Good day from msnbc in washington. Welcome. I am Allie Vitali in for alex. We begin, as you can hear the Election Music with decision 2024. 31 days until Election Day. Theres a lot going on this afternoon across the Campaign Trail, across the map. Vice president harris will speak in North Carolina, governor Tim Walz will be in ohio, former President Trump and senator Jd Vance returned to pennsylvania. This comes as Mailin Voting and Absentee Voting is underway in two dozen states. Vice president harris is coming up a week that included endorsements from Bruce Springsteen to former Congresswoman Lissa Cheney and Basketball Legend Magic johnson. We have one reaction from one michigan senator to the Vice President s message focused on jobs. It is close. We have Donald Trump and Jd Vance coming in every day and just plain saying lies. The reality is, michigan was not better off under Donald Trump. We did lose jobs, we had plants close, forget covid, this was before covid. We got 44 new pla
You are looking at a live view of butler, pennsylvania where Donald Trump will take the stage within the hour. Three months after his first Assassination Attempt in july. In a dramatically different rent 2024 race against Vice President Kamala Harris. Now down to exactly one month of beef for Election Day. Meanwhile, the Vice President is in North Carolina tonight. Right now, getting briefed on the States Recovery from Hurricane Helene after touring the damage firsthand today we will hear more in a moment. Let us start in butler, pennsylvania. The venue where Donald Trump narrowly survived an Assassination Attempt back in july. Trump is holding another rally there right now. That is where Jake Traylor is standing by. Jake, tell us what you see there so far. Reporter back in butler for former president Donald Trump with that attempted assassination that took place back in july. There is a few things notable even just on the scene in terms of ramped up security. There are Shipping Contai
Jerome powell here in york, pennsylvania last year, some relief. Shes Been paying a higher rate on the Credit Card she uses to fund her Business. My Interest Rates have gone up, so my monthly payments have increased tremendously, so i would like to see the Interest Rates come Back down. Whenjerome powell visited this market, the Federal Reserve was watching closely to see if its Big Interest Rate hikes really were cooling inflation, even though it was tough and small Businesses. Thats aBout to change. Mr powell and his colleagues are set to Interest Rates. In york, the arrival of autumn marks a change. After raising Interest Rates 11 times, americas Central Bank is all But certain to unwind that, But how quickly they go down from here is still up for graBs. Perfectly like this on your porch, and then we price it less than picking up the pumpkins themselves. At this farm shop, the reBirth of the economy, as inflation falls closer to the feds official target of 2 , is yet another moment
Sandra for the second straight day, hundreds of devices exploding across lebanon and what appears to be a major attack against members of iranbacked hezbollah appeared today we are hearing reports that handheld radios are detonating just south of beirut. Thats where we find ourselves at the top of the new our here. Hello e and welcome Everyone Frm Sandra Smith in new york. John tried to have you back, im John Roberts in washington, this is americas reports. Israel is behind the simultaneous explosions of pagers that killed 12 people and injured nearly 3,000. Sandra the embassy in Beirut Morning americans in the country to be on high alert and maintain a low profile. Lets get right to it with Nate Foy live on the ground in Tel Aviv for us at this hour, 8 00, there, nate. Has israel said anything about these explosions . Not directly, sandra, but while visiting the countries north, Defense Minister Yoav gallant said minutes ago we are entering the new phase of this war. This as israel mo
Well get into more detail on that in a moment but first, lets Take A Deeper Look now on whats happening with the us economy. According to data out in the last hour prices rose at an annual rate of 2. 5 in august. That was slightly less than the 2. 6 markets were expecting and down from 2. 9 injuly. If we look at Core Inflation though which strips out volatile elements such as Food And Fuel prices were rising at a faster rate 3. 2 . Dr sean snaith, director of the institute for economic forecasting at the university of central florida. Hejoins us now. Welcome. First of all, what a surprise of the cpi taking out volatile Food Energy prices. Does this take 50 Basis Point cut to Interest Rates off the table, when the fed meets later this month . Instead, itll more like 25 Basis Points cut . Was the fed behind the curve . Well, i think 50 points is off the table, personally, and i may be in the minority in which 25 is off the table. I think its a bit too soon to raise the mission accomplish