powering possibilities. ™ joe: i am joe mathieu with first word news. liz truss said she would tackle the energy crisis while still cutting taxes. she addressed the idea of a windfall tax on energy companies. pm truss: i believe it is the wrong thing to be putting companies off investing in the united kingdom. we need to be growing the economy. joe: she said the u.k. cannot tax its way to growth. the prime minister plans to lay out something tomorrow to help with the crisis so people are, "able to get through this winter." vladimir putin is blaming western nations for the shutdown of the nord stream pipeline. speaking at a forum today, the russian president said gas flows to europe could resume as soon as sanctions are lifted. president putin: nord stream 2 shut down and everyone is saying russia is using energy as weapons. more nonsense. we deliver as much as our partners need. we are do not deliver gas into the air. what happened? there are two lines in ukraine. ukraine shut one down on a made up pre-text. ukraine closed it, not us. joe: it is the fir

before that, joe mathieu was standing by. ♪ joe: the ukrainian counteroffensive is progressing in the north. less so in the southern region. officials and russian military bloggers are saying the push in the north has been surprising in its speed as russia ratchets of pressure on european energy markets. racing to show allies the work can be wo. -- won. -- getting the price of natural gas under control. calling for a mandatory reduction in demand so far. >> the reduction targets. this is a smart way forward. by reducing consumption in the most extensive hours. joe: not much details. the real fight starts next week when the ec president says out concrete measures for legislation. in the u.s., the national september 11 memorial museum will observe the 21st anniversary of 9/11 with a commemoration ceremony this weekend on sunday. it will honor the 2983 men, women and children killed in the attacks at the world trade center, the pentagon, a board flight 93 and those killed on the ferry 26, 1993 world trade center bombing. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, pow

bloomberg's joe mathieu. you can listen to joe every weekday on his program "sound on" at 5:00 p.m. eastern on bloomberg radio. let's keep this going. joining with more context is rebecca ray, serving as senior labor department reported. thank you for your time today. maybe we could dive deeper into the issues that have been holding things up as far as they stand right now. what can you tell us? rebecca: so, two of the unions that represent roughly half of the 125,000 workers involved are really saying what is on the table our quality-of-life issues. they are asking for specific sick days designated. separate from the time off already given. they also say some of the requirements, such as being on call, where they have to be within an hour of home or report within an hour and a half, is really affecting their quality of life on days they are not working. coming out of a pandemic i think their argument is -- designated time to have sick leave and get medical care but also because of these scheduling requirements that they are missing out on life events. they are not able to attend we

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before that, joe mathieu was standing by. ♪ joe: the ukrainian counteroffensive is progressing in the north. less so in the southern region. officials and russian military bloggers are

tom: we agree on something and we can move forward with joe mathieu. a missile just launched describing a folly known as the budget process in modern washington. it used to be there was an appropriations committee for fiscal year 2023. they have 12 or 21 bills. they have passed exactly zero. our budget system is broken. what has happened this week? joe: more kicking of the can. you're supposed to have the 12 appropriations bills. i can hear our friend rick davis screaming regular order as we have this conversation. this irks lawmakers that have been around. there are lawmakers that have never seen a budget in the traditional sense. lawmakers are coming back now and they need to craft a spending plan. the government runs out of money at the end of september. they will likely kick the can with a continuing resolution and bring us to mid-december. the question is what to they attached to that bill that is a big part of the conversation this morning? tom: i look at the process and it seems to be just worse training. is that all this is is the leaders doing

i am joe mathieu. queen smith the second is under medical supervision in scotland after doctors raised concerns about her health. buckingham palace said doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on tuesday when she formally asked liz truss to become prime minister. members of her family are rushing to her side. antony blinken has made an unannounced trip to ukraine, arriving today in kyiv, his third trip there. he stuck to the children's hospital and met with several patients -- stopped at a children's hospital and met with several patients seriously injured in strikes. steve bannon to date faces criminal charges that he defrauded contributors to a fund to build a wall on the u.s.-mexico border. prosecutors say he cheated donors caroline: it is official. queen elizabeth ii has died. she was born april 21, 1926 at -- we learned at 12:30 local time that she -- the doctors were concerned about her health. they were concerned she was going to remain under medical supervision in scotland. i

we turn to our washington correspondent joe mathieu. what are you hearing about ratification?