From one of their new signings. And good morning. The weekend ahead is looking fine, plenty of dry weather, sunny spells for many of us as well. They will bring you the full forecast shortly. Good morning. It s saturday, the 17th of august, our main story. The world health organization is asking countries with mpox vaccine stockpiles to donate them to nations with ongoing outbreaks. A wave of infections has killed hundreds of people in the democratic republic of congo as a highly contagious variant of the virus spreads. It comes as a company which manufactures one of the vaccines says it needs orders to be placed quickly so it can meet demand. Our reporter leigh milner has the story. In the democratic republic of the congo, hospitals like this one are filling up with patients who have mpox. Originally known as monkey pox, the disease can be passed on by close physical contact with anyone with the infection. It causes flu like symptoms and blisters, which is usually clear up into or thr
Democrats?. The economy. Plus, israelis now being told to stockpile food and water and get their safe rooms in order, prompted by fears that iran and hezbollah could launch a massive attack on that country as early as tonight. The latest diplomatic push to keep things from getting worse and the hack attack on the trump campaign now ragising alarms on capitol hill the concerns that foreign actors will add more chaos to a race for president that has already had more than its fair share but what s the impact and can they be stopped?. But we start with the next phase of the campaign, now underway, following a harris/walz battleground blitz to introduce their ticket to the country. And even by donald trump s favorite standard, numbers, kamala harris is heading into next week s convention on a roll crowds so large and loud, crump seems rattling, falsely claiming that live videos, photos, and firstperson accounts aren t actually real. Harris also continues to be on a fundraising tear, taking
$6 trillion budget proposal, the largest in u. S. History that would vastly expand the size and scope of the already bloated government and your role in managing your everyday life. According to estimates, it would put the budget deficit at 1. 3 trillion per year for the next decade. And would put us on a path to having the highest international debt as a proportion of the economy so don t be fooled by the political platitudes, they are cheap nonsense talking points and far left fantasies. What he is doing is mortgaging our future and creating a perfect storm for fiscal chaos for current and future generations. What joe biden is doing right now is not smart, not even saint and certainly not sustainable. It s a big government binge of more taxes, more debt, more spending and guaranteed turmoil. Don t buy the lies that these chileans will be paid by the socalled rich, do the math, it s common sense. In the end, this will be paid for by you, workingclass dirt under the fingernails who wor
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thinking he can get that perhaps he wasn t so sure of before? reporter: exactly right. in some ways, this is the sort of post-impeachment retrial on covid relief for joe biden make his first domestic trip to head to wisconsin and milwaukee today where he ll make the case why those in washington need to support this bill. right now it s clear they should have enough democrats to follow through give or take joe manchin, some moderates as it relates to issues like $15 on minimum wage. the president would like to pressure republicans to get on board as well. that s why he s headed to wisconsin for a town hall. it s part of a week focusing on this issue. on thursday, he ll be heading to michigan, kalamazoo to a manufacturing site in that state for pfizer, workers helping produce the vaccine. at this point, it remains a $1.9 trillion package that joe biden is pushing, $,400 in direct payments among the key elements although there is a night over how that payment will be targeted.