oh, no. neil: all right. we had hurricane force winds, try 90 miles an hour in some places. roads turning in to rivers and worries there could be flash flooding as a ferocious winter storm rips across the northeast. it s not winter yet. more than 700,000 are without power as we speak. flight cancellations piling up on what could be a record-breaking travel week. we re going to talk to pete buttigieg in how he s dealing with that and that $140 million fine slapped on southwest to make sure what happened last holiday sen never happens in any holiday season. world wore starts now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. the transportation secretary coming up in a minute. right know bryan llenas in the thick of it in la guardia airport. how are things looking there, my friend? neil, good afternoon. that powerful storm hitting the northeast and causing about 160 flight cancellations at la guardia. that s about 15% of the flights coming and going from la guardia. this is terminal a. it serve
there have been concerned that the israel hamas would spread the region. here s our business reporter david waddell. the southern end of the red sea, the northern end of the suez canal. you can t get through the suez canal unless you make your way through this chokepoint. two companies have announced they will make that acid. one is the shipping container company maersk and the other is hapag lloyd. you need to make this much longer passage around the cape of good hope in south africa. that might add nine days, possibly more to thejourney might add nine days, possibly more to the journey if you go to europe, possibly six days to the united states. four ships traversing from the atlantic to the pacific ocean through the panama canal, there are additional issues. it s here from the independent economist. when you look at trade from shanghai to new york and asia to the east coast of the us, if we can t go through the panama canal, because it is very constrained because of the lo
this is bbc news. the headlines: israeli air strikes pound the south and north of gaza. us defence secretary lloyd austin says the us has spoken to israel about making the war in gaza are more surgical. so we will continue to stand up for israel s right to defend itself and we will also continue to urge for the protection of civilians during the conflict, and to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. en verify, we look at how the war is impacting en verify, we look at how the war is impacting this trade route for oil in the impacting this trade route for oil in the red impacting this trade route for oil in the red sea. and the bbc understands the democratic unionist party has ruled out any deal to restore power sharing in northern ireland before christmas. time for a look at the business news now with tadhg. we are also talking about the potential looming crisis in world oil shipping. the oil giant bp has supended all shipments of oil through the red sea afte
neil: the rare sound of sirens blairing in jerusalem today. hamas terrorists fire up missiles in to israel. the war still on despite pressure on israel to start cooling things off. now the israeli military said that they mistakingly shot and killed three hostages held by hamas. could this only increase that pressure? welcome, ever. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it to peter doocy at the white house where tensions are getting higher now between our serves and israel if you re to believe the revelations including within the walls of the white house itself. hi, peter. yes, that is because white house officials would like to see this conflict end at some point, but they don t want to tell israel that they have to stop going after hamas. white house officials all the way up to the president know that israel right now is in a position where they risk losing international support for their cause. so we re hearing from the national security adviser in israel and who has been there
but is that now unravelling, and how much damage could it do to the global economy? amid growing hostilities, politicians, they ve been putting up more barriers to trade, in particular when it comes to the technology of the future. in may, the us slapped a range of new tariffs or import taxes on china, hitting products including electric vehicles, their batteries and solar panels. and the european union, it s announced new tariffs of up to 38% on chinese electric cars, which are set to come into force onjuly 4th. now, if talks fail to solve the differences, china, it s reportedly looking at tariffs on europe s farmers, including the pork industry, as well as french cognac and luxury cars. so, why is all of this happening? well, the world s two biggest economies want control of the technology of the future, and in the west, at least, politicians want to protect jobs in the hopes of winning votes. china heavily subsidised all of these products, pushing chinese companies to prod