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Bloomberg Radio New York
"tropical storm ana" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"They go into public service. Think of the millions who are public school teachers, local police officers, workers at local charities. Members of the military and the National Guard. Biden says not increase inflation because it will be paid for by the inflation reduction act, but Bloomberg's Anna Wong says it may make a difference. You look at the forecast currently in the market about where inflation would be next year. Many people think that it will fall back to three or even two. So if you add .1 to .4 percentage point to that, it's a pretty big difference. And now this is a campaign promise fulfilled for mister Biden. And the president has won a case now filed by the Department of Justice against Idaho, the state of Idaho, saying that doctors could not be held liable or prosecuted for performing abortions warranted by an emergency. Now, this is developing, so we'll get you more as the day goes on. Tropical storm Ana is skirting closer to Hong Kong, the observatory says about 200 kilometers south southwest, but it is moving in, says that it is expected to bring showers and may bring some violent wind gusts. It has a signal 8 warning in effect, but says it expects it could lower it sometime between 9 and 11, but it's too late for the morning session, which at the very least has been delayed. And Hong Kong says it can not rule out further limits on social distancing if the case COVID numbers continue to rise. The health department says the current situation is a rising trend and is worried about the healthcare capacity. And congressional report that Donald Trump pressed the FDA to reauthorize the drug hydroxychloroquine after the clearance had been revoked because the risks outweighed the benefits. The report says it was one of several drugs pushed by Trump. In San Francisco, Ahmed Baxter, this is Bloomberg, right? Juliet. Thank you so much. Ed, let's get to our guest Jim McAfee is joined head of apec equity research at Nomura joining us from Hong Kong. Obviously want to get your outlook for Asian stocks, but on the broad macro pictures we're awaiting from Jackson for Jackson hole and what we're going to hear from J pal. The key point here is to whether or not we have seen peak inflation and just how hawkish Jay Powell is going to be. What do you expecting? Okay, well I think it's not so much the U.S. inflation picture at that point of discussion. It's what's going on in the rest of the world. Be mindful that this meeting will be populated from central bankers from other geographies. And we saw this week that inflation in the UK inflation in Europe is approaching or has gone through double digits. So this, I think, is going to be quite impactful for how decisions are made and what sort of time frame we're going to get for interest rate hikes. And in terms of that time frame and then all that weighs through into the dollar and the impact two on Asian equities do we continue to see that dollar strength and how does that kind of change your view here? Well, I think that the major currency we watched quite carefully at Nomura is the Japanese yen. And so far this year, the yen has been weak Vis-à-vis the dollar and much of that can be explained by the size of the bank of Japan's governor Corona fan has made it clear that he wants inflation to get through that 2% target threshold. And that's beginning to be achieved despite that achievement. There is no indication from the DoJ that there is intention to increase rates. Now one thing that may be an outlier which may happen at the beginning of next year is the Corona sign will resign as the Central Bank governor in Japan. He will then have a successor appointed and I think the market will be thinking does that successor abandon this zero interest rate policy and start thinking about normalizing in line with what's happening in western economies and that could result in some of the strength we think. The other key point is China's economy and we've been seeing more measures here to try and stabilize that. It didn't kind of be, it wasn't really reflected. I should say in market action, particularly when you look at property players this week, what further kind of moves are needed from authorities and do you think we've seen peak China pessimism? I think the thing in the market is looking for is some opening up in terms of the COVID restrictions. In this part of the world that I'm in Hong Kong right now, it's incredibly difficult to travel around the region relative to traveling in Europe. And going back to Japan before we touched on China. In Japan, Japan has restricting arrivals just to 20,000 per day. That's down 80% of what Japan was at its peak pre COVID. And in the case of China, China has many, many policy tools and it's also in order to we might have
