Coming up next on Scripps News live, massive protests ongoing in Israel as lawmakers there approved part of a devise a plan to reshape the country's judicial system. >> What it all means for Israelis and the response right now from the White House. Good 3rd indictment come this week. We're watching for right now is former President Trump says that he is the target of the special counsel's January 6th investigation. >> It's now almost certain that July will be the warmest This that has seen in re
corded history. >> Another sweltering day for the Southwest. The new warning for other parts of the United States as temperatures in Phoenix soar past 100 degrees and have you logged on X today? What's behind the latest changed your Twitter descriptions? I begins right now. ♪ there. Good to see today. Welcome to Scripps News live. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. We begin this hour in Israel where the nation's parliament passed a controversial bill to weaken the Supreme Court. >> The move by the country
's governing coalition comes amid massive nationwide protests. The judiciary shakeup is causing a deep split in the country. The legislation represents the first significant overhaul of Israel's highest court since the country's founding. More than 70 years ago. And it limits the power, the court to overrule the government. Now it is the first step in the governing coalition's plan to curtail the judicial branch of the government. White House correspondent Haley Bull joins us now live from Washi
ngton. So Haley, I understand that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's effort to rein in the Supreme Court has caused this rift that is occurring right now. President Biden, what is the president saying to today's move? >> Well, right, the more broadly the White House is calling this, quote, unfortunate as it has pushed in, continues to push for more compromise on this issue. Now, the plan for Israel's judicial overhaul drawn concerns from the administration and President Biden himself going bac
k months. Biden shared that in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week when the White House that he called for the, quote, broadest possible consensus. White House press secretary stating today, quote, It is unfortunate that the vote today took place with the slimmest possible majority. We understand talks are ongoing and likely to continue over the coming weeks and months to forge a broader compromise, even with the Knesset in recess. And the administration is sayi
ng it will support efforts, including from Israeli President Hertzog in building that broader compromise. This really president was in Washington at the White House last week visiting with President Biden where he called Israel's demand Israel's democracy, quote, Resilient, saying that they were going through what he called heated debates while Biden double down on the us's commitment to Israel out threading the commitment with sharing a concerns over this plan. Now, National Security Council sp
okesperson tells us today the relationship is ironclad, that they will continue to engage with their counterparts. Also workings through the differences in this relationship, the State Department steered away from categorizing it in terms of consequences saying that the long-standing relationship, quote, transcends any one issue. Listen. >> I would say that we have a longstanding friendship with the government of Israel that really transcends any one issue. And it is because of our friendship wi
th the government of Israel and our friendship with the people of Israel that the president and other members of this administration felt the responsibility to speak out about this measure and this measure and express our concern. So we will continue to engage with the government of Israel. >> About pending in the coming weeks. >> But rather than think about this in terms of consequences to our relationship. We think of our relationship is one. >> In which we have areas where we disagree and we
cooperate in areas where we do not hesitate to express concerns. >> No, the plan approved the part of the plan approved in part in Israel limits the Supreme Court's ability. I hear cases against the government against the prime minister is something that has a drone. A lot of concerns about the impact on the system of checks and balances in Israel. It sparked nationwide protests there. And again, a drone that concern from the administration here in D C one expert. We spoke with those a warning t
o see how this plays out going forward. The >> If you know who's a skillful politician, he is not only skillful. It is really politics and is the longest-serving prime minister is really history. He considers himself to be an expert number there. Can politics. And so as politician, he's making judgments. He's making choices. One of those to the right choices. As with any politician, only time we'll tell. But it seems to me that from both. News really perspective and the U.S. Israeli relations pe
rspective. We are on the brink of something very, very new. And it's going to be hard embrace the new and maintain everything from the old. >> And Veronica, as the White House has spoken out about this planned for months, President Biden sharing concerns directly back in March privately on that recent phone call with Netanyahu. It's certainly significant that they weighing in and speaking out about again today on the heels of this decision. >> All right, here live or reporting for us from the Wh
ite House. Haley, thank you so much. >> So the United Nations Command, he's starting a conversation with North Korea. It's about the U.S. Soldier who sprinted across the border from South Korea, private second class Travis King bolted from a tour group nearly a week ago. Now. And it happened the day after U.S. Military officials escorted him to an airport customs checkpoint. King was supposed to fly to Texas for possible discipline after serving 2 months for an assault in South Korea. King never
boarded that plane. North Korea has been publicly silent about King analysts say the North Korea may use the soldier as leverage to gain concessions from the United States. In the meantime, in Washington, all eyes are on the doj and special counsel Jack Smith this week. Former President Donald Trump announcing just a week ago that he is the target and the special counsel's January 6 investigation. Now, the key question is, will there be an indictment? It would be the 3rd indictment for the form
er president following charges brought by the state of New York in the federal government earlier this year. National political correspondent Ava-joye Burnett has been falling. The developments for us and joins us now live from Washington. So at joy, let's go ahead and break all of this down. What exactly can we expect to see this week? >> Hi, Veronica. Well, it certainly feels as if an indictment is looming. We don't have any specific facts about this other than the fact that the former preside
nt posted on social media last week that he is a target of fish. January 6th investigation. But there's nothing official yet, but it certainly feels that way like something is coming. We do know that there has been ongoing grand jury activity at the federal courthouse here in Washington, D.C.. But as all of this is playing out, the former president, he continues to hit the campaign trail. He has been very active and the polls are showing that he is the front runner a very wide margin. There was
a poll that came out over the weekend from fox Business said in Iowa, Donald Trump is polling at 46%. In contrast, Ron Desantis, he's polling at 16%. So former President Trump is well ahead by more than 30 percentage points to his closest person. You're the closest opponent and we spoke with a Republican strategist, someone who did not support the former president. Worked with Governor Larry Hogan and and Maryland. Also more work with former House Speaker Paul Ryan. So he really is and Republica
n establishment. But he did not support Donald Trump and explains to us why he believes voters in the Republican Party. They're really sticking with the former president. >> Desantis had some missteps, that kind of failed to launch. It just brought up, brought him back down to to Earth a bit. And now Trump really stands out is the as dominant figure and the good news there is that it means that voters will a look at other. Other candidates. Look at the full range people as alternative to Trump.
