i spoke with members of the business round table, of the big business guys, asked why i m so pro labor, you save them money. what you do lasts and through the american rescue plan, we re funding work force development programs, including 128 million here in wisconsin, so american workers prepared to compete in the economy we re building. this is a blue collar, blueprint to rebuild america. and we re also doing something that for years, people just talked about. we re going to buy american for everything we build. last night, i announced we re proposing new standards to require all construction materials be made in america. american lumber, american glass, american dry wall, american fiberoptics. american roads, bridges, highways, made with american products. my first two years in office, we ve created 800,000 manufacturing jobs. where? i mean, it sincerely. jobs you can live on. where is it written american can t lead the world of manufacturing? i didn t see it written anywhe
they re spying on us. they re doing this purposefully and the president should have been much stronger in his response to this. all right. a live at the nation s capitol where in just a few hours, the president will be delivering his state of the union address but will the china spy flight overshadow the big speech. we re all over it with jared burn steen on the president s economic message tonight. the senate minority whip john thune on what republicans want to hear. ben car den on if the china spy balloon is threatening to inflate that message. and cry sununu on what he thinks of the state of the union. i think it s going to be a big night. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. let s get to it with the latest from the pentagon and the china thing with jennifer griffin. there may be a simply inflammation why trump administration officials say they were never told about previous spy balloons that crossed over u.s. airspace. they saw multiple conversations trying to get
address, days after russia s invasion of ukraine. tonight, his speech is going to be heavily focused on reminding americans what his administration has accomplished over the past two years. it comes as ukraine is now preparing for a major russian offensive. we ll have more on the mobilization of troops in putin s army. meanwhile, we are learning more about the chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down, and other incidents that went undetected by u.s. force. also ahead, the latest from turkey and syria where the death toll is rising following a massive earthquake, and rescuers continue to hold out hope of finding survivors. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 7th. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria passed 5,000 and continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the region early yesterday along with multiple aftershocks, including a 7.5 magnitude one that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured.
we begin in france, where unions have called for a new strike day today, the 10th such mobilisation since protests started in mid january against a controversial law, which includes raising the retirement age to 64 from 62. people in france are angry at president macron, after he pushed through the pension reforms in parliament using a special provision sidestepping any vote.the ministry of energy transition has warned that kerosene supply to the capital and its airports was becoming critical. joining me now is christopher dembik, head of macro analysis at saxo bank. the 10th strike in a matter of weeks. what impact having on the economy? 50 weeks. what impact having on the economy? the economy? so far, the economy the economy? so far, the economy has the economy? so far, the economy has been - the economy? so far, the economy has been muchl the economy? so far, the - economy has been much more resilient. with the yellow vest movement, a lot of strikes and a lot of dis
people in france are angry at president macron, after he pushed through the pension reforms in parliament. the leader of the country s largest trade union the cfdt has urged the government to put pension reforms on hold. laurent berger urged president macron to accept some form of mediation, for up to six weeks. transport, schools, shipping and bin collection, are some of the sectors affected by the strikes today. i m joined now by emmanuelle auriol, who s an economist at the toulouse school of economics. thank you forjoining us. this is a tent strike. what impact is that having on the economy? in tent strike. what impact is that having on the economy? in general, we care about having on the economy? in general, we care about her having on the economy? in general, we care about her strikes having on the economy? in general, we care about her strikes in - having on the economy? in general, we care about her strikes in france, | we care about her strikes in france, so