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months of this year. these are the first set of quarterly gdp figures since the end of the country's strict covid poilcy in december. this boosted retail sales, which were up over 10% on this time last year. also a huge expansion in travel, with some 45 million air passengers taking trips last month. all of this has helped spark positivity from investors, with groups like citi upgrading their china growth forecast to 6.1% — that's well over china's own targets. joining me now is rory green, chief china economist at consultants ts lombard. these numbers look strong. is it a short—...

hello, welcome to "cnn newsroom." we begin with this monster winter storm. its core is hovering over the great lakes, and its trailing arctic air is causing power outages and dangerous travel conditions two days before christmas. life-threatening windchills have permeated all the way to the gulf coast, over 70 million americans are experiencing below freezing temperatures, that includes the entire state of texas. this video's from kentucky where the governor has just confirmed three people have died as a result of this storm. and this from our affiliate whbq in memphis, tennessee, th...

board. >> mike allen, thank you for that, and enjoy your weekend and thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this friday morning. "morning joe" starts now. let me say that i not like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function and i will now be gently reentering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obscure corner of the pacific. and i am returning to my plan, and i will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support. >> like cincinatus. >> that was boris johnson giving his farewell speech but he's n...

And lots of questions to answer. So, lets get started. A big week in politics as we raced towards the midterm elections with early voting already underway, and many high stakes races across the country. The national dont say gay bill, a federal abortion ban and cats was for the future for the super wealthy. With the gop agenda could look like if the gop takes back control of congress. Plus, Debbie Waterman schultz joins us to talk about the january six subpoena of former president donald. Trump how they plan to hold on accountable as he continues to hint at a another white house run. Likely be...

to tackle rising prices. i'll be looking at how it will impact borrowers and savers. the financial crisis facing english rugby union clubs deepens with one of the biggest names, wasps, set to appoint administrators. this follows the problems at worcester, who could face suspension from all competitions. what you achieved last time around and what you are about to do now is just truly, truly heroic. actor daniel craig gives his support to the three dads whose campaign to get people talking about suicide prevention is taking them across the uk. good morning. we have rain in scotland an...