Its a great book from a great reporter. Im glad you had him on, chris. Agreed. Have a great weekend. You too. Okay, well, today started yet again with news of Bomb Threats in springfield, ohio. Yesterday two Elementary Schools, city hall, dmv and the County Court facilities had to close because of Bomb Threats. Today two Elementary Schools were evacuated and a Middle School had to close. Yesterday the mayor of springfield told Nbc News he believes these Bomb Threats are directly connected to the baseless rumors spread online in the wake of viral Social Media posts claiming haitian migrants were abducting peoples pets in springfield in order to eat them. I should note that the claims about haitian migrants eating pets in springfield are lies. There is no evidence to back up any of those claims. But that does not seem to matter. Heres the thing, a week ago today, on all of twitter, there were only about 1,000 posts mentioning haitians, migrants or immigrants eating animals. Twitter is a
Known as twitter. You can Instagram Me At Wolf Blitzer in the situation room, by the way, is also available as a podcast. Because wherever you get your podcast, Erin Burnett Outfront starts right Harris Rails against trumps Hate And Division as the former president doubles down on a false claim the haitian immigrants are Eating Pets, running a Conspiracy Theorist whos racist tweets about harris or so offensive that Marjorie Taylor Greene is up in arms plus springfield, ohio town that Trump Wont Stop spreading rumors about is under siege tonight. Bomb threats i have happened, schools been shut down now for the second day, mayor Of Springfield will be outfront and the Country Trump is obsessed with blaming El Salvador is to blame for the Border Crisis. And criminals coming into the u. S. So cnn went there and what we found, what well share it with you. Lets go outfront good evening. Im Erin Burnett and outfront tonight, the Breaking News hate, and division that is a quote from the Vice P
The trade implications. Scotlands only Oil Refinery is to close with a cost of 400 jobs the Unite Union calls it an act of industrial vandalism. And Credit Crunch why are so many Women Led bUsinesses cancelling Expansion Plans because they are unable to access finance . Well speak to one big bank trying to address that. Live from london, this is bUsiness today. Im mark lobel. The Aircraft Maker Boeing is awaiting news from its workforce on whether its accepted a four Year Pay Deal which could lead to a walkout of up to 33,000 workers. The deal 25 over four years has been backed by the workers iam union, but many employees are not happy with the terms. A result s expected very shortly and could lead to Strike Action in the coming hours. That would affect production of the companys 737 and 737 max aircraft. Heres our North America BUsiness correspondent ritika gupta. Breaking news on the subject. Boeing workers have voted to strike after rejecting a Pay Offer backed by their own union. T
Are currently in russia. One russian Tv Channel aired footage claiming to show them leaving the country. The Foreign Office here in london has yet to comment. It follows President Putins warning that russia would consider the use of us and british suppled long range missiles on targets inside russia as a serious escalation of the war in ukraine. The uks Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is due to discuss giving permission when he meets President Biden in washington today. Sir keir said moscow had started the conflict, and could end it by withdrawing its troops from ukraine. Our political editor chris mason, whos travelling with the Prime Minister, sent this report shortly after landing in the us. The Prime Minister arriving here in washington with the foreign secretary, David Lammy Sir Keir Starmer s second visit to the White House in two months. Ukraines allies remain rather guarded in their public remarks about a change in policy on the use of Western Missiles inside russia. But the
Of Thousands Ofjobs for other programmes leaving the state. Our business correspondent, theo leggett, joins us now. As we heard, this is Notjust A grievance about rejecting a 25 pay rise, this is problem going back over 15 years, what is the history . We have seen in this vote which was absolutely emphatic, 96 of both pulled voted for the strike shows the depth of feeling between the workforce against management and how little trust there is between the workforce and bowing management. As you say, that does go back a long time because in past renegotiations of Contracts Bowing was in a strong position and it went into these negotiations threatening to remove production from the pacific Northwest Area and take it into other states. That went down very badly with Boeing Workers in the region who are to accept reduced terms and conditions including the removal of Pension Schemes and those resentments have remained. Over the past few years as well while boeing has been trying to mmp while