they play against michigan. see you in 2024. up next, cnn is going to take a special look back at 2023 with all the best, all the worst. it starts right now. 2023 was a year like no other in big news, politics, movies, music, culture, science, sports, and more. everyone seemed to be going all-in all the time. and now it s time to take a look at the whole crazy year with our guest laura bernard lopez, laura coates, john berman, charlotte wilder, coy wire, and max foster. we re playing for keeps. it s all the best, all the worst 2023. i m tom foreman. how did we get through the past 12 months? many of us hoped it would be easier than recent tumultuous years, and there were moments of accomplishment, community, and joy. but we were also challenged. divided over issues and often unable to agree even on what we want. and it was wildly apparent where we begin, with the biggest news stories of the year. we are the union the worst big news for many americans started in th
we re going to go live to tel- aviv. just incredible mesmerizing pictures out of iceland. a volcano erupting after weeks of earthquakes, lava and toxic gas shooting into the sky. we re following the major developing stories and many more. coming in right here to cnn news central. it s not just republican candidates hitting the trail today. president biden will soon be heading to a maryland campaign event as a central part of the reelection pitch takes shape, focusing on abortion rights. ever since the dobbs decisions polls show abortion clearly a winning issue for democrats. that is why biden s running meat, vice president kamala harris will be touring the country for what they dubed a reproductive tour. mj lee is live at the white house. mj, an aggressive strategy here. obviously they think when you look at what we ve seen it s going to work. what can you tell us about it? reporter: the biden white house and the campaign have both believed for some time that reproduc
shares ended up more than 50% after it confirmed it was exploring strategic options including a possible sale. but pac west isn t alone, and shares of other mid size and small banks are also taking hit. our north america business correspondent has more on what is driving this. us regional bank stocks suffered more sizeable losses on thursday despite assurances from the head of america s central bank, saying that the us financial system remains sound. leading the way was pac west, which saw its share price halved yet again, which means since the start of the week, its stock is now worth about a quarter of its value. also trailing we saw first horizon and the western alliance. those stocks under pressure, and the value of those shares falling more than 30%. what is driving some of this is higher interest rates. that has meant that they have had to write down the value of some of their assets that are sensitive to rising interest rates, then you have the fact that there are slig
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knows, when someone is under investigation for fraud. republicans are demanding answers from joe biden on the weaponization of government. it s a damming new controversy after the irs showed up at the home of a twitter files journalist, the same day he was testifying on big tech censorship. seems like a pretty big deal that biden should want to address, but his administration has no explanation. what does bother you? it s certainly something that i would want to look into. i m not aware that irs agents do that except, as you said, in cases where there is an investigation. if you could respond to this. i m afraid i ll have to refer you to the irs. that s stonewalling, not sitting well with jim jordan. the chairman telling biden it s time to start talking. just give us the answer, and if it is chance, then just tell us but tell us what it is. i don t know how it takes so long to figure this out. we may look to subpoena the documents, any communications relativ