Hurtful to people in springfield, hurtful to the haitians who are working every day. I talked to some of their employees. I had them over for breakfast, their employers, excuse me. And look, they said they work very hard, very focused, very family oriented. Its hurtful for them very, very much. And some of them were afraid. Thats Ohio Governor Mike Dewine addressing the lies about haitian migrants that have been spread by Donald Trump and senator j. D. Vance. But the Vice President ial nominee says Fact Checking is not his responsibility. Well play for you those comments. Meanwhile, the former president held his first Campaign Event since the Secret Service foiled an apparent Assassination Plot against him. Well show you what he said about it and bring you the latest on that investigation. Plus, well go through the coordinated attack against Hezbollah And Lebanon carried out with explosive pagers. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, september 18th. Im jonathan
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. This is a monumental day, the Federal Reserve cut Interest Rates for the first time in four years. This was an aggressive 50 Basis Point Cut or half a Percentage Point that will move markets and Mortgage Rates. It might also move the tide of the election. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell followed the announcement with a speech of his own, appearing to signal more aggressive cuts to come, indicating that inflation is finally under control, all of this, just 48 days before the president ial election. Big day. Joining us now, nbc News Business and data reporter, brian cheung, national Affairs Correspondent with the nation John Nichols, and director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy Institute of politics and msnbc political contributor, John Della volpe. Nbc Business Correspondent Christine romans will be here in just a second. Brian, i shall begin with you, explain what We Saw, and also tell me what he said in his news conference. Yeah, and its stil
From your local County Office to the hallowed halls of capitol hill, conversations are right now underway about something that was a few years ago unthinkable here in the united states of america, the stuff we thought happens in struggling, fledgling democracies, not here. Officials today everywhere bracing for the possibility of chaos around the 2024 president ial election. Thanks to an expresident who launched a Coup Attempt that ended in violence instead of conceding his defeat last time and is now priming his supporters to be shocked, shocked if he loses to a candidate whose entry in the race has thrown him for a loop. A candidate beating him in levels of enthusiasm, crowd size, most polls, basically any significant metric for a president ial campaign. The Associated Press reports that one suburban Atlanta County is deploying local sheriffs at early voting locations and Panic Buttons that connect Poll Managers to 911. More from that reporting, quote, californias Los Angeles County
Fathom events the news continues the source with kaitlan saying the source tonight, diddy denied bail and could remain locked up until trial as prosecutors lay out a shocking case, my exclusive interview with his attorney live tonight also out or is after blaming her for the second apparent attempt to kill him daughter was on the phone with vice president harris today as his running mate is defending amplifying lies about migrant, about immigrants and the inside story from the person who was there the moment the secret service agents dove on top of the former president, we re going to speak to donald trump s solve partner live tonight. I m kaitlan collins, and this is the source moments, the attorney for sean diddy combs will join me, onset in his first interview since a pretty dramatic court appearance this afternoon sun or the megastar pleaded not guilty to federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation of prostitution did a remains in jail tonight as
Cole and ella path that we have traveled together, i am filled with gratitude. Your record is extraordinary and history will show and your character tois inspiring. Doug and i love you and jill and are forever thankful to you both. And to coach tim walz, you are going to be an incredible vice president. And to the delegates and everybody who has put your faith in our campaign, your support is humbling. As a prosecutor, when i had a case, i charged it not in the name of the victim but in the name of the people, for a simple reason. In our system of justice, a harm against anyone of us is a harm against all of us. And i would often explain this to console survivors of crime to remind them that nobody should be made to fight alone. We are all in this together. Every day in the courtroom i stood proudly before a judge and i said five words, kamala harris for the people. And to be clear, and to be clear, my entire career, i have only had one client, the people. And so, on behalf of the peop