His first travel order signed in january was also halted by a federal judge. Switching gears, policymakers at the u. S. Federal reserve have decided to raise the key Interest Rates, ai uchida joins us with details from our business desk. The fed officials seem confident about the u. S. Economy, the steady growth its seeing . Absolutely. What do you have for us . Certainly seems that way, catherine. This is only the third time in a decade that they are hiking the benchmark rate, and its the latest move will be the first since donald trump stepped into the white house in january. Analysts have been trying to assess how the u. S. Central bank is going to respond to the president s economic policy. Fed chair janet yellen spoke at the end of a twoday policy meeting. She said the key rate target will be 0. 75 to 1 . We have performed well over the last several years. Yellen noted that inflation has increased in recent quarters, approaching the feds 2 longerrun objective. Todays decision also
Wants to see, might not want to hold his breath but he will be addressing the crowd in florida, we will be listening closely to see what comes of that. Trump supporter, press secretary, you are seeing what is going on and i am wondering, timing is everything. I am not dismissing these allegations of these women, but timing is curious. I agree timing is curious. Im not in the habit of silencing women and telling them they dont have the right to speak out. I wouldnt do it to these women or the large number of women who have come out to accuse bill clinton and accused secretary clinton of having intimidated them and bullied them so i am not in the habit of doing that but i believe reports came out 27 days, 26 days before the election, very curious to me and we had an onslaught of emails that indicated the Clinton Campaign has a cozy relationship with the media. This is something we have always known but these emails prove it. I am not in the habit of telling women they dont have the right
Hour. Najim laachraoui. Hes the man on the right in the hat. There have been conflicting reports. We know one person has been detained. One of the men of the left believed to be suicide boxer brahim el bakraoui. His brother khalid, not pictured here. There were two attacks in bruss yesterday. One at the airport, one at the metro station. At least 30 people are dead, more than 270 reported injured. Isis has claimed responsibility for that. At least one of the bombers has a link to the paris attackers. The Brussels Airport remains closed today. Others also remain on lockdown although mass transit in the city has resumed operations. The belgium Prime Minister Charles Michelle is calling it a black day in the country. Hes called for three days of mourning. Lets check in with Michelle Carusocabrera whos made herwh way in to brussels. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We flew in to Charles De Gaulle this morning. As you can see, theres a check point here where theyve been stopping every l
Several big names set to report earnings this week including the likes of jp morgan alcoa, and city. Why it could lead stocks higher. Plus a rough day for tiffany. Why disappointing holiday sales are weighing bigtime on that luxury brand. And merger monday has two very big deals in the pharma sector. What big names are teaming up. First up though after a volatile week for stocks, the markets are bracing for the beginning of earnings season. Alcoa set to report after the bell tonight. Oil continues to fall after seven straight weeks in declines. Goldman slashing its threemonth forecast for brent from 80 to 42 and wti from 70 down to 41. The firm says it needs to stay near 40 for most of the year. Half of this year before it would keep capital sidelined. Actually theyve got a great count showing that its actually falling faster than it has in almost every other oil bear market. Well, it has to but at the same time when we keep seeing these Production Growth numbers that are out of these
For days after a Chemical Spill into a local river. 38 of the 300,000 residents effected are permitted to use the tap water again. It could be days before the entire system is back online. A president ial review panel has given its recommendations for the nsa program to congress. They testified about a number of important changes including how the National Security agency collects data. President obama will unveil his plans for the Intelligence Agency on monday. Next we have more with ali velshi from the detroit auto show. Reporter all revved up at the detroit auto show. Ill talk to the top boss at toyota about bringing sexy back to car showrooms. And also what the busiest bridge in the u. S. Says about the big three automaker and its neighbor to the north. And we never stop to ask directions, and there is an app for that. You are the most important part of the show. Join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter at aj real money and facebook. Com and a. J. Real money. Th