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♪ we're joining live comments now, president biden in chicago, making his economic pitch to voters as the 2024 election campaign kicks in. let's listen in. >> i think you are the best man. by the way, when i have questions about anything at all beyond judicial, i still call him anyway for advice. so thank you. representative danny davis. danny, you've got a good friend for a long time. [ applause ] he's always there. to all the elected officials, members of congress, and officials here today, thank you for welcoming me to chicago. you know, the first court, carl sandburg described chicago as the city of big shoulders. he was describing the big shoulders of the working-class

american town who were building this city. at the same time building the middle class. i'm here in chicago today for the first quarter of the 21st century to talk about the economic vision. the economy grows from the mid you will out and bottom up, instead of just the top down. when that happens, everybody does well. we all do well. this vision is a fundamental brea from the economic theory that's failed america's middle class for decades now. it's called trickle-down economics, the idea was -- it's believed that you should cut taxes for the wealthy and big corporations, and i know there's more corporations in delaware incorporated than in any other

state combined. not much trickle down at my dad's kitchen table growing up it's the believe that we should shrink, and let good jobs get shipped overseas. we have a tax policy that encouraging to save money. we should let big corporations amass more power while making -- i meant what i said when i'm the most pro-union president in history, and i make no apologies for it. [ cheers and applause ] my predecessor enacted the latest iteration of the failed theory, tax consults for the wealthy. it wasn't paid for at an estimated cost was $2 trillion. $2 trillion. now republicans are at it again,

pushing tax cuts for large corporations and the wealthy, adding trial onto the deficit. trillions. folks, let me say this as quickly as i can, the trickle-down failed the middle class, it failed america. it blew up the deficit. it weakened our infrastructure, and stripped the dignity, pride and hope out of communities, one after another, particularly you this the midwest. people working as hard as ever couldn't get ahead, because it's harder to buy a home, pay for college education, start a business, retire with dignity. the first time in the generation the path to the middle class seemed out of reach. i don't think it's a fact. no matter whether you're democrat, republican or independent. i know we couldn't go back to the same failed policies when i ran. i came into office determined to change the economic direction,

to move from trickle-down economics to what everyone on "wall street journal" and "financial times" began to call bidenomics. i didn't come up with the name. i now claim it, but they're the ones that used it first. i got asked by a press person this morning, you said you didn't know what it was. i said, i didn't name it bidenomics. i didn't realize the economieses and "wall street journal" did, but i think it's a plan i'm happy to call bidenomics. guess what? bidenomics is working. when i took office, the pandemic was raging and our economy was reeling. supply chains were broken. millions of people unemployed. hundreds of thousands of small businesses on the verge of closing after so many had already closed. literally hundreds of thousands. today the u.s. has the highest

economic the highest in the world. we created 13.4 million new jobs. more jobs in two years than any president has ever made in four. in two. folks, this is no accident. that had biden 078ics in action. it's about building an economy from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down. there are three fundamental changes that we decided to make to help congress do it. first, making smart investments in america. second, educating and empowering american workers to grow the middle class. third, promoting competition to lower costs and help small businesses. here's what i mean by all of this. under trickle-down economics it didn't matter whether you made things, as long as you held the company's bottom line, even if that mend jobs and industries

going overseas for cheaper labor. supply chains of key products moved overseas. entire towns and communities from where i live all the way through the midwest, were shut down, hollowed out. i mean, literally hollowed out. all over the country, parents have to say -- many of you, all elected officials, have heard people say this -- honey, i lost my job. we can't live here anymore. we have to move. it mend slashing on the things that helped drive growth and insew investigation. we used to invest 2% of our gross domestic product in research and develop. by the time i came to office, it was down to 7%. we used to be number one in research and development. now we rank number nine in the

world. china, decades ago, was number eight in the world. now it's number two in the world. other nations are closing in fast. we used to have the best infrastructure in the world, but then we felt -- rated 13th best investment in infrastructure. two to 13. how can you have the best economy in the world without the best infrastructure in the world? how do you get product from one place to another? i was on the in pittsburgh recently, the city of bridges. bridges are collapsing all over the nation. bidenomics will turn this around. we're supporting started investments. we're strengthening america's economic security, our national security, our energy security, and our climate security. i designed and we signed a bipartisan infrastructure law. it's already announced. i heard some of the speakers before touting some of it.

