every time they have had a nominee since then. it has been this guy. his democratic opponent the president of the united states joe biden tonight announced he has tested positive for covid. he has therefore canceled all events so he can recover back home in delaware. the president is said to be mildly symptomatic. the president s doctor releasing a statement saying he has upper respiratory symptoms including a runny nose and a nonproductive cough. the doctors a statement says the president has general malaise which generally just means you feel bad. the white house statement i should point this out misspelled the word malaise. i spent if you panicked minutes googling the misspelling of the word to make sure it wasn t a new medical term i have never heard before. turns out it doesn t. the president just feels lousy. he has malaise. and a dry cough. he is taking paxlovid. this is the president of the second about with covid. the first time he had it was almost exactly 2 years a
the iconic 123 year old american steel company and said it s vital that the company remain owned and operated in the states. this is a big deal and notjust politically. nippon steel is set to pay $14.9 billion to acquire the us giant. but politically, this is territory president biden knows well. he has cast himself as a champion of the working class and called himself the most pro union president in history. he made headlines for walking the picket line with striking auto union workers last fall. unionised steelworkers could lend the president support in his election bid. they form the largest industrial union. and for his part, donald trump pledged to block the deal if he takes the white house again. they agreed that foreign ownership would leave the us vulnerable when it comes to prioritising their own defence and infrastructure. it s bound to become a topic of conversation between key allies when japanese conversation between key allies whenjapanese prime minister when ja
american steel company and said it s vital that the company remain owned and operated in the states. this is a big deal and notjust politically. and not just politically. nippon and notjust politically. nippon steel is said to pay $14.9 billion to acquire us giant. but politically, this is territory president biden knows too well. he is custom self as a champion of the working class and called themselves the most prounion president in history. he made headlines for walking the picket line with striking order union workers last fall. unionised steelworkers could land the president support in his election bid, the north american lustrous union and for its part, former president donald trump pledged to block the deal if he retakes the white house. the president of the united steelworkers international welcome to the coal from international welcome to the coalfrom biden on international welcome to the coal from biden on thursday, agreeing that foreign ownership will leave the us
irwin joining us with. and kay la, i will start you with. at the windy white house there, as it relates to what we re hearing from the treasury secretary, and from cnbc language, to plain english here, what it means. well, it s significant because the treasury secretary is saying that as of early june, the federal government won t be able to pay its bills anymore. it s allowed by congress to borrow up to $31 trillion and change, but it s going to hit that number next thursday. after that point, treasury is going to be looking under couch cushions to try to finds some additional money. it will be pinching pennies. and it says it will stop contributing or investing into some federal workers retirement accounts, to try to conserve some of that cash in order to avoid reaching that debt limit, or not being able to pay for allies and adversaries that hold the u.s. debt. so certainly the treasury secretary is trying to call on congress and say we need a deal in the coming months.
destruction in its wake. governor ron desantis says more than 1,600 rescues have been made so far. after the storm turned roads into rivers, destroyed or damaged thousands of buildings and homes, leaving some coastal communities just unrecognizable. that s right. and right now nearly 600,000 homes and businesses are still this morning without power in florida. some floridians still have no clean water. officials say they are only now beginning to really assess the full scope of the damage. in lee county where more than 42 people died as a result of the hurricane, that is more than half of the deaths from hurricane ian, officials in that county are defending their actions after facing quite a bit of criticism over the evacuation timeline there. critics are asking where mandatory evacuations were not issued in lee county until one day before ian s landfall. while surrounding counties had already been told to evacuate prior. our reporters, correspondents, are all standing by t