let s start in china, where the latest figures just released show the world s second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid 19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expected. most people are saying we re looking at 4% growth, give us your take on this number? really the strength is all about the consumer centre, we saw the vigors beads on the retail sales numbers are more generally in qrs or the household savings rates, so households are feeling more comfortable, households are feeling more comfortable, spinning again, they have comfortable, spinning again, they have the comfortable, spinning again, they have the possibility - comfortable, spinning again, they ha
held lee, and. helling low just ahead on cnn newsroom. originally it was a 10, 11, 11, 1. either it s leaving in a few minutes or i ve got a couple of hours. for the next few days, don t even try to fly southwest. cnn s k file uncovers more. it s clear george santos has emotional issues. the increasing number of migrants who got desperate in mexico and decided to enter the united states illegally and are stuck here in el paso. to the people of the united states, to the government of the united states, why don t they want her here? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s thursday, december 29th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here in new york. some relief may be on the way for frustrated southwest passengers stranded at airports across the united states. it probably won t come today. the airline is struggling to recover from a week of flight delays and cancellations. a representative of the pilots union s
guns since i was 12 years old, and i became a army ranger and i am a gun owner now and never wwas was it an issue. ar-15 until last couple years when the gun lobby wanted to sell more gungs that s when it became part of the dialogue. we need to stop the insanity and get back to reasonable discussions how to save peoples lives. the president is leaving it up to you, the white house is staying out of the capital negotiations on guns, is this speech a sign that s going to change the president s involvement, would you welcome the president s direct involvement? i would love the president s involve. he has been directly involved. he s pass the executive orders. the president is not a king, he cannot just fiat claim something to be the case. we have a system and it starts with congress to pass laws, house of representative ins in my time in congress we ve passed most of the major legislation and goes to the senate to die like most things do but we re going to go back next week
Politics nation. Tonights lead, campaign countdown. Happy mothers day to all the mothers. This weekend marks 100 days to the Democratic Convention in chicago and less than six months to election day. Showing the contest between former President Trump is as close as it can be. But the contrast between the two men would approach to this race could not be more stuck. The biden team has been with the president and Vice President and using them to highlight the administrations side and point out the threat to democracy that is posed to their opponent. As he spends his weekdays tied up with his Hush Money Trial. Then jetting off to the rallies of the supporters, like the ones he held beachside last night in wildwood, new jersey. Only time will tell whether the reason over wage will win out when they head to the polls. We start tonight with michael tyler. Michael, thanks for joining us tonight. Thanks for having me, and happy mothers day down in atlanta. I should say that. You should say that
From israel to gaza. As a Ground Defensive is expected to begin soon. More than 360,000 military services have been mobilized. Just to put the size of that in perspective, the total number of u. S. Forces in the reserves across the air force are marines and navy. It is just over 330,000. Israeli Men And Women Living Overseas in the United States and across europe are getting notifications that they are being called to serve. They are packing their belongings up. Theyre returning to fight. Over 100 hostages remain unaccounted for as families in israel play pray for any sign of survival. The Israeli Military is also preparing for a potential second front in the israeli lebanon border, with a buildup of battle tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers a few miles from lebanon. This comes as the idf attacked several hezbollah targets today in lebanon. Late today, axios reporter said that iran sent to message to israel on saturday, saying that it does not want further escalation in the hamas isr