it's already announced 35,000 projects across the country. think of it this way. nearly a century ago, frankly roosevelt's rural electrification act brought electricity to millions of people. fdr with the interstate sim, the largest in his torrie. that's what the biden infrastructure law does. before our kids and grandkids, only bigger. just last week we announced affordable high-speed internet to end a decade of unaffordable and inaccessible internet access to every home, every small business in america. to in one's surprise -- [ applause ] -- to no one's surprise, it's brought along converts. people strenuously opposed voting against it.

they were, this is going to bankrupt america. there's a guy named tuberville, a senator from alabama, who announced a strongly opposed legislation, now he's hailing the passage. here is what he csaid, quote -- it's great to see alabama receive critically important funds. we're replacing every single lead pipe in this country, and putting our children's health back directly. 400,000 schools, 10 million homes, fixing troubling bridges, upgrading our power grid, ren nating our air force and airports. last week, we were up on i-95, back where i live, you go up the east coast, one of the most important links for the entire

east coast. guess what? less than -- a guy driving a truck, anyway, knocked down a whole bridge, and blocked four lanes of the highway. i went up there, and i said this is the number one project to get done. within one week of my being there, two weeks of happening, tanker trucks that crashed and caused this overpass that has 150,000 vehicles traveling on it every day, and 14,000 trucks, it's critical to our economy. we did it with union work respect, we closed all the loopholes, we used all american products. all american materials. we used federal infrastructure projects, made in america. made in america. not a slogan. it's actually happening. you know, when roosevelt passed legislation in the '30s about unions being able to be engaged,

you think you just legalize unions, there was a little provision there that very few pay attention to. it said, buy american. that merge if a president was given money by a congress to build, say, a new deck on an aircraft carer, whatever it was, he was suppose to do use 100% american labor, and 1 her percent american products. it hardly happened. i changed all that. we're making targeted investments to promote domestic production of semiconductors, batteries for electric cars, clean energy. under the trickle-down economic theory -- we said to see a whole lot of major corporations saying, are you more or less likely to invest if the government invests? overwhelmingly they said, no,

we're more likely to invest in government. industries that we invented started to move overseas. i want to remind you, america invented these chips. small computer chips the size of the tip of your finger. the effect of manipulates is all -- without that computer chip, we have a real problem, but over time, we went from producing 40% down to 10% of producing those chips. not anymore. bidenomics means the energy infrastructure will grow right here at home. i mean in. not a joke. under bidenomics we already had over $490 billion in private investment commitments.

$490 billion. from u.s. companies and companies around the world coming to the united states of america. we're working with global partners. amer americans' investing in clean energy will lower emission. you're talking about the wind farms, you know, it's already cheaper. wind and solar are already significantly cheaper than coal and oil. you will not see anybody build a new coal-fired plant in america, not just because i would pass a law to say that, it's too expensive. it doesn't work anymore. solar power is not just here, but around the world. we used to be the center of building these solar panels. we're coming back and doing it again. america will lead again. [ applause ] look, it's a win for the united states and a win for the world that builds on my decision to

rejoin the paris climate agreement on the first day i came into office. my predecessor talked about increasing manufacture, remember infrastructure week? it became infrastructure weak, weak, weak, it never happened. we got infrastructure in a decade done right off the back. in the reality, construction of manufacturing facilities are growing 2% on my predecessor's watch. in four years, 2%. in my watch it's nearly grown 100% in two years. 100%. i'm not being solicitous, but look, west virginia, where a steel mill closed at the beginning of this century. it employed thousands of good paying jobs that were lost.