KLIF 570 AM
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"It's happening, right? I just don't know that. It doesn't get worse. And then it gets better and then it gets worse. And then it gets better. So here's the thing about the tropical storm for the past seven years, named storms have arrived ahead of the official June 1st. The official June 1st start of hurricane season. Including this year with Tropical Storm Ana, which formed in May. 23rd and last year tied 2016 is the hottest year recorded by humans. Record. 30 named storms, including six major hurricanes formed up I found it had a lot to do with El Nino years and La Nina years. Yeah, well, that's all part of the environment. The climate Uh, you know, maybe it does. Maybe it doesn't. I don't know. But, uh People are saying the climate. A climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said, Uh The main warming meaning like average, not exactly, But, you know, average warming in this region so far has been between two and four. F. He's talking about the Pacific Northwest. And the West Coast, he said. I think it's fair to say that at a minimum climate change contributed at least that much to the severity of this heat wave. We're in Litton, British Columbia. It was a scorching 121 degrees on Tuesday. We talked about that on Wednesday and said, Look at this place in British Columbia, where it was 121. It doesn't exist anymore. And then they had a wildfire that swept through the town. Mayor Joep Alderman told CBC News. The town burnt down He said. The whole thing went, he said. 90% of Litton was lost in the fire, One resident says are poor little town is gone. This is so devastating. We're all in shock. They lost everything. I've never been able to make the connection between wildfires and And the weather and heat. I understand lot of them have started by people, right? Sometimes started by lightning lightning by cars by people throwing cigarette butts out the window. The idea that it's so hot, you know, well, it's like a tinderbox spontaneously combusts. It's kind of silly, but but also I don't know in California if they manage their forests like they should. You know, that's the subject of controversy has been for many years. Being the subject of controversy. Kamala Harris is getting some seriously bad press this week. And it has less to do with politics as a way that her members of her own staff say they're being treated. Yeah, Some people are calling it a very chaotic operation. Harris's team reportedly experiencing low morale. Four lines of communication. And diminish trust among aides and senior officials. Most of the blame being placed on Chief of staff Tina Flournoy. So the vice president also takes a fair share of of criticism. Story relies on interviews with 22 current and former vice presidential aides, administration officials and other associates. Say that Flournoy in an attempt to protect Harris has created an environment in which suggestions are ignored or harshly dismissed and decisions get bogged down, and one anonymous source said. People are thrown under the bus from the very top. There are short fuses. It's an abusive environment. It's not a healthy environment and people feel mistreated. On the flip side of all this. There are many defenders of Harris and Flournoy, who say that women in power, particularly black women, like them are often held two different, unfair standards. Harris spokesperson. We always have to turn it into a race thing, right and and a female thing now. Well, sometimes I mean, you know, females are considered the B word when men are just What's the word I'm looking for? Um I don't know. I understand what you're saying. You know, I don't see how that has anything to do with this that they're set to unfair standards. Simone Sanders rejects the negative portrayal, saying We're not making rainbows and bunnies all day. What I hear is that people have hard jobs, and I'm like Welcome to the club. It could just be. People are more likely to be whining about their jobs these days, but we also heard that the president doesn't necessarily treat his people. The way they want to 6 55 K l I f time for another check of traffic on the fives again with Bill Jackson. In Dallas down store to always some founded Mockingbird. There's Iraq. Things are beginning to back up there on 6 35 West Pond at Webb Chapel. An accident has one of the express lanes. Black looks better. A near DFW Airport in Grapevine of three sixties South founded Stone Myers Parkway, the wreck there. Is being cleared. They tell me there's that lingering back up onto the south side of 1 21, But that's beginning to recover with Kale. I up traffic on.
