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It comes to gun legislation. So, instead of beginning this hour with whats happening in congress today, we thought wed start with whats not happening, which is a bigger story. So, First Senate Republicans are expected to block a bill creating a commission to investigate the attack on the u. S. Capitol on january 6th. This is their workplace. Not just the centerpiece of American Democracy but this is where they and their staffers go to do the work of the people. The attack led to the deaths of fi...

They were accused of failing to check on epstein in prison after he was placed on suicide watch. toyota set to make history today to become the top-selling auto company in the u.s. general motors has held the title for almost a century. both companies forecast to report sharp drops in sales last quarter with, of course, computer chips still in short supply. and still no powerball winner, christine. there is still time for you. the jackpot is going into orbit. the next drawing is tomorrow. th...

Supply chain crisis. im known for affordable prices ikea issued the following statement, unfortunately not for the first time higher costs have begun to affect the global economy, we have to pass parts of the increased costs on to our consumers. lets bring in university of maryland economist peter, thank you for talking to us. ikea is a go to for so many people, not only is it affordable, even college students rely on it heading off to their freshman year of college. the prices are going to rise...

Kazakhstan after the countrys resident called for help to stop violent protests over rising fuel prices. last year was the best ever for sales of electric cars here in the uk. more battery powered vehicles were registered in 2021 than in the previous five years put together, according to industry figures. overall though, the auto industry is struggling to recoverfrom its biggest slump in three decades, with the ongoing pandemic disrupting supply chains, and in particular the avaibilility of vita...

That heightened demand for chips and smart phones but also washing machines and televisions. that said, covid and omicron continues to be a concern in the company are really going to be looking at the chinese city of xian that has gone into lockdown. it has a semiconductor plant there and the concern is that any lockdown, any stock to the manufacturing will really put another strain on the global supply chain shortage. the company has said last week that it might have to adjust some production, ...

Is this something theyre going to see into the summer, into next fall? and separately, you talk about the importance of the fed, but isnt that an acknowledgment that youre limited in what you can do if -- if youre relying on the fed to make decisions and you are unable to get a build back better proposal through, arent you simply limited in what you can do to deal with inflation? >> well, look. as you know, ken, the inflation has everything to do with the supply chain. and i think what youre see...

Call moras 22-year-old rookie partner jason rivera was also killed the suspected gunman was wounded at the scene and died on monday. a new warning from the government tonight that the global shortage of computer chips is slowing the economy and could force some factories to close. so the supply chain crisis, shortages, and inflation could get worse. heres tom costello. >> reporter: its not just cell phones and computers microchips today are critical components in an endless list of products tv...

America and had about 40% of global production. since then american manufacturing is the back boeb of our economy got hallowed out. companies moved things overseas especially from the industrial midwest. we used to invest 2% of our gross domestic product in research and development. we invested 2% decades ago of our gross domestic product in pure research and development. today its less than 1%. we were ranked number one in the world in rnd. guess what. we now rank number nine. r&d. china was nu...

Takes place in east asia. 90% of the most advanced chips are made in taiwan. china is doing everything it can to take over the global market. so they can try to outcompete the rest of us and have a lot of applications including military applications. folks, look, during this pandemic your pocketbook felt the consequences. inflation. higher prices. whenever a factory shuts down in one part of the world, the production and shipments of goods to shops and businesses gets disrupted. covid-19 has com...

To boxing day compared with the same period a year earlier. furniture and other household goods also saw a steady rise in prices since the start of 2021, 0ns figures show. the 7.4% inflation rate of this category in december was the highest since comparable data began in 1989. and used car prices grew by 28% during 2021, compared with a 7.3% increase the previous year, due to the global shortage of computer chips which led to a rise in the cost of manufacturing new cars. that obviously has a kno...