our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn news room former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury on thursday for more than five hours. latest numbers show that the u.s. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of 2023. never in a million years did i imagine that as american citizens my parents would be left to fend for themselves in a warzone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, april 28, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where it is another first for donald trump. like most of the others, it is not a good one. never before in more than history has a vice president been compelled to testify about direct conversations with the president he served. that is the situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury. katelyn polantz has the details. reporter: former vice president mike pe
japan says north korea s latest missile test is outrageous and unacceptable, after it fired a suspected medium or long range ballistic missile into the sea of japan. it prompted the japanese government to tell residents on the island of hokkaido to seek shelter, but the missile splashed down outside its territory. jean makenzie has more seoul. north korea has launched a suspected long range missile this morning, potentially an intercontinental ballistic missile. so these are the missiles that can, in theory, reach all the way to the us mainland. it appeared for one moment this morning that it was going to touch down very close to japanese territory. or at least that s what the japanese government thought when they issued that warning to the residents on hokkaido. but, actually, north korea has done what it normally does when it fires these long range missiles it s fired it right up into space. but what this false alarm shows is that this region is now on high alert when it
it is embarrassing to this administration and democratic party. comer says he s discovered another one of biden s family members may be involved in influence pedalling. no denying it, keep following the money. davis. there it is for the win. it is no good. and pittsburgh advances in the ncaa tournament. we begin with a fox news alert, dow futures are down by 500 points as the stock market goes through wild swings following collapse of the silicon valley bank and the signature bank. brian: credit suisse not helping. trading was halted over the drop. steve: steep decline coming after saudi national bank said they would not provide further financial assistance. investor confidence is low and financial giants like j.p. morgan and others are down in the pre-market trading since the silicon valley bank collapse. one of the problems with credit suisse, a lot of people are taking their money out of the bank. high level of withdrawal. brian: mistake prone suisse ba
Maersk could continue till the end of the year. It is a big fall from the this time last year. It has raised its expectations for the year. It expects a loss of over 2 billion. That is not as bad as expected. It is now having to sail a longer route. It having to go around africa instead of crossing the red sea. Before the yemeni based militants started to disrupt world trade, a huge amount of the trade was Container Shipping. Letters talk to simon heaney. Thank you for being with us. Remind us how important that Shipping Route is for global trade. It that Shipping Route is for global trade. That Shipping Route is for global trade. ,. ,. ,;; f that Shipping Route is for global trade. ,. ,. , ;; ,. , trade. It is pivotal. It is 3096 of all container trade. It is pivotal. It is 3096 of all Container Cargo trade. It is pivotal. It is 3096 of all Container Cargo would trade. It is pivotal. It is 3096 of all Container Cargo would go i trade. It is pivotal. It is 3096 of all Container Cargo w
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