>> And in one case where the former president has been indicted, that classified documents case, many people are watching to see if the trial date would be moved from mid August to sometime later. So on Friday, the judge in that case, a link head and she announce that trial date will be moved to mid may. This is kind of right down the middle of the government wanted one that defense attorneys they wanted for something to happen possibly after the election. So this is right down the middle. But t
he problem here, many people are saying is that it's happening right in the middle of the primary season and votes well, already be cast. It's very likely that because it's after Super Tuesday, the Republicans will actually have a nominee. So we also spoke with Mike Ricci about this. The fact that if the nominee is actually former President Trump and if he is indicted, what does this mean for people who are supporting him and he broke it down for us. >> We're absolutely. You know, in terms of th
e grassroots of our party, we are very much. A lot of this is just felt like a you break it. You bought it kind of journey where? The grassroots, the base of the party, one of the Trump, they got Trump. He lost. They wanted more Trump. That's where where we are. And it's unfortunate situation and it's it's not just I don't think it's just unfortunate for the party. I think it's unfortunate for the country that we would we would get to this point. >> So once again, we're waiting to see if there w
ill be an indictment in January 6th investigation against the former President Donald Trump. But if you watch any news over the weekend, heard some of his opponents. They're being very careful not to criticize former President Donald Trump. What they are doing though, Veronica is criticizing the Department of Justice. >> The interesting to see what comes next. Average Burnett reporting live for us from Washington. Joy. Thank you. So half of the 14 announced candidates have met the polling requir
ements to appear in a Republican presidential debate next month. And they include former President Trump. Also Florida Governor Ron Desantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and tech entrepreneur Ramaswamy. They have all qualified. Now the other 3 candidates, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, South Carolina, Senator Tim Scott and former New York, New Jersey rather, the governor there, Chris Christie, the debate will be on Wednesday, August 23rd and will take place in Milwaukee, Wiscon
sin. Still to come on Scripps News live, the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors set to meet this week. What it means for those already high interest rates. And what could be good news for your savings. And after a quick break, the European Union taking action to enforce regulations are artificial intelligence. The proposals up for discussion and what the U.S. Can learn from lawmakers there. Out there. >> Known as the Gray zone, the no man's Ukrainian and Russian >> Welcome back to Scripps News
live to Florida. Governor Ron Desantis created a firestorm by suggesting slaves benefited from slavery because they were taught useful skills. The state's school board unanimously approved that controversial comment be taught in schools, part of black history. Desantis brought the ire of many including Vice President Kamala Harris. He's accused of trying to change the history of slavery all while running for president of the United States. National political correspondent Kevin really has the d
etails on all of the fallout. >> Florida Governor Ron Desantis under new scrutiny for his anti woke policy that now he's trying to distance himself from, according to the Florida's new curriculum state school board approving new guidelines that state new standards include teaching students, quote, How slaves develop skills, which in some instances could be applied for their personal benefit, end quote, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden as well as all Democrats forcefully pushing b
ack against Desantis. And now some Republicans are pushing back as well. Now Desantis for himself. He told CNN last week that he did not write the line that is drawing such scrutiny. Take a listen to what he said on CNN. I think that they're probably going to show. >> Some of the folks that eventually parlayed you know, being a blacksmith into into doing things later later in life elsewhere, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who is also seeking the Republican nomination for president. >>
Had this to say on the Sunday shows. >> Governor Desantis started this fire with the bill that he signed. And now we just want to take responsibility for ever is done in the aftermath of it in from listening and watching his comments. He's obviously uncomfortable. >> Politically Desantis is trying to revamp his presidential campaign after an expensive launch earlier this year. It also comes as he reportedly is considering a campaign shakeup. In addition to that, Desantis has consistently polled
second in states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina as well as nationally behind the Republican front runner, former President Donald Trump. All the other candidates barely cracking 10 percentage points in most polling in single digits. Reporting from Washington. Kevin Surly Scripps News. All right, Kevin, thank you so much for that. So the White House says President Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till. >> And his mother, the black teenager, was tortured and k
illed in 1955. After being accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. His lynching in his mother's insistence on an open casket was a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Biden is expected to sign a proclamation tomorrow on what would have been till Ys 82nd birthday. Still ahead on Scripps News live, wildfires, flooding hurricanes. All reasons that some major insurance companies say that they are leaving certain states. What the future of coverage looks like as climate change feels
more intense weather. We'll be right back. ♪ With rise of artificial intelligence platforms like Chatgpt has led many Cyber X for its to raise the alarm around the need for its regulation. Now, the European Union is gearing up to become the first western entity to enforce rules around the use of ai software proposed mandatory regulations could become a potential model for policymakers around the world. Christian Jimenez, the director of the Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence. A
nd he joins me now live. Hi, Christian. Thanks for being with us. Good to see you again. Let's go ahead and in and take a deeper dive into what's happening here. How exactly is the European Union regulating artificial intelligence? What is the legislation do exactly? >> Well, at its the regulations are aimed at dividing out different kinds uses of ai they're looking at from the point of view of there are some uses that are just unacceptable. So a system that is manipulative of of human goals and
and values an acceptable. But then there are uses that are high So medicine where a someone's life is its stake, a much more limited you're making decisions about whether or not someone gets or does not get a job. And then minimal where, you you're getting a suggestion from Netflix and the notion is that that framework of unacceptable high limited and minimal risk define what you know you need to do. And so for high-risk systems, you really need to have greater transparency around where the dat
a comes from. Component as it goes down. You need less. But the notion here is to start thinking in terms of not I as a word. But thinking about it. How ai is used in different places? Different with different kinds of risk associated >> So the way that you explain this is that there are essentially 4 tiers, right, whether it's high risk or whether there are minimal risks involved in using this type of software. You know, at the same time, there are lots of critics have been sounding the alarm a
nd artificial intelligence. Take for it for, for instance, Sam Altman, who is behind Chatgpt. He's the CEO of openai. He's been warning that ai could signal the end of human existence. So in a sense, would the eu's artificial intelligence act protect the human race? I know you're laughing, but you know that this is the fear, you know, that this is what people are talking about right now. >> There are there there was a wave of activity thinking about ai and the existential threat that that of opp
osed to human beings up. But no one who's actually said what that means. And and I have to admit someone who is pushing and pushing ai out into the world and is making money off of a was saying, no, no, it's going to be so smart that we have to worry about it. Threatening us for me. The most important part of that utterances. They're saying it's so smart. It is just say, use it. Spend money on it as opposed to existential threat. We don't have sky We we don't. It's we're not on the verge of sky
net they're not that smart and in fact, there are they They They are sort of video surveillance. They're good at some things and bad really bad in others. And I I think that the concerns about ai killing us all are actually a distraction and there are a distraction from where the places where it's actually is causing harm. Today where it might be being biased against groups of who are applying for jobs. I'm wary and Mike, actually give rise up profiling people so that they only get the informati
on they want to see. And we don't have an informed citizenry or profiling individual and showing social image. Social media images that end up being depressing. Those are very real things are happening today. If we worry about kind that we won't worry about those things which are fundamental in terms of making ai safe and avoiding harm. >> Well, moments ago, you just mentioned jobs. I want to go ahead and focus on jobs because that is the other side of this debate is whether or not jobs will be
at risk. Would this legislation prohibit European companies from replacing humans with artificial intelligence? >> I think that understanding part of this part of this legislation and it by no means perfect. It's not even clear it's going to be good. But just step forward in trying to wrangle I as opposed to waiting for all the ill effects to happen, but a part of the part of the notion is what are the societal impact? And it's very hard to measure those. As we are I move forward I think we're s
eeing less in the way of jobs going away and more in the way of the morphine and other things. So it could very well be that we're not going to need as many as many marketing people, but we're going to need more prompt. Engineers it turns out the people who are really good engineering for marketing our next marketing people. So I think we're going to see We're certainly going to see a disruption. But there's this marvelous moment for as a very said, as a species. And that is when we have tools t
hat can amplified who we are and how we think we have a choice. We can either do the same amount with less because the machine is helping us. We can do more so we can do more in medicine. We can do more in law to people access to justice. And there is a moment in time for us where updated right now on some our top stories. Israel's parliament approving a key portion, a Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's planned overall the country's judicial system before the vote. Opposition lawmakers chanted
