discuss. bill, florida s no stranger to hurricanes, right? this is just part and parcel for being in florida. but tell us how climate change is making it even tougher for the state. well, you know, climate change doesn t really more hurricanes, it just creates more deadly or more expensive or more damaging hurricanes depending on where it hits landfall. warmer water as we just heard is the fuel. we got a lot of that. triple digits near the florida keys this summer. hot tub hot there. so it was not a matter of if but when and now it is a matter of where this comes to shore. remember less than a year ago, i was down there actually started hurricane ian watch in tampa, but it ended up hitting further south, and that one ended up being the third costliest ever behind katrina and harvey, $115 billion storm, took 150 lives in florida, over 160 elsewhere. and so, yes, it is a one-two punch season after season it
about 115 billion? and all we have to show for it is a depleted u.s. munitions stockpile and major ukrainian cities in ruin. what sort of update did president zelenskyy give you on how their counter offensive is going? well, i m not at liberty to give you the detail of that, but it s we talked at length about it with all those military people in there, and they re still optimistic but they know it s a hard slog. laura: wait, a hard slog? a few months ago we were told the ukrainian counter offensive would break putin s troops but now we re sending cluster bombs to help them break through? hmm. well, at this point we ve come to a parting of the ways, haven t we? most of us, i think, want our government to do what s best for america first. it usually ends up with peace through strength.
about 115 billion? and all we have to show for it is a depleted us munitions stockpile and major ukrainian cities ruin which are updated. president zelenskyy you on how their counter offensive is going. well, i m not at liberty give you the detail of that, but it s we talked at length about it with all us military people within there and there are still optimistic, but they know it s a hard slog, a hard. now, a few months ago, we were told ukrainian counter-offensive would break putin s troops, but we re sending cluster bombs to help them break through. well, at this point, we ve come to a parting the ways, haven t we? most of us, i think, want our to do what s best for america first. it usually ends up with peace through strength. but and his donors view
significant new support from the eu which is also being announced this week. financial institutions are playing their part, the imf is putting $15 billion into ukraine over the next four years, as part of a $115 billion commitment by the g7 and its partners. and institutions like the ebrd are providing seed capital to support private sector led growth. because above all we must build a platform for business. 0nly they can truly crowd in the innovation and investment that ukraine needs. and that s why we are launching ukraine business compact for the private sector to pledge their support for ukraine s recovery and reconstruction. and i am delighted to announce today that over 400 businesses from 38 countries with a combined market cap of $4.9 trillion have now signed up. the city of london has a huge amount
one store. 1992, went public. 30 cents. it s now $100. 400,000 employees, 115 billion market cap. 30 some odd the numbers are astounding. on the other side, you have best, a politician for five decades. you know where i stand. it s stunning to watch. by the way, when they use the word billionaire today, they used it as a pejorative. they have something about success and against a company that has done everything right. if you go starbucks, the things they do for their employees from college, if you have a family emergency, they will partner with you and help you out. little things like that not to mention the climate and everything else. this is all about unions, it s all about control. they tried to do it the well mart and i don t think it will work with starbucks.