United states and around the world. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new well start todays program with two of the worlds critical hot first, ukraine, where president zelenskyy admitted this week that the counteroffensive is difficult as western officials tell cnn that further decisive progress by kyiv is highly unlikely. So where does the war go from here . Then to niger where a Military Ju Junta Launcheded A Coup three days ago. That makes for a sixcountry belt of coups spanning 3,500 miles right across the african continent. Well tell you what you need to know about the startling trend. Also, are you amazed by the power of Artificial Intelligence . Well, wait until you hear about Quantum Computing. It will make todays a. I. Look like childs play. I talked to the famous physicist miccio kaku about what he sees as the real gamechanger. But first, heres my take. In only may 2023, it seemed obvious that the United States was going to face an unmanageable Border Crisis in the Previou
we began this morning with an update on that traumatic incident with the chinese spy balloon 60,000 feet in the air. eight days after it was first spotted in u.s. airspace, and have 22 raptor shot down the balloon with a single missile yesterday off the carolina coast. the search for degree is now underway. it my touch off a war of words between the u.s. and china. heightening tensions in an already data diplomatic relationship. china expressed its, quote, strong dissatisfaction. they have insisted that the device was a civilian weather balloon. a u.s. senior administration official said in response that they were confident the balloon was, quote, seeking to monitor sensitive military spots. we shift the focus now tuesday state of the union. president biden s first before the new republican house majority. security is being ramped up with plans to install fencing around the u.s. capitol ahead of the primetime address. we don t know too many specifics about what the president
are even grow. today the fed is no longer forecasting a recession at all, and big banks like j.p. morgan chase and bank of america have also walked back their recession predictions. so why did economists get things so wrong? i am joined by jason furman who has some answers and he s the professor of economics at harvard s kennedy school and a former economic adviser to president barack obama. welcome, and before we get started, i want to do a big hat tip to derek thompson who has a wonderful podcast, and he and you talked about some of those issues, and this is very much inspired by that. so my question quite simply is if someone were to ask you how come the u.s. is not whether many would ask you. what s the answer? fareed, there are three parts to that answer.