chief correspondent christine romance with more. victor, amara, that s right, the so-called pce, it rose, 0.1% from february to march, and 4.2% on an annual basis. that s the smallest annual gain in almost two years. inflation is still higher than fed s preferred 2% target, but clearly it s retreating from the worst inflation of last summer. it s more evidence that nine rate hikes from the fed are working. the fed has hiked up the target rate from 0% to 5%, to take the froth out of a roaring economy. indeed, the economy appears to be downshifting. at the start of the year, gdp grew just 1.1%. that s less than skpaengtd slowing from last year. the government noting consumer spending notably growing at a decent clip, but business
reporter: victor, right now we are waiting for court to return essentially so the judge can charge the jury. this is the moment that for the past nearly six weeks everybody in that courtroom has been waiting for. perhaps not the least, alex murdaugh. his defense attorney giving a closing argument that focused on what they characterize as a miserable law enforcement investigation, as well as trying to poke holes in the state s narrative and harnessing emotion. but both sides in the reply from the state and the defense harnessed that emotion in their last words to the jury. there are two words that justice demands in this case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you ve taken in this case is to follow the law, to follow the constitution, and to hold the government to the burden of proof. it requires a verdict of not guilty. on behalf of alex, on behalf of
in december. turbulence is the top type of incident onboard commercial airliners. it is trying to get to the bottom of this. not exactly clear if the ntsb will investigate this, although the faa is on it. lufthansa, the airline involved here, said this happened in clear air, meaning its pilots could not see and avoid this. victor, bianna. we ve both experienced severe turbulence. it is terrifying. our thanks to pete muntean. well, severe weather with a mix of tornados and damaging thunderstorms are threatening parts of the south. jennifer gray is tracking the storm system and she joins us with the latest. jen, what s going on? guys, we re already starting to see these storms firing up, especially west of dallas. that s going to be the area of concern over the next couple of hours. look at this, we have these showers streaming all the way to the east but they are only going to intensify as we get into the evening hours. we have a thunderstorm watch box just west of dallas right