today, with the help of the inflation reduction act, a new plant is being built, building iron air batteries which will help store energy, on the same exact site, bringing back 750 good paying jobs, bringing back a sense of pride and hope for the future in the surrounding areas. i believe every american willing to work hard should be able to say where they grew up and stay where they grew up. th my dad was a well read guy, never got to go to college, and a hard-working gentleman. my dad used to say, remember, a job is a lot more about a paycheck. i give you my word, he would say a job is more than a paycheck,

joey. it's about your dignity, about pride, looking your kid in the eye and say, honey, it's going to be okay. it's dignity, how you're treated, being ability to make the lives and tell your kids it's going to be okay. the second big part of biden ohmics is the power of american workers. when i took office, unemployment was over 6%, with the american rescue plan, we provided direct relief. our economy came roaring back. it dips below 4% within an office of taking office. now it's been below 4% -- we've seen, with the help of jesse jackson's legacy and a lot of other people here, we've seen record low unemployment for

african americans and hispanic workers, with 12kb89s. the lowest unemployment rate in 70 years for american women, and you make much half the economy, and probably two thirds of the -- [ applause ] -- no, really, think about it. when i was try -- name me a time when you thought any democrat would get the endorsement, one a week, every single environment group out there. the afl ckr -- afl-cio, and whe sought with the ibew, starting when i ran last time, here's the deal, though. i will be the most pro-union president in history, but you've got to employ more women, attract more african americans

and attract more minorities. they have. [ app [ applause ] in every industry from -- anyway, i go to these sites where they're training dish by the way, the other thing i have told labor guys. you've got to brag more about what you do. you realize to get to be an elect electrician, you essentially have to go to four years of college, you go through an apprentice ship for four years, depending, you get paid a bit, but can't get your license until that happens. look, pay for low -- if you want employment means that they are more bargaining power to demand good pay, secure good jobs. and this is a thing -- job

satisfaction based on every poll is at a 36-year high. more people are satisfied with their jobs than in any time in 36 years. the shame of working-age americans in -- the share of them is the highest it's been in 20 years. remember what they were saying, biden policy isn't working, he's just paying people not to work. people on the sidelines. guess what? every single day in four years before i took office, you may remember, i took a lot of criticism in my presidency, and we were encouraging piano emto stay home, not work. they were wrong. the evidence is clear. americans are back to work. they want to come back. and we're going to continue this progress and make sure every american has training to participate. we have increased pell grants, made landmark investments in historic black colleges and

universities. and more investments in technical programs. because of this new economy, we don't need everyone to have a four-year degree. we're trying to make that easier, but you don't need it. how many think of you going back to high school, they had shop class, classes where people could learn. they don't have them anymore. my wife teaches pat a community college, full time still. she has an expression -- any country that out-educates us will outcompete us. i'm term to keep on fighting for free pre-k and free community college. [ applause ] we're also fighting to make

child care more affordable. we know one benefits it opens pup significant opportunities for parents to go back and join the workforce. we're also making it easier to power workers to by make it easier to join a union. i it will business leaders all the time, it takes four to five year in that apprenticeship. they'll do the right job on time. long-term costs for businesses is less. you know, by support ing that's the lone the support is higher than it's been in 60 years. 60 years. by the way, i met with a business roundtable. they said, why am i so pro-union? i said, because it helps you. the total cost of a major

project goes down when you have the best workers in the world doing it. not a joke. it's true. you don't have to worry about whether that socket is going to work. young people are organizing new companies and industries. i've indicated to labor leaders, they must exact their ranks, more women, more minorities, that's what we've got to do. the third part of bidenomics is promoting competition. when companies have to compete on a level playing field, they have to work harder to attract customers. under the trickle-down theory, three wards of u.s. industries grew more consecrated -- excuse me -- i think i didn't go to mass --

