flights are stopped there also. bill: air quality alerts for tens of millions of americans. the hardest hit areas as of this hour on your screen. a lot in southeastern pennsylvania. we mentioned philadelphia. they grounded flights there and in new york as well where air quality is down right bad. times square yesterday engulfed in an orange haze. amazing pictures from gotham city. new york seeing its worst air quality in recorded history, wow. dana: here is the current air quality forecast. detroit, pittsburgh, boston, washington in the thick of it. philadelphia declaring a code red. the smoke engulfing cities. bill: yesterday new york city they go from hazy to dispopeian in a matter of hours. we watched it happen. pollution catching even seasoned new yorkers a bit off guard. it seems apocalyptic. could see it rolling from the office window. we were on the 80th floor of our building. you couldn t see anything. i thought the world was burning and i thought someth
to fall into recession this year and will maintain positive growth this year. news welcomed by the uk finance minister as a big upgrade in the uk outlook. but for many right now, it might not feel like things are looking up with double digit inflation pushing up the cost of living, and pushing living standards down. here s the chancellorjeremy hunt reacting to the news. today the imf s assessment shows we are on the right track. the report forecast growth of 0.4% in 2023 and 0.7 percentage point upgrade since the aprilforecast. 0.7 percentage point upgrade since the april forecast. that s even higher than the bank of england forecast published last week for 0.25% growth in 23. the imf says we have acted decisively to fight inflation which will substantially reduce to around 5% by the end of the year. in the imf say our approach to fiscal policy will help to significantly reduce the deficit over the forecast by 3% of gdp between 20 to 23 and 2728. so together these forecasts
Weekend and now the blast forward to election day nine weeks away. Peter doocy at the white house neal, good afternoon we spent time with President Biden on the campaign as he tried to make the case he thinks republicans like donald trump more than they like entitlement programs. Speak with the biggest contrast from maga republicans the extreme right, the trumpies. They want to these maga republicans in congress are coming for your Social Security as well. You, by the way, as i said, you might think that im making this stuff up because its so outrageous. He is referring a plan by republican rick scott to make Congress Vote to reauthorize every Spending Program every five years and an attempt to cut down government waste. So now scott is challenging the premise of the president s claims there. Of course hes going to lie about it but what i believe you have to do everything to preserve medicaid and Social Security. Make sure these are lasting programs. So, Congress Every year telling the
let s now get down to business and starting in the uk. how attractive is the uk as a place to do business? later today we ll find out when the ons releases its latest data on the level of foreign direct investment into the uk in 2021. a recent survey conducted by the accountancy firm pwc suggests britain was the third most important place in the world for businesses to invest, behind the us and china. but the head of the cbi is not so optimistic. in a speech today tony danker will call on the government to not shy away from hard decisions that can reverse the uk s trajectory of falling investment. he will urge the government to seize green growth opportunities. lets get the view of chris southworth, secretary general of international chamber of commerce uk. good to see you. obviously we are talking about investment in the uk from overseas, that is one thing and tony danker calling on the government to invest more, that is another thing. if we talk about the uk at the moment,
weekend and now the blast forward to election day nine weeks away. peter doocy at the white house neal, good afternoon we spent time with president biden on the campaign as he tried to make the case he thinks republicans like donald trump more than they like entitlement programs. speak with the biggest contrast from maga republicans the extreme right, the trumpies. they want to these maga republicans in congress are coming for your social security as well. you, by the way, as i said, you might think that i m making this stuff up because it s so outrageous. he is referring a plan by republican rick scott to make congress vote to reauthorize every spending program every five years and an attempt to cut down government waste. so now scott is challenging the premise of the president s claims there. of course he s going to lie about it but what i believe you have to do everything to preserve medicaid and social security. make sure these are lasting programs. so, congress e