Information, and then sent it to Biden Harris staffers. And thats where we are at the top of the new hour. Hello and welcome everyone. I am Sandra Smith in new york, and john is with us. John the fbi says that iran attempt to do reach out to staffers with phishing emails. They are looking into the incident. Sandra Gillian Turner is live from the State Department to kick it off for us. Gillian, do we know if any staffers opened the emails or replied to them . We can presume, sandra, they opened some of the emails, because they eventually figured out it was some kind of phishing attack. But none of the staffers, as far as we know replied to them. Big picture right now, sometime over the summer, iran managed to hack into the Trump Campaign. Stole information, and tried to share it with what was then the biden Harris Campaign. Listen to former President Trump talking about it last night. This is foreign Election Interference. This is Election Interference, not the phony crap they have trie
By 2030, and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates we ve seen in decades have created challenging conditions for manufacturers and retailers, and signal more tough times to come. While the covid pandemic boosted sales of toys and games temporarily, big name companies report that sales have started to slip back once again. Let s have a look at some of those numbers. Global toy sales reached $108] billion in 2023, a 2% drop compared to 2022, with toy companies calling it a normalisation process after that exceptional growth linked to the pandemic. But across the 612 countries, including the uk, france, germany, and spain, sales declined by 7% in 2023 compared with the previous year, but they were still 17% higher when compared to 2019, before the pandemic. I caught up with the boss of build a bear, a much loved company which allows shoppers to customise their own teddies. She s also the head of the global or
Brands barbie, fisher price and moi, that is mattel to find out how his company s fortunes are being revived. Wherever you are joining around the world, once again hello and welcome to the programme. It is a billion dollar industry driven by creativity and innovation with a global reach and a diverse market. The toy industry is forecast to reach $302 billion in sales by 2030 and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates we have seen in decades have created challenging conditions for manufacturers and retailers and signal more tough times to come. While the covid pandemic boosted sales of toys and games temporarily, big name companies reported sales have started to slip back once again. Let s look at some of those numbers. Local toy sales reached $108. 7 billion in 2023, a 2% drop compared to 2022 with toy companies calling it a normalisation process after that exceptional growth linked to the pandemic. But acr
Give the toy industry a much needed boost? this time, it s not about spending on toys for children, but adults so called kidults. An emerging generation of over 18s is snapping up collectables and nostalgia brands, and they say it s good for their mental health. I m going to be discussing that and more with my guests the boss of build a bear, the stores where you can create a bespoke teddy bear, and the chief executive of the world s biggest toy company and arguably one of its most iconic brands, lego. I ll also be catching up with the president of the company behind leading toy brands barbie, hot wheels, fisher price and more that s mattel to find out how tv and movie tie ups are reviving his compa ny s fortunes. Wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the programme. It s a billion dollar industry driven by creativity and innovation, with a global reach and a diverse market. The toy industry is forecast to reach $302 billi
progress let s finish the job president joe biden is expected to make it official this morning he s running for a second term. we ll have a look at what his campaign could look like and the challenges he faces just ahead meanwhile there s a new time line for the next possible indictment of donald trump we ll have the latest from the fulton county district attorney. and also an update on the diplomatic efforts in sudan as a cease-fire agreement brings a temporary pause to the deadly violence in that country good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 25th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in washington where president joseph r. biden is expected to announce his re-election bid today exactly four years after he jumped into the 2020 race. three sources familiar with the plan say that biden will make his candidacy official with a video message just like he did last time. since taking the oval office the president