds given to schools to improve security since the program started in 2014 is less than $2 million. 0.8% of the 2.2 billion dollars in revenue that the nra and it s associated foundation of race in the same time frame. you have been a strong opponent of the and are a, participating
point 2 billion dollars. musk is a frequent tweeter, with more than 80 million followers. just over an hour after the announcement, mr musk cryptically tweeted a single emoji of a face with a hand over the mouth. let s speak to our technology correspondent mark cieslak. why doesn t he want to be on the board? element there as been a lot of speculation about this but the reality is, we just don t know for sure. after he bought that share, that 9.2% share in twitter, making him the largest single shareholder it seemed as though he would join the board. the company s ceo said that was what was going to happen so it is very, very unusual for the same ceo to now be say he is not going tojoin the board. for his part, he s been tweeting regularly over the weekend. the tone of those tweets has not always been entirely serious but when this news broke thatis serious but when this news broke that is when the tweet of the emoji with the hand covering the mouth
he ukraine would recognise the day the first cruise missile falls on london, because that is a potential consequence of expanding the war, then the west s ability to support ukraine will rapidly diminish. so there is quite a lot to be gained by just focussing on helping ukraine to win this war. elon musk has decided not to join the board of twitter, according to the company s chief executive. mr musk s appointment was due to become effective on saturday after revealing last week that he had bought a 9.2% stake in the social media platform for 3 point 2 billion dollars.musk is a frequent tweeter, with more than 80 million followers. just over an hour after the announcement, mr musk cryptically tweeted a single emoji of a face with a hand over the mouth. johnny depp s multi million dollar defamation lawsuit against his ex wife amber heard is due to start at a court in virginia later. both are expected to give evidence at the trial. mr depp is suing ms heard for libel over an article she
governor has told all civilians to evacuate in the face of intensified russian shelling but not everyone there thinks russia is the threat, as a bbc s defence correspondent reports. white make the mass exodus from eastern ukraine is already under way. a 15 mile tailback by a 50 mile tailback of traffic ukraine has been sent a steady flow of weapons from nato countries of weapons from nato countries to fight the russians. britain, for example, has supplied anti tank and anti aircraft missiles, while the united states has sent military aid worth nearly 2 billion dollars. there are some people working there, hardly anyone else.