In the primary calendar that in previous cycles has given us a clear indication of which candidates will win their parties president ial nomination. But this year, there is far less suspense. Both parties have already steered us to who their nominees will be, as biden and trump cruised through the early voting states. The republican president ial candidate nikki haley is still in the race, for now, but the expectations are low. These are the states voting today. The us territory of american samoa, also staging a democratic caucus, tuesday is also the last day for democrats in iowa to mail in their primary ballots. Almost a third of the delegates will be up for grabs on Super Tuesday. On the republican side of the ledger, the winning candidate needs 1,215 delegates to capture the nomination. A clean sweep today would put donald trump within touching distance of the nomination. And if the polling is right, then the 2024 election will be the contest 70 of the country didnt want. Biden ver
Traders were also encouraged by new Inflation Data forjanuary that showed the smallest increase in goods and Services Prices for three years. That has added to bets that the Federal Reserve is on track to start cutting Interest Rates injune. Our north America Business correspondent Erin Delmore Reports from new york. All three of the major us Stock Indexes closed out february with a bang. The Tech Heavy Nasdaq Hit an all time high and it is the first time we have been able to say that since november 2021. Another new high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february since 2015. The Dowjones Industrial Average for its part was up as well. That makes february the fourth straight month in the green for wall street and the Leap Day Boost was helped by some new Inflation Data. Well, the market today is reacting to a favourable continuation of inflation coming down in a trend towards the Federal Reserve s target.
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Get together with some smart people could break down the big story today, were asking if the Migrant Crisis continues to grow ten President Bidens trip to the border help him flip the script on the issue. Many voters say, is their biggest concern that will Super Tuesday coming up and donald trump expected to win big again, can he afford to ignore the chunk of voters nikki haley is taking . And shes back. Monica lewinsky is new look and mission which has a lot of heads turning. The panel is here and ready to go. So sit back, relax, and lets talk about up first the number one issue for voters, not immigration. A problem that took center stage this week when both President Biden and donald trump headed to the southern border hoping to convince voters the Migrant Crisis is the other guys fault. Air force one, and trump force one, setting up a texas showdown. As the two president s faced off over who can fix the border, this is a joe biden invasion. This is a biden invasion over the past th