kennedy: 2024, it is here and i admit that it was a lovely feeling, turning the page, last year s garbage fire we can know yet if this year will be smoking hot, full get burned by every type of unimaginable madness again. emily there s a host of things to look forward to your lucky loop driving by the car crash politics and culture, the iowa caucuses were just over a week away endospore: pushers, they cannot wait for the circus of power-hungry hopefuls to leave them alone, for a few years pretty and vivek ramaswamy has kissimmee babies he can open up a whole pediatric clinic in nikki have you stopping by everybody and what she meant about the cause of the civil war. the south is actually very comfortable with history what he should ve sent them a immediately that the civil war was about slavery but i just assumed, that that was a given went on an incident, then it was also about the role of government and the of people economically and socially and otherwise. kenned
awards from rockefeller center. here is your host, al sharpton. good evening, and welcome to politicsnation s 14th annual revvie awards. it s where we celebrate the best and worst of politics in 2023, and give awards to those who deserve it. i m honored to have been bringing you some of the most significant and memorable moments this past year, and what a year in his been. with that, let s bring in our esteemed panel this year. jen psaki. i m so proud to have her with us, host of inside with jen psaki. right here, an msnbc. republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, susan del percio, who i would say is my favorite republican. [laughter] and ali velshi, host of velshi, also here on msnbc weekends. and he s wearing his i thought it was a clergy caller at first. [laughter] people were accessing for some blessings, so. let s get right to our first revvie. of 2023.est political headline i ll share a few of my own nominees to get us started. my first top news story,
editorial report. we hook ahead to 2024 and a new set of challenges and opportunities for the country. i m edward lawrence in this week for paul gigot, and we begin with the u.s. economy which defied expectations in 2023 as inflation fell and recession fierce faded. now the santa claus rally in the stock market giving us another record close this week for the dow jones industrial average and the federal reserve signal rate hikes are done and cuts could be in store for 2024. let s bring in jason trennert, he s the chairman and ceo of strategists and investment strategy firm. jason, let s start overall here, we get this. you know, overall we get some the contrarians won in 2023. so people were projecting the most predictive recession in history, and it didn t happen. so is the recession then off the table for 2024? edward, it probably is. i will say that the recession didn t happen in 2023 partly because we ran a budget deficit of close to 6% of gdp, $2 trillion at full em
us, now, tiktok absolutely denies that, chinese estate spokespeople have been saying they deny that as well. but it has raised broader questions about what china hopes to achieve with its media strategy around the world. how is it trying to create narratives that suit its goals? how is it, on occasions, trying to put this information into the information ecosystem? let s information ecosystem ? let s start information ecosystem? let s start by understanding these broad ambitions of president xi jinping and everyone else within the chinese state. i am joined by howard zhang, editor of bbc news chinese, but first, nguyen, how would you outline china s media strategy and its ambitions? ambitions? yes, thanks for havin: ambitions? yes, thanks for having me ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. there - ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. there has i ambitions? yes, thanks for. having me on. there has been ambitions? yes, thanks
people from the surrounding structures injured. a fire had been hampering rescue workers in their search for victims. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the media show. china and the information war. hello, welcome to this latest edition of the media show, and we will spend the programme talking about china s media strategy. i m sure you have seen tiktok has been in the news. its ceo was in front of us lawmakers taking lots of questions about whether tiktok, which is owned by a chinese company, potentially poses a security threat to the us. now, tiktok absolutely denies that. chinese state spokespeople have been saying they deny that as well. but it has raised broader questions about what china hopes to achieve with its media strategy around the world. how is it trying to create narratives that suit its goals? how is it, on occasions, trying to put disinformation into the information ecosystem? let s start by understanding these broad ambitions of president xijinping