scott cohn is live in cnbc's top state for business for 2022. an't know what it is yet, scott >> that's right, kelly every governor wishes that their state could be the top state for business there we go. so we'll have another hint about where we are, which state is the top state for business and also, we'll talk about the category in our study that i get asked about the most that's coming up on "the chge exan." finding the perfect developer isn't easy. but, at upwork, we found her. she's in prague between the ideal cup of coffee and a truly impressive synthesizer collection. and you can find her right now (lepsi?) on upwork.com (lepsi.) when the world is your workforce, finding the perfect project manager, designer, developer, or whomever you may need... tends to fall right into place. find top-rated talent who can start today on upwork.com >>> welcome back to "the exchange." cnbc is set to unveil our top state for business tomorrow. scott cohn is already live in the mystery state to explain the process and what's new this year scott, any clues

. >>> north carolina is celebrating being name the top state for business in our rankings scott cohn >> reporter: hello, kelly, from wrightsville beach as you said, we named north carolina america's top state for business some states do really, really well there are other stays you might say they need to be rescued. the bottom state for big coming up next on "the exchange." rse ms a moment this pure demands a lotion this pure. gold bond pure moisture lotion 24-hour hydration no parabens, dyes, or fragrances gold bond champion your skin it takes a village to support society and businesses have a responsibility to support that village. ♪ ♪ i am peter akwaboah, chief operating officer for technology, operations and firm resilience. when you think about diversity, the employee network group is fundamental to any organization to provide a community and a belonging environment for the employees. they provide an avenue to support employees and ultimately it leads to retention of the best and brightest. the employee network represents the community at large, and it provides a good feedback l

that's where scott cohn has a special guest. scott?michigan of course the auto capital, where the u.s. auto industry and world auto industry started. governor whitmer is trying to keep it that way, but you suffered a blow last year when ford announced it was spending $11.5 billion in of all places kentucky and tennessee what did that mean to the state of michigan? >> listen, no state expects to have 100% investment from any particular company, especially the way that mobility changed, but ford subsequently announced $2 billion investment here, incredible work at michigan central station in downtown detroit with google, the future of mobility is very much happening in the state of michigan we hustle, work harder than anybody, have incredible unique story to tell. >> and you also put into place some generous incentives, that was something necessary. was it something where the state was behind the curve, had to catch up or tell me about that and why that's so important. >> i think the historic knock on michigan is that we didn't have the

cnbc's scott cohn live in lansing. hi, scott. >> hi, shep.s produced vehicle, the first mass-produced car, the oldsmobile in lansing, michigan. henry ford followed soon after in detroit and also lansing, michigan and it is not bound by tradition. for as long as there's been an auto industry, michigan has been its epicenter, but now cars are going electric and some big players are going elsewhere. rivian, the big start-up backed by amazon spending $5.5 billion to build electric trucks in georgia. hyundai is going there, too. another start-up, vin fast setting up shop in north carolina the biggest blow, michigan's own ford motor company spending $11.5 billion to manufacture electric vehicles and about batteries in tennessee and kentuckyntucky for governor gretchen whitmer, that was too far >> no one wants to see that. that was kind of a shock >> the other states doled ou executives and to the industry it created, its ev business in the state and ford will get subsidies to build its electric pickup here. >> it's my job to make sure that we've go

that's pushing states to fight like never before to attract and cultivate top talent cnbc's scott cohnn the mystery top state that he'll reveal tomorrow. hi, scott. >> reporter: hi, shep. you know, we've been doing this study since 2007 in the last few years, we've been talking more and more about something called the skills gap. it's basically companies trying to find talent well, lately that gap has gotten a whole lot wider and deeper with his pick of engineering jobs to choose from, heavily recruited ohio state graduate robert yango took a job in texas. >> because i've been in ohio my entire life i decided that i wanted to explore and see other things. >> reporter: but now it's not just the engineers getting snapped up these community college graduates in south carolina all had guaranteed jobs with automaker bmw before they started school >> the industry itself is growing so fast that there's not enough of us to fill the industry. >> reporter: bmw has been partnering with community colleges here for a decade. >> because of that -- >> reporter: now they have added a program in high s