shame and stormed out of the chamber. The opposition leader called Netanyahu, quote, the puppet of messianic extremist. Conservatives have argued that the courtship or has too much power. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is escalating his efforts to prevent migrants from entering the United States. And today he had this message for President Biden. Texas will see you in court. Abbott is refusing to remove floating barriers in the Rio Grande River Nest. I'm being told by the Justice Department and it
says that he is protecting his state's borders. White House says his actions are, quote, dangerous and unlawful. A Swedish court has fined environmental activist Greta Thunberg follows a climate protest last month for prosecutors said that to Newburgh cause disruption to traffic. She also allegedly disobeyed orders from law enforcement to leave the scene. 2 in Berg has pleaded not guilty to the charges. According to a court spokesperson, she claims that her actions were necessary in the context
of a climate emergency. ♪ Hey there. Welcome to Scripps News live. Great to see you on this Monday. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. >> 115 degrees. That is the expected high in Phoenix today. It's been so relentlessly hot Arizona. The people are suffering burns just by falling on the ground because of its density and dark color. Asphalt can reach up to 180 degrees. The director of burn center in Maricopa County says some people are being brought in was serious injuries. Right now there are patients all
45 beds in that burn center. National Correspondent Adi Guajardo is in Phoenix for us right now. >> Give a sense of how bad this scorching weather is right now for people. >> And what they're doing about it really. >> Well in front of a U lock or you get into your vehicle in the morning after that sun has been hitting it and it feels like you're walking or sitting in a sauna when you're inside that vehicle, it has been extremely hot. We're closely monitoring the temperature here in Phoenix were
very close to hitting that 110 degrees. Once we hit, that will hit. 25 days here in Phoenix, 110 degrees or above that broke the record that was set back in 1974, which, you know, by 7 days at this point, at least. And look, it's not just here in Phoenix that we're experiencing this blistering heat. This may be the epicenter, but it's being felt so many other states in Nevada. They have 10 days in a row that they had hit 110 degrees. Tying the record back to 1961. If they hit 110 degrees today,
they will be breaking that record. >> Over in San Antonio Saturday marked the end of a 15 day streak of hitting 100 degrees at least slightly over and over in El Paso, Texas, there on a 39 day streak of 100 degrees or potentially more. When looking at those forecast here in Phoenix, they extended that extreme heat warning and they're telling people to make sure that they're staying hydrated. But advocates say when it comes to the most vulnerable, the homeless population, there's still not enoug
h shelter to keep them cool and hydrated throughout the entire day. And when you have lows in the 90's at night and highs of up to 115 degrees or more during the day. That really puts those people at risk. I was talking to the fire department here in Phoenix. They tell me that this July they've seen an uptick in the number of calls for heat related illnesses when they look at that number compared to last year. So again, we're looking at this very closely. This heat dome has really been persisten
t and prolonged here in the Arizona area in across the southwest. And look, forecasters with noaa's say that they do expect this heat wave to continue to expand across some parts of the Midwest and over to the East Coast. So we're closely monitoring it because over in Miami, Florida, they're also seeing or feeling temperatures 100 plus degrees and the experts are saying is all that also warmer than it's been in the past. Veronica. That's to stay indoors if you can. Right now. >> At a reporting l
ive from Phoenix. Any thank you so much. Overseas now, 19,000 people, mostly tourists have evacuated the Greek island of Rhodes. Some left on buses. Others left by boat, strong winds and oppressive heat have been helping wildfire. Flames spread. There are 3 other major fires raging elsewhere increase right now, the Greek prime minister has declared, quote, We are at war. So no matter where you live, you can avoid extreme weather. But where you live could determine how much protection that you wi
ll receive before disaster strikes. National correspondent Chris Store takes a look at the problems. But some areas are facing when it comes to insurance. >> From wildfires to hurricanes, to flooding and more Americans are feeling Mother Nature's wrath on their homes, cars and lives. >> I understand that they 400 homes either or near fire just started. That's a number. Those are lives that will be changed. >> Know, it's our livelihood is all we got no doubt this. You have anything and adding ins
ult to injury. More Americans are learning what happens when disaster strikes and insurance isn't there to That's because and some high-risk states insurance companies are halting new policies or leaving the state altogether. >> That's another 33,000 people losing their insurance with just a fraction of the total number of people in Louisiana that have already lost their insurance this year. >> More Colorado homeowners are being denied insurance now because of the risk of wildfires. State Farm j
oins AIG leaving California as homeowners insurance market. A spokesman tells me the move is necessary to effectively manage risk exposure. >> While each state has unique problems facing their insurance industries. The common obstacle across the country has been the cost of payouts by insurance companies after catastrophic weather events. >> In 2022, natural disasters brought a global economic loss of 275 billion dollars. Insurance. Covered about 45% of it, meaning a cost of 125 billion dollars.
The biggest single event loss was Hurricane Ian, which ravaged the southeastern United States. Global weather disasters have an indirect impact on the insurance crisis here in the U.S. When an insurance company offers catastrophe coverage, they're essentially owning the risk of having to pay for damages in turn, many insurance companies purchase a form of their own coverage called Reinsurance. In other words, the reinsurance companies actually on the hook for the risk of a catastrophe. Many of
these reinsurance companies have global reach and as their catastrophe, premiums have risen around the globe. Insurance companies now can to forward their own insurance. So they raise prices on homeowners or pull out of expensive markets altogether. This can leave homeowners with few or and more expensive options to choose from in Louisiana. More than 20 companies have shut down or left the state. The last resort ensure which is state owned a taxpayer funded is required by law to be more expensi
ve than private insurers. The average premium for home insurance is over $2000 a year, which is 46% higher than the national average. Should not have to choose between food. >> On the table and paying ridiculously high flood insurance premium to it program that is governed by the federal government. There are other reasons for the soaring premiums and insurance accidents that related to extreme weather risks. >> Some insurers have also cited inflation rising costs of constructions regulations, l
ower premium prices as reasons for leaving states. But some observers argue that housing development. >> Needs to limited in high-risk areas in the first place. >> Housing continues to expand quickly and flood plains along coastlines and wild fire prone areas. For example, in Florida, the landfall area for Hurricane Ian had seen a population boom of 620% over the previous 5 years. If these trends continue, it will be the perfect storm that leaves American homeowners without crucial protection in
the face of extreme weather disasters to come. >> As Chris Store reporting there for us. >> So the nation's top financial leaders are expected to raise interest rates yet again when they meet this week. It's all part of their ongoing effort to fight inflation. National political correspondent Stephanie Liebergen explains. On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the Fed Board of Governors will sit down in this building behind me for their monthly meeting and they are expected to raise interest rates
again. >> And while that makes borrowing money more expensive, it could mean good news for your savings. >> The Federal Reserve has 2 main goals, maximize employment, and minimize inflation. And the only tool it can use to achieve those goals is changing interest rates. When you raise interest rates, you slam on the brakes of the economy because you make it more expensive to borrow money for. >> Any reason in June, the Fed decided not to raise rates citing the positive trend in job growth and u
nemployment. But the board is expected to raise rates this time around at the beginning of the pandemic, the Fed dropped interest rates to near 0. >> In March 2022, it raised rates for the first time in almost 2 years. Fast forward to today. Interest rates are just over 5% and that increase impacts car loans, credit cards, mortgages and more. >> And while a couple percentage points doesn't sound like a whole lot, but it could mean thousands of dollars over the life of the loan, particularly when
you're talking about something like a mortgage. >> The Fed's rate hikes do seem to be helping the economy. Inflation has slowed in recent months, but prices on gas, groceries and other necessities are still high. >> If the Fed's policy is having the impact, they hope it slows this price growth. But it doesn't necessarily turn it negative. So that means you might not see prices come down on some items when you go to the grocery store. >> The goal is to slow inflation long enough. So increases in
wages can catch up. But there is a positive side to higher interest rates and that's in your savings. >> So at the same time, the interest rate increases make it more expensive to borrow things. Interest rates also create really great incentives for us all to do what Ben Franklin and our moms and dads told us to do which is safe today because a penny saved. It's a penny plus interest that you've got in the future to buy other things. >> This meeting will be the Fed's last one before their summe
r break. The official announcement of this month's decision will come Wednesday at 2 o'clock. You start Stephanie Liebergen Scripps News, Washington. Now the Fed raise interest rates 10 times between March of 2022. And May 2023. >> Before taking a break to evaluate its effects. This week's hike is expected to go up a quarter of a percentage point. Straight ahead on Scripps News live. Thousands in Hollywood still on strike. What all means for major streaming companies in the content waiting in th
e Wings. Plus, a big announcement from the site formally known as Twitter. What you will now be logging on to axe and we would like to hear from you. Give us a call on our Scripps News, your hotline toll-free that number is on your screen. It's 1, 8, 3, 3, 4, scripts. >> Again in 23, 3, 4, 7, 2, 7, 4, 7, >> Take a look at this. These are pictures coming out of San Francisco moments ago. They are removing that famous Twitter sign. Yeah. This is Twitter headquarters in the Bay Area. All this amid
a name change for the company now owned by Elon Musk because that company it's now called Acts. X marks the spot that you used to call Twitter. The site's owner Elon Musk changing the logo from that familiar Bluebird that everyone knew and loved to just the letter acts. It's all the latest example of Musk revamping the social media site after buying it for 44 billion last year. National correspondent Stephanie Sandoval explores what it all means and what other changes we might see in the future.
