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These areas that were cut off because of hurricane ian have been affected. so while we report that the death toll has jumped to 64, that number, sadly, may still climb. >> yes. lots of hardship, and really it is just the beginning to survey the damage and the death. thank you so much to all of you. appreciate it. well check back you momentarily, boris. a surge of traffic on interstate 75 has folks try to get back home after evacuating ahead of hurricane ian. just take a look at these images. s...

It is now moving as you see there. and we do have some indication this morning, some reporting on what broke the logjam on this strike. apparently according to "the washington post" and ot others, and was the rail companies moving on the issue of time off. a little more time off, and apparently come in agreement to get people unpaid time off if they needed to attend to medical conditions. that is something that the workers were holding out for. this was never about money. the rail companies have...

Odd years since 94 i believe was passed and signed into law there were democrats pushing for that legislation acknowledging it didnt go far enough but perhaps this was a start, this would start the process, this would build the momentum. republicans making it very clear, this is it, were not going any further than this. whats your take on where things stantd right now in terms of whether theres momentum for more or we saw all were going to see on the legislative front? >> i think this was an inc...

Ability that weve seen here to get things done?— ability that weve seen here to get things done? i think they can learn longer-term _ things done? i think they can learn longer-term strategic _ things done? i think they can learn longer-term strategic thinking - things done? i think they can learn | longer-term strategic thinking from longer—term strategic thinking from president biden and his administration, working on this for the two years hes been in office theyd never let go the vision ...

Operators. network rail have made pale offer. they want some kind of agreement on modernisation, efficiency savings thereafter before they make a pay offer so according to the unions if the train operator made a pay offer that would break it. according to the companies, if the anti—agree to some of these efficiencies they want they would then make a pay offer —— if the rmt agree. the unions are desperate that grant shapps or somebody from the transport department should be involved in thes...

Last years harvest. he cant sell this wheat because the russian military has blockaded ukraines ports, so theres no way for this to be sold except at an enormous loss. ukrainian ports where ships once carried millions of tons of grains to market are now blockaded by the russian navy. the logjam pushing up food prices. last month, the ukrainian military forced russian troops to abandon ukraines snake island in the black sea. the snake island victory freed up channels to the danube river. ukraine ...

Sold except at an enormous loss. ukrainian ports, where ships once carried millions of tons of grain a month to global markets, now blockaded by the russian navy. the logjam driving up global food prices, triggering warnings of famine in some of the worlds poorest countries. last month, the ukrainian military forced russian troops to abandon ukraines snake island in the black sea. the snake island victory freed up channels to the danube river. ukraine reactivated soviet-era ports on this waterwa...

Shipments of grain by sea. but ukrainian farmers continue to face deadly threats on land. making it too risky for many to plant crops for next year. this frontline farmer vows not to give up. our soldiers are fighting and dying to get rid of these occupiers, he says. we need to feed our country, the soldiers, and help the whole world with our food. thats why well keep working. he calls his farm the second front in this deadly war. jake, there is some hope that this preliminary deal reached betwe...

Until we address that, until we look at that honestly, i dont see how we get anywhere. >> jonathan lemire, after uvalde, after buffalo, we had this big conversation. yes, there was some progress. there was legislation that made it through the united states senate, that made it through the house, that was signed by president biden. now, critics say it sort of nibbles around the edges and get gets at the margins of the problem and not the heart of it, but it took the death, the murder of kids in t...

Movement. we do this work every day to protect families from injuring senseless preventable loss. this grassroots movement that we have created over the last ten years can finally go toe to toe with the gun lobby in this country. that is what we realized after the mass shooting tragedy. we have to weaken the gun lobby and have to strengthen the vocal minority of americans who support common sense legislation, like we saw passed into law today, this morning. it is a historic moment for our moveme...