A man opened fire yesterday on f. B. I. Agents attempting to serve a child pornography warrant. After he spotted them on his security camera, killing two of them, wounding more. The bureau identified those agents as 43yearold Laura Schwartzenberger and we do not yet have the photograph of 36yearold david alfin who also was killed. Three other agents wounded. A live report from sunrise, florida, is coming up. President biden is set to meet with democrat senators at the white house this hour on his covid19 Stimulus Plan after suggesting that republicans counter proposal is dead on arrival. Biden told Top Democrats he wants a big, bold package and the party is prepared to pass it without republican votes despite the president s push for unity and working together. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in The Faulkner Focus. Democrats are fast tracking a Stimulus Plan despite lacking any republican support as the president faces increasing pressure from the far left of his Political Party to act.
Or sleepier . Dana i would have gotten 10 hours of sleep if i went to bed like i felt like it. If you have any tips or tricks for the new schedule. Bill dana is here in the morning and evening and doing it all right now. Dana i went to bed earlier than most children last night and our Line Producer went to bed. Bill more caffeine. Eight hours. Dana we have a capitol hill watch with jackie heinrich. The Senate Moving Forward on covid relief without republican support . Thats right, dana. President biden reportedly told democrats to move forward with his 1. 9 trillion proposal not long after sitting down with Senate Republicans to try to hash out a bipartisan deal. 618 billion proposal was swiftly rejected. Democrats cleared a procedural hurdle to go forward with Budget Reconciliation to pass bigger bill with a simple majority. Republicans can join us but dont try to go against us. We have the majority and we arent backing down. Our members who were in the meeting felt that the president
And events costs are set to climb higher through the remainder of 2023 and into 2024, due to inflationary pressures. Joining me now is suzanne neufang, whos the ceo of the Global Business travel association. Welcome, good morning. Is this a surprise . Its been awhile since pandemic now. I a surprise . Its been awhile since pandemic now. A surprise . Its been awhile since pandemic now. I wish it were. Since pandemic now. I wish it were but since pandemic now. I wish it were. But in since pandemic now. I wish it were. But in shortterm since pandemic now. I wish it were. But in shortterm memory, were. But in short term memory, just a year ago we were still really from omicron variant s. So we did expect last year that it would be a slower recovery so we were delighted at this time time last a great deal of this you will show another 32 . We added last year at about a trillion us dollars and we should get about 1. 4 trillion as you say by the end of 2024. Are there any areas in particular
A further rise in business investment. Private consumption fell on the quarter as consumers struggle with rising living costs and falling real wages. How do you think investors are going to respond to this news . The japanese economy is performing quite well. I dont think it will be a big market reaction. Simply because the indications for Monetary Policy are not clear cut. The bank ofjapan is already quite optimistic about the gdp growth, and what really matters for Monetary Policy is how global inflation is. Strong gdp growth, the margin, Rising Inflationary pressures. As we have seen in the past, it can turn around things injapan, so the wage growth really matters, how much it will ease Household Burden on the cost of living. In terms of the bank ofjapan, looking at whether they are actually going to raise Interest Rates after quite some time, what do you project . We time, what do you proect . We dont time, what do you proect . We dont thinkļ¬ time, what do you project . Dont thin
Theres severe hunger and a near collapse of the Health System we have a special report. Delight for spain as they go through to theirfirst womens World Cup Final they beat sweden 2 1 with a goal in the 89th minute. Its two years today since the taliban returned to power in afghanistan. These are live pictures of supporters of the taliban supporting on the streets there. You might be able to catch a glimpse of the flag that was being waved by many people in that crowd, the flag of the Islamic Emirate of afghanistan. That is that alabama has my full name for the country. The un says afghanistan is experiencing one of the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world and has warned of a huge shortfall in funding and a deepening economic crisis. Women and girls have faced severe restrictions since the taliban came to power, including the banning of girls from secondary schools. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet has this special report. All in a days work. 14 hours of labour.