packing up. let s begin with jacqui. we heard a lot from the president that we heard before. what he calls bidenomics. his economic approach rejects trickle down reaganonics of the past and builds the economy from the middle out. we heard that many times. there s heavy emphasis on his administration s investments in manufacturing, infrastructure and research and development. the need to spend that money to make the u.s. competitive with china, especially when it comes to clean energy. he noted that china is doubling their production of raw materials for critical products. and he took a swipe at republicans for investments that bring jobs back to their communities. since i took office, we ve seen over 60 domestic manufacturing announcements. all because of solar supply chain. one of the biggest is in rome, georgia. you may find it hard to believe. that s marjorie taylor greene s district. i ll be there for the ground breaking. it s looking like this approach might be mor
is to close blast furnaces in port talbot with 3,000 jobs to go. the union plan to savejobs has failed. so what does it say more generally about the green transition? also in the programme. a walk out in northern ireland. no government, no funding, no pay rises. is the standoff over stormont now a constiutional crisis. a constiutional crisis? and is it the demand for cocaine europe that has turned ecuador into a war zone with the drug cartels? is there a future for steel making in the uk? and if there is then what sort of sector does it become. that very issue has been under discussion today between unions representing the steel workers of south wales and the bosses of the tata steel making company. no official word of what has been agreed but we understand tata steel is to close both blast furnaces at its port talbot works with the loss of up to 3,000 jobs. instead of blast furnaces, tata have a plan backed by the british government to invest in a new, greener, electric ar
heard from president biden wrapping up his first speech of 2024 campaign near va valley fo, pennsylvania. he took aim at donald trump and sometimes his lack of actions that fateful day. this as we wait on supreme court and colorado springs to banff the former president trump from the ballot there. the battle for iowa, it is getting very, very nasty and an interview with ron desantis tomorrow. one of the biggest factors in the state on why he still confident that his candidate governor desantis will win. and so is investor ken fisher, predicted last year is big run up stocks when people will still running away from stocks. what is the billionaire investor see happening now? we will ask him and he s here and not leader. the teamsters boss, former president trump he just met with and who will sean o brien endorse? your world is now. boy, when it rains it pours on big news development. happy friday to you. let s go to the latest with lucas tomlinson in blue bell, pennsylvan
the billionaire is here, too. let s get the latest from kelly o grady in los angeles outside first republic bank that yesterday at this time, its very future was in question. not so much today. kelly? that s right, neil. first republicly closed down 62% yesterday. i just checked and looks like it s up 28% today. that s a good sign for them. we re seeing more concern with scb. the fdic is looking to avoid a bailout and look for a buyer. we re learning that the fdic is looking to hold another auction to sell svb after attempts failed this weekend. my sources tell me a number of private equity firms are considering the acquisition but they re not sold on buying the bank in its entirety yet. this comes as a shareholder class action lawsuit has been filed against the bank and the former cfo and coo. there will be many suits to follow on this front. this comes as governmental scrutiny ramps up on what went don at svb. the doj is investigating the collapse. this is routine in a si
jacqui: i m jacqui heinrich, more details on suspect and his past. he s expected to be arraigned on tuesday. christina coleman with the latest developments, hi, christina. christina: we are here in front of the home of the philosophies and you can see there s very easy access to it and that unfortunately is what the suspect took advantage of. paul pelosi suffered fracture to skull and injuries to right arm and hands, fortunately he s expected to make a full recovery. he s expected to be okay. he underwent a successful surgery to repair the school fracture yesterday. house speaker nancy pelosi arrived at san francisco general hospital to be with husband, was in washington, d.c. during the attack. yesterday president biden condemned the attack and he also commented on paul pelosi s condition. i spoke to the speaker, she said that he s doing okay. he went to the hospital, was operated on and he seems to be coming along well. he s in good spirit and the whole family is there. c