And its two fridays before the election. Mark shields and david brooks analyze a full week of news. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff call it an october surprise todays f. B. I. Statement about Hillary Clintons emails roiled the president ial race, just 11 days before the election. Donald trump pounced. The clinton camp demanded more information. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Reporter Hillary Clinton landed in cedar rapids, iowa to campaign, but was
And its two fridays before the election. Mark shields and david brooks analyze a full week of news. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff call it an october surprise todays f. B. I. Statement about Hillary Clintons emails roiled the president ial race, just 11 days before the election. Donald trump pounced. The clinton camp demanded more information. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Reporter Hillary Clinton landed in cedar rapids, iowa to campaign, but was
And everything in it. Teach us to trust you in turbulent times, striving always to live for your glory. Bless our senators. May your completeness surround their incompleteness, your strength support their weakness and your wisdom guide their minds. Give them the insight, guide them down paths they cannot see. Give them the insight, the courage and the faith to escape the repetition of old errors as they strive to embrace your truth. Lord, help us all to offer to you the sacrifice of repentant hearts. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell madam president . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell last week, the Republicanled Senate passed two more Appropriations Bills by a large bipartisan majorit
Is there objection . Without objection. The clerk will report the titles of the treaties. The clerk treaty doc 11019, treaty on plant Genetic Resources for food and agriculture. Treaty doc 1126, the convention on the law applicable to certain rights in respect of securities held with an intermediary. Mr. Mcconnell i ask for a Division Vote on the resolutions of ratification en bloc. The presiding officer all those in favor stand to be counted. All those opposed, stand and be counted. Twothirds of the senators having voted in the affirmative, the resolution the resolutions of ratification are agreed to en bloc. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that at 5 00 p. M. On tuesday, november 15, the rules committee be discharged from further consideration of h. R. 4511 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. I further ask that there be 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form and following the use or yielding back of time, the bill be read a third time and the s
The trend reported across the country. And a super sized Interest Rate hike. The increase from the fed and what it means for your money. Good wednesday, everyone, the news at 5 30 starts right now. Thanks so much for joining us, im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. We begin with a story that touches nearly everyone here. Nearly all of us. Inflation and the fight to bring prices down. But beware, that fight now includes another Interest Rate hike, and that could make a lot of things even more expensive. The Federal Reserve raised the Interest Rates by three quarters of a point, the same rate as last month. The goal is to slow down spending, cool the economy, and curb inflation, which has been climbing to near record levels. But even if these rate hikes manage to slow the pace of inflation, they can also make certain things more expensive like the interest we pay on our credit card debt. When you take an environment where you have rising inflation where everyday goods are costing more and