new york. thank you for being with us as we await a critical decision minutes away that could have major fallout from your bank account. the federal reserve is poised to once again raise interest rates to try to tame inflation. this would be the fourth straight big rate hike and the impacts will certainly be felt at the white house less than a mile away where we ll hear shortly from president biden set to discuss his latest efforts to bolster the economy. and then tonight he ll make a primetime address focused on threats to democracy. but it is those pocketbook issues that most voters say are most important as they fill in their ballot. you can see the economy tops the list with election day now five days away. matt egan is live outside the federal reserve. how much pressure is the fed facing right now to make the right call here? reporter: well, ana, the pressure has just been building and building on the fed. it s palpable. people are angry about the high cost of living a
Security. We will have more on that later myanmar is a country in the grip of a war largely forgotten, by the outside world. And today we have a Special Report from the frontline. Rebel forces there are fighting an intense battle against the military regime. In the past seven months, a country wide insurgency has made gains conquering large swathes of territory. The fighters, among them a group known as kndf, are now presenting the Myanmar Military with the biggest threat to its rule in years. Press freedom in the country is restricted, hundreds ofjournalists have beenjailed, and getting into myanmar to report first hand is tough. But a bbc team has managed. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville spent a month with the rebels at theirjungle bases and on the frontline. A revolution is rising across myanmar. Hidden from the world by its remoteness. Few countries are more isolated, few conflicts more unseen. We spent a month with the insurgents on back roads and Jungle Tracks in karenni st