Z104
"tropical storm ana" Discussed on Z104
"I think I asked if these storms are coming earlier and getting stronger. Andrew was back in the very early nineties, and at the time there was a strong El Nino that was in effect. So what happens during an El Nino year for the Atlantic Sea surface temperatures are very minimal and wind share values begin. With Andrew. That year was particularly cool in all of the Atlantic, so a lot of people became what I like to call hurricane amnesia that they don't recognize that you're still vulnerable. Even if the hurricane season isn't starting until late August that significance. A lot of people were caught off guard with Andrew. And plus it evolved and grew so rapidly. And we can get into this for hours. But there were a lot of forecast that we're wrong, saying that it would turn before it would hit the Florida coastline. But now let's go all the way to where we are now seven consecutive years, and it's including this year that we have seen an early start to the hurricane season. Hurricane season generally runs from Jean first all the way to November 30th because during this time period these are the prime conditions form sea surface temperatures, minimal vertical wind share. You know the story Prior to these months we see cooler temperatures were coming out of winter, and it takes time for the ocean to warm up. Well, we just saw sub Tropical Storm Ana form northeast of Bermuda just a few days ago. And sea surface temperatures are already prime for additional activity. We're looking at sea surface temperatures that are already over 80 degrees in parts of the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean. So to give you a sense of what an average hurricane season is. It has changed. Unfortunately, over the past year, so it is a little bit different for 2021 coming in. In 2020. We were still using the old 30 year. Statistical data set that hurricane forecasters YouTube's during an average hurricane year and this still included the year that Hurricane Andrew impacted. We would generally see in the Atlantic 12 named storms, six of which would become hurricane so wind speeds of at least 74 MPH. Category one to Category five. Three would be major hurricanes. Category three and higher Now with 2021. We have a new 30 year data set that starts from 1991 and goes to 2020. We're now increasing our names. Storms by two. So 14 named storms for an average hurricane yer seven hurricanes. That's an addition of one from the previous set and still three major hurricanes. Yes, we have seen a change in an increase in hurricane activity over the past 30 years. A lot of it can be related to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. It's an oscillation that occurs every 30 years, and it involves two cycles positive and a negative cycle. Positive cycle, which we have been in since 1995 shows an increase in sea surface temperatures, minimal vertical wind share and that allows for an increase in hurricane activity. This was seen back in the fifties and the sixties was another spike in activity before we went then into a negative cycle for the seventies and eighties. Not a lot of hurricane activity when you're looking at the stats of those hurricanes during those years. 1995 comes along. We're back into this very active period. And we could be stuck in this period until the 19 thirties.
Z104
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"And our guest today is Dr Athena, Mass. In a meteorologist and hurricane specialist at the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network at the University of Florida. We are talking about the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season and how science is helping predict where these storms might go and how strong they might be. Earlier, Dr Madison talked about Hurricane Andrew. That storm was began with a obviously the first storm of the season. And it hit the U. S Coast in late August. When Dr Madison and I recorded our conversation, it was May 26 a tropical storm had already formed in the Atlantic. I asked if these storms are coming earlier and getting stronger. Andrew was back in the very early nineties, and at the time there was a strong El Nino that was in effect. So what happens during an El Nino year for the Atlantic Sea surface temperatures are very minimal and wind share values begin to increase, both of which do not favor the development of hurricanes. Hurricanes like it very warm, Very tropical sea surface temperatures need to be at least 80 F and warmer and minimal vertical wind shear in the atmosphere so that these thunderstorms can progress and grow into the higher layers of the atmosphere. Create a little pressure center. With Andrew. That year was particularly cool in all of the Atlantic. So a lot of people became what I like to call hurricane amnesia that they don't recognize that you're still vulnerable. Even if the hurricane season isn't starting until late August that significant A lot of people were caught off guard with Andrew. And plus it evolved and grew so rapidly. And we can get into this for hours. But there were a lot of forecast that we're wrong, saying that it would turn before it would hit the Florida coastline. But now let's go all the way to where we are now seven consecutive years, and it's including this year that we have seen an early start to the hurricane season. Hurricane season generally runs from Jean first all the way to November 30th because during this time period these are the prime conditions form sea surface temperatures, minimal vertical wind share. You know the story Prior to these months we see cooler temperatures were coming out of winter, and it takes time for the ocean to warm up when we just saw sub Tropical Storm Ana form northeast of Bermuda just a few days ago. And sea surface temperatures are already prime for additional activity. We're looking at sea surface temperatures that are already over 80 degrees in parts of the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean. So to give you a sense of what an average hurricane season is. It has changed. Unfortunately, over the past year, so it is