backtracks. good morning, welcome to way too early. will we ll begin with a stark new warning from the president of the united states when it comes to the threat of nuclear war. last night in new york city, president biden said the risk of nuclear armageddon is the highest it has been in roughly 60 years. since president kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. it all stems from russia s flail invasion of ukraine. biden said his russian counterpart putin is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons. because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. russia has faced huge setbacks on the battlefield as ukrainian forces continue to take back land illegally occupied by moscow. there has been widespread concern that kremlin could use a weapon of mass destruction to regain some footing in the war. but in the words of president biden, i don t think there is any such thing as the ability to easily
international where one airline is reeling flights in. kelly o grady in los angeles where folks are saying the hell with it all and hitting the road instead. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your very crowded world today. doesn t casey stegall know it in dallas. casey? yeah, neil. it s been so busy all day long. we got here at 7:00 a.m. local time. steady streams of people. nothing insane. no lines out the door or anything like that. the folks at aaa says that this fourth of july is expected to be the second and busiest in terms of travel since 2000. so more than 20 years, if you can believe that. almost 48 million americans venturing out over the next couple days. for air travel, it s 3.5 million. that s the project, which is a little higher than last year according to aaa. only time will tell whether those holiday passengers will further bog down the airport and the airlines. as of this hour, i just did a quick check. more than 3,900 delays and 374 cancellations are repo
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Let me bring you two new lines coming in in the last few moments. Reuters news agency reporting that alerts are being sounded in more towns in northern israel. Warnings of incoming aircraft, i say aircraft, the thought is we are talking about drones. That is happening in the north, alerts in more towns in northern israel with warnings of incoming aircraft. We are keeping an eye on that, we have been talking to our correspondent on the borders with lebanon so well get the latest on that line. And diplomatically the Afp News Agency reports that china has urged, quote, an immediate ceasefire in a call with palestinian officials. That is coming from the Foreign Ministry in the last few seconds. If there are more details we will obviously return to those. Time for a look at the Business News now with ben thompson. Thank you, matthew. We will look through some of those top Business Stories right now. Economies around the world are assessing the potential fall out of the conflict between isra
places staying dry with a bit of sunshine. very high for the time of year. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two. on bbc one, it s time tojoin our under way on bbc two. colleagues for the news where you are goodnight. a wave of mental health illness has hit the workforce now the single biggest reason among the under 44s for not seeking work. it s now become an economic problem, but is this here to stay? on the day that the economy showed again its inability to grow, a key problem remains the size of the workforce. i m in bed most of the day, because i m in bed most of the day, because i have nothing to do, nothing to achieve. so, yes, iwould say i have nothing to do, nothing to achieve. so, yes, i would say the employment side is much better, if i was in it. we have an exclusive investigation from ben and talk to the experts. also tonight. the un children s boss who hasjust returned from gaza on the day rains turn palestinian tent citi