questions. this has been in some ways considered a slow to act criticism of the biden administration that this was identified in may. there s been 6600 cases of monkeypox, roughly every eight days. the number of cases has doubled. it is contagious illness. it s not considered as serious as coronavirus that we have been living with for the past two and a half years. but it is something that has been very present in some big cities primarily, but they want to go beyond that. it frees up some federal resources. they have named a person from fema to oversee the federal response. they want to get vaccines, testing and treatments into a more coordinated accessible approach around the country. declaring it a national emergency allows them to do that. that s something that critics have said they could have done earlier considering that the world health organization had already declard an emergency and cities like new york had raised the flag saying this is a serious problem. today we
control. inflation hit 8.6% last month, the hottest inflation since 1981. the fed meets later today. fed funds futures markets are pricing in 0.75 point rate hike to curb inflation. the wall street journal reporting the fed is likely to make a move larger than the 50 basis point move a few days ago. a terrible day yesterday, a terrible two days. cnn s claire severe webastian i london. is there stability in europe? a little bit more stability today in europe and asia as they continue to sort of digest the falls that we saw those inflation fears out of the u.s. a mixed picture. asia is now closed. tokyo is the outlier there. that economy vulnerable to monetary tightening in the u.s. japan is doing the opposite to try to maintain inflation there. the yen is around a 20-year low. again, the dollar, china rising despite renewed covid restrictions there. here in europe again a mixed picture. there is still they are digesting the worry, faster rate rises in the u.s. in europe,
President ial election, prosecutors in the Trump Election Interference Hush Money Trial today have turned to the core of the actual crimes, the actual criminal acts and criminal charges against the expresident. That scheme to cover up Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels, using falsified business records. On the stand right now, Trump Employee deborah tarasoff. She handled payroll. Her testimony is critical. She explains that only donald trump could sign checks that came from his personal account. Thats the one used to reimburse Michael Cohen for the Hush Money Payments. Trump did that, even after becoming president of the United States of america. She also testified that if trump did not want to sign a check, he didnt have to. She was one half of a double whammy against the expresident today. Testifying after mcconney. He was a codefendant of the expresident. That was back in the Civil Fraud Case Against Trump and the trump org. He testified that most of the money used to reimburse M
administration s special envoy for hostage affairs. i was sitting there crying with congresswoman lee from texas when b.g. came out. it was a very emotional moment for us. where the team sits in washington, d.c., we knew this day was going to come. we knew it was going to be hard and take some time. what we saw today, b.g. home, cherelle cheering her on, and b.g. in the crowd. whether it s b.g. or paul whelan who still remains in russia or evan geninchowitz still in russ. the chicago sky defeated phoenix mercury 75-69. a court appearance is just a few hours away for the suspect in the murder of the four idaho
well, i want everyone to make their own choice. ase assets, and i was a basketball player and it was a great opportunity to play overseas, and not just financial but cultural to play overseas, but you have to pay attention to the traveling, and i understand why it was completely understandable that b.g. would not want to leave, and i am happy to have her home. and the wnbc is partnering with the campaign to bring them home which is a campaign of bringing hostages home overseas and what are you going to do to push this cause? well, b.g. has a tremendous