[ laughter ] they were moving to diminish competition. well, that may have made things easier for corporations, but it got harder for small businesses to compete. it made our supply chains more vulnerable. so, folks, that's been the republican plan so for, good for big business, not for anyone else. when i came to office with a very different plan, i limited the power pet expense of consumers. the cops are back on the beat enforcing antitrust laws. my administration is working to crack down on what we used to call non-compete agreements. these prevent millions of walker from walking across the street

to another company and get higher wages. it's one thing when you're dealing with top secrets, or it's another when you're flipping a hamburger and can't walk across the street for better pay. -- includes a brand-new program that's already helping to deliver billions of growth capital, small businesses in every state. we've seen a report 10.5 million applications, folks looking to start a small business. just in the last two years, 10.5. every one of those applications is an application of hope. hope. competition also means lowering cost foss consumers, bringing

down inflation remains one of my top priorities. it's less than half of what it was a year ago, inflation caused by russia and the war in ukraine and by what was going on. we knew we had to do more. there's more than one way to bring down costs. another expression of my dad, for real, he would say, joey, at the end of the month, the question is, after you pay all your bills, do you have just a bit left for breathing room? all your bills pay, do you have anything left? well, inflation eats into that, obviously, but guess what? bringing down the cost of medication goes a long way to giving you a little more. that's would you, through the inflation redrug act, we finally gave medicare tauthorization fo

negotiating drugs. we finally bea big pharma for the first time. you know, same drug made by the same american company sold in chicago is more expensive than that same drug sold in toronto, great britain, france, germany, any city you can name, for real. now seniors on medicare are paying as much as -- who were paying $400 a months last year for insulin are now paying $35 a month. you know how much it cost to say make that insulin? $10, to package it maybe $12. the guy who invented it didn't ask for a patent, because he

wanted everyone to have access. it lowers the cost and lowers the federal deficit as well. we're expanding healthcare coverage for more americans or barack's affordable care act. you know how we're doing that? i'm proud to strengthen that act, saving average families $800 a year on their healthcare premiums. we're also finding junk fees. they can add up to hundreds of dollars a month for families. that extra fee, when you say i want my child to sit next to me when i take him to see grandpop on the west coast. hotel resort fees, you don't realize -- you're not told -- you know that ad in television, mine is $200, his is $180.

guess what? or overdraft fee foss banks. the banks made $7.7 billion a year on overdraft fees. you overdraft, you get a penalty. one of the leading bank presidents -- god love him, he's passed away -- but he had a yacht. the name of the yacht was "overdraft" i swear to god. guess what? there will be no mo overdraft fees. folks, we're doing all this reducing the deficit at the same time. just in my first two years in office, my team and i have reduced the deficit by $is.7 trillion, more than any president, just in two years .

it's going to take some time. we're in a place where some big pieces and we're moving in the direction where we can get some work done and people can see it. what i'm doing -- i knew i would have to have had this. all the those major legislations to be passed, people go, that's great, but it takes time to get it in the field, it takes time to see it. i'm not here to dollar victory, but i'm here to say we have a plan turning things around, but we have more work to do. does thin that the federal taxes are fair? no matter how much money you make. they got a $30 billion tax

credit. we're going to get billionaires to pay up a little. before the pandemic, there were 750 billionaires in america. now there's 1,000. you know how much average tax they pay? 8% taxes. no billionaire should pay lower tax rate than a schoolteacher, firefighter or a cop. [ applause ] i'm not talking about the old, old days of 0% tax. i'm talking about a fair shot. if they just paid the top tax rate that exists now, we would raise billions and billions of dollars, lowering the deficit, allowing us to pay for so much more we have left to do. that's the next phase of this fight, making the tax structure

