the country has set a modest target for economic growth this year of around 5%, as it kicked off the annual session of its national people s congress, which is poised to implement the biggest government shake up in a decade. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed growth in china. official figures show the world s second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which was way below the government target of 5.5% and its slowest for decades. now, compared to many economies, a 5% growth target sounds very positive but as janet mui, head of market analysis at brewin dolphin, explained china is an exception. i think economists were pretty disappointed at this conservative growth forecast, as you mentioned. it is actually a high figure for the developed market, but china is still an emerging market that should be growing strongly. so this is slower than expected, because i think in the previous year the government has missed this gdp growth target and i don t think that they
we begin with our chief correspondent, jonathan hunt. good evening. good evening. the first u.s. president to be indicted on criminal charges. donald trump gathered together his supporters to air grievances. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. now, among the former president s target was alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney leading the charge to convict trump on hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels. the criminal is district attorney because he leaked massive amount of grand jury information. [applause] for which he should be prosecuted or at a minimum, he should resign. and the former president hit out of the judge in this case, too. i have a trump-hating judge and trump-hating wife and family whose daughter works for kamala harris and now receiving the biden/harris campaign. before he wrapped up, he criticized othe
sky for tracking china suspected surveillance balloon as its sales across the united states. the pentagon says another balloon is making its way across latin america. the latest reaction from the white house and why the military hasn t shot it down plus cooperate or face more charges the manhattan da s office reported ultimatum to jail trump organization cfo allen weisselberg can prosecutors flip the longtime exec against his former boss later, ron desantis this week making his priorities crystal clear his government working to make access to guns easier, while making access to some books harder. we ll dive into his latest controversial proposals all of that more, that is coming up. a good hopefully warm saturday morning to you, i m kati phang thanks for starting your weekend with us. right now there s a balloon that the united states military says it is for chinese surveillance and it s still in the air over the united states four days after it was first spotted. so just how
cast their ballots in this critical midterm election at stake. control of the u.s. house of representatives, control of the u.s. senate, plus control of governors mansions in state houses all across united states. the polls and political history point to a likely good night for republicans. since 1990, the president s party has lost seats in the house, sometimes in the dozens, when the president s approval rating falls below 50%. and biden s sure is below 50%. trying to ride that momentum, sources tell cnn that donald trump has been discussing with aides whether he should announce his 2024 presidential campaign tonight. it s all unknown as of now, but what is clear, we probably will not know the results in a number of the elections tomorrow night. it will likely take days to count all the ballots. so, what to watch out for in the meantime? beware of bad actors who will try to take advantage of these delays to spread false conspiracies about election fraud. let s take a momen
know. we do, indeed. pennsylvania candidate john fetterman suing in court to try to keep thousands of mail-in ballots from not being counted. he wants them counted. we ll explain why. the issue, they were not properly dated. an exclusive cnn interview. house speaker nancy pelosi sitting down for the first time after that attack on her husband paul pelosi in her san francisco home. weighing in whether or not it s going to affect her on political future. we ll get to to that. let s see. 6:00 a.m. polls other in connecticut, kentucky if you re there, living on sirius, have your phone out. new york here good to see you. opening in 30 minutes in ohio and north carolina. ohio, though, democrat tim ryan and trump-backed j.d. vance locked in a senate race. the president said it well. we got to get out there and run up the score on these guys, because we need to win and win big and take our country back. that s why these elections are so important. especially taking on such