on what drove this new law and the backlash it's facing, here's cnbc's scott cohn. >> reporter: speaking at the site of a mass shooting with a ghost gun that left six people dead in 2013, gavin newsom said he was applying some texas logic to the problem of gun violence. >> get these guns off the street by allowing 40 million of you to be enforcers by allowing 40 million californians to enforce the law of the state of california. >> reporter: californians can now sue gun law violators for $10,000 plus court costs for every instance, just like texans can sue over abortions in the controversial ban upheld so far by the supreme court >> the supreme court opened the door the supreme court said this was okay. >> reporter: newsom even took out print ads in texas, crossing out greg abbott's words on the abortion law replaced by newsom's on guns gun rights advocates says it's all politics. >> it feels like the governor -- >> reporter: the aclu says just like the texas abortion law, the gun law is an assault on the constitution, unsound and invalid and undermines due process of law indeed if the s

would help ease some of those issues but now intel's ceo says the plans are all on pause cnbc's scott cohnin new albany, ohio, where the company was supposed to break ground next month scott, what's the holdup >> reporter: the holdup is congress and something called the chips act, which was a piece of legislation that's supposed to address some of those shortages. it is stalled there, and so that is why things are on hold here the vision here in new albany, east of columbus, was for a giant manufacturing complex. intel and all kinds of suppliers springing up around it well, we're going to have to keep imagining that for at least a while and maybe a lot longer ohio gov mike dewine speaking with us exclusively has big plans for intel. >> i truly believe that this is the midwest time i believe it's ohio's time. >> reporter: so does the president of the ohio state university just 20 miles from intel's site. >> it's something that we've recognized we're creating a network, a midwest research semiconductor network. >> reporter: intel calls it silicon heartland, transforming what used to be the r

and good to hear the good news on the surplus as well scott cohn >>> another hot inflation report up next the deputy treasury secretary of the u.s., wally adeyemo, on what else the white house can do to fight the soaring consumer prices. >>> some breaking news out of washington let's get to kayla tausche >>> the biden administration has ruled out for now waiving the jones act to allow more ships to transport refined products up the east coast according to my sources. it comes as the administration weighs policy actions to lower gas prices and increase domestic supply executives requested that waiver last month during a meeting at the department of energy, but according to attendees when pressed by the white house they acknowledged the change would only shave off at most 8 cents per gallon in gas prices at the pump and may not result in rerouting of shipments from central and south america. for that reason the white house remains open to possibly curbing exports of refined products according to two people familiar with the matter especially if domestic supply becomes challenged going

scott cohn is live to tell us why that is a game changer this year >> reporter: for years we've talkedbout what they call the skills gap, companies trying to find talent and how states that can help companies bridge that gap have an advantage in our study. well, for 2022 that gap has gotten wider and deeper. >> with his pick of engineering jobs to choose from, heavily recruited ohio state graduate robert yango took a job in texas. >> because i've been in ohio my entire life, i decided that i wanted to explore and see other things >> reporter: but now it's not just the engineers getting snapped up >> bmw's 2022. >> reporter: these community college graduates in south carolina all have guaranteed jobs with automaker bmw before they started school. >> the industry itself is growing so fast that there's not infras enough of us to fill the industry. >> reporter: bmw has been partnering with community colleges here for a decade now they've added a program in high school building a worker pipeline. >> we continually need more of these people skand the industry needs more throughout the world.

much i want to bring in scott cohn now, who is in santa clara california. cott, you are at a mall speaking with shoppers. their dollar is not stretching as far. how is this mixed economic data impacting what they are able to spend, and their moods? >> lindsey, this is we should be clear, not at all scientific. we are at one mall, and we are talking to people who have come out to shop. so by definition, they are not pulling back as much as some people. but, it is important to note, there are people out there shopping. it is actually pretty busy here. that said, those that we are talking to say that yeah, they are here, but right now it is definitely different. >> it has made me realize that i have to really limit on what i shop every weekend. so, yeah. there is a big difference from what it was two years ago and when i've been doing now. there's a lot more online shopping than i do these days. like the amazon, and other websites. but definitely i have restricted myself from shopping a lot. in then when i used to be. doing >> here is something a little bit mor

