The dax in frankfurt. Up by almost i. 7 . Lets speak now to Victoria Fernandez, chief Market Strategist at crossmark global investments thank you for being with us. Nobody saw these retail sales figures coming in to strong. Why has that given such cheer to investors . The us economy is surely driven by the consumer, 73 of the economy is from the Consumer Spending. And so when there was this fear that the consumer was pulling back and we were seeing weakness in the labour market, and therefore wager stagnating, there was a huge fear that this was going to lead the economy if not into a recession, definitely a pull back and weakness in the economy. Retail sales are something people have been waiting on. The Number Today was very positive. The markets were reacting accordingly. The biggest driver in this retail Sales Number was motor vehicles, which is interesting because if you look at the Cpi Report, the Inflation Report you mentioned a while ago, it was actually used car prices that wa
Today has been a lot and we will get into all of it, thank you, my friend, its good to see you. Okay, until recently, the national conversation about this 2024 president ial election has been largely focused on white workingclass voters. President Biden considered himself the champion for the working and the middle class, Donald Trumps running mate, Senator Vance, introduced himself at the republican national convention as the son of appalachia, with hillbilly roots. A man who would fight for the workers in this country. But the question of how black voters might vote this year, black voters, and a key segment of the electorate, that question has been unusually openended. When biden was still at the top of the ticket, polls showed him underperforming with black voters as they slipped to Donald Trump. An indepth survey of nearly i 9000 of adult published the summer before i didnt dropped out found that one in five black men said they planned to vote for trump. In the 2016 election, 13 o
the evidence, or is going to run away with the evidence. but could have destroyed the evidence i couldn t destroy the evidence, because the evidence is exculpatory, it proves the president and i are innocent. it s like projections, they re committing the crimes. projection. rudy giuliani said the search warrant were based on suspicions he illegally lobbied for an ukraine international, something he claimed he never did. but this morning the new york times added critical details to the reporting. the times reports the investigations focused on the circumstances surrounding the firing of the u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, back in 2019. key question, what did giuliani do or say that might have contributed to her losing her job? was he acting on behalf of his clients then president donald trump or ukraine officials? while all of that was going on, we re learning the fbi was warning giuliani he was the target of a russian campaign to spread lies about then-
come home to his wife and zen children. he did not hesitate in his duty, making the ultimate sacrifice in his effort to save lives. that s a definition of an american hero. president biden speaking yesterday about police officer eric talley, who was killed in monday s mass shooting at a grocery store in boulder, colorado. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 24th. with us we have white house reporter for the associate press, jonathan lemire. former chairman of the republican national committee now msnbc political analyst michael steele and professor at the university of texas, msnbc contributor, victoria defrancesco soto. we re learning new details this morning about the mass shooting that took place inside a boulder, colorado, grocery store. the suspected gunman has been charged with ten counts of murder. so far investigators have not commented on a possible motive, though law enforcement sources say at this point there is no evidence to sugges
and cloudy: california, on where you will be driving and what you will be paying at the pump. first, susan. despite more expensive price takes this or, more than 150 million americans are expected to go bargain hunting. that is roughly half of the u.s. population, according to the national retail federation. that will shop at some point, this thanksgiving through cyber monday to spend expected to go up by six or 10% this year according to forecast peer there will be some pent-up demand with target joining the list of business retailers that are now closing on thanksgiving day. so shoppers can focus on the turkey and the football instead. if you can t wait, there are a few that will be open, including big lots, dollar general, and bass pro shops but really, the main event kicks off early on black friday. doors open at 5:00 a.m. at best buy, walmart, jcpenney and kohl s. door buster deals start at 6:00 a.m. at home depot, lowes, and macy s. costco starts business at 9:00 a.m.