Good morning. We are glad you are with us. Victor blackwell by my side as we get to the significant Breaking News. So much happening overnight. Here are the five things to know this morning. 36 people are confirmed dead in this devastating wildfire across hawaii. The flames charring hundreds of buildings. Black hawk helicopters have been deployed as paradise burns. Just out this morning, Supreme Court Clarence Thomas and His Luxurious Life Tstyle A who was funding it. 38 luxury vacations, 26 private jet flights and a dozen vip passes to Sporting Events. And a president ial candidate in ecuador assassinated at a rally. The anticorruption candidate was killed just ten days before the election. New video coming in of a deadly fbi raid, a man killed after making threats against President Biden and other elected officials. And new information in the atlanta area investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sources tell cnn Prosecutor Fani Willis is seeking more than a dozen ind
attacking red sea shipping in november. navy helicopters returning fire on gunships those boats destroyed at least 10 houthis fighters they were attacking american forces intervened a good evening i am christina kallman emperor jon scott this new year s eve. this is a special edition of a fox report. more on the red sea attack at a moment. first security in times square. the crossroads of the world as a crowd that could reach 1 million prepares to ring in the new year. recent fireworks flew over the iconic acropolis as greeks rang out the old, sydney, a story was one of the first major international cities to mark 2024. celebrating with a 12 minute firework display over the city s iconic upper house. and right now the clock is striking midnight in rome. fireworks flying over the city as a sc italians ring in the new year. back in new york times square as the revelers get ready to party. the excitement and crowd continued to grow as we are less then six hours ringing in the
beaches in the world is still available. hawaii island is available. and there is occupancy. we have shared with our hotel partners to make sure that we give them the best rates available. we re trying to accommodate people. some people have saved their whole life to come to hawaii and it would be a shame if they had to go straight back to their homes on the mainland. so that is the situation now. for people who are planning vacations to west hawaii, they might want to reconnect and airlines are not they are not charging change fees. they are letting customers change their reservations for most airlines that we ve spoken to. so we want to make sure people know that. do you have a sense of the
new construction down 4.1% in the month of january. this is the first decline that we re seeing in housing in four months. this is very sensitive to higher interest rates so you ve got the gasoline spike that we re looking at right now. layered on top of that is the expectation of multiple interest rate increases this year by the federal reserve. yesterday we got the so-called minutes from the federal reserve which tells us what was talked about at their last meeting and the minutes suggested the federal reserve is stepping up its pace of interest rate increases. it will continue to tamper the housing market and the housing market overall being as big a part of the overall economy as it is will ultimately weaken the broader economy as well. you have a lot of moving parts here. there are some areas of the economy doing well because people want to get out. they are done with covid. they see the number of covid cases dropping and spending money trying to travel, planning vacations, servic