Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Mitch mcconnell is stepping down as leader of the Republican Party in the senate, a position he has held now for 17 years. What is going to change . Mcconnell has been hugely effective as leader. He single handedly blocked President Obama from filling a Supreme Court seat, refuse to go hold a vote on merrick garland. Coming up with a novel and hugely controversial policy that Supreme Court vacancies cant be filled in election years. A policy he immediately said did not apply when President Trump had the chance to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat just before november 2020. From the Supreme Court to the federal courts across this country, no Single Person has arguably had a bigger impact, confirming 228 judges in the trump years alone. Almost all young, White Conservative men who will be able to serve for the rest of their lives. In spite of that success with trump, mcconnell has also been seen as one of the last guardrails against maga. Holding firm on uk
Ari melber starts right now. Nicole, one week down, thousands to go. Eternity to go, we hope. Have a great show. Eternity, we could be so lucky. Have a great weekend, our thanks to Nicolle Wallace first big week back. Welcome to the beat, im ari melber, we have a special show for you tonight. We have a lot to get to. Lets get right into today. Jack smith making a new pitch on behalf of the doj on why donald trump must be put on trial before the election. If that sounds like a familiar issue, jack smith has more than one case against Defendant Trump. So, the defendant was actually down in Federal Court today watching as doj prosecutors argued for a july beginning to a trial in the other jack smith case, earlier in the week discussing the big coup case and the Supreme Court slowing that down. This is the classified documents case, you probably remember both, and they are saying, over at the doj, there is nothing in their rule or precedents which prevents this trial, on the documents, fro
more than 9% injune of last year. it is a sign of the federal reserve s moves to raise interest rates to slow down inflation seems to be working. but analysts still think america central bank will raise interest rates one more time at their next meeting. it is good news for consumers but also good news for us president joe biden who counted the administration s efforts to bring prices down. he is facing re election next year and being able to control inflation without pushing the repeat into recession, it will be key in montana for years at the white house. the chief economist says he is wondering whether this is a turning point. other central banks around what asking themselves, has the us peak? we are, consumers can get the stuff they want to buy. one of the things they are concerned with is even that he had numbers is down to 3%, waved down from nine, the core inflation excluding the food and energy components are still pretty high, nowhere near the 2% target. i think w
and it has fallen pretty sharply from its peak of more than 9% injune of last year. it is a sign that the federal reserve s moves to raise interest rates to slow down inflation seems to be working. but analysts still think america s central bank will raise interest rates one more time at their next meeting. now, the cooler inflation is good news for consumers but it is also good news for us presidentjoe biden, who touted the administration s efforts to bring prices down. now, he s facing re rlection next year and being able to control inflation without pushing the economy into a recession will be key if he want another four years in the white house. william lee is the milken institute chief economist and he says everyone is wondering whether this is a turning point. that is the ultimate question at the fomc and all the central banks around about asking themselves, has it peaked? a lot of the inflation decreases have come about because supply chain to become restored around th
maria corina machado. welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, it is a pleasure. great to have you on the show. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule, is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. how come you have now decided to your hat in the ring how come you have now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition, to fight in next year s presidential elections? for years, venezuela s people have been explaining to the world the way nicolas maduro have been rigging elections and turning down through control and repression, thejudiciary system, the national assembly, as well as the military at every single democratic institution. we have reached a point in which we realise maduro is willing to do anything to stay in power. the only way through which we can confront and defeat him is building a huge, unprecedented social movement, citizen movement that is ri