And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
Next phase. Israel moves troops into lebanon despite calls from the White House for a diplomatic resolution plus a Running Mates showdown, tim Walz And Jd vances first and only Debate Tonight in what may be the last time the campaigns Face Off On Stage . If you think too much about the beautiful chimney, right village that i remember from last week. Its hard to handle grappling with helene. Hundreds reported missing and recovery operations underway as devastated communities are trying to rebuild plus a milestone birthday, Jimmy Carter becomes the first us president to reach the century mark. Youre going to take a look back at his time on the public stage. All right. 6 00 a. M. Here on the east coast. A live look at Capitol Hill on this tuesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us breaking overnight. Israel into Southern Lebanon and the israeli military undertaking what it calls a limited Ground Operation Targeting hezbollah in and around vil
808 to 14000 welcome to the lead. Im Jake Tapper this hour, a new interview with a republican who says hes worried that hell be on the public end and these lists, if Donald Trump gets reelected and even musing about whether or not he might need to flee the country, blossom. Stunning failures by the us Secret Service detailed in a new report from the lawmakers investigating the first now to assassinate Donald Trump, an allegations that so many of those failures were not only called preventable, but The Agency has not done anything to address them in leading this hour, a brand new update just in to cnn as Hurricane Helene Gains Strength in barrels toward the united states with landfall expected tomorrow. Its a massive update lets get straight to Meteorologist Chad myers and Cnns Hurricane Headquarters and chad, you tell you tell us this is pretty serious it is. Now were up to cat four. We are category four Hurricane Making Landfall in that big Bend Area of florida. And i know theres not
SpIrIt, a polItIcal correspondent for the tImes and Andrew FIsher who wrItes for the I. Thank you both for beIng wIth us. Tell me lara what do you thInk KeIr Starmer has do today . When you speak to people In labour about what they want to achIeve, they want KeIr Starmer to put a stamp on thIs conference and say what he belIeves In and what the government Is for, we have had ale dIffIcult couple of weeks for the government, we have had storIes about donor gate, freebIes and dIffIcult storIes about the salary of chIef of staff. Some are sayIng that Is because there a voId that starmer has left and Into that voId he needs to state what It Is he needs. So we need to see from hIm today there Is a real sense he needs to stamp hIs authorIty on thIs conference. Another thIn andrew was the sense we got from the government about tough decIsIon, the WInter Fuel Payment whIch was a contentIous decIsIon about that for mIllIons and we have heard from some sayIng you need to Inject more optImIsm whI
Who Fund Arts Councils in the local Area And Funding has been reduced and cut. The promise was everybody can access the arts and culture they wanted across the country. We come back to the chancellor talking about the strain on public finances and difficult decisions, we have to see how they plan to implement that and whether it will make a meaningful difference. Thank you. We will be back to you for Sir Keir Starmer s speech at tpm. Stayed with the arts. Many believe rupert Murdochs Life has been the basis of succession. A case in nevada is pitting the 90 year old against his three children over who will gain control of the company when he dies. It was held Behind Closed Doors but the decision when it comes will also be secret. Vegas is where you go to get married, they say, and reno to get divorced. Now this has become the somewhat unlikely location for settling a Family Power Struggle between the Media Mogul Rupert murdoch and his children. Are you confident of victory . Normally, w