Putting them on a path to higher paying jobs. In fact, on this trip alone, these companies are announcing over 1 billion of us investments, including creating Educational Opportunities to over 30 million filipinos. President joe biden has proposed a 7. 3 trillion budget on monday, calling for new social programmes and higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy. The plan offers a stark contrast with Donald Trumps Economic Vision ahead of novembers us president ial election. The bbc s north America Business correspondent Michelle Fleury in new york has more. President biden outlined his Election Year budget pitch. It includes tax breaks forfamilies, Lower Healthca Re costs and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations, as well as trying to get more money to help ukraine to help defend itself against russia and for aid for israel. If the biden budget became law, it would save 3 trillion through higher taxes over ten years, but it would also push us debt over 100 of gdp. By contrast,
fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it s nothing like what you might think. not at all. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. don t eat the same thing each day. that s boring. there s even an okinawan term for it. chanpuru, something mixed. bits borrowed from all over served up for anyone to eat. but maybe you re more familiar with the name okinawa from this. as the setting for some of the most horrifyingly bloody battles of the second world war. how horrifying? for the allies there were more than 50,000 casualties with around 12,000 killed, or missing in action, over nearly three months of fighting.
with a report released today that has sharply criticised the fbi s investigation into donald trump s 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign s alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency s inquiry had lacked analytical rigour and concluded that the fbi had not possessed actual evidence of collusion between trump s campaign and russia before launching an also accused the fbi of repeated instances of quote confirmation bias . the fbi responded to durham s report, saying fbi leadership already implemented dozens of corrective actions, which have now been in place for some time. had those reforms been in place in 2016, the missteps identified in the report could have been prevented. former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said, quote, special counsel john durham concludes the fbi never s
message is expected to be titled freedom , and repeat his 2020 campaign message, describing the united states as being in a battle for the soul of the nation. he called on all americans to stand up for their personal freedoms, and defend democracy. if re elected, joe biden will be 86 when he leaves office. he is already the oldest president in us history. freedom. personalfreedom is fundamental to us as americans. there is nothing more important, nothing more sacred. that has been the work of my first term, to fight for our democracy. this should not be an issue. to protect our rights, to make sure everyone in this country is treated equally, and that everyone is given a fair shot. but around the country, extremists are lining up to take our most bedrock freedoms. cutting social security that you have paid for, cutting taxes, dictating what health care decisions women can take, banning books, and telling people who they can love. all making it more difficult for you to vote.
officials locate four kidnapped americans after they were stuffed in the back of a pickup truck. now two are dead. two alive. plus a new exclooifs be interview with ukraine s president. a 45-minute conversation including volodymyr zelenskyy s take on a setback in bakhmut. and ron desantis tries to grab the moment. the governor delivers the state of the state address, and previews his 2024 plan to make america more like florida. up first for us, devastating words from a mexican border taunt. officials announcing two american kidnapped victims are two, two others are alive. a source tells cnn that one of those two locked in a battle to survive. the race against the clock to find the hostages started last week. just across the border with the brazen attack. you can see it here. gunmen firing on the van before pulling americans from the car. john miller is working his sources. we begin with our security correspondent josh campbell. what s the latest on the sad tragedy here?