>> Yeah, it's the latest chain to Twitter over the weekend. Twitter owner Elon Musk announced it's ditching the bluebird and going dark sporting a new logo and ex gave Twitter users a glimpse of the new logo. Yesterday. It went live early this morning on Twitter's online website. Now when you search X dot com users are redirected to Twitter. Some have reported a glitch, though, saying that ex dot com actually takes them go Daddy site. Instead, the new logo was seen on Twitter's headquarters in
San Francisco. Musk tweeting a photo and celebration of the change since the must take over Twitter. Users have seen a multitude of changes like one only able to read a maximum number of posts a day for unverified users. You don't want any of those restrictions, you have to pay $11 a month for a subscription with a subscription users can do things like post longer tweets and videos and it we up to 5 times within a 30 minute window and of course, get that iconic blue checkmark, which for some is
now yellow. The company says the present and future changes to Twitter are going to revolutionize how we all interact with each other on Sunday, Twitter's CEO tweeted X is a future state of unlimited interactivity centered in audio video messaging payments slashed banking, creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods services and opportunities. Back to you. >> Stephanie, thank you so much. So right now, a new contract offers on the table for American Airlines pilot. The airline has agreed to r
aise its contract offered by more than a billion dollars totaling about 9 billion dollars in incremental compensation and benefit and includes a pay raise and a ratification bonus. It all comes after United Airlines agreed to give its pilots up to a 40% raise. But the Allied Pilots Association says Americans new offer still is not good enough. The CEO's goal is to ratify the new agreement next month. ♪ >> Go into final moment. >> That's the head of the union representing ups workers. And he cert
ainly doesn't sound shy about moving ahead with a strike that could devastate the U.S. Economy. The union and the company have one week to reach a new labor deal and avoid a walkout on August. 1st, ups has been planning ahead training non-union workers to fill in and keep those deliveries running the company and its 340,000 Teamsters are set to resume talks tomorrow. In the meantime, Hollywood remaining at a standstillith actors and wrers both on strike. The Writers Guild of ica member been on t
he cket line since the beginning of Mwith thousands of sagbers on July 14th minds regulartificial igencese in elr dual now Reuters says the company may be the best position of any entertainment company to survive an extended strike. Earlier on morning Rush, longtime streaming analysts, Dan Rayburn joined our Holly for for to break down the Reuters story. And he also weighed in on the current streaming model and what could change if subscribers start to flee. >> From what we see online just knowi
ng what content they have. It looks like for about the next 10 to 12 months. People are estimating pretty good in terms of can day La bulk haunting coming. But after that, if this strike goes on, everyone's going to be impacted, including Netflix, which is why they raise their free cash flow. Guidance from 3.5 billion to 5 billion dollars this year. Partially because of the strict. >> And we know there's a bevy of streaming company. So which ones are the most vulnerable if the strike is prolonge
d? >> It's a great question. We we really don't know because none of them are willing to talk about this on record. None of the streamers are willing to say the impact their business. Based on user engagement. Retention churn arpu average revenue per user. All the metrics they use to define success with their business. It's all based on content. We know content is King. That's why we come to their services to get good quality content. But none of them will talking record of exactly how the strik
e will impact. Their content going forward in terms of how many hours will have one, they'll have it, which borders the content will drop if the strike goes on for a long period of time. >> Rayburn says the strike may not have a major impact overall because streaming companies are so large now. But Netflix is the only one we know that is cash flow positive. He says companies have already invested billions to become profitable. And the only way we might see mergers are companies exit the streamin
g business completely is if those subscribers begin leaving in record numbers. Coming up next on Scripps News live to movie is dominating the weekend box office. The record-setting debut for Barbenheimer phenomenon. Also, we like to remind you to give the followed Scripps News on Twitter otherwise known as ax Instagram, love this next story. A 68 year-old man had some extra celebrating to do on his birthday this year after winning the famed Hemingway look-alike contest in Florida. It's a highlig
ht of the Key West's annual Hemingway day's celebration held at the Sloppy Joe's bar. The Hangout Spot of Ernest Hemingway back in the 1930's. >> Jared Marshall was crowned this year's winner and this was marshals. 11th attempt. He beat out nearly 140 other Hemingway look Alikes. Congratulations. Some movie theaters are packed this weekend as moviegoers were able to choose between 2 new hot releases and in some cases they were able to watch both national correspondent Alex Miller takes a look at
the barbenheimer phenomenon. >> In an era where more people seem to be streaming than going to the movies. A double feature had people dusting off those theater seats in record numbers >> Up we're going to watch party >> Barbie played in more than 4,000 North American theaters and took in a whopping 162 million dollars during its opening weekend. >> And said the world has turned pink. >> Oppenheimer hit 80.0. 5 million dollars in roughly 3600 theaters. It's the first time 2 movies took in that
much on opening weekend. At the same time, both movies much of their success to social media marketing for Barbie was virtually everywhere from traditional advertising dating apps to luggage brands. Patel also signed more than 100 deals with a variety of companies to produce themed merchandise. >> We anticipate that this is going to be unlock moment of huge monetization potential for the Barbie brand. >> What was initially a rivalry because of a shared really state turned into a push to see both
films in a single day. The Barbenheimer phenomenon was born. >> Mask last >> Barbie, a fantasy comedy about a with a plan to Sunshine Blowout party with all the parties plan choreography at the spokes on a Stop so cool Oppenheimer about the creation of the first nuclear weapons during World War. 2. >> World War 2 would be over. From Boise. >> A dramatic difference in tone of the movies made for collaboration instead of competition and set both up for wild success. >> Beginning like, Yes, I mean
, obviously it's kind of weird to it. Wash down something depressing with something very at the end of the you know, calling for just met for entertainment. But it's, you know, at the it that's the human spirit. You know, this dark stuff going on in community. But it's also important to remember the life. >> Alex Miller, Scripps News. I've heard it's really good. Coming up next. We are terrified of them yet. We're somehow fascinated by them in our next we're going to take a closer look at Shark
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ge to Twitter since Elon Musk took over. Plus this. >> A tree face. But the mayor is >> Law. >> A promising new drug to treat Alzheimer's patients. Some Americans will have a harder time getting it others. Well. ♪ They're great to today. Welcome to Scripps News live. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. >> And we begin this hour in Washington. All eyes are on the doj and special counsel Jack Smith this week after former President Donald Trump announced just a week ago that he is a target and the special cou
nsel's January 6 investigation. Now, the key question is, will there be an indictment? It would be the 3rd for the former president falling charges brought by the state of New York and the federal government earlier this year. National political correspondent average Oi Burnett has been following these developments for us and joins us now live from Washington jury. What exactly can we expect to see this week? >> Veronica, no one knows for sure. But it certainly feels as if an indictment is loomi
ng here in Washington, D.C., and that because the former President, Donald Trump posted on social media last week that he is the target of the January 6th insurrection investigation. And so many people have been waiting to see what will happen next. We do know that there's been grand jury activity at the courthouse here in the nation's capital. But we're still waiting to see what exactly will happen. As you know, the Department of Justice, they normally don't speak about these things until you'r
e right there. And so we're waiting to see what will happen. The former President, Donald Trump, he continues to hit the campaign trail. He is out there trying to get additional support, but he is by far the most popular person in the Republican field here. There was a poll that came out over the weekend from fox Business and they said in Iowa he's polling at about 46%. And when you compare that to the next person, he's right after him. Ron Desantis, the governor in Florida, that person is at 16
