made. we appreciate you starting with us, white house reporter for bloomberg news, thank you my friend. we ll speak to you soon. for the first time president biden is publicly weighing in on the ongoing hollywood writer s strike which has now been going on for a week. take a look. i sincerely hope the writers strike in hollywood gets resolve asked the writers are given a fair deal they deserve as soon as possible. this is an iconic, meaningful american industry, and we need the writers and all the workers and everyone involved to tell the stories of our nation and the stories of all of us. the president made those comments last night at a white house screener of the upcoming streaming series american born chinese. writers are striking for the first in 15 years with their main disputes centering on paying and staffing. the alliance of motion pictures and producers which represents the studios says it wants to, quote, reach a deal mutually beneficial to writers and the
speaker. reporter: that last statement important coming from mitch mcconnell. he s making clear there he isn t planning to allow the house drive this and allow kevin mccarthy reach a deal here with the president. but what happens if they don t reach a deal? that is still uncertain. house democrats are moving through a process trying to force a vote on the house floor to essentially circumvent the house gop leadership and raise the debt ceiling by 218 votes. but, wolf, there are only 213 house democrats meaning they need five to break ranks. don of nebraska told me he s not in favor of the house democratic efforts. just a lot of questions how this crisis can be averted. certainly is a crisis right now. thank you very much. now to the major story we re to states military poised to send 1,500 active duty additional troops to mexico.
opposition and the scottish public can hold us to account for the deliverability of those outcomes. and we have promised to report on those outcomes annually. i m sure danieljohnson will take greatjoy danieljohnson will take great joy in danieljohnson will take greatjoy in holding the government to account in holding the government to account in that regard. the in holding the government to account in that regard- in that regard. the uk government has failed for in that regard. the uk government has failed for years in that regard. the uk government has failed for years now in that regard. the uk government has failed for years now to - in that regard. the uk government has failed for years now to reach i in that regard. the uk government has failed for years now to reach a | has failed for years now to reach a decision has failed for years now to reach a decision on has failed for years now to reach a decision on exporting has failed for years now to reach a decision on exp
editor. nine out of ten teachers voted to support strike action but turnout in england or wales was 42% and does not meet the legal threshold for strike action to take place. our education editor has more. timer;r strike action to take place. our education editor has more. they now have to reach education editor has more. they now have to reach a education editor has more. they now have to reach a threshold education editor has more. they now have to reach a threshold of - education editor has more. they now have to reach a threshold of getting l have to reach a threshold of getting 50% of the people eligible to vote in any ballot. and in addition to that, they ve then got to get a very high number in favour of the action. what the this organisation has done is get a strong response from the members who voted, voting in favour of either action short of a strike or a strike. remember, these are classroom teachers was up only 42%
years is that red tape is mainly to blame for this. it is a very highly bureaucratic process, and people are trying to reach a, trying to get the money to repair their homes, to municipalities are trying to get the money to build roads or other infrastructure, and it s been very, very hard to get the money. when i say that i don t know that we ve learned the lesson, it s that i ve been out. i ve been reporting in the field. and i ve talked to people who have already filed for fema aid, and it s been denied because of different reasons. so, i think that the highly bureaucratic construction process needs to be revamped. ivonne, question for you. what would you say is the most urgent need for people on the island right now? i would have to agree.