already turned lower. but he is indicating that the fed is willing to risk some kind of a recession to bring inflation back towards the fed s target of 2%. so what s the expectation for raising interest rates in the near future? he held up the possibility that a larger than normal rate hike could come in september, which means three quarters of a point, probably not 1%, as some might fear. but that would be three meetings in a row of three quarter point rate hikes. something we ve not seen in quite a number of years. the fed is intent on raising interstates, short-term interest rates, somewhere north of 3.5%, which puts downward pressure on the economy. and obviously, as you said, puts downward pressure on the stock market, as well. so we re going to see the fed raise rates likely through the end of this year before they reassess where they are. and they want to see more than just one month of good news on the inflation front, again, before they do any reassessing of the current po
on thursday ron desantis of florida, he suspended progressive prosecutor in tampa bay named andrew warren, ask what desantis said was that warren had pledged not to prosecute any of florida s abortion laws, that heed had taken a policy stance that something like fleeing from police officers were also not to be prosecuted in certain cases. and so now there s a political battle playing out will. similar in new york. lee zeldin, the gubernatorial candidate, is promising on day one that he will fire the progressive prosecutor for manhattan. and so the soros money may still be there to fun these campaigns, but if the voters aren t, you won t see them elected anymore. jer and chesa buy chesa boudin already out in that election. we ve. is this a big political opportunity for republicans, do you think, in the fall and beyond? yeah, absolutely, especially if they keep serving this message. look, it took a while for the
legislation he promised in glasgow, there is no chance we will meet these targets that were set for the next ten years? next ten years? one of the things that is concerning next ten years? one of the things that is concerning is next ten years? one of the things that is concerning is when - next ten years? one of the things that is concerning is when you i next ten years? one of the things i that is concerning is when you have candidates that is concerning is when you have candidates who potentially feel and express candidates who potentially feel and express a candidates who potentially feel and express a policy stance while they are running and then they flip and do something completely different in front of do something completely different in front of the people. what i always advise front of the people. what i always advise whenever i am talking to candidates, yes, you have to focus on the candidates, yes, you have to focus on the positive of the policy you are pro
the victims who were abused as teens reacting singer in-court apology does not cut it. the nato summit to kicks off in spain and president biden s welcoming and sweden, now one step closer to membership after turkey drops opposition paid big news there. the commander in chief also announcing a new policy stance. today i am announcing the united states will respond to the changing security environment. we will continue to adjust our costs based on the threat with our allies. the western alliance is of course putting most of its focus on the response to russian invasion of ukraine. the fda recommends new covid shots that specifically protect against the omicron variant. the change allows vaccine makers to rollout newly formatted doses this fall, and this comes as sesame street s facing backlash after elmo takes a jab
to the trump administration that was very anti-icc to biden s position. that is the current legal form policy stance. the bottom line is, what kirby said there is they oppose the main avenue for international accountability for alleged war crimes by russian soldiers or even putin himself. let s be clear, this is hard stuff. many experts who work in this field for years agreed that there are real complexities and drawback to the way the icc runs. from its limited powers to the fact that countries like russia and the u.s. won t join it anyway, to a lack of enforcement body to the practical dynamic that it really does, as one calls it a victors justice, it does reflect the geopolitical reality of who wins wars. he doesn t have his own army. it is not some independent