%. So former President Trump is way ahead of the field here and we spoke with the Republican strategists about this to why is it that people continue to stick with the former president despite everything that's going on and why is it that other people aren't catching fire as anticipated? And here's what this person had to say. >> Desantis had some missteps, that kind of failed to launch. It just brought up, brought him back down to to Earth a bit. And now Trump really stands out is the as domina
nt figure and the good news there is that it means that >> Voters will a look at other. Other candidates. Look at the full range people as alternative to Trump. >> And while we wait to see if there is an indictment in the case here in Washington, D.C., We do know about the case where he has already been indicted that classified documents case in Florida. There is a new trial date a trial date has been switched from August to May of next year. But the thing about this is it's right in the middle
of the Republican primary season and so many people are wondering if Donald Trump is the person ends up getting that nomination. Is there possibility that he will convicted and that Republican voters will be voting for someone was convicted. Mike Ricci also dress that potential issue. >> We're absolutely. Terms of the grassroots of our party. We are very much. A lot of this is just felt like a. >> You break it. You bought it kind of journey where? The grassroots, the base of the party, one of th
e Trump, they got Trump. He lost. They wanted more Trump. And that's where where we are. And it's unfortunate situation and it's it's not just I don't think it's just unfortunate for the party. I think it's unfortunate for the country. >> That we would we would get to this point. >> Well, you hear Mike Ricci. They're saying that it is unfortunate that they could get to the point where you have former President Donald Trump being someone who is the nominee for their party. But there are people wh
o are running right alongside Donald Trump or not saying that they're being very careful not to speak against the former president because they are courting some of the the same voters and voters who really like the former president. But what some of those candidates are doing, Veronica, they are criticizing the Department of Justice. Promised salami, for example, he said that bad judgment is not a crime. >> Veronica, right now, driver not reporting live from Washington of Joy. Thank you so much
. New battle lines are being drawn over new standards of Florida State schools. The new guidance stemming largely from the governor's Stop woke Act. >> It contains device instruction on how to teach black history, including controversial language that has people benefited from being slaves because it taught them useful skills. Governor Ron Desantis finding himself this morning accused of leading the charge to try to whitewash the history of slavery. Vice President Kamala Harris taking aim at Flo
rida's new standards over the weekend. >> They want to replace history with lies. Middle school students in Florida to be told that enslaved people benefited from slavery. High schoolers may be Todd. That victims of violence of massacres were also perpetrators. I said it yesterday. They insult us in an attempt to gaslight >> And we will not have it. >> For his part, Governor Desantis came back fighting defending the new standards as throw and factual. >> I thought it was absolutely ridiculous. I
t's totally outrageous. You guys can look on the website of the Florida Department of Education. They got a lot of scholars together to do a lot of standards and a lot of different things. But these are the vote. Most robust standards and African-American history probably anywhere in the Anyone who reads out, we'll see that. It's very thorough, very factual and for them to try to demagogue it. >> Florida State school board unanimously approved the standards last week. And take a look at this. Th
is was the scene about an hour ago now in San Francisco, the removal of the famous Twitter sign on the social media headquarters. This amid a name change for the company now known as acts owner Elon Musk announcing a re-branding ditching the bluebird for an X symbol on Monday. Musk tweeted on Sunday that the local change was, quote to embody the imperfections in us all that make us unique national correspondent James Packard following the story for us. And joins us now live from Los Angeles. And
in James, here's the thing is Musk spent 44 billion dollars to buy Twitter last year and now has stripped it of its world renowned name. It's world renown logo. Everybody knows the Bluebird. I think the biggest question this point is why do we know why he's done this? >> Yeah, it would nothing short of a huge gamble to do this. Re-branding on what has become kind of an institution of our culture, at least in this country much of the world as well with Twitter. This is a reflection of his intent
ion and Lundy do that can pick CEO now installed at the head of the company to transform the platform into something more akin to the American version of whatsapp, which is a pretty ubiquitous platform digital platform in Asia. They want to make Twitter now something that people can use for audio video payments. Messaging banking, kind of all in one app, offer everything to everyone and what they're doing here is trying to take away an association from just a social media platform into something
more akin to what they want to do and there will be more changes coming in already. If you dot com into your search browser, it's going to pull you up to Twitter and it will be branded as acts. And Elon Musk is he's more things to come complete color refreshed. Something more black focus. And also, of course, a reassessment of what we do now when we post on this platform where not tweeting anymore, are seeing are saving? Are we excited what all week? There are a lot of questions about this pape
r and rock. >> Yeah, you're actually right about that. I think I I was I aksed earlier I X seeing right now actually axing at you. So make sure you check acts. And I think the biggest question, though, James, is whether people will continue to axe. Twitter has been around now for what, 15 years you have to. I mean, it really begs the question. >> How is this going to hurt the brand? How is this going to hurt the platform? >> Yeah, I mean, and when you talk to, you know, marketing experts, they w
ill say you have the Holy Grail when you in charge of a brand that has also become a That's like what every product engineer wants is for people to say that they are tweeting or Google Inc something right. You never said you were Yahoo in something and there's a reason why Google is the survivor of sort of. >> You >> Never really said you are my spacing. Something. So I think. There is a big trepidation pressure a bit of surprise about my experts that he would do away with this brand. But Elon M
usk has a vision in mind here. And he didn't think that the bird, the legacy of Twitter match what he was going for in the long run. So we'll see if engagement continues. A lot of people have disengage from the platform since Elon Musk's takeover, though they say they have record engagement. We'll see what the future holds. >> Yeah. Make sure you check your acts. And then don't forget to text me back. Well James. Back to reporting live from Los Angeles. James, thank you so much. >> All right. St
ill ahead on Scripps News live, it is a summertime favorite Shark Week. It's here. Break down what to expect this year and speak to an expert on shark perceptions. But first, wildfires forcing thousands to evacuate increased. Why the weather has been helping firefighters in their battle against the flames are spreading across the cou To a child, this is what conflict looks like. Children in Ukraine are caught in the crossfire of war, forced to flee their homes. A steady stream of refugees has be
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e second class Travis King bolted from a tour group last Tuesday. The day before U.S. Military officials escorted him to an airport. Customs checkpoint. King was to fly to Fort Bliss, Texas, for possible further discipline after serving 2 months for assault in South Korea. But he never boarded the plane. >> The first is the primary concern for us is product kings. Well, the has commenced with the kpa through the mechanisms of the armistice agreement. >> North Korea has been publicly silent about
King analysts say North Korea may use the soldier as leverage to gain concessions from the United States. In the meantime, South Korea says North Korea fired 2 suspected ballistic missiles from its East coast today. Both landed in the sea and as part of a recent uptick in activity, North Korea fired several cruise missiles over the weekend and ballistic missiles last Wednesday. Comes after a second U.S. Nuclear powered submarine arrived in the region. The uss Kentucky seen here arrived last wee
k. The uss Annapolis got there yesterday. It is the first time the U.S. Has sent nuclear submarines to South Korea since the 1980's. 19,000 people, mostly tourists have evacuated the Greek island of Rhodes, Strong winds, oppressive heat are helping to fan the flames. Correspondent John B versus a series of fires in Greece have United Kingdom travelers wondering what to do next. >> Yeah, poor here in Bristol in southwest England one of the major hubs coming to and from the Greek islands flights t
o some of places affected by wildfires. A lot. You continuing like normal for the moment, at least it's a similar story around the uk. The school holiday staff last week say this peak tourist season, but confusion and uncertainty about whether people should still be getting all nice flights. Stories from rights and cool for of thousands of tourists. I'm like who was having to flee and guests evacuated of dominating the headlines here. Opposition politicians have called on the government to add t
