at the united nations headquarters here in new york city. hello, welcome. sandra smith in new york. and as you can expect, the traffic is thick with the u.n. happening. john: never my favorite time of year, no question about this. this is america reports, the president making his annual address to the u.n. general assembly just hours after vladimir putin made a startling speech to the russian people calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in ukraine, claiming he is not bluffing when it comes to his nuclear threats. the president putting putin on notice. just today president putin has made overt nuclear threats against europe, and a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of a nonproliferation regime. we will stand in solidarity of ukraine, solidarity against russia s aggression, period. sandra: the war in ukraine is not the only international crisis being discussed by the president. he reaffirmed america s one china policy just days after saying th
the south carolina senator. john: charlie hurt is there, the united nations gets a lot of attention, the question for charlie, why is it getting any attention? sandra: and john, great to be with you, a huge news day. adding to everything happening right now, the decision from the federal reserve on another interest rate hike. the goal here is to tame sky high inflation. the fed looking to raise rates for a third straight time to try to slow down those rising prices. so right now you are looking at reactions in the market. 161, i see green but i see a negative next to the dow. ok, so, looks like the dow turned lower on the news. s & p is also lower. reaction, the fed did agree to raise interest rates three-quarters of a point, remember larry kudlow saying rip the band aid off, a full point. jay powell clearly not deciding to that, and now markets are reacting to what was an expected move with the dow moving lower by 100 points, ok, now you see the red tick there, john, wha
pete: that s what s at stake and likely not to have the gavel because if you look at the most recent power rankings, not only could it be a red wave but a red tsunami if you re looking at fundamentals across the country. will: it was a beautiful weekend here in new york. it s 70 degrees, it s new york city marathon. it s a big day in college football. could set up for a beautiful week. rachel: i m still impressed with how quickly you got out for the doughnut segment. like you must have sprinted. will: told you i like doughnuts. pete: you made your way out there quickly. did you know it s the first blood moon in three years on election morning. rachel: wow. pete: there ll be a big red blood moon on election morning, november 8. tell me that s an accident. just saying, i read a lot of random things. will: should have seen his eyes. i don t know if you could see his eyes as we described that . rachel: we ll all be in a different state, each of us. florida, wisconsin and pennsylv
you are looking live at windsor castle and they will stay there until they feel it s time to walk away. i ve been taking notes the last ten days, might as well share some of them. you were just talking about former president trump for obvious reasons and i thought it was fascinating and did show how much he loved the queen, he wrote an op-ed that appeared in the daily mail, and often do you see one from the former president and whole of civilization is in mourning, passing of queen elizabeth ii, reigned over 70 years, is a loss for billions around the world. and martha was talking about all the notes and the items that people left, flowers and all the little remembrances and one by a child, said thank you for inspiring us to work hard, you worked to the end. a beautiful message why she meant so much to so many. sandra: finally at rest, john, wanted to take a moment. you and myself and our team to say what beautiful coverage that was of the queen s funeral this morning
wall street journal assistant editor james freeman is here to weigh in. but first, no end in sight for the migrant crisis overtaking the southern border and no plan in place yet from the white house with the title 42 policy possibly ending any day now. welcome to america reports, i m aishah hasnie in washington. i m rich edson. border patrol agents are taking drastic steps to prepare for the worst. in just a matter of days, built a massive tent in the el paso desert bigger than a football field to handle the expected overflow of migrants if title 42 is lifted. and the new york post puts it welcome mat for illegal immigrants. chad wolf is standing by, but first matt is live at the southern border in eagle pass, texas. matt. rick, so far today our crews have seen four different migrant groups cross into the united states. standard procedure along the southern border. the surge is not slowing down and did not slow down over the christmas holiday weekend. sources