starts right now. i m john roberts. next november we re going to win so big. i m not going to be somebody s circus monkey a pawn on a chess board. we re not playing that game. you join me in this fight, i promise you our best days are yet to come. you guys support me, elect me. you re going to be satisfied when i get to work because you re going to say you know what? he s doing what he said he was going to do. martha: here we go. i m martha maccallum. this is the story. the first 2024 presidential contest is four weeks from today. the polls show the former president way ahead in iowa and nationwide. take a look at these numbers when it comes to a head-to-head with the president, joe biden, former south carolina governor and former u.n. ambassador nikki haley is six points ahead of the current president in the brand new fox news polls and it shows former president trump would also win a 2020 rematch by four points. former white house press secretary ari fleischer a
threatens a french institution the baguette. we find out how many of the country s 35,000 bakeries will survive. good to have you with us. it s that time of year when the global elite gather in the swiss alpine ski resort of davos. the theme for the world economic forum is cooperation in a fragmented world, and top of the agenda will be the global economy which according to the world bank is perilously close to falling into recession . it expects the world economy to grow byjust 1.7% this year. what can the global leaders do who are gathered in davos? critics argue it s a talking shop that rarely leads to significant change in solving the worlds problems. brian coulton is chief economist at fitch ratings. brian, good morning to you. when we look at the official agenda for davos, the list is long. there is an awful lot to discuss, but when it comes to the state of the global economy, that will dominate, won t it? it economy, that will dominate, won t it? ~ , won t it? it
officials at the united state s central bank think inflation is going to remain uncomfortably high in america for some time. that s according to the minutes of the last fed meeting where monetary policy is set. the bbc s north america business correspondent samira hussain reports. if anyone thought most recent price hike which showed no inflation injuly was the new normal the federal reserve is here to tell you otherwise. the latest minute shows that the committee that sets monetary policy in the us was unanimous that prices are going to keep going up for months to come. that means everyone should expect more interest rate rises as well. the committee height interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point last month, another rate hike in september seems almost certain. the only question is by how much? the minutes show at least some on the committee thank that their efforts to tame inflation may be starting to have some effect. based on the market response that has
David welcome to journal editorial report, im david asman in for paul gigot. First of all, with israel it is 10 p. M. Where just moments ago Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to abillionish the evil abolish the evil of hamas and said the ongoing ground operation in gaza is the second stage of the war. Infantry and Armored Vehicles have moved in backed by massive strikes from the air and the sea including the bombing of hamas tunnels which is a key target in this campaign to crush the terror group once and for all following its brutal ea attack the on israel three weeks ago today. Lets go straight to southern israel where foxs Trey Yingst Is Standing by. Trey, its all yours. Reporter yeah, david, good afternoon. We are here along the israelgaza border. You can hear those thuds mt. Distance, both israeli artillery and tank units that are working at this hour hammering the northern part of the strip. Airstrikes targeted a number of different positions tonight, and we do know Isra
On capitol hill. Well have much more on that. Also ahead, the latest out of The Middle East. President biden is pushing for a ceasefire to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Well show you former president Donald Trumps outburst during his Civil Fraud Trial in new york. First, willie, lets go to the latest on the tragedy unfolding in maine. At least 15 people are dead this morning, up to 50 may be injured in the community of lewiston, located 30 miles north of portland, maine. Police s gunman entered two separate locations. First, a Bowling Alley, where he fatally shot seven people before moving on to a nearby bar. Some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. Officials fear many teenagers could be among those killed and injured as the Bowling Alley was hosting its youth night. Police have identified now a 40yearold male as a Person Of Interest in connection with these shootings. Hes still at large, considered Armed And D