officials at the united state s central bank think inflation is going to remain uncomfortably high in america for some time. that s according to the minutes of the last fed meeting where monetary policy is set. the bbc s north america business correspondent samira hussain reports. if anyone thought most recent price hike which showed no inflation injuly was the new normal the federal reserve is here to tell you otherwise. the latest minute shows that the committee that sets monetary policy in the us was unanimous that prices are going to keep going up for months to come. that means everyone should expect more interest rate rises as well. the committee height interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point last month, another rate hike in september seems almost certain. the only question is by how much? the minutes show at least some on the committee thank that their efforts to tame inflation may be starting to have some effect. based on the market response that has
in the u.s. and around the world, it is friday, july 1st. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we are now learning that cassidy hutchinson told the house january 6 committee that she was contacted by someone in trump world attempt to go influence her testimony, that is what three sources told cnn. hutchinson was one of the two witnesses who received threatening messages shown at tuesday s hearings. members of the committee suggested the two examples that they presented were only a fraction of the evidence they have related to possible witness intimidation. we have learned that forming white house deputy chief of staff tony ornato met with the january 6th committee twice earlier this year. ornato has come under scrutiny after hutchinson testified that he told her about trump lashing out in anger and lunging at a member of his secret service detail demanding to be taken to the capitol on january 6. now a secret service official who spoke on condition of anonymity told cnn orn
though he is not saying much. i can confirm that i received a subpoena and i complied, but under advice of counsel, i can t really say much more than that. that was my only appearance before the grand jury. and there are also reports that second aide greg jacobs was also subpoenaed and test filed. jennifer rogers, how significant is this that two of 9 former top aides have now appeared before a grand jury? well, christine, it is significant for a couple reasons. first of all, they are really important witnesses. one was one of the live witnesses that the january 6 committee brought us and they were very close to the former vice president not testified and they know everything basically that he knows. and we know mike pence was the center of the scheme of former president trump to overturn the election, the linchpin really. so it is important for that reason. and it is also important because it means that the doj investigation is broader than we ve previously known. we k
it. democrats held a primary debate in new york city last night. they had no choice. both the candidates in this race are incumbents. thanks to a court decision that redrew congressional bounds, they re running against each other for the same seat. that s a lot of fun. for 30 years, carol maloney has represented the upper east side of manhattan. over the same period, jerry madler has represented the west side. rather than do the obvious thing and retire, the two are competing for the newly-drawn 12th congressional district, combining the upper east side and upper west side of manhattan. it turns out to be the richest district in american politics. there s a lot at stake. we forced ourselves to watch the debate. we were richly rewarded for doing that. we ll start with the headlines in the debate, which you ve already likely seen. neither one of these people is cheerleading for joe biden. here s maloney. who president biden run again in 2024? yes. mr. nadler? too early