a little bit different for 2021 coming in. In 2020. We were still using the old 30 year statistical data set that hurricane forecasters use during an average hurricane year and this still included the year that Hurricane Andrew impacted. We would generally see in the Atlantic 12 named storms, six of which would become hurricane so when space of at least 74 MPH category one to Category five. Three would be major hurricanes. Category three and higher Now with 2021. We have a new 30 year data set that starts from 1991 and goes to 2020. We're now increasing our names. Storms by two. So 14 named storms for an average hurricane year. Seven hurricanes. That's an additional one from the previous set and still three major hurricanes. Yes, we have seen a change in an increase in hurricane activity over the past 30 years. A lot of it can be related to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. It's an oscillation that occurs every 30 years, and it involves two cycles positive and a negative cycle. Positive cycle, which we have been in since 1995 shows an increase in sea surface temperatures, minimal vertical wind share and that allows for an increase in hurricane activity. This was seen back in the fifties and the sixties was another spike in activity before we went then into a negative cycle for the seventies and eighties. Not a lot of hurricane activity when you're looking at the stats of those hurricanes during those years. 1995 comes along. We're back into this very active period. And we could be stuck in this period until the 19 thirties.
TalkRadio 630 KHOW
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"News. I'm Mark Gray Malard. President Biden is in Tulsa, Oklahoma, marking the deadly race massacre that occurred as century ago when an angry white mob of residents destroyed the Greenwood community known as Black Wall Street events. We speak of the day. Took place 100 years ago. And yet I'm the first president and 100 years ever to come to Tulsa president also laying out his plan to address racial income inequality, calling for federal spending on the issue. He also said he supports programs that will reinvest in black communities. Florida Governor Rhonda Santa's signing a bill today banning transgender women from playing on women's sports teams. New bill requires a transgender student athlete to affirm her biological sex. Critics say trans kids have been participating in sports for years with no issues. The governor says the bill will ensure quote integrity of competitions. This is ABC News. It's June 1st the Atlantic hurricane season now officially underway. Tropical Storm Ana has already come and gone. But with the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season today, forecasters believe people on the East Coast will become familiar with the names Claudette Fred Mindy Peter. Those are some of the names that will be used for what Noah believes will be a hurricane season of above average activity featuring 6 to 10 hurricanes. No, it does not think that this year season will be a repeat of 2020 Brian Clark. ABC NEWS The World Health Organization says it will now use Greek letters for covert variants. The UK variant is now Alfa. South Africa is Beta, Brazil. Gamma and India is now Delta. The Chinese government is reporting a 41 year old man has contracted the bird flu officials say it could be the first case of this particular strand found in a human. The country's National Health Commission says the risk of large scale spread is low. The man is in stable condition. Margaret Malard, ABC NEWS Everybody J. Foreigner here, CEO of rocket mortgage and rocket companies. Last year we saw historically low mortgage interest rates. In fact, over one million homeowners took advantage of refinancing or buying a new home with rocket mortgage. What you may not know is that interest rates are already starting to increase again, and it's likely.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030
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"An attempt through these high thin clouds here in Boston this morning and we're already up to 66 degrees making our way towards 80 today a mix of sun and clouds again on tap for tomorrow. So we have turned a corner. The storm is behind us. Thanks for being with us this Tuesday morning. I'm Jeff Brown. And here are the five things you need to know. At 9 14. Two losses in two courts. Now Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White faces acting Mayor Kim Janie tomorrow. His future on the line. Celtics face elimination Tonight in a fan faces a lifetime ban. Ah Braintree, Man heads to court after being accused of tossing a water bottle and Kyrie Irving out at the open Tennis star Naomi Osaka number two in the world. Drops out of the French Open toe work on her mental health Olympic arrival. The first athletes show up for the Games in Tokyo this morning as much of the region extends a state of emergency till late June. This is the calm before the upcoming storms. The Atlantic hurricane season officially kicks off today. ABC is Brian Clark has more on what to expect. Tropical Storm Ana has already come and gone. But with the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season today, forecasters believe people on the East Coast will become familiar with the names. Claudette Fred, Mindy Peter Those are some of the names that will be used for what Noah believes will be a hurricane season of above average activity featuring 6 to 10 hurricanes. No, it does not think that this year season will be a repeat of 2020 where there were so many storms. They ran out of names and had to use the Greek alphabet. Brian Clark ABC News Amazon is ready, willing and able to help out with disaster relief. Amazon has opened its first disaster relief hub as the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. Amazon has donated and prepositioned 500,000 emergency supplies in the facility near Atlanta. Help relief organizations respond to natural disasters in the U. S. The Caribbean and Central America, CBS's Jim Crow Sula, Amazon will also have a 7 67 cargo jet quickly ready with supplies when and if.
