team last night released a statement to cnn talking about the impact that this young girl had on her teammates. it reads in part quote. quote. leila was a caring young lady, an amazing athlete, a cherished teammate to so many young girls. sarah harless, carlos warner. thank you. for all those details. it s really really sad story. stay with us. we will actually speak with sheriff billy woods live next hour, john. so a huge ice column falls during a climbing expedition. the tragic and heroic story out of utah. what happened to the climber who saved another climbers life as the ice came tumbling down? and we re just moments away from the opening bell on wall street where u. s futures are down right now heading into the last day of the trading week, new jobs numbers out just moments ago showed weekly jobless claims coming in above expectations. this is all a prelude to tomorrow s monthly jobs. report.
know what s going on behind that curtain. right we just won t know until we do know. all right, elliot williams. thanks so much for your expertise. we appreciate it this morning and be sure to tune in tonight when cnn s wolf blitzer sits down with former vice president mike pence for a wide ranging interview on everything from his political future to those investigations into former president trump is tonight at nine p.m. eastern, right here on cnn. congress is aiming to claw back their constitutional power to declare war a major step just taking to make it happen and what follows. i ll be joined by congressman adam schiff has been pushing for this for a number of years. that s coming up. and we are moments away from the opening bell on wall street where u. s futures are all up this morning, as comes despite new data showing that the u. s economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter than previously estimated markets ended wednesday higher prompted by a surgeon, big tech stocks a
indices have been in and out of positive territory all day. and let s just take a look at how markets here in asia have been performing. you could see the nikkei s losing about 2/10 of 1% here in hong kong, the hang seng gaining 1.9. gains in the soul. cosby up almost a third of 1% the shanghai composite gaining 6/10 of 1% now on wall street, the delfin more than 500 points on wednesday, and if we could just bring up the live data for you just to get a glimpse of where u. s futures stand at the moment, all green arrows down futures up about half of percent . nasdaq futures gaining almost three quarters of 1% s and p 500 futures of about 6/10 of 1% now let s get more now on the rate hike from cnn s hell, solomon. wednesday s fed announcement concludes perhaps one of the most important fed meetings in recent history. that s because while inflation is still a major concern as of two weeks ago, so was bank instability. federal reserve chair jerome powell
markets are closely watching the federal reserve today for another possible interest rate hike. high inflation in the banking crisis have consumers and investors concerned that another increase could hit hard , but most economists are predicting a quarter point hike . here s a look at how u. s futures are trending ahead of that decision, as you can see, they re not feeling optimistic. all three major u. s industries closed higher on tuesday, the nasdaq fed best gaining more than 1.5% cnn s anna stewart joins me now with the latest you better to discuss this with so all eyes on the fed s decision, and they re in a bit of a dilemma. always a balancing act with these big decisions with interest rates, and they re really blunt tool. let s be fair about that. they re great, ineffective at tackling inflation, but there s almost always collateral damage and often we talk about. well, if they raise rates too far too fast, you could push an economy. recession that s kind of a major risk. but th