Than 100 kilometres away. Heres one survivor whose home was destroyed by the flooding. Translation the flood came and completely washed away l the valley, destroying everything around it. My life before was stable. Everything was 100 good. I had my house and my family. But now there is nothing. There is no life any more. 0ur middle east correspondent lina sinjab outlined how people were responding to the disaster. Its really a devastating situation, day in, day out, people are still shocked with the traumatic experience they have lived, with the loss that they have had, you know, everywhere around people are looking for bodies of their beloved ones, some families are counting, like, tens of members of their families have disappeared or confirmed dead. Imagine you are sleeping in your bed and floods and the waters sweep you away into the water, this is really terrible, you know. The storm hit the city of derna, and because of the floods and the rain, two dams collapsed, breaking four br
vestment and partnerships that help us build a made in america future. we can t slow down now. we can t slow down know. we know what happens when we stop i vesting in the future of places like pittspittsburgh. decades ago we used to invest 2% of our gross domestic product in research and development here in america. research and development. today we invest less than 1%. the united states of america used to be ranked number one in the world in investing in the future. now we rank number nine in research and development. china was number eight three decades ago. today it s number two. other countries are catching up fast. we can and remust change that trajectory. we have an opportunity ahead of
that help us build a made in america future. we can t slow down now. we can t slow down now. we know what happens when we stop investing in the future in places like pittsburgh. decades ago we used to invest 2% of our gross domestic product in research and development here in america. let me emphasize that, research and development. today we invest less than 1%. the united states of america used to be ranked number one in the world in investing in the future. now we rank number nine in research and development. china was number eight three decades ago. today it s number two. other countries are catching up fast. but we can and we must change that trajectory. we have an opportunity ahead of us right now. the house and senate, the united
these are the kind of investments and partnerships that help us build a made in america future. we can t slow down now. we can t slow down now. we know what happens when we stop investing in the future. places like pittsburgh. decades ago, we used to invest 2% of our gross domestic product here in america. research and development. today we invest less than 1%. the united states of america used to be ranked number 1 in the world in investing in the future. now we rank number 9 in research and development. china was number 8 three decades ago. today they re number 2. other countries are catching up fast. we can and we must change that trajectory. we have an opportunity ahead of
gases. that s why today i am issuing a directive to strengthen our clean energy economy. i am going to use a defense production act to secure american supply chains for the critical restorable of renewable energy. we need to end our long-term reliance on china and other countries for inputs that willpower the future. i will use every tool i have to make that happen. yes, i am building a made in america future will help safeguard america s security, and yes, tackle climate change, and yes, it will create millions of good-paying jobs for generations to come. the most important thing my plan will do right away is save your family money. here s what i mean. under my plan, which is before the congress now, we can take advantage of the next generation of electric vehicles that a typical driver will save about $80 a month from not having to