major consequences for all americans. just one hour from now the federal reserve is expected to roll out its eighth straight interest rate hike. experts, executives and the markets all hope it will be one of the smallest yet. just a few blocks away, down at the white house, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy will sit down for their first stare-down since mccarthy became speaker over the debt ceiling. if one doesn t blink soon, you can say goodbye to federal elt benefits and hello to a financial meltdown, all courtesy of your representatives on capitol hill. let s start with cnn s matt egan over at the fed. matt, is today the day that jerome powell starts to pump the brakes on these interest rate hikes? it certainly looks that way. it would be a big surprise if that didn t happen. fed officials have been dropping hints, strong hints for weeks now that they do plan to dial back this war on inflation today. the thinking is that the fed goes from a 50 basis poin
, three months a ago. wireless of planning documents in biden s house this weekend? they told us they alerted the department of justice but that s not true. it was the national archives who reported it they told us the reason that the doj denied it. they told us the search was over and there were no more documents before finding more documents. nancy this time the really - - the search really is over maybe they find them every monday wednesday friday between now and 2024 they cannot get their story straight or their house in order it is a complete and utter shambles. joining us now to react is kellyanne conway. what do you make of all of this? it is a sham. that s the best word for it. it is. beyond that sheer hypocrisy from everyone that fighting camp that denounced the finding of the documents at mar-a-lago and acting like it was beyond the end of the world that focus on what we know. we know there has been reckless handling of classified documents that is an culpable eve
, three months ag ago. wireless of planning documents in biden s house this weekend? they told us they alerted the department of justice but that s not true. it was the national archives who reported it they told us the reason that the doj denied it. they told us the search was over and there were no more documents before finding more documents. nancy this time the really - - the search really is over maybe they find them every monday wednesday friday between now and 2024 they cannot get their story straight or their house in order it is a complete and utter shambles. joining us now to react is kellyanne conway. what do you make of all of this? it is a sham. that s the best word for it. it is. beyond that sheer hypocrisy from everyone that fighting camp that denounced the finding of the documents at mar-a-lago and acting like it was beyond the end of the world that focus on what we know. we know there has been reckless handling of classified documents that is an culpable ev
, three months ag ago. wireless of planning documents in biden s house this weekend? they told us they alerted the department of justice but that s not true. it was the national archives who reported it they told us the reason that the doj denied it. they told us the search was over and there were no more documents before finding more documents. nancy this time the really - - the search really is over maybe they find them every monday wednesday friday between now and 2024 they cannot get their story straight or their house in order it is a complete and utter shambles. joining us now to react is kellyanne conway. what do you make of all of this? it is a sham. that s the best word for it. it is. beyond that sheer hypocrisy from everyone that fighting camp that denounced the finding of the documents at mar-a-lago and acting like it was beyond the end of the world that focus on what we know. we know there has been reckless handling of classified documents that is an culpable ev
top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom, i m erica hill. good to have you with us on this very busy wednesday morning. countdown is on at this point, six days left now until the midterm elections. this morning a new cnn poll shows republican voters are more enthusiastic than democrats heading into election day. the economy remains a top concern as people cast their votes. cnn is on the trail around the country. also watching today the federal reserve set to hike interest rates again, that is sparking major concerns that the fed s attempts to cool inflation could send the economy into a recession. plus new details about the attack on paul pelosi, today the family is expected to see body camera footage of that violent attack, hear the 911 call made by speaker pelosi s husband. this just one day after the suspect pleaded not guilty to multiple state charges. cnn s veronica miracle is live in san francisco. she begins things for us this morning. veronica, in terms of that 911