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
Trey good evening and thank you for joining us. Im trey gowdy and it isg as sunday night in america. Here we go again. Ld t a former President Trump versus current president joe biden. Will cleveland have company in Jothe History Books or will joe biden overcome historically low poll numbers . They are blinking Caution Lights for both candidates while theki American People settle in fongrs what looks like the longest General Election in history. That General Election started i earnest last night during the state of the union. Talk of unity for his inaugural address years ago is gone. This was talking about contrast, not reconciliation. My predecessor my formerican republican president tellso wh vladimir putin, do whatever the hell you want. He is the reason it was overturned. Myreason predecessor, many in ts chamber want to take Prescription Drug away by repealing the Affordable Care act. Im not going to let that happen. At h[applause]or and my predecessor if he is watching, instead of
erin burnett outfront stars right now. the massive shake-up when u.s. aid to ukraine has been declared dead on arrival. putin welcomes tucker carlson to moscow with open arms. migrant smugglers on jet skis fleeing border patrol agents, making a mad dash for american shores. and tonight king charms diagnosed with cancer. prince harley making plans to be at his father s side. let s go outfront. tonight zelenskyy s major move could be more than the military commander in chief loses hi job in a massive shake-up at kyiv. president zelenskyy telling italian broadcaster r.a.i., a reset is necessary. coming as putin is trying to court the maga in the united states. in fact, one of the leaders in the maga gop is in russia tonight. tucker carlson there possibly to interview putin, definitely a supportive celebrity. reporter: tucker carlson has flown to russia. he sass part acuss ballet, had lunch in a nice restaurant, went for a ride around town, rode the subway. translator
another american city, another mass shooting. this time in washington, d.c. police say nine people including a 9-year-old were shot outside during a fourth of july celebration. it happened in a neighborhood about five miles from the capitol. d.c. police updating the media near the scene. injuries are said to be nonlife-threatening. and they are looking for a dark suv. this comes just a day after mass shootings in indianapolis, ft. worth and philadelphia. the philly suspect said to be arraigned today for killing five people and wounding several others. ed lchbavendera has more. reporter: a 40-year-old moved through a philadelphia neighborhood shooting randomly at people monday night. the suspect while wearing body armor, a ski mask and holding an ar-15 assault rifle was observed at several locations. the suspect then began shooting aimlessly at occupied vehicles and individuals on the street as they walked. none of the victims engaged the suspect or were aware the suspect
[cheers and applause] greg: wow. yeah! yeah, all right, i love you, think. happy wednesday, everyone. so we ve seen the pro hamas protesters out in the streets blocking traffic, provoking police and contributing to sky mate change with their collective body odor. but have you ever stopped to think, who the hell are these people? these are working-age people who can go out in the middle of a weekday to aggravate others who are actually working. how is this possible? we complain about them as if they have better things to do but what they don t? so let s get up close and personal on them, shall we? huh? well, actually let s not. instead let s just look at what s really going on here. earlier this week we saw nationwide protests that shut down highways in the name of hamas. here in nyc they blocked bridges blocking people from getting home. so one guy trying to get home to his daughter got out of his car who confronteded to protesters who let him through. we couldn t get the v