And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
good morning, and we begin this morning with a fox weather alert. severe storms again threatening parts of the south, already devastated by the deadly tornado outbreak over the weekend. at least 26 people are confirmed dead. and several towns have been left in ruins. brian: unbelievable. robert ray leads our coverage today with the latest. he is on the ground in mississippi. robert? yeah. good morning to you. yet, another morning of absolute devastation here in the mississippi delta in this town of just less than 2,000 people the majority of the deaths have occurred here in mississippi, a total of 25 people have lost their lives. one person in alabama. and you just see parts of homes, this chair, unfortunately, lie on the slab, a huge wooden beam that held up part of the home behind me. governor tate reeves yesterday spoke to the media, toured all of this with fema administrator. and others and let s listen to what he had to say about how is he going to help his com
sister-in-law, and her kids, because it s been hard. really hard. will: what are you hearing from authorities? at this point, not enough information. all the information, my sister-in-law is actually getting more details. but it s just that s a part that i don t like to touch too much. will women i m sorry, what do you mean don t like to touch, which part? the details that i know of about the crime. the horrible thing that happened with my brother. that s all i know is what happened. he picked up two passengers and as he was going to drop them
police say he was wearing only a wet diaper, clammy to touch, and had bright redskin. is that your child? yes, it is. turn around, put your hands behind your back. reporter: the child s mother arrested. in 2018, 52 children died in hot cars across the country, and already this year, more than a dozen have lost their lives, including an 18-month-old in galveston, texas, one of three deaths in three days in the state. tom, police tell us that second woman could face charges too. they tell people to leave a cell phone, a handbag, a work i.d., something that will make you go to the back of your car every time you park to prevent these kinds of tragedies. tom? a great tip. all right, thank you. the hot car warning as the first heat wave of the season scorches parts of the country this weekend. let s get to to rob marciano. good evening. hey, tom. from new york to d.c., we are in this heat wave which is going to expand now in the midwest. check it out. big blue h over kentuck
membership for nothing at all. so where does the nra get all this money? could there be a russia tie? because we know that is a spot that the trumps don t like to touch. it s a fascinating tale, stephanie. he s a former russian senator, deputy head of the russian central bank, and a putin crony. he formed a gun rights association in russia and began forging nra ties. he and his associate are reported to be the only russian lifetime members of the nra. in 2015, he hosted some nra officials on a trip to moscow. as you mentioned, newspapers have reported that the fbi is investigating whether any russian money went into the massive nra effort to help donald trump in 2016. on friday, the nra sent a letter to senator ron widen, who s been asking questions about it, denying that any russian money went into their election operations. they sent a letter denying, but i ve got a feeling more questions will be asked. ken, thank you so much. i appreciate you filling us in.