Things like volatile food and energy prices, so called Core Inflation was 4. 7 , the lowest since october 2021. The good news is that inflation has drifted down from last summers a0 year highs, but it is still well above what the Federal Reserve thinks of as normal prices and with the overall trend heading in the right direction, policy makers, well, they may feel that they dont need to raise Interest Rates further. The us central bank, you may recall, raised its benchmark Interest Rate to more than 5. 25 percent, the highest level in 22 years, all in a bid to cool the economy and ease the pressures pushing up prices. So while its too early to say Mission Accomplished from the white house to wall street, there is a sense that progress is being made in the Worlds Largest economy. Chinas E Commerce Giant Alibaba reported its strongest quarterly Revenue Growth in almost two years, pushing its us listed shares up more than 4 . Earlier this week, the latest data showed Consumer Prices falli
Welcome back to the weekend. We start the hour with possibilities for donald trump. Just hours after posting a 91 million bond that does allow the defamation of e. Jean carroll. He may have defamed e. Jean carroll again. Too listen to what he just said said. I just posted a 91 million on a fake story, totally made up story. Think of it. none million. I could say things about what it would cost normally. 91 million. Based on accusations made about me about a woman, i didnt know. I knew nothing of her. She wrote a book. And when i denied it, i said, its so crazy, its false. I got sued for defamation. It is remarkable. Lisa ruben is here. It is remarkable because donald trump is donald trump. I want to start with this 91 million, which i think is pretty interesting. Andrew weisman, or friend noted in a tweet. 90 million down, 400 million to go, and the public has no idea who may have put up the money or provided a guarantee to support the bond. But one thing is sure. Trump is beholden to
That does it for me. Thank you so much for the privilege of your time. I hope to see you later tonight on nbc nightly news. Stay where you are, the The Katie Phang Show starts now. I am katie phang , live from Telemundo Studios in miami, florida here is the week that was. The u. S. Supreme court today unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from their ballots. They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. Racking up primary wins across the country from california to maine nikki haley said to drop out after winning one state on Super Tuesday. Budget and is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. I hope he does not. In february, 2021 shortly after the attack on the capitol building, i said i would support former President Trump if he were the nominee of the party and he obviously will be the nominee of our party. I will leave the senate at the bottom of this year. In the bottom of my heart, thank you for
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes on this monday. We are grateful. The beat with katie phang and ari starts now. If i havent said it before, its really good to have you back. Thanks for being here. Thank you, my friend. Have a great show. Thanks. And to all of you welcome to the beat. Im katie phang in for ari melber. We begin with donald trump doing what he does best, trying to delay justice by claiming, wait for it, president ial immunity yet again. Today trumps legal team filing a motion to delay his new york criminal hush money trial, which is currently set to begin march 25th, just two weeks away. Trump argues the trial should wait for the United States Supreme Court to weigh in on his president ial immunity claim. Those arguments are scheduled for april 25th. Trumps legal team writing, the court must preclude the people from Offering Evidence at trial of President Trumps official acts as the commander in chief. Trump claiming that even though Stormy Daniels was pai
Still with sunshine around it will be another warm affair, temperatures as high as 27 degrees, that is still 80 fahrenheit but as we go into the weekend, once again another area of low pressure will move in and anchor it self to the north west which means the further north and west you are, you are likely to see more frequent showers throughout the weekend. Some showers into the south east but it will not be as bad as it has been in previous weekends and temperatures will be reasonably promising, i9 and temperatures will be reasonably promising, 19 to 2a degrees the high. Maybe a degree or so down as we go into sunday and still with the risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is tonights risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is tonights news risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is tonights news at risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is tonights news at ten. There is more analysis of the the government says its