fair, without raising taxes at all out middle class. i made a commitment when i got elected. no one in america making under $400,000 should ever have to pay a single penny more in federal taxes, as long as i'm president. i have kept that promise. $400,000 is a lot of money where i come from. let me close with this. when i came to office, i had a fundamental decision to make. we're going to continue trickle-down economics as a policy, but it's failed time and again. it grew in inequality. it saw jobs go overseas. towns were hole lowed out. i ran on the promise i was going to end this and i would build an economic from middle out and bottom up. we're not going to continue down this path as long as i'm president. this is the moment we're timely

going to make a break and move away from an economy that's exited, in a fundamentally difficult direction. here's the simple truth. it represented the best of american capitalism. it represented a moment where we walked away, and how many in this country -- from how this country was built, how this city was built. bidenomics is about the future. it's another way of saying restore the american dream. it worked before. we've always been best as investing in america, in americans. when we invest in our people, we strengthen the middle class, see the economy grow, and it benefits all americans. that's the american dream. 40 years of trickle-down limited that dream, except for those at the top.

too many for too long have suggested that it's only available if you have a four-year college degree. you can work at a tech center. these new factories opening up, the fabs opening for semiconductors, without a college degree you'll make $100 to $120,000 a year working in those fabs. well, i believe in every american willing to work hard should be able to get a job no matter where they are, in every part of this country, to raise their kids on a good paycheck and keep their roots where they grew up. i think the economic philosophy will not restore the american dream we have now, that philosophy, but this in one will, and i think it will help lessen the division in this country, by bringing us back together. it's hard to demagogue something when it's working, though they

do it all the time. i've long said -- i was on benton plateau with xi jinping, i've spoken with him more than any other state, because it started when i was vice president. we knew he was going to be successful. it was inappropriate for barack to spend time with him, but i spent time with him and metaloin with a simultaneous interpreter 68 hours. 68 times, more than 68 hours. by the way, i turned in all my notes. [ applause ] but he asked me, can you define america for me? i said, yes, in one word, and i meant it -- possibilities.

possibilities. we're a land of possibilities. it's never been a good bet to bet against america. i can honestly -- i can honestly say i've never been more optimistic about america's future, i swear to god. just remember who we are. we're the united states of america. there is nothing, nothing beyond our capacity if we work together. so god bless you all, and may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you, thank you. ♪ we have just been listening to president biden in chicago, delivering the first major economic speech from him of his 2024 election season. the president selling his economic vision to the country, bidenomics. he opened by blasting trickle-down economics, a champion by many republicans,

the president saying we are tired of waiting for the trickle down. saying that that vision of economics has failed america. the president then talking about bidenomics, which he says he did not name, but he argues he will take credit for it, because he says it is working. he touted enormous job growth, historically low unemployment. the president also talking about huge investments in infrastructure and efforts to boost domestic production of all sorts of good includes vitally microchips. he also talked about inflation, going down by half, he says, the last year. po peaked at 9% last year, it's hovered between 4% and 5%, the president saying we have more work to do. let's discuss this with engineer mid diamond, who is travtraveli with the president, and

christine romans. first to you, christine, he described a fundamentally different economy. >> he cast that sharp relief from what republican policies are to cut taxes for wealthy people and cut taxes for corporations. that's the difference that he's casting here. he's trying to tout and remind people all of the things this administration has done over the past couple years that are meant to relieve private pressures on american families. he points rightly to more than 13 million jobs have been created in his presidency, and that women, a record share of women are working in the worseforce right now. but, remember, boris, when you look at the polling, people still feel pretty negative about inflation. it has come down, but inflation

seems to be the issue that's coloring the view of so many americans and how they feel about the economy. >> jeremy, cnn did a poll in may that showed roughly 66% of americans disapprove of how he's handling the economy. over 75% feel the economy is in poor shape. it is likely going to be an uphill ballots on this issue going into the next election. >> reporter: yeah, no question about it. that is why you have the president now delivering this speech appeared why they're entering this more aggressive messaging push centered around bidenomics. the white house believes this is the moment for them to begin to take credit for what they see as signs that the economy is trending in the right direction. economists are pulling back their predictions of a pending recession. the white house increasingly believing they are headed for