o the affected islands to the Red list finding the vast majority of travel by British tourists. That would mean most of fake Haitians books would get that money back until that happens. Many seem to be pushing ahead with that plans Rafah than canceling trips. The often cost thousands of dollars. British tourists make up the largest percentage face to visit Greece. Ha hugely important to the national economy that Greece's tourism minister people to still go on vacation planned, highlighting that
the fire as affecting small parts of the islands. Other officials warns that phase remain out of control in some areas, a number of allies starting to offer flexibility on delaying trips. Some rescue flights have been light on to bring people found themselves having to flee wildfires while fake Haitian climate experts are warning that events like this will line the increase. That's the world cats Hall John Davis, scripts, knees in the uk. >> Coming up next, Shark Week began this weekend. It was
more shark sightings along us beaches this summer fear is growing. We're going speak to an expert on the spike in shark sightings and what you can do if you encounter one. Plus, how struggling New England farmers are coping in the aftermath of catastrophic flooding. Many lost an >> So lots of people fear sharks. But for the next week, many shark enthusiasts will get to watch. Sharks know nonstop. And that's because shark Week is here. That summer tradition started yesterday on the Discovery Chan
nel and it wraps up on Saturday. This year's host is Man Jason Momoa who in real life dreamed of a careers as a marine biologist before getting into acting all week long, viewers are going get see up close interactions was sharks off the coast of South Africa. Egypt's Red Sea and investigate whether sharks in Florida are actually ingesting cocaine. Joining me now is for us. Go on T he is a wildlife biologist and Shark Week coast for fantastic is pictures for us. Thank you so much for joining us
today. Great to see you. So lots of people fear sharks, Well, thanks. Hope you are as well. So look, this is fascinating. It's fastening on so many levels. It is Shark Week. Tell us a little bit a little bit more about the fear and then also the fascination that exists with sharks. >> I think for an okay, you know, 91% of the ocean remains unexplored. And whenever you have such a foreign body right here in our backyards that is filled with creatures that we truly don't really understand. It crea
tes intrigue in interest. And I think that's what Shark Week is done so well for the last 35 years is they've been able to build this incredible fascination with these animals that historically we have feared and now learning to love and respect and it makes it a lot of fun. >> Summer's here, it's really hot outside. Lots of folks are at the beach, but there's been this recent uptick in shark bites in shark attacks. Why is there this type of activity in why is there an uptick right now? >> Yeah,
well, specifically in the Northeast, what you're seeing is an increase on regulations, bunker a small, a fish. And with that once those that fish's population bounces back come the larger predators, the seals, the striped bass and then doctor them from the Sharks. Of course, in addition to that, you know, it's hotter and hotter every single summer. More and more people are going to to the beach and jumping in the ocean for relief and anytime you have a whole lot of sharks and a whole lot of peo
ple crossing paths in the same area, it's likely to lead to a handful of negative encounters, which is exactly what's happened. I want to be clear, these aren't shark attacks. These are short run ins where the sharks honestly made a case of mistaken identity thinking, oh, wow, this could be a tasty meal. They go up for an investigation by and quickly lie learned that is not food and spit it out. And that's why there's been some more lights. >> Now I moved not too long ago from the Bay area and t
here is an area in the Bay area called the Golden Triangle and it's known for great whites and shark attacks. Taking all that into account. How big of a risk is being in this water swimming in the ocean. We just all those folks there at the beach. Now we saw the fins circling around some of those beachgoers. So what is the probability? But you could be attacked. >> Well, the Red Triangle up north in Northern California is a particularly dangerous area. And the reason is that murky, cold water an
d great white sharks for the most part, even in this video here where you see a hammerhead shark swimming around a bunch of tourists that hammer had is out hunting for stingrays that has no interest in most people. So when you're jumping in the water, if it happens to be clear, the middle of the day, sunny, so on and so forth, the likelihood of a negative shark encounter is slim to not the times in which we have negative run-ins are when the sharks are hunting that could be dawn or dusk because
they particular when sharks invoked by feeding response, perhaps you're swimming near fishermen depending if they are cleaning and then there are various other little things like being near a river mouth or having something noisy in the water like a water bottle or a beer can that can trigger a shark? >> Now, obviously you're the expert here and you have been studying this for for quite some time. And by the way, thank you so much for correcting me. It is the Red Triangle. You're right about tha
t. Tell us a little bit about some of the discoveries that you've made during a research may be what the most important takeaways are that you can pass along, especially for folks who are thinking of maybe snorkeling, scuba diving or just being out there in the water. >> First of all, I would strongly recommend it because experiencing the ocean getting to interact with Marine life is one of the most incredible things. And one of the most incredible Joyce we have on planet do it safely and do wit
h an experienced professional until you build up your chops to do it on your honor. I would be my advice as far as our discoveries this year. We have 2 very exciting The one you're seeing here, which is clip from tonight's show Alien charts, which is not just discoveries play on pretending to be extraterrestrial, but rather in line with the fact that some of the sharks are so otherworldly. They have such incredible attribution from their morphology to designed to their behavior. And that's what
that show aims to show up. As we head to South Africa coach has won the highest levels of in the world and do a show in case show all of these incredible species that are there. >> It sounds fascinating. We are looking forward to a wildlife biologist Forrest Galante Force. Thank you so much for your time. We appreciate it. So the summer heat wave continues. Last week. The American southwest to the brunt of it. But the upcoming week will be the hottest of the year so far for the lower. 48 reports
say the forecast won't be as intense in certain areas, but we'll cover a lot more territory. Large sections of the Upper Midwest and the northeastern United States will be under a marginal risk. Parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Montana will all be under heat advisories. Southern areas of California and Arizona are going remain under those excessive heat morning. Stay indoors if you can. And Veronica De La Cruz, thank you so much for joining us for the audience leading us right now. Your loc
al programming is up next. And >> Check us out on Scripps News dot com. Now, if you're staying with us, we have much more news headed your way. Coming up, it's a disease that impacts millions of Americans yet has no cure Alzheimer's. But now new drug is offering hope for patients. We're going to take a closer look at the research and the safety. Also catastrophic flooding in the northeast for a season of crops. How farmers are handling the last and what they're doing right now to try and counter
the devastation. We'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ Out there. >> Known as Grays? Know train Russian >> Un Command has started talking North Korea about the American soldier who is detained private second class Travis King left his tour group last Tuesday and cross the border into North Korea the day before he was supposed to fly to Fort Bliss, Texas for possible further discipline after serving 2 months for assault and South Korea. However, he never boarded the plane. Russia call that Ukraine for dron
e attacks on Moscow and Crimea. It is a drone that fell near Defense Ministry headquarters hit 2 buildings. The one in Crimea struck ammunition depot. It stopped traffic on a major highway in nearby train tracks. In the meantime, Ukraine's as 4 people were injured when Russian drones, a grain hangar and other depots in southern Ukraine. Israel's parliament has taken the first step in an effort to weaken the nation's Supreme Court. Members of Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition passed a bill
limiting the power of the court to overrule the government. The legislation passed on a 64 0 vote today without a single vote from the opposition party, which left before the vote. ♪ They're welcome to Scripps News live. I'm Veronica De La Cruz Alzheimer's patients and caretakers now have hope when it comes to treatment. Earlier this month, the fda gave approval to Leqembi which has been shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer's by as much as 27%. Well, there is a lot of excitement around th
