we start in china where earlier today we got to see more evidence of its economic difficulties. new home prices fell for the fifth straight month in november while property investment dropped 9.4% over the year so far. retail sales growth missed forecasts but on the plus side, industrial output, what those factories churn out, expanded in november at its fastest pace since the start of last year. the world bank is forecasting that china s economy will slow next year, with annual growth falling from 5.2% to 4.5%. duncan wrigley is chief china economist at pantheon macroeconomics. he told us more about the economic data we ve seen come out today from china. the general picture is pretty soft, soggy. one standout piece of data, actually, is the accelerated decline in existing home prices. now, property market, as i m sure everyone knows, is very weak in china. but part of the process is going to be clearing some of the excess overhang. there s a lot of investment properties boug
hello. i m celia hatton. welcome to the programme. the uk s first coronation in 70 years will take place today when king charles iii is crowned at westminster abbey in a ceremony that s expected to attract a global television audience of hundreds of millions of people. the service will reflect a millennium of tradition and be surrounded by a spectacular display of pomp and pageantry involving thousands of members of the military. live now to our correspondent, louisa pilbeam, westminster abbey is where the ceremony is due to take place. guess we ll be arriving there starting around 7:15am. guests will begin arriving. many of the overseas dignitaries, royals, members of the british royal family will be arriving at around 9:30am and we expect the king to arrive at 10:53am. that is crossed to buckingham palace. c buckingham palace at this early hour. now, the king will be leaving buckingham palace at 10:20am. the king has been sleeping there overnight. that is crossed now to
Sound of ripping throughout the nation. Theres going to be a lot of ripping. Carley that sounds like a problem for you. Todd i got home yesterday, instead of saying welcome home, honey, we missed you. My wife says you were too loud during the 8 00 hour. Im going to ratchet it down a little this hour. Merry christmas to you and yours. Griff Merry Christmas. Thank you for having us into your living room now. I have confirmation in my living room, which is in washington now, i was questionable if santa was going to come, he apparently came to the jenkins household. You can see here with lots carley lots of gifts. Griff i got so many gifts. Carley are those all for you . Griff i assume so. Who else would they be for . Carley you have two daughters. Griff i do. Madeleine and mckenzie, Merry Christmas to you guys. Todd i called santa a dirty name yesterday, he didnt deliver to my tree as nicely as yours. Griff theres one thing about the tree. If we can show it quickly, that carley pointed ou
democrats colluded with the fbi, cia, and big tech to censor us and hijack elections. the two journalists who broke the story testified in front of congress today. twitter, facebook, google and other companies developed a formal system for taking in moderation requests from every corner of government from the fbi, the dhs, even the cia is making lists of people whose opinions, beliefs, associations or sympathies are deemed misinformation, disinformation, or mall information. as someone who grew up a traditional aclu liberal, this mechanism for punishment and deprivation without due process is horrifying. the censorship industrial complex combines established methods of psychological manipulation some developed by the u.s. military during the global war on terror with highly sophisticated stools science artificial intelligence. federal government officials, agencies and contractors have gone from fighting isis recruiters and russian bots to censoring and deplatforming ordi
john: to say the least. the supreme court deciding whether president biden could ignore congress or go on one of the biggest spending sprees in u.s. history, wiping out student loan debt for millions of americans. and over on capitol hill, lawmakers are holding hearings on both the china threat and the border crisis. sandra: that s where we start a border bust netting enough fentanyl to kill 50 million people. and one mother who knows the drug s devastation all too well. we have a weather balloon from china going across our country. nobody died, and everybody is freaking out about it. but 100,000 die every year and nothing is being done, not enough is being done. you talk about children being taken away from their parents. my children were taken away from me. john: just some of what we heard during today s house hearing on the border crisis. mother who lost two of her sons to fentanyl poisoning not only grieving but also getting downright angry. sandra: and just now