the elusive soft landing. he made very clear he's not taking a victory lab, that there's still more work to do. he does believe he has a strong message. he believes if he can take credit for the positive direction of the economy, and what was interesting, boris, is that the president's speech today was just as much about what his economic vision is as what it is not. you've heard him repeatedly talking about trickledown economic policies, say he doesn't believe those are working. instead, he drew a straight line. he talked about fdr. he talked about eisenhower's investment in the highway division. basically the point that the president was making, trickle-down economics was an race, and america is strongest when it invests in the economy and when those public sector investments can spur private sector growth. that has been at the core of so much of the president's economic policies.

when you look at the way that he's put industrial policy at the center, bringing about what we're starting to see a real growth in the manufacturing sector. lastly, you know, the president essentially saying hi wants to bring the country back to investing in the country. he believes as americans start to see the benefits of the legislation he's passed, he believes the view of the economy will turn around. at least that's the white house's hope. >> christine, something that struck me, it's going to be a while before americans begin to go the investments in infrastructure. he talked about the challenge of changing perception. it will likely be after 12024 that americans feel that kind of investment, right? >> they'll probably start to see some projects. he rolled out the investment in high-speed internet. seven percent of americans don't have reliable access.

the chips act, a semiconductor investment, that will take time as well, but those are big investments that will make a big difference in domestic industrial policy here. but, again, it won't pay off immediately. one of the reasons i think the white house is out there with this biden ohmics, trying to remind people we have made big calls and taken some big once, and you will see that pay off eventually. thank you both so much. brianna? new details about what yevgeny wanted to accomplice. he reportedly wanted to capture two of putin's top military people. details are e straight ahead. m, dove is the #1 bar dermatologists use at home. so many people are overweight now

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trump's scheme to stayineal the election. one is joyingrudy giuliani, the is brad raffensperger, two year after trump urged him in a now taped infamous phone call. sara murray is here. first, with rudy giuliani, who was a very public voice, both of false claims, bud also seemed to be a pressure campaign to overturn the election, do we know if he an witness or a target himself. >> we certainly don't have reporting he's a target, but he was named in a number subpoenas that went out long ago. we know he got a subpoena months

and morchts ago about payments he got around 2020, and he played a role in overseeing the fake electoral process across 11 states. we know prosecutors had been asking about that. >> and we know some have been offered immunity for their testimony. let's talk about raffensperger. he's been very public about some of these attempts. >> it's interesting they're talk to go him so late in the game. he is such an obvious person. we knew so much about that phone call, almost in real time. this could be a sign that jack smith just wants to check the box, makes sure the team talks to everyone that could be relevant. we haven't much from the secretary of state's office. they basically had a statement that georgia's elections are

secured. >> and do we know how close the investigation is? >> it steels like it's in the late stages. it seems like jack smith wants to check the boxes with some of these people, get some interviews he's done. so we'll see. we will be watching. sara murray, thank you so much. the other focus of the probe centers on his alleged mishandling, and now trump is scrambling to defend himself after a key piece of the prosecution's case was made public. in the 2021 reporting, he discusses and physically holds, a classified document he kept after leaving the white house. elaine, it sounds like trump has a new excuse here. >> he's said a number of things

to defend himself. even before the audio, people had said he waved around a classified document with staffers around the room who does not have security clearances. his most recent response is, of course, he denies any wrongdoing, but at first he federally didn't even bring up the document in the first statement. he referenced different plans scattered on his desk, different copies of articles. let's listen to what he initially told us. >> my voice was fine. what did i say wrong? i didn't seen see the reporting. all i know is i did in fact, you could hear the russell of the paper. and nobody said i did anything wrong. other than the fake news, which of course is fox too. i had a whole desk full of lots of papers. and mostly newspaper articles, copies of magazines, copies of

