nikki haley or ron desantis? then an issue affecting many of you watching right now, to bundle or not to bundle? what does the future of streaming look like? and take out your funny hats and glasses we re giving the yea or nay to the biggest new years tradition. the panel is here and raring to go. so sit back, relax and let s talk about it. up first, what is likely to be the story of 2024, the race for president. if you believe the polls, we re looking at a biden/trump rematch. in a world where people say and do pretty much anything and can still get elected, we re left asking, is a surprise still possible? the next few weeks may answer that. in politics, the new year means, after months of candidates talking, voters finally get their say. donald trump is still the clear leader, with nikki haley and ron desantis vying to become the main challenger. voting kicks off in iowa. on monday, january 15th, we re going to win the iowa caucuses. where trump is way ahead in rece
government default. leaders are set to restart in-person negotiations. she s a formeront lmg a prie mission to the international space station. peggy whitman s legacy is already out of this world. game changer. an ancient pastime helping to make new connections. they call it the great equalizer. this is the cbs weekend news. good evening. thank you for joining us. i m marjor garrett. we begin with president biden. the president held a meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. this as russia claims victory in the longest running battle in the war. today, zelenskyy denies bakhmut, deserted, is entirely in russian hands. i think no. but you have to understand there das hiroshima, japan. reporter: he was a last-minute surprise guest. he is not the head of a g7 country. of this g7 summit, president volodymyr zelenskyy. leaders sought him out for a chat and to reiterate their support. president biden announced a new multi-million dollar shipment
kennedy and the cuban missile crisis, i don t think there s anything as the ability of using a nuclear tact cal weapon and not end up with armageddon. this is stark language and comes as the u.s. considers how to respond to a range of potential scenarios. let s bring in white house correspondent jeremy diamond for more. reporter: u.s. officials say there s been no change in russia s nuclear posture. one senior u.s. official telling cnn that the u.s. didn t detect anything yesterday that would indicate an escalation in russia s nuclear posture, that s why it s striking to hear the language that president biden used last night talking about the prospect of armageddon should putin use nuclear weapons and making clear he doesn t believe the russian leader is bluffing. here s a snippet of the president s comments from the fund-raiser in new york last night, off camera. saying, quote, we have a guy i know fairly well within he s not joking when he talks about potential use of t
to disqualify him from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world in a few days time, the uk will have a new prime minister and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law. they each need the backing of at least 100 colleagues to do so. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister but opposition parties are calling for a general election. our deputy political editor vicki young has this report. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. once again, there is a vacancy at the top of government. li
incredibly important for policymakers and for washington. look, we ve got consumer confidence numbers tomorrow, i mean, they could be really rotten. we know that people feel terrible about where the economy is going, a lot of people feel like they are already in a recession already. terrible consumer confidence. we will get those numbers. on wednesday we have a federal reserve interest rate hike expected, we are expecting another 75 basis points. that s big. we saw that in june, 75 basis points that was the biggest move since 1994, we re expecting that again. why? because the fed is trying to tamp town on inflation. that s going to be incredibly important to watch. we will get the first reading on second quarter gdp that comes thursday and that s expected to be negative again and that would mean as you guys just said two quarters in a row of negative growth. that s a big slowdown from where we saw at the end of last year 6.9%. but gdp alone is not the only gauge of whether we