York city transit said the flooding was due to overwhelmed drains. And more rain hit the area overnight thanks to tropical storm elsa wreaking havoc in new york city. And out west, states are preparing for another scorching weekend. Forecasters predict temperatures will be up to 25 degrees higher than average. This comes as california governor gavin newsom asks residents to cut water usage by 15%. The state is grappling with a record breaking set of temperatures and a drought. Joe, 100% of california, the state of california, is dealing with high temperatures. Just unbelievable. It is unbelievable. It also follows up just historic record highs in oregon, in washington state, in the pacific northwest. Why don t we go right now to meteorologist bill karins for more on the forecast. Bill, i think you said those temperatures a few weeks back weren t temperatures you saw every ten years, or even every hundred years, they may be every thousand years. And now it s happening again, this time i
On businesses and wealthy americans to black berman who says the white house is trying to keep track of this. Blame? the talks among that bipartisan group of senators is continuing for that roughly trillion dollar infrastructure package. How do you go about paying for it is one of the sticking points. Indexing the gas tax is a nogo for the president. A spokesperson, andrew bates said in a statement the president has been clear throughout these negotiations, he s adamantly opposed to raising taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year. Many democrats are calling for the package to go forward. Bernie sanders is calling for spending plans to reach $6 trillion. He s pushing for an expansion of medical. Medicare must be expected to include dental care, eye glasses and hearing aids. Others are focusing on climate. Ro khanna talking about the bipartisan deal. The following saying they have no significant funding for green infrastructure and taxes ev use. He says no progressive can suppor
The president s treasury secretary is sounding the alarm about inflation. Janet yell len s comments added to the concern voiced by st. Louis fed chief james bowler. The inflationary impulse, i think, is more intense than we were expecting. There are some people who are looking for rate hikes in 2022. Where do you kind of come down? i put us starting late in 2022. Bret: while stocks are lower, many consumer prices are getting higher. Liz claman host of the claman countdown on fox business joins us tonight from new york with the latest. Good evening, liz. Good evening, pretty. You know, it was almost as if the stock market had a delayed reaction to what the federal reserve chairman said three days ago at his interest rate meeting news conference that was simply that inflation is sizzling hotter than an anticipated the federal reserve raised forecast from rising prices for inflation to 3. 4%. Then today, days later, st. Louis fed president james bollard said as much in an interview this m
Apart but his own party is fracturing. Democrats struggling to put the comments from a squad member comparing the u. S. And israel to terrorist groups like hamas and the tele band. That is where we start, have a great weekend, bill hemmer lived in york city, dean is out today. Good to see you this morning, martha maccallum and this is america s newsroom. This is like the closest that we have been, on time. Over there and i don t know, no. Bill: 18 inches so the eagle will land. Good to see you. Martha: good to see of this morning. Nancy pelosi is doing her best to brush aside those remarks by congressman ilhan omar calling the progressive democrat a valued member of their caucus. She said leadership accepted the apology and it is now time to move on in her words, but some jewish democrats not so sure that they are okay with brushing all of the society. Ilhan omar with hostility against american. Bill: so peter doocy with the president in brussels and we begin with jacqui heinrich with
Welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. The ethiopian government has called on the african union to immediately stop an inquiry into human rights abuses in tigray. Almost eight months of conflict have devastated the region. Despite repeated calls by the international community to end the hostilities, the fighting continues and aid agencies cannot reach all those in need. The united nations warns that the area is in imminent danger of famine unless drastic measures are taken. The bbc s kalkidan yibeltal has travelled to tigray and sent us this report. This boy has had heart problems since he was a child. He needed constant medical attention. But as tigray s war raged, it became difficult to find care and food. Translation: we had medical appointments but roads were closed due to the war so we had to walk for three days without food. This affected my son a lot. Before the war we had hospitals and health centres. Since it started we literally had nothing. A0