the s&p 500 losing 17 #, the nasdaq fell 633. all of this was sparked by new numbers indicating inflation is not going anywhere but up. any time soon it appears. food prices, other essentials, skyrocketing in the latest cpi report. consumer colonel not far behind. and the president, who is boasting about having inflation under control is facing criticism tonight. we will talk with democratic senator joe manchin in just a moment but, first, white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. either the white house expected far better numbers or the person who planned this party had an unfortunate scheduling oversight. gathering democratic lawmakers on a sweltering south lawn on the same day a new inflation reading came in hotter than expected. while the stock market plummeted, james taylor played a song about death on the white house south lawn you can sing this song when i m gone. the day
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Headquarters in new york. Breaking right now, were waiting for the first News Conference from the brand new Speaker Of The House, mike johnson. He won with a slim majority from the republicans but they were lined up this time around, which we have not seen in the prior three rounds. This happened three weeks after they ousted former speaker, Kevin Mccarthy. This is a beautiful country. Its the beauty of america that allows a firefighters kid like me to come here and serve in this Sacred Chamber where great men and women have served before all of us and strive together to build and preserve what lincoln referred to as the last best hope on earth. Martha well hear from mr. Johnson about what he plans to do as he takes on this very big role in the United States government. Also, on the other front, a very big afternoon as President Biden spoke today, he spoke quite briefly actually, in a News Conference that everybody was waiting all day for about what we now know have been attacks on u.
Speaker all the way back to boehner. Is that about him or the exhaustion . Thats something well learn about tonight, but the Nomination Speech Backing him and the way the democrats responded tore into the politics that hangs all over there. The federal government has been illegally weaponized again we the people. House republicans have put their names behind someone called the most important architect of the Electoral College objections. Mike johnson has received 220 votes. I want to thank Leader Jeffries. I do look forward to working with you on behalf of the american people. Thats some of how it played out today. If youre looking at your screen going, who is mike johnson . Well, youre probably like a lot of americans. Thats not a criticism of him. It might have been an attribute, but he is little known. He is a more Junior Member than you usually see take on such a big position in government, and certainly in house leadership, where people like scalise were trying to come up through
Good day to our viewers in the United States and around the world, im kasie hunt. Its monday, october 23rd, 5 00 a. M. On the east coast. New in gaza, where israels military said they struck in air strikes overnight. Killing at least 25 people. Hamas said their fighters also clashed with israeli troops inside gaza. A senior israeli official tells cnn there will be no ceasefire. Idf troops are amassing at the border, but israels Ground Incursion hasnt begun. While the u. S. And qatar hope to free more than 200 hostages held by hamas. 4600 have died and the humanitarian crisis is worsening by the day. Meantime, israel has agreed to the u. S. Request to demand humanitarian aid into gaza. When i hear the stories when i see the pictures, of Young Children who have lost their lives in this conflict that hamas is making, whoever they are, wherever they are, whether theyre palestinians, whether theyre israelis. Whether theyre jews or muslims, it hits me, thats why its so important to do Everyt