ohio it is not eligible for federal disaster assistance in the after math of a toxic train crash in east palestine. good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. back by popular demand sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. fema shooting down the governor s request. the agency said the toxic bill in east palestine does not qualify as a traditional natural disaster. bill: the administration is sending funds to help with medical costs. the head of the epa was there for the first time. on the scene yesterday ohio senator j.d. vance. it is like chemicals coming out of the ground. let me show this to people. watch this. you can see the chemical pop out of the creek. this is disgusting. the fact that we have not cleaned up the train crash, the fact these chemicals are still seeping in the ground is an insult to the people who live in east palestine. sandra: health officials insist the water is safe to drink. but people who live there are concerned. i haven t s
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the its and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today the on the program, we ll bring you the latest on the suspected chinese spy balloon. then, we ll move to the economy. but for a change, it might not be bad news. we have some very good news about the american economy. the imf global outlook is less gloomy than it was a few months ago. and then the fed said it wasn t ready to declare victory on inflation, but it is cooling. i will ask larry summers if he agrees. also, crimea, many powerful people have suggested ukraine should be prepared to officially cede the peninsula to russia as part of peace negotiations. but i ll talk to general ben hodges who said no, kyiv can and should take crimea back. but, here is my take. this week mark theed third anniversary of brexit and it coincided with a grim verdict from the imf. this year the british economy will do worse than al
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, we ll bring you the latest on the suspected chinese spy balloon. then, we ll move to the economy. but for a change, it might not be bad news. we have some very good news about the american economy. the imf global outlook is less gloomy than it was a few months ago. and then the fed said it wasn t ready to declare victory on inflation, but it is cooling. i will ask larry summers if he agrees. also, crimea, many powerful people have suggested ukraine should be prepared to officially cede the peninsula to russia as part of peace negotiations. but i ll talk to general ben hodges who said no, he can and should take crimea back. but, here is my take. this week marked the third anniversary of brexit and it coincided with a grim verdict from the imf. this year the british economy will do worse than all of the world s majo
tonight. i am going to take a contrarian view. i have got some questions. here is my first question about this story. the china balloon story. this is like laughter out of uncomfortablity. i can t believe this actually happened. right? sow china. they seem to have chosen the most low tech spying mechanism possible to humiliate the united states. a balloon. when my grandmother took me to the zoo when i was a kid with my grandfather, i got a balloon. it s the same technology china is flying over the united states. over sensitive nuclear facilities on the cusp of a major meeting between the two countries. i have some serious questions here. right before this major diplomatic meeting where tony blinken, our secretary of state is supposed to meet xi jinping, china picks a freakin balloon to fly over? not their version of an sr-71? no, a , a balloon we can all se. something doesn t make sense. what particular capability is china demonstrating if this is some kind of message? we can
tonight. i am going to take a contrarian view. i have got some questions. here is my first question about this story. the china balloon story. this is like laughter out of uncomfortablity. i can t believe this actually happened. right? sow china. they seem to have chosen the most low tech spying mechanism possible to humiliate the united states. a balloon. when my grandmother took me to the zoo when i was a kid with my grandfather, i got a balloon. it s the same technology china is flying over the united states. over sensitive nuclear facilities on the cusp of a major meeting between the two countries. i have some serious questions here. right before this major diplomatic meeting where tony blinken, our secretary of state is supposed to meet xi jinping, china picks a freakin balloon to fly over? not their version of an sr-71? no, a bo , a balloon we can all. something doesn t make sense. what particular capability is china demonstrating if this is some kind of message? we can