yes, i agree. i a very happy wednesday, everybody so every now and then you see something that captures why things everywhere seem to be falling apart these days . you know, not just that i m talking about a theory called chesterton s fence. the rule of chesterton s fans never destroy a fence, change a rule, or do away with a tradition until you understand why it was there in the first place. i would also removing your implants. wow. dead crowd. snyder drew a lot of implants. yeah, but that s good advice on par with don t where you eat. which is why joe biden no longer has lunch in the oval office. you don t deserve that joke. but g.k. chesterton rule goes to the heart of all this chaos. many social constructs that have held things together really come down to fences, metaphorical and literal fences and rules backed by western values that help preserve order and make for a good life. it wasn t perfect, but was a hell of a lot better than the alternatives offered by dict
today on inside politics, a baseless political stunt. that s how president biden is describing house republicans impeachment inquiry. republicans say they are just following the evidence, though so far, they haven t produced it. donald trump is celebrating after a judge hit pause on the election subversion case against him while appeals play out. it means his scheduled march trial could be delayed potentially for months. and more signs of an economy that s actually in pretty good shape. stocks are at record highs. inflation is down. economists think the worst might be behind us. the big question is how voters see it. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with the biden impeachment fugt. we have not yet seen evidence of wrong doing by president biden, but yesterday the gop-led house voted to officially begin an impeachment investigation into matters related to his son hunter biden s business dealings. it means the early mon
yet there are quite obviously thousands and thousands of innocent people that the idf is killing who are not members of hamas. and whether you blame hamas for embedding within the palestinian population after the october 7th brutal terrorist attack on israel or you blame the idf and netanyahu or both, this is the ugly and brutal reality of the slaughter of innocents that clarissa ward brings us now. a warning. that many of the images we re about to show you are difficult to watch. reporter: you don t have to search for tragedy in gaza. it finds you on every street, strewn with trash and stagnant water, desolate and foreboding. so we ve just crossed the border into southern gaza. this is the first time we ve actually been able to get into gaza since october 7th, and we are now driving to a field hospital that has been set up by the uae. up until now israel and egypt have made access for international journalists next to impossible. and you can see why. since october 7th
rhythm. 4/2 centuries later helped take the hosts to 407 at the close of play. and in his final test series, david warner had a brilliant 164. the open air start on day one as australia ended 346 5 and that means that warner is now fifth on the all time australian test run scorers list. australia elected to bat after winning the toss. fellow opener was out for 41. andy farrell has signed a new long term contract to remain ireland coach, the rugby side lost to new zealand in the quarterfinals having gone into the tournament ranked number one. he has beenin tournament ranked number one. he has been in charge since 2019 and led ireland to the first ever series win in new zealand last summer and they win a grand slam earlier. and eddie jones admitted he felt terrible about the world cup failure but insisted he had no guilt about the process that saw him return as japan boss. at a press conference he faced more questions about how you made contact with the japanese rugby union. i
from its peak of 9.1% in mid 2022 tojust 3.1% in november. that is above the fed s target of 2% and jerome powell cautioned the committee had not ruled out raising rates again in the future. still, for wall street, all three major markets finished higher and the dow jones industrial average jumped more than 500 points to a record close. this is the third time in a row after all that central bank decided against another rate hike. for investors satisfied that the fed is done, the only question on their minds is when will the fed start cutting them? that s happened in the us overnight. i talked to someone from t rowe price earlier and asked her what the fed s decision means the rest of the world. i think this is a very good question on what we have seen during this business cycle is that the fed and the us rates tend to lead other markets so that is one way we can take signal from what s happening here. there has been enough progress on inflation that makes the fed feel comfort