WHAS 840 AM
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"A s. Our top story is a man shot on Sunday by an l. A P D officer has died as the result of his injuries. That shouldn't happen in the 3600 block of Georgetown places l A P D officers Were alerted to a reported stolen vehicle and made an attempt to pull the driver over suspects in the car got out and ran with one of them allegedly brandishing a gun at officers which led to the officer firing their weapon. The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Sean Gallagher news radio 8 40, wh S It was another violent weekend in the city of Louisville. Two people are dead following a shooting early Sunday morning at a Louisville nightclub. That was the green light. 3500 block of seventh Street Road officers arriving to find a man inside of the lounge with gunshot wounds. He was taken to university Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Sunday. L A P D, says another man was shot. He was taken to the hospital by private vehicle and was in critical condition before dying early Monday morning. Neither of those men have been identified in the circumstances surrounding the shooting or unknown. It's still also want clear whether not the two victims knew each other. Another man is dead. After an early Monday morning shooting in the West stand. It happened at the two brothers Martin, the foreigner block of North 28th Street. Few details have been released about that scene outside of El MPD, saying a man with critical gunshot wound was found at that location. He was taken to university hospital where he died. The identity of the victim or the details, but we lead up to the shooting have not been released. Student loan debt relief not going anywhere in the bite administration that, according to an activist group, A B C's Derek Dennis has the details the slamming President Biden and his administration for the lack of action on student loan debt relief. Tackling student loan debt was a campaign promise. And the civil rights organization is not the only main, pointing out Mr Biden's failure so far on the issue. Progressive Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, have also complained and double the president Derrick Johnson, saying in a statement. While many components of President Biden's budget appear to be encouraging. It fails to address the key issue at the core of the racial wealth gap. The student loan debt crisis Derek Dennis, ABC NEWS The Atlantic Hurricane season officially begins today. NBC's Brian Clark has the details on what you can expect. Tropical Storm Ana has already come and gone. But with the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season today, forecasters believe people on the East Coast will become familiar with the names. Claudette Fred, Mindy Peter Those are some of the names that will be used for what Noah believes will be a hurricane season of above average activity featuring 6 to 10 hurricanes. No, it does not think that this year season will be a repeat of 2020 where there were so many storms. They ran out of names and had to use the Greek alphabet Brian Clark ABC news and you can call them UFO's or unidentified aerial phenomena. Whatever floats your boat, the government's going to tell you about them this week. Pentagon, along with federal agencies will deliver their UFO report to Congress tomorrow that was mandated by a funding bill signed into law by then President Trump Back in December. The report expected to detail numerous sightings compiled by Navy pilots. And was covered extensively by the New York Times in 2017. While it is a highly anticipated report in some circles, no one is suggesting it a point to the existence of aliens. Your next news update is it's 6 30. I'm Will Clark news radio. A 40 w H A s no one is suggesting. Unless, of course, you're listening to our good friends at coast to coast am overnight. You know, I haven't listened, so I don't Followers for years and years, and it really will be interesting to see what the government comes up with in terms of of this report,.
