absolutely right the president and talk about the on going investments in electric vehicles. we ve seen the president touring the floor getting a sense of the cars that are out and even driving an electric cadillac, wanting to use the remarks when he takes the stage again behind me in a few minutes to talk to the important work and the focus that the administration has had on electric vehicles. now, one of the announcements that we do expect to hear from the president is a new $900 million investment in building electric vehicle charges stations across the country across some 35 states including here in the state of michigan. now, of course, no need to emphasize that this is obviously a very important battle ground state so this is an opportunity for the president, too, to meet with local elected official leaders, union leaders and talk to the folks on the ground and again, this is an issue where he could really talk about a couple legislative victories for democrats includin
national assembly. the times reports on the possibility of further walk outs, with teachers and doctors unions threatening to join the strikes. so let s begin. thank you both forjoining us. geri, we will start with the guardian and the story we have been talking about, anticipating the rail strikes ahead. it says anger as ministers refused tojoin a ahead. it says anger as ministers refused to join a last minute effort to halt rail your thoughts? i refused to join a last-minute effort to halt rail your thoughts?- to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping that to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping that we - to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping that we will. to halt railyour thoughts? i think we are all hoping that we will | we are all hoping that we will they will get around the table and bash out a deal, but it seems extremely likely these strikes will go ahead this week and
you are being led down a cul de sac by the union leadership telling you there is no pay rise when there is, trying to create some sort of class war when there is none to be had. but the unions claim the government is not interested in finding solutions onjobs, pay and pensions a message shared by labour. boris johnson and grant shapps want the strikes to go ahead. they want the country to grind to a halt so that they can feed off the division. we ll have the latest on how the strikes will affect millions of travellers this week. also tonight. british troops must be prepared to face a renewed threat from russia that s the message of the new head of the british army. president macron s hopes of a new parliamentary majority are fading fast. he s faced a strong challenge from the left. and the international swimming federation votes to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women s events. welcome to bbc news at ten. in just over 2a hours time the bigg
the guardian leads on anger as ministers refuse tojoin last ditch efforts to halt the rail strikes ahead of a week of cancelled trains with more warnings of potential action to come. network derailed the metro also carries the rail and underground strikes this week, they re calling it the biggest rail shutdown in 30 years . the financial times reports on city bosses warning that the uk is ill equipped to deal with severe economic shock caused by inflation and stagnation. and the i newspaper also leads on rail strikes, saying that the strikes could carry on until the autumn , as the general secretary of the rmt warns of a long fight between unions and network rail. the central image on the front page of the independent is macron outside polling stations yesterday as latest projections suggest the french president is set to lose his grip on power, by winning seats just short of a majority in france s national assembly. the times reports on the possibility of further w
faced twice, which was have the congress adopt disagreement, which not only gave a lot of benefits to people in the railroad industry, but the alternative was a potential rail shutdown, hundreds of thousands of people, a lot of them unionized, losing their jobs, particularly in the auto industry another manufacturing industries, communities losing their access to clean water because they wouldn t have the chemicals to put in the water, hospitals shutting down i think in the face of that catastrophic alternative, the president believed the best thing for the largest number of working people, including unionized working people in the country, was to have congress adopt the agreement. final question, and quickly on this, is the white house looking into any executive action that could possibly deliver six for employees given that the railroads are a big federal conduct? always looking at ways to expand paid leave, that s what the president said when you put this proposal before the c