Spending. Then Consumer Sentiment. We will hear from bill dudley along with eric rosengren. Est, Esther George told an audience the size of the michelle taper may not matter all that much. She argues that the key thing is the clarity with which the fed communicates about where its policies are heading. Maybe not surprising, 10 billion, 15 billion, as long as they get it started, thats what the market will be watching. Say something yesterday, becky, that someone predicted it will be next year and it will be the next chairperson in the fed that starts the tapering. Did you see that . Theres only two meetings left. It was october and december, youre right. Is bernanke going to on be in a position where he did it someone said it yesterday, itself his prediction is that nothing happens until theres a new fed person. Because they tied it to Economic Conditions, i think it would be difficult to say that Economic Conditions have changed all that drastically in a month or two. You know a week
Records. And why forecasters fear for whats in store. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. No backing down today by gop president ial contender donald trump whose unfiltered and blunt talk has again ignited controversy. The latest came over the weekend when trump said vietnam war veteran and former p. O. W. Senator john mccain is not a war hero. And while the comments like those trump made about illegal immigration recently have sparked outrage, it is worth noting that he leads the latest republican president ial poll. Though deeper examination suggests the mccain comments may be hurting him. We begin with nbcs katy tur. Reporter donald trump being donald trump today refusing to apologize for saying john mccain is not a war hero. Telling matt lauer this morning well, im not a fan of john mccain. Hes done a terrible job for the vets. I go around matt on the circuit, and im seeing so
Hillary clinton. Not his own partys candidate. Thats as clinton herself holed up in her home in chappaqua comparing for a debate she calls a contact sport, and the alleged bomber who injured 31 people in a blast in new york city. New charges filed amid whether the fbi missed questions from the suspects father. Jim acosta, you are following in the battleground state of North Carolina where the candidates are deadlocked in a new poll. Clintons up by one point, within the margin of error, trump on the offensive tonight, what is he saying . He is seizing on this terror attack that happened in new york over the weekend, don, and making the case that his policies on immigration and terrorism taking the fight to isis, are whats needed right now and that Hillary Clinton has simply been soft on what he calls radical islamic terrorism, and at the very end of his speech, he veered off message and went after i guess Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration on what is happening in the Africanam
Bush saying he will vote for Hillary Clinton. Not his own partys candidate. Thats as clinton herself holed up in her home in chappaquah comparing to what she calls a contact sport, and the alleged bomber who injured 31 people in a blast in new york city. New charges filed amid whether the fbi missed questions from the suspects father. Jim acosta, you are following in the battleground state of North Carolina where the candidates are deadlocked in a new poll. Clintons up by one point, within the margin of error, trump on the offensive tonight, what is he saying . He is seizing on this terror attack that happened in new york over the weekend, don, and making the case that his policies on immigration and terrorism taking the fight to isis, are whats needed right now and that Hillary Clinton has simply been soft on what he calls ra calls radical islamic terrorism, and at the verey end of his speech, he veered off message and went off i guess Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration on w
What the administration might say, the Opposition Party isnt the media but the Democratic Party, and they are in the worse shape since reconstruck. Today they elect new leadership. Who will be in charge . Plus, one of americas premiere public high schools plans a seminar about racial civil rights and gets attacked for supplying in one critics words racial indoctrination. Cant we all just get along . And it is oscar weekend, so heres my prediction, that we will surely hear some political speeches from hollywoods elite, and ill ask the hamilton actor who confronted Vice President pens last fall if he thinks such grandstanding helps or hurts their cause . Plus, one cnn viewer had harsh words for me this week, and i shall reply to mr. Rush limbaugh. But first, despite his repeated attacks on the media and this network, President Trump apparently thinks that im fair. I hope that remains his view at the end of this commentary. Last saturday i hosted christopher ruddy, the ceo of news max and