mike: good evening, welcome to washington. i m mike emanuel in for bret baier border crossing set another record. highly total ever recorded for december. with the new year combings new laws. we will tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier takes a look at the rise of internet use and data centers have increasing number of those facilities are impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country is in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid low approval numbers u.s. handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family scheduled to return tomorrow to washington after a week long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is travel with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike
for shannon bream. report card in for a tumultuous 2023, 2020 for promising to be a year of surprises and a history making election. fireworks usher in the new year down under. america awaits 10 nights, wall street celebrates a hot streak for stockholders. mortgage rates drop, inflation slows. but most americans still feel the pinch. we were less economic council of advisors chair jared bernstein about the disconnect in an exclusive interview. plus spirit clicks are at a time of the year we are seeing more at the border. it is not unusual but this is an immigration system that has been broken for decades request migrant encounters for the year crash records as congress remains split on security talks. we will get reaction from to two border state congressmen. texas democrat henry cuellar texas republican tony gonzalez. then. lexa came to the conclusion that i could not unfortunately or fortunately, wait for the united states supreme court perplexed at main it becomes the se
The catalyst wednesdays Consumer Price index report which showed inflation rising less rapidly in april than wed seen in the first three months of the year. Fed Chairjerome Powell had said just a day earlier that fed officials were surprised by this years higher than expected readouts. Traders keenly watch Inflation Figures for clues on how the fed will move forward on Interest Rates. Any news of price increases easing raises their hopes the Interest Rates will be cut sooner rather than later. Now more investors expect the fed to make its first rate cut in september and a second in december. As we have been reporting on news day, russiare president has arrived in china for a two day visit. It comes as moscow has become more dependent on beijing following its invasion of ukraine more than two years ago. Trade numbers hit record highs last year as china bought discounted russian oil in the face of sanctions. You can weep up with the latest on president putins trip by our live payment on
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Right, the dow, snp 500 and nasdaq all hit their highest levels ever. The catalyst was wednesdays Consumer Price index report, but showed inflation rising less rapidly inflation rising less rapidly in april then wed seen in the first three months of the year. Fed Chairjerome Powell said just a day earlier that fed officials were surprised by this years higher than expected readouts. Traders keenly watch Inflation Figures for clues on how the fed will move forward on Interest Rates. Any news of price increases easing raises their hopes the fed will start cutting the benchmark Interest Rates sooner rather than later. Now more investors expect the fed to make its first rate cut in september and a second and december. Lets stay in the us where a virus that has killed millions of birds around the world has now spread to cows in america. Its raising concerns about the impact on the dairy farming industry. Bird flu has been detected in cows in nine us states, including michigan, texas, and oh