causing serious destruction. ukrainian government is now imposing energy restrictions, rolling blackouts across the country, after repeated strikes on critical energy infrastructure. in the meantime president biden responding to putin s declaration of martial law in these ukrainian territories saying it reveals his dwindling options in the war. i think vladimir putin finds himself in an incredibly difficult position. and what it reflects to me is it seems his only tool available to him is to brutalize individual citizens in ukraine. cnn got rare access to ukraine s military on the battlefield frontlines. matthew chance is live in moscow first, but i want to go to fred 34r50i9 plight ken who is in kramatorsk. tell us what you saw. reporter: and we ve been hearing so much about the long distance strikes that the russians have been carrying out on critical infrastructure and of course that school that they hit overnight there in zaporizhzhia. but there are still a lot of
president joe biden through an inflation reduction party yesterday. maybe they had summing more pleasant to do i jamming a hedge trimmer to your. don t judge he held on the white house lawn because he couldn t remember where the front door was. and then this way he wouldn t on the rugs. plus that long could always use a little extra fertilizer now he threw this party even as inflation hit 8.3% is staff want to cancel but he had already told joe it would be balloons, clowns and a pony. [laughs] it felt like throwing a surprise with a party for a corpse than once in a corpse droned on for 25 minutes. it s funny how most memorials you don t ever wonder when is this stiff going to shut up. and really is the economy something joe biden should be celebrate in? at like the washington generals throwing a parade after a season applying the harlem garb globetrotters. hooray we went 0-82. like alec baldwin giving himself in a in marksmanship. what did summing happen? it s like brian thr
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start on wall street where stock markets have suffered their worst first half of the year in more than five decades. as of the close on thursday, the s&p 500 index of top us firms has lost more than 20% between january and june, a sell off on a scale not seen since 1970 when president nixon was in the white house. for the tech dominated nasdaq, it s been even worse a near 30% fall for the first half is the worst in its history. from new york, samira hussain has more. the sell off of the stock market over the last six months has been brought. it is not just one sector bearing the brunt of losses, but a range of companies from disney to apple tokamak target. the latest economic data indicates actually the road ahead may be getting even bumpier. the federal reserve s regional bank in atlanta has been closely watched for the gross domestic product and gdp, which today signalled that the us economy will have shrun
thousands of americans support their voice for israel and amid the antisemitism plaguing the nation. welcome back. sandra: great to be with you. watching the live event in this hour, america reports now, historic rally starting moments ago as jewish community members, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, families of the hostages are set to address a massive crowd today. john: the event sparking concern for law enforcement as the department of homeland security has deemed the march a level 1 security threat. highest in ranking system amid a rising amount of threats against jewish americans in recent weeks. sandra: complete coverage now, speaking with one of the organizers of this event. julie platt will be joining us in moments what she wants to see out of this. john: first to the team of reporters, griff jenkins on the reaction he is hearing from rally goers and mark meredith with the latest from the national mall. who are we expecting to hear from this hour, mar