News, Traffic and Weather
Ana Becomes First Named Storm of Atlantic Hurricane Season
"Is Ginny Norman. The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season won't amount to much sub Tropical Storm Ana is posing no threat to land and is expected to dissipate in a few days on a trumped rain on Bermudas, now drifting north east over the
Maggi Tax
Na Becomes First Named Storm in Atlantic This Year
"Two more southern parts of the state, mostly south of I four were fires burn. The first storm has come Tropical Storm Ana has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, It will head
NewsRadio WIOD
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"Free adjustable base with your 6 99 mattress purchase. I'm Jim Rodriguez. News radio 6 10 wi OT There will be a mix of clouds and sunshine today and it will be windy a time to the high of 80 Force winds gusting from the east Northeast Tonight partly cloudy The love 73 Partly cloudy and breezy Sunday with behind your 84 was updates around the clock on South Florida Severe weather Station on the Weather Channel's Jeff Mar a news radio 6 10 Wi OD. The first named storm of the first named storm of the year, has formed sub Tropical Storm Ana is northeast of Bermuda and his track to continue in that direction. Hurricane season officially begins June 1st. The disaster preparedness tax holiday is this Friday, May 28th through June 6th. The 10 Day sales tax free holiday is one of three sign in a $196 million tax package by the governor Friday, not sure what you'll need for the hurricane season. The Florida Department of Emergency Management has a disaster checklist at Florida disaster dot org's slash Kit. The Polk County Sheriff's Office is cracking down on aggressive drivers on I four and using unmarked vehicles to do it. Whenever these vehicles passes, then we can just fall in behind them, clocked them with our vehicle and arrest them. That sheriff Grady Judd, who said in the last few months more than 100 drivers have been clocked doing 100, MPH or more with Florida's news. I'm Kimba Tyler. When a recording of L. A. Fitzgerald's voice shattered a wine glass. It sparked a question. Is it live? Or is it Memorex? We've got it on tape. The limbo legacy Monday at noon news radio 6 10 w Y. O d Dr Table. Subaru Pembroke Pines is Florida's number one volume Subaru store where you could Always expect extraordinary service come in for an amazing automotive experience with several Americans feel that at one point Valley Sports Florida is the first round home of Florida Panthers Steely Cup playoff hockey. Today. It's a matinee by the Bay and the Cats are ready to feast tune in for this critical game four of the Panthers trying to pounce on their archenemies the Tampa Bay Lightning Panthers Lightning Game four coverage starts today in new with the Panthers Live pregame show on Valley Sports, Florida home of the Panthers. The world has changed a lot.
WLS-AM 890
"tropical storm ana" Discussed on WLS-AM 890
"The White House and said they hoped to make real progress on that infrastructure deal by Memorial Day. But yesterday, Republicans on Capitol Hill seemed discouraged by the president's latest offer. West Virginia Senator Shelly Capital who's been involved in the back and forth, said she thought the two parties were now even further apart on the president's counter offer was well above what they had hoped for when it comes to the Middle East, the president said Friday. There's no shift in my commitment to commitment to the security of Israel period. He also said he believes a two state solution is the only long term solution. Sub tropical Storm Ana off northeast Bermuda, the first name the Storm of the year. You're listening to ABC News. Good morning. Here's a check of the Area roadways way started the most serious stuff. We're going to start on 80 East vitamin A good interchange crash in the right lane. This involves a fully loaded a school bus. Keep you updated on that one as it comes about. In the Oakland area. Watch. Albert Crashes destroyed 105th of the year's expressways. Even on both sides of the yolk Kennedy amount flows like into the burn salve end of 55 going North Mountain arsenal. We have a rollover vehicle truck. It is the trailer part of a video truck that is off on the right side. Stevenson themselves. Okay. No delays on the Dan Ryan Skyway or 57 official form. Make sure dr doing well on the toll roads all get over there. But again 80 eastbound Monica interchange, running his wide with a crash. And while the game fully loaded school bus from the WLS am in any traffic center of the 11 of the Next update in 30 minutes Following is a paid program sponsored by Financial Safari and is not affiliated with WLS radio are cumulus media listeners should consult their own advisers and conduct our own research before.
