Partner, and the Progress Weve made, shes going to make one hell of a president. Hi, again, everyone. You do not see that all the time in politics, affection that genuine. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are today doing it again, hitting the Campaign Trail together. In just a little bit we expect to hear from them later in the hour as they mark Labor Day in pittsburgh. Both of them will be speaking at an event at a local Union Hall. Well see them alongside Senator Bob Casey and governor josh shapiro. Well bring you those remarks when they begin. The new york times writes this. Quote, mr. Biden has called himself the most prounion president in history. Last year he became the first sitting president to visit a picket line. Now ms. Harris is hoping to adopt that proworking for herself. As our own colleague reports Labor Day in pittsburgh has been one of the hallmarks of President Bidens repeat political life. In 2018 he used the Citys Parade as a Kick Off for a Campa
Time flooding the zone with a flurry of Campaign Events across the Battleground States using this Labor Day to make their case to Union Voters and organized labor. Vice president harris kicked things off in detroit, Shawn Fain of the united auto workers, and randi weingarten. Unions help build america, and help build americas Middle Class. It is true across our nation, and it is true here in detroit. For generations in detroit and across our nation, the Brothers And Sisters Of Labor Have stood together to Righteously Demand fair pay, better benefits, and safe working conditions. And let me say, every person in our nation has benefitted from that work. Everywhere i go, i tell people, look, you may not be a Union Member, you better thank a Union Member for the fiveday workweek. You better thank a Union Worker for sick leave. You better thank a Union Member for paid leave. You better thank a Union Member for vacation time. Because what we know is when Union Wages go up, everybodys wages g
domestic priority on the same day that gas prices hit a new record high. plus, a mixed night for trump-backed candidates in yesterday s primaries. with a win in west virginia, but a loss in nebraska. we ll discuss what this says about the former president s hold on the republican party. and the latest on the war in ukraine. u.s. officials say that vladimir putin is in it for the long haul. thinking he ll be able to wear down western support. we ll hear from the nation s top spy chief. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 11th. i m jonathan lemire. russia claims its forces have made significant gains in eastern ukraine, three weeks after moscow launched renewed offensive there. the russian defense ministry yesterday said its troops have advanced to the border between donetsk and luhansk the two russian-speaking provinces together known as the donbas. the ministry said it now controls more of the region than it did before the war started on f
of alabama where we met two sisters who both had very traumatic birthing experiences at the same hospital and as you mentioned one of the sisters, she worked at that very hospital as a public health instructor, so for me, throughout the course of the reporting and talking to a lot of advocates, this just reaffirms the fact that again, regardless of your background, this is something that can happen to you, and for that woman that we interviewed, it has had such a disastrous effect on her life to the point that she feels he does not trust the medical system any more, she no longer even works in the healthcare field so when we think about this, it s notjust the number of women that are dying, it s the ripple effect that this creates across generations. trust is such an important word you just brought up, and your reporting talks about maternal healthcare deserts, particularly in the south and it also speaks about mistrust in the system historically, going back to slavery, tells more that
effect on her life to the point that she feels he does not trust the medical system any more, she no longer even works in the healthcare field so when we think about this, it s not just the number of women that are dying, it s the ripple effect that this creates across generations. effect that this creates across generations- generations. trust is such an important generations. trust is such an important word generations. trust is such an important word you - generations. trust is such an important word you just - generations. trust is such an . important word you just brought up, and your reporting talks about maternal healthcare about maternal healthca re deserts, about maternal healthcare deserts, particularly in the south and it also speaks about mistrust in the system historically, going back to slavery, tells more that. the very foundation of gynaecology and the united states started in alabama on a slave bar, and we found ourselves centuries later in the same spot at the bi