out with a bang as we prepare to ring in the new year in times square. the marketst posting big gains for 2023. the dow up 14%. the nasdaq surging more than 40% and the s&p 500 up more than 24%. but will it continue in 2024? our market experts will weigh-in. with stocks soaring despite high interest rates to bring down inflation, what impact will that have on the 2024 presidential race? we ll ask presidential candidate ron desantis. he s here. a busy your world starts right now. edward: welcome. i m edward lawrence in for neil cavuto. this is your world. first to madison alworth with a banner year for stocks. madison? the last trading day of 2023 has come to a close. the end of the year saw a strong rally. major indices were up business. s&p finishing up 24%. the dow joins up 13% and the nasdaq also seeing those big gains up over 43%. a huge success there. the nasdaq soaring thanks to artificial intelligence. that boom really had an impact on that sector. big tech sto
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attention and watch it because it s pretty important. hope is not a strategy. should get something done. this is true. i m gillian turner. we re on mccarthy watch. we ll bring you any news out of the speaker s office as it comes out at this hour. a presidential candidate is raising alarms, saying linkedin intentionally censored him. this was no accident. this was intentional viewpoint-based censorship. i fear it s just the beginning of what we ll see all over again this election cycle like we did in the last one. he s accusing microsoft-owned linkedin of shutting down his posts on climate and china. the company s response and mollie hemingway just head. passengers near pre-pandemic levels. as to has already screened over 2.6 million people, the highest number since 2019, pre-pandemic. spike and near misses on runways have hit the industry hard as it is trying to bounce back. president biden s transportation chief says things are getting better. listen. we re a l
live look at orlando, governor desantis is about to schedule to speak 9:30 eastern bring it to you live. bill: keep it in mind, suggests governor looking to make parental rights signature issue. jacqui: governor will make stops in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. educational debate looms large, we speak with kim reynolds. lucas is at the white house. reporter: hey, jacui heinrich. many people think he is not a strong leader, let s look at this new fox news poll, 33% think biden is a strong leader. nose dive from 49% that thought he was strong in october 2020. here is karl rove yesterday on your show. this guy is in real trouble. do we think people are going to see him as strong? he is in big trouble on that issue. another fox news shows honest and trustworthy. joe biden polls is a strong leader, 51% think donald trump strong leader on the question of corruption. joe biden 44%. donald trump 55%. on fundraising, desantis largest haul, 8.2 million dollars fi
new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who interviewed him face-t-to-face jusust yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs patients being turned away from their chemo treatments what s behind all of this and celine dion s major announcement why she s canceling her global tour. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight if you re sitting in front of the tv right now, you re one of the lucky ones, either because you already reached your destination, or you decided to stay home if the long lines at airports today are any sign, it seems that americans have collectively decided that this is the summer to get out and travel, and there s no better time to start