With a model of lady liberty in their arms, these two are heading to the statue of liberty. Pascale sablan has been looking forward to this trip with her son xavier for weeks. Not just because the sevenyearold has never seen it in reality. Xavier and i pored over this lego statue of liberty set for a whole week. And when we finished i said you know, mom has a project on liberty island, he said, no way thats your building look over there anyone who wants to climb the stairs inside has to first go through security screening in this building. Simple and functional, it was designed by pascal sablan, a black womanthats a rare accomplishment even today in this profession dominated white men. I feel so really, really proud. Its not, like, super glamorous, but having an impact in locations is really powerful. And when i think of all the people who kind of go through this space to kind of have an engagement with liberty island, its pretty awesome. To be part of that sequence of experiences. Bla
Election. Our team is covering it all this morning. Breaking overnight. Drone attack launched against a russian navy ship. The explosion lighting up the night sky. Ian pannell in ukraine with what we know right now. Deadly heat. Temperatures soaring again in the deep south, a couple married for more than 50 years dying in their mobile home after their air conditioning broke down. 65 million under heat advisories at this hour. Also this morning the new twist in the gilgo beach murders. Erica tursky with the latest. Navy sailors under arrest accused of selling secrets to china. What we know about the information they allegedly sold for money. Alibi revealed for the suspect in the Idaho College murders. Where he claims he was when the four students were killed and what it means for his defense. All eyes on this mornings jobs report after the u. S. Credit rating was downgraded. What the new numbers mean for inflation and your money. Fighting the potentially deadly illness rsv. The cdc appr
no, what i m saying is what they demonized before becomes less satan i can as they ship to a new, far more evil target. and, no, not him either. you know, you guys always assume i m talking about him. he is evil but you remember donald trump, right? big orange guy with crazy heir, funny as hell and got more done before 9:00 a.m. than biden did all day? he was hitler mussolini and uncooked chicken all rolled into one. he was the worst thing that ever lived and that includes whoever invented the view. but is he really that bad now that the sdpikably evil ron desantis came to town? this monster flew illegal immigrants grants to a rich pair dies on private jets. i know, what a [bleep]. so now desantis makes trump look like mr. belvedere says the new york times desantis may be a more competent trump in terms of his doability use the leverage have state to a mass power but also meaner and more rigid without the softer e centric activity. so he s so mean half this country s populati
american billionaire to take control of an influential social media platform. should we care? we will also hear from journalists with the bbc s africa eye investigations team about how open source journalism allowed them to uncover the truth behind tragedy on the moroccan spanish border. ben strick is one of the investigative journalists behind the story. out of interest, as we are talking about twitter, how important is it as a tool for your reporting? for many of us twitter is a lifeline. not only is it a way to share findings but there are a couple of reasons, first of all, collaboration. i never would have met some of the people i have worked with had it not been for twitter. second, it is a world of sources at our fingertips so we are able to contact those that we would not be able to actually reach. and third, it s a way for us to actually speak to people on the ground and it is one of those crucial platforms for that which, as we have seen with this investigation, we w
Therapeutics losing a third of its value after the cholesterol drug caused side effects in a trial. All right. Todays action a signal maybe that the market is turning just a bit . Those seven big tech names that carried the market last year, theyre starting just a bit to fade. In fact, theyve been fading for some months in some cases. So should investors now look elsewhere . Are old names becoming cool again . Seema mody is looking at the newlook ge which has been a stealth outperformer. Good afternoon, tyler. Thats right. Its not often an industrial stock outperforms big tech, but thats what were seeing with general electric, which continues to defy critics. Now, over 80 in the past 12 months. Its highest level since 2017, outpacing the gains of a number of tech names like microsoft, amazon and the broader nasdaq. Wall street really crediting ceo for its bold restructuring moves including the latest bet, spinning off energy into a stand alone company vernova. He is excited about stayi