investment through the chips and science act, and now we have an enormous investment in the united states, well over $200 billion in long-term investment in semiconductors and we re rebuilding the economy of the united states with those semiconductors it s not designed to hurt china the only thing i did say, certain that we build useful for nuclear weapons systems, we are not selling, we are not exporting to china or anyone else that s the context in which this has all occurred in the meantime, we are creating thousands of jobs and bringing back a sense of pride and dignity to so many towns in the country where all of a sudden over the last three decades we found out that factories have had 600 people shut down the soul of the community was lost, and so i made sure when the semiconductors were coming back that they were not just going to go to the coast they would be all over the country. and so we have a significant field of dreams outside of ohio, in columbus, we re in texa
congress is back in session. but rather than being in washington, house speaker kevin mccarthy is taking his battle to wall street , the list of demands he now has for democrats as the high stakes fight heats up new reporting coming in from the mass shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama, at least four people killed 28. others, many of them teenagers injured. police are now saying about this investigation. moments from now the most powerful rocket ever built is expected to launch into space. the mission eventually take people to mars. these major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. we begin with the rocket launch and just about 20 minutes, the spacex starship is set to take off the rocket is nearly 400 ft . tall and has 33 engines and this launch will mark spacex s first attempt to launch the fully assembled starship vehicle . after years of testing. it s the first step in elon musk s vision to send humans back to the moon and mars. it s also somethin
investigation into former president trump has led to 34 felony charges. is the focus of house republicans. the house judiciary committee held a rare field hearing today in new york. g.o.p. members say alvin bragg s policies have contributed to the increasing violence in the city. democrats say today s event was all a political stunt. good evening, bryan. bret, good evening. republicans insist today s hearing was about how progressive district attorneys make america less safe. as for new york city crime victims well, they were just trying to be heard. there are hundreds and thousands of us. we don t give a damn about your politics. we don t care. victims of violent crime in new york city testified today against manhattan district attorney alvin bragg accusing bragg of pushing soft on crime policies that make the city less safe. bragg charged bodega owner jose alba with murder for killing a man in self-defense after he stabbed alba in his shop. the murder charge was later
testimony, let s get live to the white house correspondent kevin corke in the nation s capitol. reporter: rare partnership on capitol hill tonight as members of both parties were talking about progressive democrats, even conservative republicans. they re all demanding answers about how and why the government apparently is snooping on its own citizens without justification or legal authority. that after new revolutions disclosed today revelations disclosed today that your government has collected the communications information of millions of your fellow americans without legal justification including phone calls and text messages. many of which they claim were obtained, by mistake. i lose sleep over the 3.4 million warrantless searches of americans communications. while reports indicate the fbi conducted fewer queries in 2022, it still made roughly 559 searches per day. now the pfizer court found querrey information has already been legally required and is not consi
former columnist e. jean carroll returned to the stand today in a manhattan courtroom. now carroll faced cross-examination after telling her side of the story to the jury wednesday. one round. norah: crime in america, the atf shows us how cheap parts are making guns deadlier and the streets more dangerous. how often are you seeing these now? about 50% more than we saw last year. norah: 50% more? absolutely. norah: a new diabetes drug used to lose weight. but what about the side effects? people are raving about these. their friends are taking them. they are hearing about celebrities that are taking them. [chanting jerry ] legendary talk show host jerry springer has died. take care of yourself, and each other. norah: and james corden s final commute. the host of the late, late show and his last carpool karaoke. good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. we begin with some breaking news here in washington.