this is gps global public square. i m fareed zacaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, united states versus iron. american soldiers killed in jordan. u.s. ships attacking the red sea. missiles and drones launched at american bases. and iran s proxies claim responsibility for it all. america has begun to respond. how can an all-out war be avoided? i ll ask an expert panel. then, american aid to ukraine and israel the being held up until the troubles at america s border with mexico are fixed. david crumb will explain why he calls this the gop s great betrayal. and we ll tell you about the most interesting world leader to break on to the scene in quite a while. first, here s my take. it s perhaps fitting that the line that best describes the u.s. foreign policy of the middle east comes from the godfather. in the third movie, the aging michael corleone is trying to distance himself and a crisis flares up. just when i thought i was out, they pull me
months of this year. these are the first set of quarterly gdp figures since the end of the country s strict covid poilcy in december. this boosted retail sales, which were up over 10% on this time last year. also a huge expansion in travel, with some 45 million air passengers taking trips last month. all of this has helped spark positivity from investors, with groups like citi upgrading their china growth forecast to 6.1% that s well over china s own targets. joining me now is rory green, chief china economist at consultants ts lombard. these numbers look strong. is it a short term bounce or was it more sustainable. it short-term bounce or was it more sustainable- sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable for sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable for the sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable for the remainder i sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable for the remainder of 2024. what sust
the friday before juneteenth, clocked in as the most popular air travel day of 2022. and all of this as inflation hits a 40-year high. let s start with the travel troubles facing so many americans right now. in los angeles international airport, already today more than 770 flights cancelled. and still, there might be more this holiday weekend. why? yeah. it s because a lot of people are flying first of all. tsa saying they screened about 2.5 million people on friday. that s the highest number they ve seen since the sunday after thanksgiving. and then the problem is that the airlines just can t keep up. of course, part of the reason why so many are flying this weekend is because it s a lock summer weekend. a lot of people have off monday for juneteenth, and of course, it also coincides with father s day. and then these airlines just not keeping up for a number of reasons. one, being weather problems. delays and cancellations. there s also staff shortages and infrastructure c
Territories are oil producers, but because the middle east is such a huge oil producer as a region, about a third of the worlds oil comes from this region it is what people call the wall risk premium. You have all these interconnected players, pieces of the puzzle, the question is now whether israels response of these attacks can be limited, how long will it last, is going to dragon diplomatically other regional players, so that is really what is contributing to the volatility. A lot of talk about iran, that critical to a chokepoint. Reports of uranian involvement in these attacks. Iranian. It should be pointed out Antony Blinken has said there is no evidence to suggest any iranian involvement so far but it plays into this atmosphere of uncertainty and basically not really knowing what happens next. And that really is reflected in things like the price of oil. find really is reflected in things like the price of oil. And very briefl , like the price of oil. And very briefly, were like
Antiisrael protesters now disrupting college graduations. Hear from from a graduate who says enough is enough. Rachel plus, iowa officials declaring they will not back with down as the Biden Administration threatens to sue over the states plan to arrest and deport illegal immigrants. Oh, and also the states Attorney General is going to be joining us live. Pete can and a Good Samaritan dropping off what they thought were a box with of kit. Ens at an animal shelter, but the not so cuddly creatures, what they turned out to be instead. Hmm. The second hour of fox Friends Weekend starts right now. Hunting, fishing, loving ever day. Thats the prayer that a country boy prays. Thank god he made me this way pete okay. Its called the Great American skyline game, and were plague it right now. Will a stadium. Pete okay, weve got water will yeah, weve got water. Pete weve got sunrising will east coast. Pete no, the suns already up on the east coast. Rachel is this the a live shot . This is a live s