e research, an advancement. There are also concerns on its safety and accessibility. National correspondent Chris Stuart joins us now from Denver. And, Chris, I understand that you spoke with families impacted by the disease. What have they told you about what can be? >> Well, there's just a lot of hope that they have. Veronica will for the first time ever. What's what we're seeing with this medicine that's being developed? It's not a cure for Alzheimer's, but for the first time it is showing th
at can slow down the progression of the disease. That impacts more than 6.5 million Americans. But we also found with that help with that excitement about this medicine that's being developed. There are some concerns about access to care, especially for those who are most at risk of developing the disease. >> I love this one. The story behind it. We had a father daughter dance night with my princess. The supposed to be for small kits. >> These pictures represent some of Sylvia Waller's. Most che
rish memories with her dad. >> So we get there and he said, why are we oldies here? And I said, well, it's a night with my princess and I said, I'm still your princess. And he said, yeah. So that was the last night. We danced. >> Roughly 2 years after this night, Waller's father James passed away from Alzheimer's in 2017 and only child. She took care of her dad until his death. >> It was a tough one because the roles have changed. I was no longer his. Baby girl. I was his caregiver. >> There was
no approved Alzheimer's treatment for Waller's Dat. But she says the fda approval of Leqembi offers hope the treatment is a twice a month IV infusion for patients who are in the early stages of the disease that's been proven to slow Alzheimer's progression by as much as 27% Waller does worry about access, especially to those in the black community, which is twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's compared to those who are white experts say health issues like higher rates of heart disease may pla
y a role, but research has yet to identify a cause. News is exciting. >> That we're now in a treatment face. Yea, but then there's a. >> While law. >> A big concern is the price Medicare will cover most of what can cost of more than $26,000 a year. But the center's for Medicare and Medicaid Services tells me patients will still likely have to pay 20% of the cost, which is more than $5,000. Add that to the total out of pocket costs of caring for an Alzheimer's patient. The Alzheimer's Association
estimates it to be on average. More than $238,000 from diagnosis to death. >> The majority of the people who have Alzheimer's are on Medicare. And they're not the 10% or one percent. You know who have money have a upgrade to retirement fund. Lot of tests are not available in Spanish. So a lot of my cognitive test I have to pull from Mexico from Spain and then with Fabian concert. He's a clinical psychologist outside Denver who works closely with the Hispanic community. >> Which is one and a hal
f times more likely to develop Alzheimer's. He puts patients through cognitive tests that can lead to a diagnosis. What's the moment like when you have to tell a patient that they have Alzheimer's? That is just as bad as getting someone. A cancer diagnosis, because it's it's it's a terminal disease. This is the disease they're going to die from for is difficult as a diagnosis may be. He says getting help also can be hard because of the several steps and medical professionals dementia patients of
ten need to meet with to get treatment. He worries look, can be will be out of reach for many of his patients. Not only does do they they need to get the diagnosis. They need to get the referral back to the specialist or back to their primary care. Doctor, the provider has to be caught up on the medication and feel comfortable with that medication but can be is meant to treat those who are in the early stages of Alzheimer's, which Jim Hurley, he with the Alzheimer's Association of Colorado, says
makes access important every day. 2000 people advance to another stage of the disease. >> So having access to these medications right now is critical for those people and their families. In 2022. With Alzheimer's awareness as her platform Waller One misses Colorado at the time. I was like 16 and I've learned that. >> No matter how old you are, you continue to grow. She says, while new drug developments are a major step forward. >> Making sure people know the signs and symptoms are an important
part of the fight against a disease that still has no cure. >> And another drug to keep an eye on is called done and a map that has proven to slow the progression of Alzheimer's by as much as a 3rd. Veronica. It's created by Eli Lilly in the company is expecting that to receive fda approval by the end of this year. >> All right. Chris Stewart reporting from our Scripps News, Denver bureau. Chris, thank you so much. According to a new study, older people who take a low dose of aspirin daily may i
ncrease the risk of anemia by as much as 20% more than 19,000 people, mostly 70 and older participated in the study and they took 100 milligrams of aspirin or a placebo every day for 5 years, iron levels to climb more and people who took aspirin. The results were published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. For youngsters. TV appears to be a health risk. A new study out found that people who watch a lot of TV is kids, maybe more risk for health issues as adults. Researchers found childr
en in New Zealand over several decades, beginning in 1973, the kids and teens who racked up the most screen time. What on to have higher blood pressure, higher rates of obesity and other ailments by the edge. 45 experts say while watching too much TV isn't directly linked to those health effects, it might contribute to a sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits. So many times complete strangers come to the rescue patients needing life-saving organ transplants. Joining Brown and his family are
hunting for the special person who might be a bone marrow match. Sydney Darden was Scripps News. Lexington went with the team has its search for a potential donor. >> That's one those mountain due to for 10 >> A 10 second swab could mean a lifetime of change for Jonah Brown, who's been living with leukemia and is now in need of a lifesaving bone marrow transplant. >> It only takes one to be a match for somebody else. >> The Brown family teamed up with be the match to find a donor. The challenge
bone marrow donors have to come from people with similar genetic makeup. >> We matched donors based on your ethnicity, someone of another race could have the same blood type me and they can donate blood to me. But God I need a transplant has to be someone that genetically looks like me. >> And right now, African-Americans only make up 29% of the donor pool, which means a slim chance to find a match in a slimmer chance for survival making the need for diverse donors that much more important. >> B
ut it's important for just to everyone how important it to fight for life. >> As he celebrates his 39th birthday, Jonah shared the same excitement in a phone call. I appreciate everyone showing up not just for me, but for so many people around the country who trying to find a donor every cancer they're going through. And I'm just grateful for everyone showing that they have my back. >> In Lexington, Sydney, Darden. >> Fda says Pfizer's tornado ravage drug plant in North Carolina shouldn't cause
any significant drug supply shortages. That's after part of the facility was heavily damaged in 3 tornado last week. Pfizer says most of the destruction occurred in a storage area, not warm medicine is produced. The plant produces anesthesia and many other drugs needed for surgery. Storms and flooding in the northeast. In the meantime, couldn't have happened at a worse time. For farmers in New England. And it's all because the heart of produce growing season is underway right now. And it's too l
ate to salvage crops lost due to widespread flooding. Here's Scripps News national correspondent John Mone with the details from Burlington, Vermont. >> Here this is one of you know, substantial crops that we grow. Bold fennel. And you can that they don't look so hot. That is a head of lettuce after being submerged for 2 days. This time of year. Dylan Zeitlin normally itemize is crop yields, but the only plans to count are dead. >> We are looking at for the 5 owners. The last, you know, 5 months
of work. Having money to show for it. >> His farm is shared by 4 other people call diggers mirth that sits in the heart of Burlington, Vermont. It's known for its high quality. Lettuce is fennel and carrots. The restaurant salivate over and pay well for. But the farm was in the center of extreme weather which walloped the northeast causing immense flooding. >> Because anything, anything that's been. Submerged in flood waters can be sold. >> His crops are gone. His operation has lost a growing s
eason and money between $25300,000. The farm is a member of a broader association called interval the day loses overwhelm the neighboring Winooski river topping its banks and ruining all 7 of the member operation. >> We currently have in Erbil Farmers, Recovery Fund to supplement that. So we're fundraising to go directly to the farmers that first wave of fundraising is going to go out August 3rd and we currently raise more than $100,000. >> The agriculture community is taking note. Tens of thous
