And that is a source of disappointment but that said, it doesn t confirm fears of an imminent recession, does look like a slow down. I think the stock market particularly as gone ahead and a bullish scenario. The fed set to cut interest rates next week, any surprises you are expecting there? we are looking at 25 basis point cuts and also looking at the inflation which we have shown signals of and it is possible that we might have some surprises. What would a cut mean for countries like japan? it would confirm anticipation of stock markets that the fed will offer much needed stimulus as the economy is softening. On the whole, that is good news and i m not sure if it s going to give stock markets that much more momentum than they have gotten already and i think it s looking at the forward trajectory and what stock markets need is a fine balance between that stimulus and an economy that doesn t look too soft and continues to draw positive earnings going forwards. If we stay with japan, th
jr. thanks to democratic strategy of ignoring states that put primaries ahead of south carolina a win could give rfk jr. major momentum as they search for alternative candidate that isn t scared to go on campaign trail or that can actually function. mobilize the world leading admit rs to help poor krnghtses deal with impact of climate change they call it the g7. they build back biden build back better and we realize that got confusing now we don t call it that. we have plans to build a railroad from pacific to indian ocean and plans to build in in one of the largest solar plants in the world. i can go on but i m not i m going off script i ll get in trouble. [laughter] that is off the script, and to make matters worse, a focus group of north carolina swing vote rs says that they re concerned by biden s age. but whatever you do don t bother nancy pelosi about it. do you think that president biden s age has finally caught up to him at all? absolutely not. i think that
looking back at the that was and what it can tell us about where we are heading next. up first, from the world at war, to female change-makers. and the promise and peril of artificial intelligence. how the biggest stories this year will shape our world next year. it feels like it has been one of those perfect storm years where everything is just piled on, one after another. also, this hour, freedom calling. we re-visit my unprecedented interview with iranian american implement, inside the infamous prison. i know what it feels like to be left behind. and i wouldn t wish it upon my worst enemy. then the citizen soldiers of ukraine s drone school. taking the fight right to the russians. and, swapping presidential palaces for planet earth. why the great outdoors is yo-yo ma s most rewarding setting ever. the time that i spend in nature is what brings me back to something much bigger than myself. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour in london. mu
live. reporter: what we saw on the hill is of things to come. gop lawmakers appeared to eager to settle a few scores in the process, set the table for a major take down on the line. first up, it is twitter, former brain trust trying to explain away what gop lawmakers called election interference and partnering with intelligence agencies and lying and betraying the public trust. i think you guys got played by the fbi. twitter should have reinstated the post account immediately. what some called twitter s censorship regime which often labeled fact as disinformation, like you know the hunter biden s laptop story? i will be the first to admit that we didn t always get it right. we all know now. this was not russian disinformation. it was not disinformation. no, it was not. and as you can well imagine, gop lawmakers were slamming twitter today. marjorie taylor green saying to the executives, you discuss me. nancy macey saying, thank god for elon musk, who in the he
and gentlemen. dt s always pretty har to believe when you see it.nce the whole scene is so awful, so degrading to our once country. bu it cannot end soon enough. fastt the woman was we will confess at times, prettyate amusing. at one point, the eminent tv ti doctor , dr. jill , who really ought to have her own showjill on bravo, dispensing sassy and empowering medical advice, walked over to kamala harris husband, doug and half and kissed him deep square in the mouth without a mask,ithout something that never, ever happens at his house. ab what was that about? there was an unmistakable 1970s suburban connecticut tea party vibe to it. kind of a john cheever story, old school stuff, except they let bystander s film the whole thing. so clearly these people are exhibitionists to not tea. t going on behind biden the scenes in the bush loministration, a lot of which a we don t want to know more about. but where do these people findty the time for hig fh jinks? dr. jill , for