25 of the jobs in america and close to 25 of the nations gdp. Right now, they are feeling good about the economy. A brt survey came out which suggested the rating right now in terms of how they feel about the economy climbed 11 points to85. That is a little above the reading83. Feeling good about the capital sales. Those are up double digits from the last quarter. Plans for hires have particulared higher. They sent out a survey asking ceos and if they think Government Policies are undermining American Free enterprise. 75 of ceos think that. Of those who answered yes, 92 partly s92 cited over regulation. We will talk to the ceo as and what they would like to hear from the administration and what they feel is most important to growth policies in the United States. Thats what we are talking about with the ceos today. I can forecast whats coming. Some buyback stuff. They dont like those. Corporate ceo compensation stuff. A lot of different populous rhetoric coming out of it. What is weird
workers who worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic. the unions representing more than 50,000 engineers and connecters, they were threatening the first rail strike in 30 years. the hang up was over a system that the union said penalizes workers for sick leave and doctors visits. amtrak had already cancelled routes in anticipation of the strike. with the midterms looming there was pressure to get a deal done here. the disruption would have been had catastrophic impacts on industries, travelers and families across the country. but the story is about what didn t happen. no disruption, at least one that won t last more than a few days now. let s go to jeremy diamond at the white house for the details of the deal. reporter: good morning. 20 hours of negotiations finally leading to an agreement between the unions and the railway companies involved here. this deal would avert a strike that would have started at midnight tonight. president biden announcing the deal in a statem
announcing a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide freight rail strike. a shutdown that could have had catastrophic consequences for the economy. talks involving the unions, rail companies and labor secretary marty walsh went on for 20 hours. we re told that president biden, who calls himself the most pro-union president ever was instrumental in getting over the finish line. last night was a historic night for rail labor. we re proud of what was accomplished. we wanted to take a few seconds and thank secretary marty walsh, deputy secretary julie sue and definitely president joe biden, everybody pulling together to make sure we could get our members what they deserve. this is the quality of life issue that we have been trying to get to our members. so we re going to hit the ground running. we ll have more information here in the coming hours. some tired looking leaders emerging as the sun was arising there. jeremy diamond is at the white house. what do we know abou
Evening is one of the most prominent journalists working in the field today. Peter baker, whos been working as a journalist for over 30 years, starting out with the Washington Times and then moving to the Washington Post to cover local stories in virginia. He then began to cover the white house during the presidencies of bill clinton and George W Bush during his career. Peter has covered everything from elections, economic crises, Foreign Policy, natural disasters, legislative battles, eight Supreme Court nominations, six president ial inauguration ins, three impeachments, and countless state of union addresses. Along with his wife, susan glasser, he would spend four years living in russia, serving as the Washington Posts Moscow Bureau chief, chronicling the rise of vladimir putin, the chechen war, beslan and the moscow theater attack. He was also the very first journalist to report from rebel held northern afghanistan. And following the september 11th attacks in 2003, he was embedded
Evening is one of the most prominent journalists working in the field today. Peter baker, whos been working as a journalist for over 30 years, starting out with the Washington Times and then moving to the Washington Post to cover local stories in virginia. He then began to cover the white house during the presidencies of bill clinton and George W Bush during his career. Peter has covered everything from elections, economic crises, Foreign Policy, natural disasters, legislative battles, eight Supreme Court nominations, six president ial inauguration ins, three impeachments, and countless state of union addresses. Along with his wife, susan glasser, he would spend four years living in russia, serving as the Washington Posts Moscow Bureau chief, chronicling the rise of vladimir putin, the chechen war, beslan and the moscow theater attack. He was also the very first journalist to report from rebel held northern afghanistan. And following the september 11th attacks in 2003, he was embedded