we begin in the united states where president biden hasjust wrapped up his state of the union address seen as his big pitch for a second term in office. the strength of the economy and its resilience in bouncing back from the global pandemic was front and centre in his speech. but the president said there is much to do and promised to tax the wealthy more and squeeze profits from industrys such as big pharma and oil. we are the only country who has emerged from every crisis we enter into stronger than we got into it stop and that is what we are doing again.- into it stop and that is what we are doing again. years ago the economy we are doing again. years ago the economy was we are doing again. years ago the economy was reeling, - we are doing again. years ago the economy was reeling, i i the economy was reeling, i stand here tonight after we created 12 million newjobs, morejobs created 12 million newjobs, more jobs created created 12 million newjobs, morejobs created in c
Fine for google. Also, fine for google. As packets of weetabix are inhabited also, as packets of weetabix are inhabited new zealand, we want to know what you cant live without when you go on holiday. Is it your pot of marmite or your tea bag . Its the tea bags for me. Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with more problems for British Airways. Thousands of passengers are learning that their flights have been cancelled because of an unprecedented 16 day strike by some cabin crew, which begins tomorrow, july 1st. On thursday, ba said most flights will operate as normal, but it has cancelled a number of long haul departures to and from heathrow. Short haul and flights from other uk airports are unaffected. So whats it all about . The unite union says cabin crew who have taken industrial action over pay in the past have been blacklisted losing benefits like staff Travel Concessions and bonuses. Ba estimates around 8 of its total cabin c