stabilize. i ve had the same job 34 years. i m good. where the economy sits might determine what the next chapter will look like for the country. i m going to work hard, pay off my bills. have a new car in sight. i m going to do it. i m optimistic about 2024 and all it will bring to the world, to the economy. neil: investors have high hopes for a new year and a new stock market. let s say for the first trading day, not the most magnificent of starts. last year s so-called m magnificent big tech stocks were big duds. so we record, you decide if 2024 is still big. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you with us. happy new year to you as well. to lydia hu on the bumpy start to what ken fisher says is going to be another banner year. but again, not quite starting out that way. yeah, hi, neil. you said it best. today was a bumpy start for the first day of trading in this new year. of course, it s coming on the heels of a blockbuster close at the end of 2023. al
again. sandra: wow, just some of what we saw today. china and russia s friendship on full display, to knock the world s number one superpower out of the top spot. president s xi three-day visit a boost to putin. john: looks like a world far less friendly to the west. sandra: headlines, putin sees anti-u.s. world order taking shape. lots to unpack in hour two of america reports. sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: here we go again for another hour. the two dictators are still in a closed door meeting that s been going on for five hours and counting now. even before going into their private talks, they were not shy about blasting the united states and the west. but back here at home, president biden is coming under fire for not responding with tough talk of his own. joe biden has put a kick me sign on uncle sam s back. when america recedes from the world, creates avoid of leadership. sandra: the white house says there is no call planned between president bid
maddow and joy and myself. the whole gang will be back at 8:00 for special coverage, our whole primetime lineup of colleagues much more tonight starting at 8:00, but right now it s time to sit down with another bucket of popcorn or whatever you re having because it s time for the beat. hi, nicolle will see you at 8:00 p.m right now we re reporting on arraignment of former president donald trump stepped into court, took his seat to make his first appearance as a defendant in a criminal case. this is what that moment looked like this is here the photo right before the arraignment officially began and the news photographers then left the room a standard practice that trump s lawye lawyers asked to maintain today. meaning these are the photos donald trump did not want to world to see trump appeared at times somewhat sullen flanked by his expanded legal team he went on to plead not guilty today. he was watched over, as you can see here, by court officers, who are there not to p
young. and uh and so it s a it s not exceptional that that young people are doing important things in our military. that s that s really not the issue. the issue is and by the way he had a top secret clearance. the issue is, uh, you know how, uh, you responsibly execute, carry out your duties and how you protect the information. as the pentagon tries to contain this, a secret document not previously reported on shows the chinese military is preparing a supersonic spy drone unit. we have cnn s alex marquardt here with us on on this story. what do we learning about this drone? it s pretty incredible. it is pretty remarkable. it does show significant advancement in china s drone capabilities. and as you noted, this is an assessment that comes from the national geospatial intelligence agency. it was a document was obtained by the washington post, which we ourselves have not seen. verified but what it does indicate is that they have made significant leaps to this drone , which is