On my locker, a very warm welcome to all of you. While we begin this broadcast with breaking news from iran, where the government there says, one of the countrys leading Nuclear Scientists has been assassinated was in fact, as a day has long been suspected by the west. And israel of masterminding, a secret Nuclear Weapons program. His car was reportedly targeted just outside terror. Ron so far been no claim of responsibility. But irans foreign minister mohamad job at zarif has claimed there were, quote, serious indications of an israeli role in the alleged killing. Lets get you more now on this breaking news with me here on the set as my colleague, jared, reader. Jared, what more have you learned . Ok, as you say, he was killed. The Defense Ministry has. So it is a day was killed in which is a town east of the capital tehran describing the killing as an assassination. It sounds like it was very well planned, kind of like an ambush. The News Agencies in iran say hes caught was targeted
Continuing a trend that shows so far, university of michigan sentiment, other surveys were doing okay and things are going okay. In the middle of all of that, you have a report out of fedex saying were not doing okay. Telegraphing problems because of the trade war. The trade war is one of the big reasons why the fed will supposedly move today. It is all in what the fed lays out after it makes its move. The consensus seems to coalesce out of quarterpoint cut to Interest Rates. Would bring overnight lending rate from 1. 75 rate to 2 , from around 2. 25 we are right now. That can jostle wildly. Lets get the read on all of that Charles Payne, thank you for helping out on your world yesterday on fox news. What do you expect first off . 25 basis point rate cut in part because the wall street expects it, to such a degree yeah it is. If you think a trump tweet is tough, wall street selloff of several hundred points. I mean they, they really have the market cornered when it comes to temper tant
With 250 or 300 detainees packed into that was 10 years. From moscow youre watching all things a National Media hawkins wherever you are thanks for tuning in this hour. Of the u. N. Has sent a team of experts to saudi arabia to investigate last weeks drone missile attack on the kingdoms Oil Refineries the u. S. Says its confident iran is responsible and vows through impose new sanctions on tehran just to remind you last saturday a dozen cruise missiles and more than 20 drones hit a Major Oil Field and Processing Plant in the east of the kingdom the attack which she yemen who the rebels claimed they carried out knocked out 5 percent of the Global Oil Supply and so the price of oil rocket. Looks at what evidence has been presented so far. It has been decided that iran did it and that started opinion all finding were the result of an investigation its a decision guilty this was an iranian attack we were blessed that there were no americans killed in this attack but any time you have an ac
One of the authors of the report. He describes severely overcrowded sounds with 250 or 300 detainees packed into. 10 meters by 10 meters. Very good evening to you this is our. National Security Team is expected to meet later on thursday senior officials from across the government are set to consider a response to the drone attacks on sunday arabian oil fields that occurred last weekend the president know its still unclear what option hes leaning towards. I mean you may have some very strong here who will see what happens a lot of things could happen if we can have a peaceful solution thats good its possible that that wont happen. Now the u. S. Says it is confident to run is responsible and vast to impose new sanctions on tehran just to remind you last saturday doesnt cruise missiles and more than 20 drones hit a major or field and Processing Plant in the east of the kingdom the attack which yemeni who 3 rebels claim that they carried out 5 percent of the global war supply and so the pr
Was not a trend but an adjustment. Here is his rather ignorant statement about Interest Rates at his press conference. To ensure against downside risk, to provide support to the economy, the factors are, where factors are pushing down on Economic Growth and to support inflation. I do think it will serve all of those goals but if you were thinking of it as essentially in the nature of a midcycle adjustment to policy. Lou a midcycle adjustment. Investors did not want to hear that nonsense. His remarks came at 2 37 pm for the next 16 minutes, the dow sold off. 279 points. The nasdaq fell 155 points. S p 500 fell 46. Edward lawrence has more in the story tonight from the white house. Yes as you know, the Federal Reserve rates a Court Reporter not everyone in the room it was voting was happy about it, they were two dissenters. The boston Federal Reserve president and city reserve president both thought the Federal Reserve fund rate needs to stay exactly where it was. In the end Federal Rese