John live look at the Federal Reserve where a decision on the future of Interest Rates is imminent. We should get it any second now. This announcement should have major implications for americans feeling the pinch of inflation. We do expect federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell Toehold a News Conference later this hour as is traditional. With that, John Roberts and washington. Sandra Sandra Smith in New York. Might as well sell myself because right now you are looking at a bit of a turnaround. What are we looking at with the dow . But the Tick Marks not indicating that peer do you see that . The Tick Mark is read. We are going to look at that because i dont know what that is. A minute ago it was flat now it is up okay, the decision is now, okay, 50 Basis Points. The Tick Mark is not on the screen but that is accurate. The dow is now up 323 points, john. That Tick Mark there it is there it is. All right, so this was highly anticipated. Kelly ogrady from Fox Business ran onset with us to c
people growing older and better medicine keeping people alive longer, the french people say no to the plans. highest constitutional court is expecting to give a ruling next week as to whether or not the law is constitutional or whether parts of it have to be reined in. the protestors hoping to put enough pressure on the french president already survived loss of his majority in the parliament and two votes of nonconfidence to back down, scrap the plan and then everything will stay as it is right now. we ll see if that happens. something happened, not sure if american would come. right now the war between russia and, you know, ukraine, probably they would support financially but not physically, not maybe just sending missiles, that kind of thing, not really helping us. is it worrying to you about a possible invasion? sort of, but not too much. sort of, yeah. john: some residents of taiwan reacting to the threat from china as we wait to hear from the white house about
vossoughian. dramatic video of the final moments before a plane crash oversees that loved dozens of people dead. we are keeping a close eye on california where another round of devastating storms is heading. plus, a looming dead ceiling deadline, as congress gears up for a fight that could shut the government down. and, president biden on the road today, to honor martin luther king junior, but looming over him is the latest news on the documents found in his home. all of that, plus the right to bear arms in the missouri legislature. you know what it feels like to have a bunch of men at this room, looking at your top, trying to decide whether it s appropriate or not? democratic women fighting back against a new dress code policing what they wear. i talk to one of them, ahead, today. we begin with breaking news out of nepal, where at least 68 people are dead after a twin engine turboprop plane crashed in the airport, in the central part of the country, while trying to lan
that is input into machines and then automating the machines themselves, i mean, where do people fit into that equation? the good news is, there are many, many jobs in this country. government look, we could be worried, we should be worried, government can mess this up, government can mess everything up. this administration, the biden administration has a war on independent contractors. they have a war on nonunionized workers that a lot of the government spending programs, yeah, yeah, not if you are not in a union and paying dues. independent contractors, they have tried to outlaw in california and nationally. if you make the labor market less fluid, then when somebody loses a job it can take longer to find a new one, the idiot government set up all the rules to make it difficult. but if the government steps back and lets people find work, then i think we ll be in much betr e independent contractors in a neighborhood near you now. gillian: ten seconds left,
thursdays dialed nine is not meant by congress, a new borrowing limit, quote, extraordinary measures would need to be taken to avoid defaulting to avoid a economic disaster. the concern is that house republicans are wanting to raise the ceiling on their objections to government spending programs, medicare, medicaid, and security. he writes in the new york times, for these republicans, quote, legislative victories can t answer the parties underlying discontent. which is less about government policy and more about american culture. peter joins us now to unpack all of this. thank you for being with us this afternoon. let s start with the fixation on culture, speaking to the victory overcomes of an overwhelmingly opposing their own congressional leadership for years now, mcconnell, boehner, counter, and so on. what is it with the current house republicans, and what is it that they really want, and their leader, kevin mccarthy, why is he powerless to get it