jordan, before our service members were attacked we would respond. so iran and its militia groups knew we were going to respond. we also said we were going to do it at a time and place of our choosing. we planned the attack, executed the attack, we hit where we wanted to hit when we wanted to hit. of course, there will always be armchair quarterbacks, but we re confident in the steps we have taken so far and we re confident in the course we re on going forward. that s national security adviser jake sullivan responding to criticism of the retaliatory strikes for the drone attacks that killed u.s. troops in jordan. we ll go through that military action in the middle east and what could come next. plus, we ll bring you the details of the long-awaited bipartisan border deal, which is now getting pushback from members on both sides of the aisle. and also ahead, the latest nbc news polling on a biden/trump rematch. the new data is highlighting some of the president s real str
without crashing the economy. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. foran for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year the kit american economy grew faster than predicted, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. goes for the entire you re also exhilarated, even as the federal reserve was involved in the highest rates hike in recent years. the economic rates hike in recent years. the economic growth rates hike in recent years. the economic growth is rates hike in recent years. iie: economic growth is stronger rates hike in recent years. iig; economic growth is stronger than we had during the trump administration. thanks to the amer
of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023 much stronger than expected. that s raised hopes that the us federal reserve might have achieved a soft landing getting inflation under control by raising borrowing costs without crashing the economy. the strong economic numbers helped stoke an ongoing rally on us stock markets. both the dowjones industrial average and s&p 500 closed at new record highs on thursday. and traders weren t the only ones celebrating. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year, the american economy grew faster than expected, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth for th
before those strikes took place, the boss of maersk, one of the world s biggest shipping companies, spoke to the bbc to warn of significant disruption to global supply chains because of the houthi attacks. maersk, like other shipping operators, is re routing its vessels away from the red sea and suez canal. instead they are taking the long way round , from asia to europe, and around the cape of good hope. that s an extra 3500 nautical miles, or up to two week s sailing, adding as much as $1 million per ship, in fuel alone. maersk ceo vincent clark told the bbc that these extra costs are already being passed onto consumers. this assessment of the most important oddities of global trade and to rewrote all of this cargo now south of the cape of good hope is going to create significant disruptions to the global supply chain for the duration in which we have to do that and probably a few months more as we have to get back then into normal. you need to see a stronger mobilisatio
optimism is reflected in the stock markets as well. this is how the nikkei has started trading. it has been at 833 year high so we see a bit of profit taking. a 33%. the last quarter outperforming any major global indices as well. let s begin nobuko kobayashi joining us from kyoto. thank you forjoining us on the programme again. what did you make of this much stronger than expected gdp figures? yes. make of this much stronger than expected gdp figures? expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation by expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation by one - expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation by one point| beat expectation by one point which is quite phenomenal. if you peel down, break down the different, the surprise comes especially from the investment in private sector. the personal consumption was in line with expectations but particularly on the business side, it was a positive surprise. i on the business s