The irony of all this is that asheville became known asclimate city. What do you know of it . Ive sent a what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot of what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot of time what do you know of it . I e spent a lot of time there. My brother lives there. They lost power for 18 hours. Everybody is fine. I have a cousin in Bryson City much more rural who we couldnt hear from for about three Days. Fortunately he is ok. Asheville is a very 0k. Asheville is a very democratic town. Its sort of a democratic enclave within a very republican part of the state, and what we know right now is, one, Anyone Speculating on the political impacts right now is inappropriate, probably doesnt know what theyre talking about. But we know there are real challenges. We have about 1k counties right now where the board of elections are closed. In addition to every other type of local Government Operation struggling Tojust Get local Government Opera
And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
The two major sticking points between the international longshoremen S Association and us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation. Workers are unhappy with the current contract, which spanned the pandemic, when Dock Workers stayed on the job and endured months of soaring inflation on automation, the Union Boss has been warning Dock Workers that their jobs could be replaced by machines. In response, the us Maritime Alliance has said its offering to keep the current ban on fully automated equipment. A strike could cost the us economy 5 Billion a day, according to Jp Morgan analysts. A range of Goods Flow through the East And Gulf coast ports, everything from raw materials and pharmaceuticals to clothes and toys, with the ports accounting for more than half of containerised imports. While consumers may not feel the impact of the strikes right away, if it extends for weeks, it could lead to shortages and higher prices ahead of the president ial election. Thats something new York Governo
0ur Correspondent Michelle Fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. Tell us what s going on there and all along the coast. We know the strike is about wages and automation, what s going on with the talks . Right now theres not much going on on on the docks, normally you might see some of the grains over their moving, containers being loaded, and off loaded from giant containerships, but all of that stopped at midnight last night. That is when the Master Contract between the union workers and the us Maritime Alliance expired, and the fight over wages and automation continues to rage and there is little agreement between them on this issue. So right now we are one of the Picket Lines here in newjersey, where workers have gathered short while ago, they stood in a long line singing, no automation, no automation. And we ve heard from the White House in the last few hours 7 what are they saying . How does this get solved . When it comes to critical infrastructure which ports are, and as
Steve 6 00 new York CIty curvey couch. Thanks for joInIng us. FIrst day of october, 2024. Welcome to fox frIends. We start wIth a Fox News Alert rIght now. Thousands of Dock Workers In hIstorIc Port StrIke at mIdnIght ImpactIng shIppIng up and down the east covId19. We have got a lIve report from the noIsy PIcket LIne comIng up. Fox weather alert. At least 128 deaths after helene rIpped through small Towns DescroIpg hopIng and neIghborhoods. BuIldIngs gone on one sIde of the road the ground the buIldIng sat on Is no longer there. BrIan SamarItans FranklIn Graham joIns us. AInsley tonIght Is the VIce PresIdent Ial debate wIth senator j. Vance, wIll he get a faIr shake . Lawrence Kellyanne Conway prevIews the nIght. Fox and frIends starts rIght now. Had thIs so Fox News Alert. Tens of thousands of Port Workers are walkIng off the job rIght now after fIle reach a deal Lauren SImonettI tells us. The sIgn top LIne AutomatIon and that really Is the stIckIng poInt. It Is. AutomatIon Is the fu