Wilmington, North Carolina, in just under an hour where he is expected the focus on some of the top issues for voters including housing and The Cost Of Living. Welcome to Fox News live, im griff jenkins. Hour two, alicia, here we go. Alicia lets keep going, im liver shah acuna. We are just 45 days from Election Day as early, Inperson Voting is now underway in three states this weekend. Alexandria hoff is live with a preview of todays Trump Rally. Hi, alex. Reporter hi, good to be with you. Yeah, the former president was supposed to come to North Carolina back in april, but weather made that event get pushed back. Here we are today, a sunny, hot day. Lots of excitement here. So, yeah, the former president is expected to focus on the economy, cost of living, inflation. He won North Carolina in 0216 2016 and in 2020, but by 2020 the it was by smaller margins, so its become a Tossup State according to our Fox News power rankings. The former president is hoping for a threepeat here. While d
Million. Both candidates during the weekend with rallies. Harris began about reproductive rights in madison, wisconsin, on Friday Morning but what a second Trump Term could bring. Let us be very clear. Someone who suggest we should terminate the Constitution Of The United States should never again stand behind the seal of the president of the United States. Never again. It never again. Trump has around that gets underway in wilmington, North Carolina. The former president has no plans to pull his endorsement of republican to the Torah Candidate Mark robertson following explosive new allegations that he made racist and lewd comments on a site you years ago. Robinson flatly denied any connection to the post. More on this in a moment and then to georgia. The Election Board now requiring ballots to be hand counted in november. That is a move that could drastically link in the amount of time needed to tally results in the critical battleground state. In person early voting underway in south
Cut of half a Percentage Point on wednesday has spurred investors sending us markets into record highs. Traders cheered the Central Banks big call cutting the main Interest Rate to between 4. 75 and 5 . Opening the door with a bang on the first rates Easing Cycle in more than four years. President biden hailed the move as good news for consumers but said there was more work to be done in taming inflation. Lets be clear. The fed lowering Interest Rate is not a declaration of victory, its a declaration of victory, its a declaration of victory, its a declaration of progress. Its a Signal Weve entered a new phase for a colony and are recovery. I believe its important for the country to recognise this process because we dont, the progress we made will remain locked in the fear of negative mindset dominating our economic outlook since the pandemic began. Fed officials have made it clear that this cut was only the beginning and investors seem to have liked what they heard. For more, lets get
In cutting the cost of borrowing for the first time in overfour years. The Federal Reserve have dropped the main Interest Rate in the worlds biggest economy by half a percentage point, bringing it down to between 4. 75 and 5 . A drop larger than many expected, with some wondering now if this reflects the scale of the problems facing the american economy or the success in getting the pace of price rises, inflation, close to the banks targets. The governor of the fed, Jerome Powell says the us economy is in good shape and they intend to keep it that way. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupta has the details. The Federal Reserve has delivered a super sized Interest Rate cut aimed at bolstering the us Labour Market. The 0. 5 percentage cut, the first in over four years, brings its key Interest Rate, the federal funds rate, down to between 4. 75 and 5 . It comes amid Signs Inflation in america is continuing to fall, while the Job Market remains strong, even as unemployment h
In the White House. However, Vice President Kamala Harris just caused democrats to suffer a major loss. The Teamsters Labor Union and its 1. 3 million members are not endorsing her. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. That Labor Organization announced it will not endorse a Candidate Period this time around. Here is what makes this particularly damaging for democrats. It marks the first time since 1996, nearly 30 years, that group, that important union with all of its members, has not backed a democrat White House nominee. So Kamala Harris has helped them gain that Check Mark in history. Teamsters president Sean Obrien spoke about the decision. We interviewed both candidates and we were seeking commitments from both candidates and we couldnt get solid commitments on our core issues. No endorsement sends a message to both parties that if they truly want to support working people, they have to reevaluate it and understand that nothing is given. It is earned. Harris the n