the us is a little bit further along than us, and rba, our central bank, generally is a lot more conservative and always looks to the us for guidance. what are the key factors driving the current interest rate movements in australia and how do they impact the economic outlook for the year? the economic outlook at this point is looking at a real gdp growth about 2% with inflation sitting at about mid single digit level. with the rate currently most economists expect no rise today and potentially three cuts by the end of this calendar year. our inflation rate, the last report was actually a lot better or undershot our central bank s forecast and hopefully that will be on its way down in the next few prints. how resilient is the australian economy then expected to be? you sound very optimistic about it. what are the key areas of strength but also areas perhaps of vulnerability? the australian economy s holding out well because consumers are still doing quite well, and with the r
the senate? no, we made very clear what the requirements of the house were. that is to solve the problem at the border. is donald trump calling the shots here, mr. speaker? of course not. he s not calling the shots. i am calling the shots for the house. that s our responsibility. of course not. but trump did tell them to do nothing about the border this year because republicans can t afford to give it up as an election issue. also tonight, how trump managed to delay, delay, delay his criminal trials. something no regular citizen would be able to do. plus, as trump openly roots for a crash, joe biden presides over what even trump advisers admit is a whopper of an economy. but we begin tonight with an emergency. a crisis, a catastrophe, at least that s what republican lawmakers have spent the last few month calling the situation at the southern border. one thing is absolutely clear. america is at a breaking point with record levels of illegal immigration. it is an u
throughout at least early tuesday morning. we re keeping our eye on the storm and keep you updated on that. stay safe, everyone. american warriors taking action launching a fresh round of air strikes to protect u.s. navy ships and merchant vessels in the red sea. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. i m bill hemmer. they canceled a golf tournament at pebble beach because of the storm. that never happens, right? you have the dramatic video showing the moment u.s. warships unleash a barrage of missiles at iranian-backed houthi targets in yemen getting ready to launch missiles. the white house warning they re not done yet. dana: republican lawmakers are slamming president biden for his slow response saying we need to turn the heat up on iran. here is lindsey graham. hit something they value. soleimani was killed with a single strike. there was nothing left but a smoldering car and ring finger. the tactics works. minor areas,
coast. it is monday, february 5th. which means we are working today and this is fox & friends. steve: it is, indeed. we start this fox & friends with a fox news alert. the border bill finally released in the senate. and the lead negotiator, james lankford from the great state of oklahoma is defending it from colleagues who are saying nope, it s dead on arrival. there s a perception that this allows 5,000 people in a day to be able to come in. that is absolutely not what it is. steve: a lot of misinformation out there. senator lankford going to join us exclusively on fox & friends to explain it all. and california facing its first ever hurricane force wind warning. parts of los angeles and san diego are under a state of emergency. and it s the performance that sparked a standing ovation at the grammies. watch tracy chapman s return to the stage to sing fast car with mr. luke colmes. brian: fox & friends starts right now remember your morning is better becau
jordan, before our service members were attacked we would respond. so iran and its militia groups knew we were going to respond. we also said we were going to do it at a time and place of our choosing. we planned the attack, executed the attack, we hit where we wanted to hit when we wanted to hit. of course, there will always be armchair quarterbacks, but we re confident in the steps we have taken so far and we re confident in the course we re on going forward. that s national security adviser jake sullivan responding to criticism of the retaliatory strikes for the drone attacks that killed u.s. troops in jordan. we ll go through that military action in the middle east and what could come next. plus, we ll bring you the details of the long-awaited bipartisan border deal, which is now getting pushback from members on both sides of the aisle. and also ahead, the latest nbc news polling on a biden/trump rematch. the new data is highlighting some of the president s real str