Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
We love you, ali. Can i just say, ali is looking good. The suit, he has got brunch money. Just for the job you want, michael. [ laughter ] you guys have a great afternoon. Velshi starts now. Good morning, it is saturday, october 5th, 31 days until election day. With both underway in several states and both campaigns ramping up their efforts as we enter this final highstakes push until november 5th. Vice president Kamala Harris expected to travel to North Carolina Today to survey the damage caused by hurricane helene, while Donald Trump, alongside the Tech Billionaire Elon musk will be in butler, pennsylvania, returning to the site for the first time since the Assassination Attempt against him in july. Meanwhile, Senator Bernie Sanders and the United Auto Workers Shawn Fain are Rallying Union members this morning. We will be talking with Shawn Fain later in the show. The month before election day, the states could not be higher. Republican plans from project 2045 and agenda 47 to drasti
Now an extraordinary political moment, the kind that just a few years ago was in the category of hell has frozen over and pigs are flying. Vice president harris will be joined on the Campaign Trail by None Other than Liz Cheney in battleground wisconsin. Their joint Campaign Appearance is fraught with symbolism. Nbc news reports, quote, harris plans to play into that symbolism by recognizing the founding principles of the Republican Party. Thats according to a senior campaign official. Harris will be at the Birth Place of the gop together with Liz Cheney. The democratic president ial nominee and a former Republican Congresswoman, former leader of the republican caucus and the heir to a family whose name is synonymous with what it meant to be a conservative republican speaks to the coalition Vice President harris has assembled. Its unprecedented in modern american politics. Its an incredibly large tent she has assembled that includes former Vice President Dick Cheney and bernie sanders.
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Botching it. Plus game over. Trumps plan to make it easier to beat harris, just shut down and the republican who who stood up to his own party over this is outfront. And Breaking News from kfile, the team that exposed mark Robinsons Talk of being a Black Nazi and oppose her is back with me more tonight. Trump Ditch Robinson to save himself in North Carolina. Lets go outfront and good evening. Im erin burnett, outfront tonight. Are you trying to lose this election . That is the question. The exact words that Nikki Haley is asking tonight . Shes talking about what the ohio republican Senate Candidate is saying about women and abortion suburban women like Abortion Abortions i will vote for anybody else. Okay. A little crazy by the way. Its mostly for women there, like past 50 of the of his own as you view well, it doesnt take much thought to realize that those words are not the least insulting. And the problem doesnt seem to stop with Wouldbe Senator Bernie moreno, a new Cnn Poll tonight