bring down inflation or ease up on the fight to calm the banking sector. downplayed the federal reserve through all of this. we started out the sa santa clas by bringing zero interest rates which pushed people out of saved investments into venture capital. they became the arsenate dome arsenate during covid m no one would loan it to us the $5 trilf thin air and that caused inflation. but don t worry, they came in as the firefighters to put the fire out by dousing it with high interest rates. now, they are like the triage doctor to stabilize the patients, which are the banks. ashley: alexandria hoff with more from washington, alex. good morning, the federal reserve is in a tricky spot with rising consumer prices being revealed today. it has led to a rate hike but giving the turmoil the interest rates have caused the fight against inflation may have to be placed on hold. it was an attempt by silicon valley to lower interest rate risk which led to selling off securities we
his failing presidency. dr. jill biden taking a break from comparing hispanics to tacos and justifying the lack of presidency saying this. the president had so many hopes and plans for things he wanted to deal, but every time he turned around he had to address the problems at the moment. he just has had so many things thrown his way who would ve ever thought about what happen with the supreme court overturning roe v. wade? maybe we saw it coming, but still we do not believe it. it s no wonder, she is forced to make excuses for her deeply unpopular hussman, the majority of voters expecting the economy to go from bad to worse next year. meanwhile, democrats and the media after his controversial fist bump with the saudi crown prince, watch. we have the leader of the country who is involved in the murder of a washington post journalist, i don t think that that type of government should be rewarded with the present and in the united states. going from calling mps fist pumpin
one of new york s safest and upscale neighborhoods. violence and homelessness runs rampant in the city. live in the studio, ashley? the 20-year-old mom was pushing a 3-month-old baby in a stroller when she was shot point blank in the head by a suspect he came up behind her. it happened as he said, joey, in the upper eastside on wednesday just before 8:30 at night. fortunately the baby was not hurt, but when first responders got there the mother was unconscious and pronounced dead an hour later at the hospital. mayor eric adams blaming the gun violence epidemic for taking so many innocent lives. listen. when a mother is pushing a baby carriage down the block, or an individual, a woman is pushing a baby carriage down the block, and is shot at point-blank range, this shows how this national problem has impacted families. we are going to find this person who is guilty of this horrific crime. they are going to find him and bring him to justice. and a young girl playing at a
World. Im paula newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, a budget battle brewing on capitol hill. Congress set to return tuesday. It will face the potential of a Government Shutdown if congress cant reach a deal on spending by the end of the month. A major shakeup in kyiv after more than 18 months of war. President zelenskyy announces plans to replace his Defense Minister. Burning man chaos continues. Thousands still trapped in the Nevada Desert after heavy rain turned the Festival Site into a mud pit. It is back to business this week for the u. S. Senate as its august recess comes to an end. Now washington is set to become a Pressure Cooker in the coming weeks as lawmakers attempt to avoid a Government Shutdown yet again. They only have until october 1st to come to an agreement. A little shall we say that it will not be easy. Members of the u. S. House arent back until next week, in fact. Conservative republican hardliners are already pressuring House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy to stick to strict g
To swing last autumns election. But today, Donald Trumps son, donald junior, was forced to release a string of emails suggesting he knowingly met last summer with russian officials who promised to dish dirt on Hillary Clinton. Today, democratic senator tim kaine mrs clintons running mate said, in terms of whats being investigated, this is moving into perjury, false statements and even potentially treason. A former watergate prosecutor described the emails as a smoking cannon. The president , meanwhile, defended his son as a high quality person committed to transparency. They only actually met last week but the exact relationship between President Trump and his russian counterpart is a constant theme among critics. There were plenty of allegations but not much fact. Now, details of a meeting between Meeting Willett were members of the Trump Campaign and a russian lawyer have changed that. The picture is rapidly evolving, the president s son having to shift his position over the last thr