move that was expected. the cost of borrowing is now at its highest in 16 years, but is the fed finally done with rate hikes? the bbc s samir hussein reports from new york. inflation remain steadily high. to try and get the cost of living back down to more normal levels the federal reserve, america s central bank, has raised interest rates ten times in a little over a year, and now it seems it may be ready to perhaps take a pause. the committee perhaps take a pause. the committee will perhaps take a pause. the committee will take - perhaps take a pause. the committee will take into account the cumulative tightening of monetary policy, the legs tightening of monetary policy, the legs with which it lacks inflation and economic and financial inflation and economic and financial developments. the legs financial developments. the legs we financial developments. the legs. we will make that determination meeting by meeting. determination meeting by meetinu . ., de
america s rivals? fred fleitz, ready to go, geared up and we ll be joined shortly. john: begin america reports with an indictment watch for former president trump as manhattan d.a. alvin bragg s motives are questioned by critics. john roberts in washington. happy tuesday, sandra. sandra: and john, you are warmed up yet again. sandra smith in new york city. the former president predicted he would be arrested today, but he is not expected to be arraigned until next week, the grand jury has another witness to hear from. john: the manhattan district attorney for the soft on crime approach is taking heat for what critics say is politically motivated. his office is firing back. sal wisenberg in a moment. bryan joins us live in studio. what is the latest from district attorney alvin bragg s office? the office has responded to jim jordan and house speaker kevin mccarthy s calls for bragg to testify to congress over the possible indictment of former president trump. the
also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expires. our
collapse domino effect grow on wall street and a lot of folks at home wondering what does this mean for me and the place that i bank. charlie gasparino joins us here. first the white house grilled on the border crisis and dodging questions around gop claims that the fbi is in possession of a document that describes an alleged criminal bribery scheme involving then vice president biden and a foreign national. where is this going? bret baier will join us with his take on this in just a moment. first, to peter doocy who is fresh off of this white house briefing. hi, peter. martha, for the first time, the white house is addressing this on camera with john kirby taking a question just a few minutes ago. seeking fbi document from 2020 that describes the alleged criminal scheme involving then vice president biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions. what is the white house s response to this serious corruption allegation? i have to
rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing few signs that they will honour it. that they will honour it. air strikes continued to pound the capital of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations has warned that the humanitarian crisis in sudan is at a breaking point. world leaders, including the african union, are calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies again in khartoum, people fleeing