i m fredricka whitfield. thank you so much for joining us. new today, iraq is now summoning a top u.s. diplomatic official in protest of a barrage of punishing u.s. air strikes in the middle east. the u.s. says those strikes hit 85 targets linked to iran s islamic revolutionary guard quds force and affiliated militia groups in iraq and syria. the strikes a response to a drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers on sunday. iraq is claiming the explosions that just happened involving the u.s. killing 16 people, including civilians. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says the strikes are just the beginning of the u.s. response. iran says the u.s. has made a strategic mistake, while iraq and syria say the u.s. actions could inflame more conflict in the region. cnn has teams around the globe covering all of these developments. let s go first to cnn s ben wedeman in jordan. ben, these strikes were sudden, devastating. how are officials on the ground? how are thos
fleury sent this report. the december notes from the us central bank s last meeting showed policymakers are feeling better about inflation. they agreed with investors that interest rates are at or near the peak for this cycle. they also agree it will come down this year. but they offered no clues as to how or when that will happen. to remind viewers, the federal reserve started raising rates in march 2022 to tame inflation. it did so 11 times, taking the benchmark rate to 5.5%. inflation, by the time of the last meeting, had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. meanwhile, new data out on wednesday showed the number ofjob openings in the united states fell to 8.79 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour but is still well above pre covid levels. that is consistent with the fed s goal. to slow the economy without triggering a nasty recession. the feds first rate setting meeting this year starting january 30. investors are holding their breath is beneficial t
side of the screen, a motorcade escort of the indicted twice impeached ex-president donald trump. he is on route from his airport which landed at laguardia to manhattan to his apartment in trump tower. he will reportedly stay the night there ahead of his history making arrangement in the alleged hush money scheme. tomorrow there are a lot of open questions, a lot of vital considerations being made. even at this late hour first, security. as you might well imagine, the nypd is well aware of the possibility, the potential for violence tomorrow somewhere. as trump has previously called on his supporters to protest in a statement to nbc news, the nypd reveals this, quote, officers have been placed on alert and the department remains ready to respond as needed they add this, quote, there are no current credible threats to new york city. ahead of the big day tomorrow, we re on the lookout for any specifics related to the actual charges that trump now faces sources telling nbc news
driven by soaring energy costs and rising food prices. the uk chancellor said the next few months would be hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the writer and broadcaster kate bevan, and the former conservative adviser mo hussein. our chat ourchat ina our chat in a moment, a quick look through some of those front pages. the metro leads with the cost of living crisis, and claims that some families are getting food poisoning because they re turning off their fridges and freezers to save money. the ft focuses on comments by the chancellor that the next few months will be tough and that he can t control global forces . the guardian leads with comments by the new chief inspector of constabulary, who says the cost of living crisis could lead to an increase in crime. the mirror highlights research suggesting prices are rising faster for poorer people because they spend a bigger share of their income on food and fuel. th
However slower demand in trade restrictions on Chip Making Technology have put businesses under pressure. Those restrictions only apply of course too high end chips currently and again more on the pulse of the industry i spoke to stacy raskin a Senior Semiconductor analyst will stop these Export Controls were fairly targeted. Fairly targeted. The only thins fairly targeted. The only things that fairly targeted. The only things that were fairly targeted. The only| things that were actually impacted were high and Artificial Intelligence chips chips for supercomputers and equipment that was capable of manufacturing high and logic and memory. In terms of actual Revenue Impact the only ones that really saw was the Equipment Vendors. The reason is from the high end chips it was the micro to expose their they were able to backfill with other products that came in below the Control Thresholds that were legal to sell in china nvidia. The customers bought lot of those in had a backfill and did n