A. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. All eyes On Washington as President Biden delivers a state of the Union Address before congress. The president expected to highlight his efforts to strengthen the economy for the middle class and protect democracy and freedom. The address comes at a critical moment in the race for the white house as biden makes his case to voters that he is up for serving another four years. His Chief Of Staff telling politico, quote, there is no one better at handling highstakes than President Biden. The speech coming one day after bidens predecessor solidified his position as the nominee. Trump already shifting his focus to the general election, challenging biden to a debate any time, any where, any place. Joining us now from washington, ally rafah and yuli circuit. What should we expect from the president s address tonight . Yeah, jose. Good morning. The white house says President Biden is putting finishing touches on this speech that could end up being one of the
editorial report. we hook ahead to 2024 and a new set of challenges and opportunities for the country. i m edward lawrence in this week for paul gigot, and we begin with the u.s. economy which defied expectations in 2023 as inflation fell and recession fierce faded. now the santa claus rally in the stock market giving us another record close this week for the dow jones industrial average and the federal reserve signal rate hikes are done and cuts could be in store for 2024. let s bring in jason trennert, he s the chairman and ceo of strategists and investment strategy firm. jason, let s start overall here, we get this. you know, overall we get some the contrarians won in 2023. so people were projecting the most predictive recession in history, and it didn t happen. so is the recession then off the table for 2024? edward, it probably is. i will say that the recession didn t happen in 2023 partly because we ran a budget deficit of close to 6% of gdp, $2 trillion at full em
to ringing in 2024 here in times square. this is america s city we are proud to host this major event to big. each year we handle this enormous undertaking. we do not do this alone. we are in lockstep with the federal, state, local agency partners appeared including the times square alliance to enjoy a safe and enjoyable event for all. molly: the well-prepared surrogate 2020 port new york city is ramping up its police presence with the iconic ball drop it you are looking for the times square courtesy of birth. by this time to market is expected 1 million people, yes when it million people will be packing and therefore the world s biggest new year s eve celebrations but welcome to new our fox news live i am a molly line. i rich. new york city mayor eric adams says there is no credible security threat to the ball drop but thousands of officers will be ready if for instance pro- palestinian groups threaten to storm times square purred early this month at several protesters w
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a new exclusive report in the wall street journal suggested to people in the inner circle are talking to the fbi about moving government files in and out of mar-a-lago. msnbc news has reached out all parties for comment. we have not yet heard back from donald trump but we will talk to the lead writer on this exclusive report in just a few minutes. another big development, the justice department released yesterday that a federal appeals court to throw out trump s lawsuit. challenging the fbi s seizure of the documents. and to vacate the appointment of a special master in the case. in the january six investigation, new video obtained by msnbc news shows, the urgency behind the scenes. this from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as they were taking shelter at a secure location while pleading for security reinforcements. . we are. july don t clear this cannot be we were waiting for someone. so we need them there right now and with 24 days until the midterms georgia senat