Recognized government says its taken complete control of the capital after months of fighting against war little tiny 5 talk. Hong kongs legislature votes for a law abiding the National Anthem a chinese National Anthem despite protests inside the chamber. Thank you for joining us all 4 Police Officers involved in the arrest of george floyd in the United States have now been charged in connection with his death the charges against the officers seen kneeling on freuds neck have been elevated to 2nd degree murder while the 3 others are accused of aiding and abetting his actions floyd samnee say its a significant step and as john hendren reports from minneapolis protesters on the street say it proves the movement can deliver results. For the crowds feeling. Street here and across the u. S. A sign their demands are being heard i filed in a minute complaint 3 charges the charges former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Shaaban thoughts murder in the 2nd degree through the death of george floy
Chair Jerome Powell announced an Interest Rate cut for the First Time Since the 2008 financial crisis. Following the announcement, he took several questions from reporters. This is 45 minutes. Good afternoon and welcome. Today to lower the target for the federal funds rate by a quarter of a ofcentage point to arrange two and a quarter percent. The outlook for the u. S. Economy remains favorable in this action is designed to support that outlook. Againsttended to ensure Downside Risk, to help offset the effects these factors are andng the on the economy to promote a faster return of inflation to our symmetric 2 objective. All of these objectives will support achievement of our overall goal, to sustain for the benefit of the american people. We also decided to conclude the runoff of our securities portfolio rather than and september as previously planned. In september as previously planned. I will discuss the thinking behind todays Interest Rate reduction and then turn to the path forwar
you get a fair shake. why would i allow a hostile network and allow people that are polling at zero, polling at zero, one is zero with an arrow left. why would i allow people at 1 and 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night. i don t think it s fair. that was former president donald trump s noncommittal answer on debating the other republican candidates because of their polling numbers when new data shows his own are starting to slip amid his federal indictment and the possibility of another indictment for january 6th coming this summer. the numbers are starting to slip, and you look at the people outside the hard core republican base, republicans and even independents leaning republican. you get outside of that to swing voters, to independents, to everybody else. something like 85% of those voters. i think he needs to drop out of the race right now. we ll have more on that ahead. also ahead, we re learning more about the plea deal for hunter biden as the
Has officially finished. The defense only called two witnesses. And yesterday, rested their case. Former President Trump did not testify in his own defense despite telling the press multiple times he wanted to. You testify in your trial. Yeah, i would testify absolutely. Its a scam. Its a scam. Are you going to testify . Yes. Will you testify . No he wont stop. He the gag is not to testify. Do you plan to testify in court . I probably so. I would like to. I mean i think so. I mean, theres a story of his life, who shocked me can nobodys shocked. It is a guy who said of course i am going to testify, you knew he was not going to testify for a couple reasons. One, he is just a walking perjury machine. Seriously . You got a new Ice Cream Machine that you say makes ice cream. The mcreamy by ninja. And creamy, yeah, well, he is a Ninja Perjury Machine right . You stand in front of it for a couple seconds. I will never look at the creamy the same way. It creates instant perjury and so we all k
to prime time weekend, i nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. we said something to the effect of i don t want people to know we lost, this is embarrassing. figure out, we need to figure it out. i don t know that people know that we lost. trump knew all along, right? that he lost. even though he has raged now form four years that the 2020 presidential election was somehow stolen from him. in private, even donald trump has admitted the truth, even donald trump knows the truth. it is the truth he is so embarrassed about that president joe biden, he refers to him as this guy that beat him . beat him in the 2020 presidential election. today, in a brand-new tape never heard before, we re hearing that private admission in the ex-president s own words, on tape. a remarkable slip of the mask, right? trump s facade, made during one of his half-dozen interviews with writer remine to today, author a brand-new book, chronicling trump s time as the host of the ap