different plans. >> so the thing here, brianna, that i found interesting was again he didn't mention or deny having a classified document as he did. in an interview with fox news just last week where he said there was never a classified document there. and also when he was talking about the plans that he had. we reached out to the trump campaign, like what plans are you referring to, because we know that prosecutors aren't only interested in him turning over the original documents that he may have had in his possession but also any copies of dmts. but his campaign told us they were political plans. donald trump later on his plane coming back from new hampshire told other reporters it was referring to building plans or plans for golf clubs. some variation in what they've been saying. and i think the other thing as well is he then later denied there was ever a classified document. he's kind of been all over the board here on his response here. >> there were people in the room, though, right? who prosecutors can speak to and at least try to get some answers from them.

>> that's true. and i think that's the part of this that is really so problematic and potentially damning. one, we know the prosecutors are reaching out to people, people like mark milley who was the subject of a lot of these conversations with regard to the document in question, and also i think just having the audio itself is really problematic for donald trump. and so i think that's something that they're really looking at specifically. and th and the other thing too is the different responses he's been giving it this is kind of a moving target for the jury and prosecutors as well as they try to nail down what exactly happened in that room. and that's why they're relying so heavily on who was in that room and who are the witnesses who are coming forward here. >> and they'll be relying on his credibility, someone who does change the story a lot. maybe they will determine that they just don't believe what he's saying, which could be key here. elena, thank you so much for that report. boris? >> right now more than 80 million americans are under air quality alerts because of

wildfire smoke continuing to push in from canada. the worst air quality centered over the great lakes where code purple, or very unhealthy readings are being reported. this is the view in pittsburgh, and you can see that haze is covering some of the city's famed hot spots, famed bridges as well. and live pictures from chicago. you can see the skyline absolutely smothered there in what appears to be even smoot on this camera. this was also the scene in st. paul, minnesota today. the sky hazy just about the entire day. we want to get to cnn meteorologist chad myers, who's been tracking all of this for us. chad, how long are you expecting this smoke to be out over the midwest? >> well, today will be the worst day. tomorrow gets a little bit better because we're going to have some thunderstorms and that upward motion and the mixing of the raindrops in the atmosphere will kind of wash at least some of the smoke away tomorrow. and then friday it really begins to go down. i don't think we'll get anybody

above 100 parts per million there. but right now it is a real mess. now, the white stuff you see here, this is all cloud cover. white on the east coast and in the middle part of the country. but it's this gray right through indiana where things have been canceled, sporting events canceled, all the way through detroit, into cleveland. and it is just a mess all the way from pittsburgh to the west. this is a live picture from earth cam of cleveland. here's what it looked like two days ago. here's what this camera should look like. you should see the lake. you should see downtown. but not right now. it doesn't look like that at all. so this is unhealthy for some people to be outside today. especially if you have to go outside and exert yourself. visibilities are down. chicago only 1 1/4 miles. so some even planes having to back up, spacing themselves out. this is the area here that we're expecting these air quality alerts for today and for tomorrow. and then down a little bit for friday. now, the fires are still going.

this is the problem. we're still adding this ash. we're still adding these p.m. 2.5, these small little particles that can get stuck in your lungs. they're still there because the fires are still going. and they're going up here in quebec and ontario. and there are still fires obviously going in british columbia and alberta and saskatchewan. but look at all the areas here in red that's unhealthy. and very unhealthy in the purple. these numbers you can see on purpleair.com, iqair.com, a number of places where you can actually see what number is near you. i actually have a little machine that i can put outside and see what it is every morning to know what it is. in atlanta today our number was 28. that's a pretty good number compared to some of these spots that are above 200 already this afternoon. things get a little mixed up in the achls. you start to see some of the mixing by 2:00, 3:00 as the air moves around, gets blown around. but still, this is tomorrow. and then obviously till friday. the colors are less. that's the good news. boris, getting better. >> getting better.

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