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Can help you make the most of today. Mutual of america financial group, Retirement Services and investments. Additional suppo been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewersike you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york,re hariivasan. Sreenivasan good eveni j and thanks fning us. The new coronavirus has now spread to 107 countries and there are close to 108,000 cases worldwide according to the johns hoins university coronavir resource center. Italy is one of the hotspots, where more than 360 people have died frothe virus, and the government issued a quarantine, restricting trel for more than 16 Million People in the northern part of the country. It affects cities ....
at the white house for the third time to discuss the debt ceiling. this comes a little more than a week away from the treasury secretary s so-called hard deadline for default. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. we are expected to hear something each side following this meeting which has happened after every other meeting. it is speaker mccarthy s first solo meeting with the president, after talks fell apart last week and both sides exchanged barbed over the weekend. treasury secretary janet yellen setting the stable for the president s meeting with house speaker kevin mccarthy saying again it is highly likely the treasury will no longer be able to satisfy all of the government s obligations if congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by early june and potentially as early as june 1st. there will be hard choices if that doesn t occur. after exchanging ....
events here in the uk and across the world mark holocaust memorial day on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz birkenau nazi death camp. and the actress sylvia syms, best known for her roles in the films ice cold in alex and the queen, has died at the age of 89. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and news this week of a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and that is the number one thing we need to address. there are absolutely decisions available to b ....
gasoline. peter doocy starts us off with a complete picture of the economy live from the north lawn, good evening, peter. good evening, bret. officials around here saying two things that sound like they both can t be true at the same time. on the one hand they say they think the president s economic plans are working. but, observed they say they know that people are paying more than ever for essentials. fighting inflation is my top economic priority. and despite rising prices on just about everything, biden officials are celebrating a stronger than expected 390,000 jobs created in may. we aren t likely to see the kind of blockbuster job reports month after month like we had over this past year. that s even though the economy remains 822,000 jobs short of pre-pandemic levels. inflation has been an issue since last year. before russia invade ukraine but the president continues to blame. putin s war in ukraine. putin began amassing troops. this is a putin price ....
Allowing thousands and thousands of people to come in from china, iran, yemen, the congo, syria, and a lot of other nations. John former President Donald Trump back at the Campaign Trail today the this time in the crucial swing state of michigan where he is expected to put the border front our head of the november election in the next hour he will take to the stage to deliver remarks against what he calls Bidens Border Bloodbath will see if the white house has anything to say when Karine Jeanpierre has the Press Briefing in a moment. Hello and welcome im john roberts in washington, bloodbath now one of the former president s favorite words. Hello im sandra smith in new york i want to call yo ....