the politics of perception. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. if it were still the economy stupid, then joe biden s presidency would be in much better shape. something else is at play here. yes, inflation is souring americans, but by many measures, the economy is booming. the economy is clearly grow ing. the gross domestic product is up 5.2% in the third quarter, even faster than previousliest mated. if gdp is rising, the economy is considered to be in solid shape and the nation moving forward. the dow jones rallied this week to a new high for the year. wages had been losing ground to inflation for two years, but since may, wages have return to outpacing inflation. and unemployment is at an historic low. the u.s. unemployment rate has been below 4% for 21 straight months, the longest stretch since the late 1960s. how about gas prices? they have fallen or remain ed steady for ten weeks. you barely reed about that, but if they were headed in the other direction, it would
welcome to this special edition of hannity . i m judge jeanine pirro in for sean earlier, a vehicle exploded at the rainbow bridge border crossinploded ag connectg new york and canada, leaving two dead. our very and can own kevin corke has the latest. kevin evening, judge. that vehicle actually exploded on the rainbow bridge after hurtlingtually into america from canada this morning. if you haven t seen the pictures that are quit itit flew through the air at a high f rate of speed before bursting rg into flames right next to an immigration checkpointht nex. as you pointed out, judge, two people in the car died, at least one border patrol a official was injured. now, authoritiest quickly shutt down three other crossings connecting western new york and canadaot. and buffalo niagara international airport has been ffalo ni to international flights, according to the faa. t the fbi, we, we are told, is spearheading the investigatio ad, n into thise incident. and new york sta
election offices are targeted with suspicious letters. more than a dozen have been sent across the country. one confirmed to be laced with fentanyl. the latest on the federal investigation and whether officials believe these letters are connected just ahead. also, wherever you go, it seems that screen is flipped around, and you re faced with pressing math questions. has tipping gone too far? new polling ahead. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. israel s war on hamas intensifying on the streets of gaza. before we show you some new footage, we want to warn you some of these images are disturbing. this new video shows people trapped under rubble. buildings collapsed by israeli barrages on thursday, victims being pulled out of the rubble in a desperate search for survivors. today gunfire sent palestinian civilians near one hospital in northern gaza scrambling for safety. it comes amid reports that isr
since the beginning of the war, targeting the northwest of the gaza strip in particular. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq, and the west bank, and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital ankara for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he says all communications must be restored immediately. he has said discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to get aid to civilians into gaza. yogita limaye has our first report. the warming over the g has identified tonight. communication lines have been cut off which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did. digging through rubble looking for survivors. this was the crowded refugee camp. it is not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike that killed dozens here. israel says it s investigating. can anyone hear me? he shouts. i think there are people trapped here. his daughte
on an unannounced stop. he said us officials were working to secure a humanitarian pause in gaza, that would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in and getting hamas hostages out. following my conversations with the prime minister and with the israeli government, this is a process. israel s raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. we ve got to answer those questions. we re working on exactly that. in fact, we agreed that our teams would get together and they re doing just that, including today, to work through the specifics of the practicalities of of these pauses. second, it s important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has one of its citizens being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. now, it s important that as we re engaged in pursuing humanitarian pause, this can be something that advances the prospect of