the union. mom and baby are doing great and both are gorgeous. our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, donald trump and nikki haley are making final appeals in new hampshire with the republican presidential race now a two-person showdown. and the first primary votes just hours away. we re following the candidates and the contest that could effectively decide the gop nomination. plus, a cnn exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris. she is speaking out about the biden campaign, throats democracy and whether she s personally worried about a repeat of violence on january 6th. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, the countdown to the high stakes new hampshire primary. the granite state now holding extraordinary power to speed or slow donald trump s march to the republican presidential nomination. cnn s jeff zeleny has more from salem, new
thanks, jesse. jesse: see ya. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. following two major stories president trump has filed appeal with the colorado supreme court with the decision to keep his name off the primary ballot. we will have that plus analysis with brit hume and shannon bream in just moments. but we begin with the crisis at the southern border. more than 50 house republicans are in eagle pass, texas tonight meeting with border officials. getting a first-hand look at the migrant crisis that is forcing the biden administration to go on the offense. the white house placing blame on the house g.o.p. saying members are obstructing progress, even as president biden faces mounting criticism from democrats. correspondent bill melugin starts us off tonight in eagle pass, texas again. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. today s congressional delegation was the largest one to ever visit the southern border. and these house republicans came here after decembe
let s ta ke let s take a look at how the stock market is doing. flat to high. trading at a 33 year home. the last quarter it outperformed any major global indices partly because investors are hopeful about japan s economy. nobuko kobayashi, from professional services firm, ey, explains. yes, it beat expectation by one point which is quite phenomenal. if you peel down, break down the difference, the positive surprise comes especially from the investment in private sector. the personal consumption, which was considered to be jumping up, was in line with expectation, but particularly on the business side, it was a positive surprise. i want to ask you about consumer spending because we have been talking about how japan has never really had inflation for many decades and now, having one, albeit much lower compared to other parts of the world, and yet wages have not been growing as much as expected, so why is consumer sentiment quite strong? consumer sentiment, i think, temporarily
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
ceiling or the country could default on its financial obligations. it is until the 1st ofjune to sign an agreement with the us could face an economic catastrophe. more from new york. injust over two weeks, in just over two weeks, the united states could run out of money to pay its debts. the consequences of breaching the debt limit would be catastrophic for the country. there is pressure on democrats and republicans to make a deal beforejune one. us president joe biden spoke about the debt ceiling before leaving for the g7 summit injapan. attributes cutting short to get back to washington to continue the talks. i washington to continue the talks. ., ., washington to continue the talks. . . talks. i made and i ll say it auain, talks. i made and i ll say it again, america talks. i made and i ll say it again, america is - talks. i made and i ll say it again, america is not - talks. i made and i ll say it again, america is not a - again, america is not a deadbeat nation. we