ands of people showed up to watch Farmer Margen gold who has not been affected by flooding spent 24 hours live streaming to raise close to $30,000 for farmers cleaning up the devastation because crop insurance and federal assistance will take time. >> Seeing just how much damage was done in the state, seeing how hard it hit so many different farms here in Vermont. Really did want to just kind of, you know, find a way to reach out and raise money and try to help them. As of Saturday. The state's
Agriculture department says about 200 Vermont farmers have reported more than 9400 acres in crop damage. >> Also on the produce side, you know it right those crops are headed to Congress, markets headed to their firm stance and into retail operations Taste supermarkets. >> It's not just from on feeling the pain. We can't really go back and replant corn because from the time you planted until the time you pick, it is 90 days. This Glastonbury, Connecticut produce Farmer says flooding destroyed 80
% of his crops. We have. >> 14 acres back in the Green Mountain State. Dylan Zeitlin says in his 30 years of planting climate change is altering the way he thinks about the farm. You know, it starts to feel like it's not our risk that we've taken It starts to feel like this is society's risk. To take on what's going to happen to agriculture. In all of these fertile river valleys. >> John Mone reporting for us there from Burlington, Vermont. Still ahead on Scripps News live, the service still wor
king to tame inflation could raise interest rates again this week. We're going to take a closer look at why a hike in rates does not necessarily bring those prices down. Plus, an 11 year-old is setting his sights on the pitcher's mound at every Major League ballpark across the country. We're going to tell you what The nation's top financial leaders expected to raise interest rates again when they meet this week. It's all part of their ongoing effort to fight inflation. National political corresp
ondent Stephanie Liebergen has the details. On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the Fed Board of Governors will sit down in this building behind me for their monthly meeting and they are expected to raise interest rates again. >> And while that makes borrowing money more expensive, it could mean good news for your savings. >> The Federal Reserve has 2 main goals, maximize employment, and minimize inflation. And the only tool it can use to achieve those goals is changing interest rates. When you
raise interest rates, you slam on the brakes of the economy because you make it more expensive to borrow money for. >> Any reason in June, the Fed decided not to raise rates citing the positive trend in job growth and unemployment. But the board is expected to raise rates this time around at the beginning of the pandemic, the Fed dropped interest rates to near 0. >> In March 2022, it raised rates for the first time in almost 2 years. Fast forward to today. Interest rates are just over 5% and tha
t increase impacts car loans, credit cards, mortgages and more. >> And while a couple percentage points doesn't sound like a whole lot, but it could mean thousands of dollars over the life of the loan, particularly when you're talking about something like a mortgage. >> The Fed's rate hikes do seem to be helping the economy. Inflation has slowed in recent months, but prices on gas, groceries and other necessities are still high. >> If the Fed's policy is having the impact, they hope it slows thi
s price growth. But it doesn't necessarily turn it negative. So that means you might not see prices come down on some items when you go to the grocery store. >> The goal is to slow inflation long enough. So increases in wages can catch up. But there is a positive side to higher interest rates and that's in your savings. >> So at the same time, the interest rate increases make it more expensive to borrow things. Interest rates also create really great incentives for us all to do what Ben Franklin
and our moms and dads told us to do, which is safe today because a penny saved. It's a penny plus interest that you've got in the future to buy other things. >> This meeting will be the Fed's last one before their summer break. The official announcement of this month's decision will come Wednesday at 2 o'clock. You start Stephanie Liebergen Scripps News, Washington. >> The Fed raise interest rates 10 times between March of 2022. In May 2023 before taking a break to evaluate the effects. This we
ek's hike is expected to be a quarter of a percentage point. Plans to bring more production of computer chips stateside hitting a roadblock right now chipmaking giant Taiwan semiconductor was supposed to start making some I conductors at a new plant in Arizona next year. But they apparently don't have enough skilled workers to finish the building on time. The White House has been working to reduce its reliance on East Asia for the production of those chips, which power our smart devices and appl
iances. Taiwan Semiconductor is the largest chip manufacturing company in the world. Amazon is planning to build 120 million dollar facility to launch Internet satellites. In the meantime, Project Kuiper is Amazon's plan to build a network of 3200 satellites in low Earth orbit. The facility will be for launches and landings. Last week, Amazon in Florida, government officials announced 100,000 Square foot facility under construction at nasa's Kennedy Space Center to aid in this effort. Coming up
next, a script who's live in 11 year-old boy and his father are making a pitch to every major league team right now. We're going to tell you the message that they want to deliver from the Plus, back-to-back blockbusters hitting the theaters over the weekend. How Barbie is setting records with her bi American Brian Harman, crews the steady rain in the final round of the British Open to win his first major. >> By 6 strokes and led the final 51 holes of the tournament after taking the lead. >> In t
he second round for golfers tied for second place. Harmon takes home the 43 million dollar top prize. He is now number 3 in the standings for the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Congratulations. >> And now you're going to be an 11 year-old boy from Highland Utah, who wants to throw out the first pitch. >> For all 30 Major League Baseball teams. He and his dad told area and a brawl with Scripps News Salt Lake that has nothing to do with greed or fame. The goal is to children with Down syndrome, get adopted.
>> When he plays, he goes all in. So he'll slide and he's just yell it. And he just loves it. And he's a good He's a good thrower. Cooper. >> It is a natural athlete. He's always ready to put his men the field talk about baseball. What's your favorite part about baseball? >> Little bit and >> He's just found a knack for baseball. And so I've coached all these years, coached all these teams and help them to be able to grow and develop as a player was adopted by bravery and his wife in 2016, a de
cision that changed their lives for the better Coop was abandoned on a street corner in a city of 14 million people in mainland China. In 2016, my wife and I just felt something in our heart like we needed to adopt. And in fact, not just adopted adopted child with Down syndrome. And we found. >> Out about Cooper. And we just felt like that's our son. Now the Marines are on the mission. >> After being invited by Chicago Cubs pitcher Justin Steele and his wife to throw a pitch a spring training. C
ooper was offered a chance to show his skills >> By throwing the first pitch in the Cubs regular season game. >> Staff was there and they saw tonight we've got to have him come out to Wrigley and do this in Chicago. So he said for sure. And on Memorial Day, we went out to Wrigley. >> And he wowed the crowd in a short time. After that, the Red Sox reached out to us and asked if we wanted to come out threw out the first pitch there. And now we're on a mission to get it all under the state. >> The
purpose is not just for Cooper to continue to wow every crowd as he does so easily, but to raise money for the Marie's organization broad's hero. So other orphaned children with Down syndrome can find loving families. Just like Cooper did. The first ways Coop has a mission to be able to help 30 kids that have down syndrome get adopted. >> So one for every MLB team. And so the way that we do that often times by raising funds. So one of the biggest challenges in adoption is the cost of adoption. >
> With 2 down, Cooper has 28 more teams to go and hopes his next pitch can be thrown interest park for his favorite >> He is just too cute and that was Darienne Debrule reporting for us from Salt Lake City. So the color pink took over movie theaters across the country over the weekend as Barbie hit the big screen Warner Brothers was seeing Green. However, Barbie. So the 155 million dollars in tickets at theaters in the United States and Canada. And then another 182 million dollars overseas. And
that shattered domestic expectations. Analysts set at 110 million dollars. The Greta Gerwig blockbuster set the record for the highest opening weekend for a film ever directed by a woman and then Oppenheimer brought an 80.5 million in the United States and Canada. Wow. 200,000 people bought tickets to see the double feature with Barbie, which has been dubbed far been Heimer. Her that they're both great. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Thank you so much for joining us for Scripps News live. Coming up af
ter a quick break. Extreme heat still holding on to the southwest. Julie Martin will join us for the latest on who could be feeling the heat. >> Later this week, we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪
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