another round of it meaning that the next step will be removal of the ten year target. so there was a lot of uncertainty about today s decision. uncertainty about today s decision- uncertainty about today s decision. ., ., decision. we re halfway through the ear. decision. we re halfway through the year. what decision. we re halfway through the year. what is decision. we re halfway through the year. what is the decision. we re halfway through the year. what is the economicl the year. what is the economic outlook for the country at the moment? moment? japan is still recovering moment? japan is still recovering from - moment? japan is still recovering from the i moment? japan is still- recovering from the covid-19 recovering from the covid 19 pandemic recession. so this year, we are expecting economic growth around 1.2%, or 1.3%. and the b0j s decision means that to raise the funding costs for the small and medium enter prizes. so this may have some adverse impact on the achi
course. opening statements are under way as we speak in central pennsylvania. let s get straight to susan candiotti on the ground at the courthouse in pennsylvania. now, you were just in court, susan. what did you see and hear just now? reporter: hala, the prosecutors just wrapped up their opening statements, and clearly the most powerful moment we have seen and heard so far involved them showing individual photographs of eight of the ten alleged victims in this case. single shots of each one of them. smiling as young boys who were, as the state alleges, as young as 8 years old when this alleged abuse occurred. all of them smiling. and in each case, jerry sandusky looked up at the photographs, and looked back down as the prosecutors introduced each one. and for the first time, we heard the first names of the victim it s, which we at cnn will not reveal because, as policy, we do not identify alleged victims of sexual abuse. now, the other key part of this is when prosecutors
of catch in the backyard. we ll see a neighbor try to intervene here. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. developments in syria to tell you about where on paper, there s a cease-fire in place and a peace plan alt work, but that s not what it looks like, though. this is the city of homs. heavy artillery exploding inrential neighborhoods. winces say syrian forces felled a mosque and a church today. people were killed in homs today, including the mayor of this neighborhood. and across the country, we re told more than 65 people were killed in street fighting and artillery fire. there was even a street clash in the center of damascus where rebels reportedly killed 17 troops loyal to president bashar al assad. we re going to take you inside a makeshift hospital in the city of homs where a doctor follows his commitment to healing the wounded despite horrific conditions surrounding him. it s a cnn exclusive you don t want to miss. since the conflict in syri
obama won with 53% of the vote and you can see these swing states went solidly for the president this time around. where are we specifically with unemployment? nevada and florida have unemployment rates that are above the national average. it s also right about where it was when the president took office. but take a look at this, nevada, 11.7%, when the president took office, it was 9.6%. now the rest of the battle ground states are doing better, they are stronger now than when the president got into office and they re still improving. i mean iowa, virginia, new hampshire, all around 5%, ohio you see the significant drop in its jobless rate over the past year. ohio now 7.4%. again, better than the national average. and better than when the president took office when it was 8.6. candy the trend in these battleground states employment is getting better. can the president win on jobs in these states and will that decide the election. yes, it s about jobs, but i think it s abou