let s start in the united states, because after months of political wrangling the us senate has passed a $1 trillion infrastructure plan, intended to restore some of the ageing, often crumbling, transport systems across the us. the plan will see $110 billion being spent on roads, bridges and other major projects. the white house currently believes 115,000 bridges across the country are considered to be in poor condition. $73 billion will be spent on clean energy. president biden hopes the money will be spent on new power lines and rebuilding america s old electric grids. let s now get more details on the plan, the bbc s michelle fleury filed this report from new york. presidentjoe biden celebrated the passage of the infrastructure bill, describing it as a once in a generation investment in america. after ears investment in america. after years and investment in america. after years and infrastructure, - investment in america. after years and infrastructure, we | years and i
hello and welcome. team gb is celebrating after winning olympic gold and silver in the men s swimming 200 metres freestyle. tom dean, who contracted covid 19 twice, won the final, with duncan scott completing the one two. it s the first time since 1908 that two british male swimmers have shared the podium. and a bermudan athlete has made history in tokyo, winning the tiny island s first ever olympic gold medal. the bbc s sarah mulkerrins is in tokyo. it is going so well, isn t it, ben, for team gb in the pool. we had the gold yesterday for adam peaty. a phenomenal performance from the duo of tom dean and duncan scott in the 200 metres freestyle today. a wonderful result for them. as you mentioned, tom dean, he won gold. he was a surprise gold medal winner in that because he finished off, he had been second to duncan scott for most of the season because duncan scott came in as the favourite. he has been the fastest man over the distance in that. however it was his team mate, t
50 prominent names and all because it just broke down in the middle of the day. most of them are coming back. a lot of people are raising concerns anew. this is the part of infrastructure that we don t talk about. but it s a part of the infrastructure that maybe we should. because going on at the white house this very minute is a meeting, the president, the vice president with labor and business leaders about a infrastructure package that after everything that went on today, a lot of folks are saying should include what is going on on the internet and what is going on on the worldwide web. the american part of it was all but shut down for a good while. welcome. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. what in the world happened? no sinister ploys or evil intent or nasty third party vendors trying to do damage from russia or china. just an internet breakdown that had some sweating it out and wondering what is going on here? susan li has been piecing it together. hi, susan. doz
let s start with tesla, because the electric carmaker has shown no signs of being hitting by the pandemic blues. tesla reported it sales rose to $12 billion for the three months to the end ofjune, up from $6 billion a year ago. despite shortages of semiconductor chips and congestion at ports hampering production, the firm delivered a record 200,000 cars to customers in the quarter. however the firm did make a $23 million loss on its bitcoin investments, although it recently signalled it might accept it again as a payment in future. joining me now is daniel ives, managing director of wedbush securities. what do you make of the results? they seem to beat expectations. yes, this is a strong quarter, especially amid the chips shortage. we are seeing a profit. that is the key, showing that green tidal wave thatis showing that green tidal wave that is leading the charge tesla causing some tumbles and china. you mentioned china, that is such an important market for all carmakers
rates. while at the same time, protests against the cuban government are reaching u.s. soil, as hundreds take to the streets in miami, many cut off from family members back home as cuba blocks phone and internet access. and we just got the latest inflation report for the month of june, with prices rising at the fastest pace in 13 years. consumers across the board are getting worried. we start this morning with this fight over voting rights, the focus of president biden s speech in philadelphia today, and the focus of a last ditch effort by texas democrats who officially fled their home state late yesterday to keep state republicans from having enough lawmakers to pass new voting rules. i have a great group to break it down. michael member lee in philadelphia, priscilla thompson, la tasha ground, from black voters matter, and assistant dean at the university of texas. walk us through this. texas state democrats are now in d.c. what happens. does this change anything or delay t