Good evening and welcome to politics nation. 2024. We are a couple of hours out from tonights Academy Awards in hollywood. We are awaiting the Biden Versus Trump action franchise to premier. With the president and his predecessor for the day to primary. I have my own awards to hand out. The best actor has to go to Congressional Republicans where they act like they care about the issues theyve been crying over. From the southern border to inflation. That is because they are taking cues from best director. Another easy choice in 2024. Who gave the best performances out of the worst actors. Even if it is not what the public wants to see. Just as the best award is for the producers, the best this year has been the president. They have actually produced something. A far better picture than what trump and the gop have to offer. That leads me to the last category, the best screenplay. Biden versus trump sequel will not be finished for another eight months. As the nation finishes the final dra
No clear evidence of that. President biden yesterday on 60 minutes doubling down on a warning to others in the middle east. It comes as the u. S. Military is increasing its presence in the region amid a threat from iran and hezbollah. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken back in israel this morning to continue diplomatic talks after a weekend of meetings with leaders in the middle east. Meanwhile, in gaza, Palestinian Civilians are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Well go live to israelgaza border for the very latest on all of that in just a moment. Also ahead, an update on the speakers race here at home. Republicans have a vote planned for tomorrow, but it appears the nominee once again does not have the support needed to win. There is so much news on this monday morning. There really is. Probably the most important election in europe. Oh, my gosh. Over the past decade. Poland. I dont think thats an overstatement in poland. Right now, it looks like the pro west, pro european, the
Claman if. [laughter] ashley ill take the mcdouble any day, charles [laughter] hey, i tell you what, we love it. Thank you, my friend. Have a good weekend. Im ashley webster, of course, in today for liz claman. Welcome to the final hour of trade. Stocks, well, just a little mixed. Just over 59 minutes left in the session. The dow up, as you can see, about a quarter of a percent. On pace, by the way, for an 8day winning streak. Thats pretty good. The s p up about a tenth of a percent, but the nasdaq down a tenth, and the russell also down almost 1 . It is a mixed, muted bag, thats how were going to put it. But for the week, the dow, s p 500 and nasdaq all remaining in the green as rate cut optimism continues to boost buyers. Theyre not going to give up on that. Todays Economic Data though throwing a small wrinkle in that bullishness. As you can see, the markets this week all in the green, some modestly so. But you know what . Consumer sentiment fell to its lowest level since november as
And the Biden Administrations efforts to find missing americans. Plus, well go through the new reporting on the massacre by Hamas Terrorists, that says the terror groups main backer may have been left in the dark. Well discuss how that aligns with previous reports. Also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the speakers race. Republicans have a nominee, but it is not clear if hes got the votes to get the gavel. I mean, willie, looks like more chaos. Rough timing. More chaos from republicans. We have, of course, just an existential challenge for the people of israel who are going to need support from congress. We have an existential challenge from ukraine. Yeah. And with all thats going on, i mean, you look and see what may be happening in taiwan, if, you know, one domino falls after another. We need congress and congress with a speaker. Steve scalise is the nominee, but nowhere in the neighborhood of having the votes he needs. Thats why they didnt hold a vote yesterday. They get in at
In philadelphia, this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Now at 11 00, shot out of the sky. The us says the crash of Malaysia Flight 17 was no accident. It was a missile strike. The two big question tonight who did this and why . Good evening, im jessica dean. Im chris may live in the cbs3 sat center tonight. This passenger jet was blown out of the skies over Eastern Ukraine earlier today close to 300 lives were lost. It is a disaster for the families and a major escalation in the violence between ukraine and russia. And some fear this may draw the us even closer to that conflict. This picture captured the doomed Malaysian Airlines jetliner taking off from amsterdam around 6 00 oclock eastern Time Thursday morning. Less than four hours later, this video captured its fiery end. Flight 17 with 298 lives on board crashed in a field in war torn Eastern Ukraine. It looks like it may ab terrible tragedy. President obama spoke about the crash during an appearance in wilmington, delaware, but soon after