other in big news, politics, music, culture, science, sports, and more. everyone seemed to be going all in all the time, and now it is time to that take a look at the crazy year with our guest. we are playing for keeps. all of the best and all of the worst 2023. welcome. it is worth asking how we got through the past 12 months. many of us hoped it would be easier than recent tumultuous years and there were moments of accomplishment and community and joy, but we were also challenged. divide over issues and often unable to agree even on what we want and it was wildly apparent where we begin with the biggest news stories of the year. the worst big news for many americans started in their pocketbooks. the economy this year was an absolute emotional roller coaster. unemployment was down and earnings were up at any moment a lot was going well. for a lot of people it did not feel quite right. flying high in april and shot down in may. worries about inflation, bank failu
Jen psaki said they would approach without labeling, so psaki and other others rushed to say there was no crisis, but some journalists kept pressing the point. 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now. Thats a record. That sounds to most folks like a crisis. Well, look, its way down now. Weve now gotten control. Howard and now with the president sending another 1500 troops to the border and pan pandemic era restrictions being lifted this thursday, the expected surge of Illegal Migrants is suddenly drawing far mored media attention, and there are still arguments about basic numbers. When it comes to illegal migration, youve seen it come down by more than 90 , and thats because of the actions that this president has taken. Howard after the pundits pounced, Karine Jeanpierre clarified that that she was talking about one parole program. At this point, i dont care what you call the border situation, but it sure looks like a crisis to me. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz.
could be a major setback for russian forces as they are bracing for an expected ukrainian counteroffensive. cnn s chief international security correspondent nick paton walsh is live. nick, of course, the messages from prigozhin are not new. but what is significant to you about this video that he posted overnight? reporter: the fact that they are saying they will leave in five days. they have never said that before. they have threatened that they might compromise their position for a week now, we have been seeing these messages from yevgeny prigozhin after people thought his long-term rift as the head of the wagner mercenary group with the russian defense ministry establishment, the top brass might have begun to be healing. he has been kplalg they haven t got the artillery shells. that expletive-laden video, what s done that before in front of corpses to ask for more ammunition. quite a different tone. this would be a staggering gift to the ukrainian forces if wagner was abl
International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. And reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. Its a good one. He said start by digging two graves. One of them for yourselves. Yeah. Wow, that really does strike you when you look whats happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. One that has seen Childhood Poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70year lows. Its in the u. S. World dollar and anytime over
also, this is a critical week for the economy. we are expecting a deluge of economic data to drop almost every day. it will hopefully provide insight to the millions of americans getting pummelled by 40-year high inflation. some analysts believe the u.s. is hurdling into a recession but the white house is hammering the message that the economy is resilient. we ll get a better sense of how the public is feeling tomorrow when consumer confidence numbers come out. then it s the federal reserve s turn. it meets wednesday and will likely hike interest rates again to try to tame surging prices on everything from eggs to beef, to everything, rent as well. thursday gdp second quarter results are due. cnn s matt egan and rahel solomon are here with us. all of this economic data is going to be coming this week. what is most important? this is shaping up to be a pivotal week for the economy. politico dubbed it a category 5 storm of economic news coming and it could help the big