correspondence sent this report. the december note on the us central banks asked meeting showed policymakers are feeling better about inflation. they agreed with investors that interest rates are at or near the peak of the cycle. they also agree it will come down this year. they offered no clues as to how or when that will happen. to remind viewers come at the federal reserve started raising rates in march 2022 to tame inflation. it is so 11 times, taking the benchmark rate to 5.5%. inflation by the time of the last meeting had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. meanwhile, new data out on wednesday showed the number of job openings in the united states fell to 8.79 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour but is still well above pre covid levels. that is consistent with the fed s goal. to slow the economy without triggering a nasty recession. the feds first ratesetting meeting this year starting january 30. that disappointment is reflected in how us stoc
second, martha but you are live at perry, iowa news officials holding a news conference giving details on the school shooting earlier today. an opportunity a few moments ago to speak to the officers involved. in a situation like this as we all know, every minute counts. and they are heroic actions, we can say save lives. the response was tremendous. and we are extremely grateful. the full resources of the state government will be available to assist in the response, and of course, the community s recovery from this tragic event. the mental health region has social workers embedded in the school district, and we will provide counseling services for the students, families, and the staff. as you all know, this is an ongoing investigation so loan enforcement will brief you only on what they can at this time, and they will provide additional information as it becomes available and with that come i would like to turn it over to the cheap. thank you, the perry police department.
hello and thank you forjoining us. we start in israel, where nationalists attack journalists covering a march through palestinian neighbourhoods in an occupied eastjerusalem. stones, sticks and bottles were thrown at palestinian and international reporters. some palestinians were also seen being attacked along the route and marches chanted, recent slogans to people have said to been injured. the controversial far right national security minister joined the controversial far right national security ministerjoined the parade claiming jerusalem is ours forever. let s show you life it pictures of the flag parade which is part of jerusalem day marking the capture of eastjerusalem in the 1957 war. these are some pictures that we have been following and looking at. thousands of nationalists gathering there. forthat thousands of nationalists gathering there. for that parade we have also been reporting, over 2000 police were deployed for this with those rising tensions. this parade ha
summit. this was present buys then the meeting the japanese president. on top of their agenda, they will be keeping an eye on negotiations back home on the government debt ceiling, with the possibility of a catastrophic default at the white house fails to reach an agreement with the republicans. biden started by expressing his pride thatjapan and the us have stood together in holding russia accountable in the face of a complex security environment. it face of a complex security environment. face of a complex security environment. , , ., ., environment. it seems to me we are dee enin: environment. it seems to me we are deepening our environment. it seems to me we are deepening our corporation environment. it seems to me we are deepening our corporation on - environment. it seems to me we are i deepening our corporation on merging technology, including partnerships between united states and japanese companies and universities as well. in areas like quantum computing and sem
a default could have on us and global economies. so how did washington get here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so, what exactly is happening here? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. well, the us government spend more money that it brings in. so it needs to borrow money to pay its bills. it can only borrow a certain amount of money. and if it needs to borrow more, congress has to prove that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but us presidentjoe biden says, no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white