The planet one. Im ayman, lets get started. But first, we want to begin with some Breaking News on Hurricane Hilary. The National Weather service forecasters are saying that that has just been downgraded. Hillary is now a category two hurricane, with estimated sustained winds at a maximum of hundred ten miles per hour. Rain and wind ahead of the storm are already affecting parts of [interpreter] county, that is the eastern part of san diego county. And riverside county, just north of imperial county. Those areas could end up bearing the brunt of the storms rain. The very latest from the National Hurricane center it continues to warn is likely. We are going to bring you quick updates throughout the night on the trajectory of that storm, and if we get any more news we will bring that to you as soon as possible. But switching away from Hurricane Hilary for a moment, and focusing tonight on some new developments and quite frankly, a new timeline in the Georgia Election interference case. T
across the region. they re venting their anger over soaring fuel and fertilizer costs, low prices for their produce, and increasingly restrictive eu regulations. demonstrations by farmers are planned in poland, hungary and italy today. italy s government has promised tax breaks to ease hardship for farmers after hundreds began gathering with their tractors this week, on motorways outside rome and turin. this was the scene on thursday. and in cyprus, farmers blocked the entrance to the european union s offices in nicosia, on thursday. there were also demonstrations in bulgaria. and more tractor protests across spain for the third day in a row, with farmers disrupting traffic in barcelona, and in smaller cities all over the country. they say eu rules to protect the environment make them less competitive. they have also had to compete with imports from ukraine after brussels waived duties and quotas after the russian invasion. this and renewed eu talks on a south america trade d
behind it all. she s been called the world s most powerful regulator, margrethe vestager of the european commission. she s the driving force behind these world leading regulations. and i m going to ask herjust how can europe strike a balance between protecting its citizens while spurring on unprecedented innovation? wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. artificial intelligence. it is the technology that everyone can t stop talking about. it s already popping up everywhere, from helping us with our health care to our banking needs. but as companies try and work out how it ll help them to make money, politicians are trying to put new rules in place to keep us all safe. the european union is leading the way. its 27 member states have just given their backing to what they hope is a world leading piece of legislation the artificial intelligence act. and by april it should have the backing of the european parliament
cocaine scandal at the white house. and now the secret service just wrapped its investigation into the matter without even naming a suspect. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. mike, great to have you here today. mike: great to be working with you. this is america reports, the conclusion of that probe comes 11 days after cocaine was found. located inside a heavily trafficked lobby where staff go in and out and tour groups gather to drop their phones and other belongings. and despite surveillance footage of the area, and an fbi crime lab analysis, investigators couldn t find a single suspect in the case? mike: ari fleischer joins us coming up. the secret service says it s because it was awaiting the fbi test results of fingerprint and dna analysis to see if they could determine who brought the cocaine into the west wing. tests came back without any results. so now the secret service says it has wrapped up the investigation. we got a statement from
helped drive forward returns, as you say. this target was what we were expecting to hit at the end of the year, but we have seen a little bit of better than expected economic data also helping optimism that earnings growth might pick up a bit in the next few months. so is this all about expectation for rate cuts? is the optimism because of strong earnings? i the optimism because of strong earninus? ~ ., , earnings? i think it really does reflect earnings? i think it really does reflect rate - earnings? i think it really does reflect rate cut - does reflect rate cut expectations and the growing belief that the us can have a soft landing, because when you look at earnings growth, actual earnings growth has been slow and negative for some companies. growth is slowing, it does cast doubt on the possibility of a re acceleration in the interim here. so it leaves that rally a little vulnerable to any failure to reach those expectations. japan s nikkei has crossed the 37,000 mark f