Weekend Edition Saturday
Ana Becomes First Named Storm in Atlantic This Year
"The first named storm of the season has arrived early, the National Hurricane Center says. Sub tropical Storm Ana is about 200 miles northeast of Bermuda, where a tropical storm watches in effect more than a week before the official start of the
KQED Radio
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"On inspiring It could be awful to first our newscast It's Saturday May 22nd 2021 Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Amy held the first convoys of humanitarian aid are rolling into Gaza, where more than 100,000 people were forced to flee their homes during intense shelling, according to the U. N medicine, food and Fuel from International Aid agencies are arriving as a two day old cease fire between Israel and Hamas holds. Egyptian mediators are working with both sides to establish a lasting truce. More than 250 people were killed, mostly in Gaza. During 11 days of fighting. The White House has made concessions on its massive infrastructure plan. Though President Biden and Republican senators remain far apart. NPR's Windsor Johnson reports on the offer that produces money for roads, bridges and other projects. Biden administration has cut the overall price tag of its infrastructure package to $1.7 Trillion about $500 billion less than AWAS. White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the new numbers more closely aligned with Senate Republicans requests. In our view, this is the art I should say of seeking common ground. Proposal exhibits a willingness to come down in size. We'll also staying firm in areas that are most vital to rebuilding our infrastructure and industries of the future. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said Republicans could support a package up to $800 billion. He also says Biden's plan to roll back Trump era tax cuts is where Republicans draw the line. Winter Johnston NPR news Ahead of next month's G seven summit in England. International leaders have agreed to stop financing coal power projects in the developing world. Vicki Barker has more from London. Two days of wrangling by G seven environment and energy ministers held virtually by this year's host that UK have yielded an agreement to end financial support for overseas coal projects. It's part of the G seven commitment to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees centigrade. Phasing out the dirtiest fossil fuel coal will be crucial to achieving that goal. Britain's Guardian newspaper reports The on Lee initial holdout was Japan one of the world's biggest fine answers of coal project. It fears that if it pulls out of the sector, non G seven member China could step in and build coal fired power plants overseas that are less efficient than Japanese designs for NPR news. I'm Vicki Barker in London. Today. India's reporting more than 250,000 new coronavirus cases, deaths rose by nearly 4200. The numbers are below peak levels, though experts say the recorded tallies are major undercounts. Big cities, including Mumbai and New Delhi, have seen signs of improvement in recent days. But there is growing concern about the virus spreading in rural areas stretching and already thin healthcare system. Meantime, Sri Lanka has halted trains and Busses for four days in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. There. You're listening to NPR news. The first named storm of the season has arrived early, the National Hurricane Center says. Sub tropical Storm Ana is about 200 miles northeast of Bermuda, where a tropical storm watches in effect more than a week before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. Historic round of qualifying happens today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As W. D. T S Quint client FELTER reports, a team made up mostly of women will try to make the starting field for the Indy 500 Auto racing in general is dominated by men. But Detroit based racer Beth Perretta created a team featuring women from the driver to the pit crew to the engineers. She calls it a natural cellar for companies looking to sponsor a race car and a real world example of why young women should embrace stem classes in school. The doors are not shut to women as much as they used to be. I think there's just been an awareness that this kind of blended Paddick is a positive thing with technical support from auto racing legend Roger Penske, who started a program promoting diversity. Read. His team has a strong chance of earning a spot in the famed 500 Mile race for NPR News. I'm quite inclined Filter in Detroit, the NBA playoff games are back and close to back to normal. The 16 team tournament begins today. After last year's games in Florida were closed to Spectators this year. Fans are allowed in In some cases, seats have been reserved for those who have been vaccinated against Cove in 19. The Utah Jazz are entering the playoffs as the MBA's number one overall seed for the first time..