Spending after a big week of inflation data. We are going to be getting july retail sales, those come out tomorrow, and the minutes from the july fed meeting, those come out wednesday. European markets as you can see are mixed right now, the ftses in the red, the cac and dax are in the green. In asia, red across the board. Weve also got this this morning, the department of justice deciding to appoint a special council to the hunter biden investigation as the doj drops his case in delaware and his lawyers insist the plea deal which fell apart was negotiated fairly. Hear what senator ted cruz told maria. All of this on the heels of a possible fourth indictment of former President Trump, this time in georgia, which could come as soon as this week. Joining the conversation all morning long, speech First Executive director charise trump and Strategic Wealth partners ceo, mark tepper. Mornings with maria is live right now. Cheryl a nice warm morning here in new york city. Well, it is time fo
The president of the United States accompanied by the ceo. [applause] everyone, it is a complete honor to be here today. In the last year, the Inflation Reduction Act has been transformative. I get to see it every day as the ceo of an Energy Company focused, purposebuilt to electrify and decarbonized the world. It is a start. I want to say simply and clearly that the Inflation Reduction Act is working to drive action on climate change, energy security, manufacturing jobs, and american competitiveness. [applause] we are accelerating our investments every day in breakthrough technologies, adding new factories, creating new jobs. If i can give two examples, with its size and legacy, we have invested 50 million this year, 200 new union jobs, to create the first six megawatt wind turbine in the u. S. Pensacola, florida, a place that we rely on heavily, our Navy Veterans growing that business, expanding our pensacola florida facility. As exciting as these things are the best is yet to come.
No, it is way more than that. Comcast is partnering with 1000 Community Centers to great wifi enabled spaces so that students with low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. Comcast supports spisak cspan is a Public Service along with these Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. One year ago, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act which included tax credit provisions aimed at Energy Efficiency and Home Improvements. Lets understand some of the background. Erin slowey is with bloomberg tech. Guest thank you for having me. Host we had a caller asking about the home charging. If one were to improve ones home charging, are there tax credits available for upgrading your home to be easier to charge your electric vehicle . Guest yes, my understanding is there is a tax credit. Homeowners can update their garages but im not sure what the credit amount is for that but it is an option. Host give us a broad view of whats covered in
Of the deadliest in u. S. History. In a moment, i will turn it over to deanne criswell, joining us from hawaii. Much of this she briefed the president on last night. She has been in hawaii since 2 00 a. M. On saturday morning. And she is still there right now. For i do that, i want to say is the president said last week that he and the first lady are praying for families who are grieving and for everyone who has suffered misstating losses of land and property as a result of the wildfires in maui. The president continues to stay engaged with local officials to ensure our robust whole of government response continues. Yesterday, he received two briefings from fema administrator criswell on the ongoing federal response a written update in the morning and a phone call last night. The president has stayed engaged with Hawaii Governor josh green, and theyve spoken twice in recent days to make sure he gets every resource he needs. The president also spoke by phone on friday with senator hiron
Our headline event with Jennifer Granholm. We are happy to accept your questions and i will ask as many as time permits. Said to semitic westin online, email headliners atpress. Org and put energy in the subject line. For our cspan and public radio audiences, be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public. Any applause you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Three years ago this week, Jennifer Granholm was sworn in as the 16th secretary of energy to lead the Biden Administrations efforts to move the United States toward a Clean Energy Transition that can achieve net zero Carbon Emissions by 2050. While there has been successes, there have been challenges. Secretary granholm helped the Administration Push policies to develop a new generation of technologies for hydrogen, batteries, fusion energy, Energy Storage and grid reliability. Yet she has faced difficulties. Theres been controversy over how the department of energy will handle critical mineral co