of the devastated area. he also met with first responders, members of fema, the national guard and search and rescue workers. mr biden has faced some criticism for his handling of the federal response. he did not speak publicly about the crisis for days, though he spoke to the state s governor and emergency officials. and some locals say they are not getting the support they need on the ground. speaking in front of the island s famous banyan tree, which survived the flames, mr biden reaffirmed the government s commitment to the island s recovery. we re focused on what s next, rebuilding for the long term. and doing it together to help get us back on our feet, to rebuild the way we want to rebuild. the country grieved with you and stand with you and will do everything to respect culture and traditions when the rebuilding takes place. the state s governor, josh green, took part in mr biden s tour and sent a message for the international community. all of the other areas of maui
now the focus has been on emergency relief, there are thousands of families, businesses that have lost everything and so we re just focusing on that. to as much extent possible. but while there has been a lot of support helping families and business that has been impacted, is for us to focus on the economic recovery phase and to set the groundwork there, that s why we launched the business relief fund so when businesses pervert and assess the damage that has been done, that funds will be available to help them rebuild. pivot. available to help them rebuild. ivot. ~ . ~ ., available to help them rebuild. ivot. . ~ ., , pivot. what kind of response are ou pivot. what kind of response are you heping pivot. what kind of response are you hoping for pivot. what kind of response are you hoping for from - pivot. what kind of response are you hoping for from the - are you hoping for from the appeal, are you hoping businesses unaffected by the fires locally will don
the president toured the devastated town of lahaina, meeting with first responders. he s faced criticism for his handling of the federal response to the wildfires after not speaking publicly about the crisis for days. the president has also attended a community reception, where he s addressed a crowd under a banner reading lahaina strong . speaking in front of the island s famous banyan tree, mr biden said his government is committed to the recovery. we re focused on what s next, rebuilding for the long term. and doing it together to help get us back on our feet, to rebuild the way we want to rebuild. the country grieves with you and stand with you and will do everything to respect culture and traditions when the rebuilding takes place. the state s governor took part in mr biden s tour, and also spoke at the press conference. he had this message for the international community. all of the other areas of maui and the rest of hawaii are safe and open and available. the mystiqu
not since 1960 has a there been a strike on this scale that dispute was led by the future us president ronald reagan, seen here with his wife nancy, and fellow actorjames cagney. today, sag aftra president fran drescher was out on the picket line in la. 99.9% of the people that i am fighting for right now are working class people. they are the ones that are being squeezed out. everybody that is famous and rich, that stands on these picket lines or goes and does press to talk about this, it s not as much for them, although they are very concerned about al and its invasion of their likeness, because no matter how successful you are, you are selling your likeness, your voice and your talent. and emmy award winning actor brian cox spoke to the bbc aboutjust how long he thought the strike might last. iam, laughs , i can see it going on to the end of the year. , i can see it going on to the end of the year. and that is a lona end of the year. and that is a long time- end of th
with the hope is that ukraine could start using the planes in combat by the beginning of next year. germany, norway and nato itself also offered a variety of monetary and hardware pledges. our europe editor katya adler has been covering the nato summit for us, and has more from vilnius. what we saw is a waste united behind ukraine against russian aggression. but we did see real tension between the realities of war on one hand, decimating ukraine, upending stability in all of europe and on the other the very real domestic political pressures are facing all the leaders there. take vladimir zelensky, because of what his people are going through, don t expect him to be able to rock up to a summit like this with a wish list for weapons and a demand for a timetable for nato membership and they do not really understand why they cannot get it. look atjoe biden, his face in election in the us next year and on a very delicate tight rope he has pledged billions of dollars of military ai