we begin in the us in what could become the largest product liability settlement in history. the pharmaceutical s giant, johnson &johnson has proposed paying almost $9 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits that allege the company s talcum powders causes cancer. the new move seeks to resolve all current and future claims and follows a decade long legal battle between plaintiffs lawyers and johnson & johnson. my colleague samira hussain with the details. johnson &johnson johnson & johnson has johnson &johnson has been dogged for use by claims that its talcum powder causes cancer. in 2021 it settle a lawsuit in newjersey brought by 21 women who blame the company for that very cancer and is set aside another 2 billion to try to settle all future claims in what could add up future claims in what could add up to thousands of lawsuits. now the company says it will increase the potential size of all settlement to 8 $.9 billion. the company stopped selling it talcum product
a spokesperson is here and ready to weigh in. john: first, a battle for control of congress as candidates enter the final stretch just three weeks now until the high stakes midterm elections, and brand-new fox power rankings show republicans hold the advantage in house but neither party breaking through in the senate. i m john roberts in washington. happy tuesday to you. sandra: sandra smith in new york. republicans are forecast to win a 15-seat majority, that is a slight shift in favor of the gop as the party makes gains in key school districts out west. races in the senate up in the air, toss-ups set to decide which party takes control. sandra: early vote counts are passing midterm turnouts in the past. more than 2 million ballots have been cast. ro khanna will be here, he will join us in moments. but alex, how much of this early voting have we already seen underway? most voters in most states can already cast a ballot early, whether that s in the mail or it s in-
cassidy hutchinson. her two hour blockbuster appearance before the january 6 committee included testimony that the former president and top aides were warned that some supporters at the elipse were armed with weapons like knives, guns, bear spray, tasers. hutchinson had a unique vantage point critical to conversations never revealed before yesterday. she said that trump grew irate that the security screenings on january 6 were apparently deterring his supporters, his armed supporters, from joining the crowd. so furious that he ordered his aides to have the metal de detectors removed. another leading reason, likely the primary reason, is because he wanted it full and he was angry that we weren t letting people through with weapons. i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t fing care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me, take it away. they are not here who hurt me. and she testified about trump s determination to join his su
witnesses are now saying they were urging police to go inside rob elementary school and the timeline is becoming clearer. the shooter may have been in the classroom 40 minutes from the time he opened fire to when the tactical team shot him. governor greg abbott addressed the shooter s chilling facebook posts before the shooting. the only information that was known in advance was posted by the gunman on facebook, the first post was i m going to shoot my grandmother. the second post was i shot my grandmother. the third post was i m going to shoot an elementary school. harris: the frightening image shows how close the agent came to getting a bullet through the head with a round of ammunition ripping a hole through the fabric and injuring his scalp. bill melugin is in uvalde. a lot of questions today about that timeline. good morning to you. there are. quickly i would like to show you the front page of the local newspaper here in uvalde this morning. the uvalde leader news.
world, perhaps even more so, we have had what we had supply driven inflation so inflation caused by external factors, weighing down on demand. again, weighing down on demand. again, we are at a turning point where inflation is starting to be driven by demand so inflation that actually reflects a strong economy, perhaps a too strong economy. we have seen that wage deals where wage demand is higher than the previous one and the settlement is higher. we sometimes have double digit increases in wages right now. the public sector is in the final stretch of the negotiations. they are demanding 10.5% and they may get that and that will drive up inflation which is why the european central bank is hiking interest rates which again is a problem for the economy so in the short term, i think we should be quite optimistic, higher wages,