okay, scott, cohn thank you so much. from san francisco. let's say donald trump soon announced as he is running again. with that really served some kind of shield against being indicted? with the attorney general might consider, coming up. the attorney general migh consider, coming up. red by progressive, so it was a happy ending... for almost everyone. godaddy lets you sell from your online store or in person and manage it all from one spot. trusted by over 20 million customers worldwide, godaddy has the tools to sell anything anywhere. start for free at godaddy.com/sell >> here's a look at today's other top stories for. you former nascar driver bobby east is dead after police say he was stabbed at a southern california gas station. the 37 year old three time racing club national champion died in the hospital. officers then shot and killed the suspect in east's murder while trying to arrest him. it is not clear whether east knew that suspect. wildfires are raging across southwest europe, caused by a heat wave that is caused thousands of de

. >> scott cohn live on-site tonight. thank you. >>> a major victory for ukraine. russia's defense ministry reports its troops are retreating from a key strategic position in the black sea. it's called snake island you may remember it. it's a small piece of land 20 miles off the coast of odesa in southern ukraine ukrainian forces used new western weapons to drive russian troops out of there. it's a major setback for the kremlin, no doubt, because snake island is near key shipping lanes. this comes as 144 ukrainian soldiers are set free in a prisoner swap with russians. it happened yesterday according to ukraine's defense ministry. ukrainian officials say the majority of the freed soldiers have serious injuries, including burns, broken bones, and amputated limbs. officials say this is the largest prisoner swap between the two countries since russia invaded ukraine. >>> an old arrest warrant discovered in the case of emmett till's murder in mississippi the target, the woman in evidence suggests was at the center of the entire incident. so where is she now, and will s

but america's top state for business this year is north carolina cnbc's scott cohn is there now in wrightsville beach. what vaulted north carolina to the top of this year's list? >> you know, there's a number of things, shep and one of the things that we have noticed is since we started doing this back in 2007, is that very different paths that different states take to the very top in the case of north carolina, a little bit of bipartisanship goes a long way. in a divided country, the divisions in north carolina are deep but democrats and republicans keep managing to put them aside. and this year, a $4 billion investment promised by electric carmaker vinfast >> i'm proud to call north carolina my second home. >> but this state has growing pains. they're raising the cost of doing business health care resources like hospital beds and public health spending aren't keeping up and with no state-wide antidiscrimination protections, north carolina finishes in the bottom half for life health and inclusion. >> i issued executive orders to make sure that we are protecting our lgbtq plus community we do n

for business is back that big reveal of which state came in first coming up tomorrow first, our scott cohnwe rates the states scott, good morning. >> good morning, sara. they tell me this spot is the best spot in the top state for birdwatching let's see. hmm, i would tell what you i just saw, but then you would know what the top state is we can't let that go just yet. we've been doing this study since 2007 our formula we adopted back then is built for change, which is good, because so much is changing, but it also lets us hold the states to our consistent set of standards. here's how it works. we start by analyzing every state's economic development picture. the more they mention a particular selling point, the more weight it carries in our study. this year pretty much every state is touting its workforce, no great surprise. this year workforce carries the most weight. we look at how well educated the workforce is, and next, infrastructure, development sites, roads, bridges, power grid and sustainability. the cost of doing business, increasingly important because of inflation, the economy.

week area from cnbc's 15th america's top states for business ranks, this year's battleground, our scott cohnheart of the u.s. auto industry, at least for now scott? >> disit is where the auto industry really got its start when they started mass producing oldsmobiles here back at the turn of the century, but now this industry is going electric. this automotive state find itself with a lot of competition. rivian building a $5 billion context in georgia, hyundai with 5.5 billion, china's vinfast, and ford is spending in kentucky and tennessee. there will be plenty of ev production in michigan as well still, this automotive state finds itself playing catch-up. >> look, michigan has always had an outsize role in the mobility sector i think there are moments in which you have to raise the level of your game you have to make sure you are communicating in a way that the market understands, that you understand what are the concerns today. >> and part of raising the game here in michigan has a billion dollar incents ink package that would be offered to gm, as i said fort will be doing more what are th