damage, cracked roads, highways are shut down, collapsed homes with people possibly still trapped under the rubble. we will speak to famed physicist about the fallout from all of this. remarkable resilience, that s how many experts characterized the usa economy in 2023. this, despite fears of a recession, so what should you be expecting in 2024? we will show you the optimistic signs and the challenges ahead in the new year. chicago s mayor says that the texas governor greg abbott, continues to sow seeds of chaos, saying this, after abbott has sent thousands of asylum-seekers biplane and we are following these major developing stories, all coming in right here to cnn news central. it s the top of the hour. boris is off. president biden says he and the first lady are praying for the people of japan after an earthquake there. we are now learning it has killed at least four people, according to local officials. a 7.5 magnitude quake, with the usgs labels as very strong, it de
a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocking western japan, causing serious damage and triggering significant waves. and a lot that sparked a fierce debate and protest inside of israel. now the nation s top court struck down the plan to limit the powers of the judiciary. it is a drug that millions need to survive. starting today it just got a lot cheaper. we are following these major developing stories and many more are coming in right here to see in and new central. 2024 beginning in catastrophe for western japan. a short time ago the tsunami warnings were lifted after a very strong 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit at a depth of six miles beneath the earth surface. nhk reporting multiple incidents of people trapped beneath the rubble and rescue underway. it crumbled buildings and disrupted power and rail lines. we are going to show what happen in one parking lot in the prefecture next to it. the shaking laughing for less than 30 seconds. later in the clip it seemed to intensi
starts right now. i m john roberts. next november we re going to win so big. i m not going to be somebody s circus monkey a pawn on a chess board. we re not playing that game. you join me in this fight, i promise you our best days are yet to come. you guys support me, elect me. you re going to be satisfied when i get to work because you re going to say you know what? he s doing what he said he was going to do. martha: here we go. i m martha maccallum. this is the story. the first 2024 presidential contest is four weeks from today. the polls show the former president way ahead in iowa and nationwide. take a look at these numbers when it comes to a head-to-head with the president, joe biden, former south carolina governor and former u.n. ambassador nikki haley is six points ahead of the current president in the brand new fox news polls and it shows former president trump would also win a 2020 rematch by four points. former white house press secretary ari fleischer a
supreme court just put a hold on donald trump s tax returns. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. one week until midterm campaigning stops an the votes starting getting tallied and it is one week until we will likely know who will control the house and the senate. this hour president biden travels to florida where advisers are hoping his warning against republican-controlled congress will resonate with voters. former president obama is also hitting the trail in a big way, heading to nevada and something that we don t see on the campaign trail, well basically ever, republican congresswoman liz cheney crossing the aisle to support elissa slotkin in his re-election effort in michigan. mike pence is campaigning today for georgia governor brian kemp. and in a new interview with cnn this morning, kemp made his case for re-election while clearly trying also to avoid talking about the other republican on the tike this cycle. the an
time for a look at the weather. it isa it is a good old delve into the mixed bag of weather this week. it is certainly cooler for the south east of england for the flower show, but that will be good for keeping the blooms in top shape. however, there is a lot of clout around today and the cloud comes pouring in across the uk bearing rain for some of us. we never really recover those temperatures that we saw at the weekend. one area of low pressure pushing up from the continent and the weather fronts are trying to tuck down from the north west. the picture across the uk is a bit of a messy one. this area of rainjust to uk is a bit of a messy one. this area of rain just to the east of london at the moment pulling away in the hours ahead. it should be out of the hours ahead. it should be out of the way by teatime, roughly in time for the school run, so hopefully drier conditions. heavier showers in the south west and wales and some nudging into the midlands. showers in scotland