at the united nations headquarters here in new york city. hello, welcome. sandra smith in new york. and as you can expect, the traffic is thick with the u.n. happening. john: never my favorite time of year, no question about this. this is america reports, the president making his annual address to the u.n. general assembly just hours after vladimir putin made a startling speech to the russian people calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in ukraine, claiming he is not bluffing when it comes to his nuclear threats. the president putting putin on notice. just today president putin has made overt nuclear threats against europe, and a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of a nonproliferation regime. we will stand in solidarity of ukraine, solidarity against russia s aggression, period. sandra: the war in ukraine is not the only international crisis being discussed by the president. he reaffirmed america s one china policy just days after saying th
the south carolina senator. john: charlie hurt is there, the united nations gets a lot of attention, the question for charlie, why is it getting any attention? sandra: and john, great to be with you, a huge news day. adding to everything happening right now, the decision from the federal reserve on another interest rate hike. the goal here is to tame sky high inflation. the fed looking to raise rates for a third straight time to try to slow down those rising prices. so right now you are looking at reactions in the market. 161, i see green but i see a negative next to the dow. ok, so, looks like the dow turned lower on the news. s & p is also lower. reaction, the fed did agree to raise interest rates three-quarters of a point, remember larry kudlow saying rip the band aid off, a full point. jay powell clearly not deciding to that, and now markets are reacting to what was an expected move with the dow moving lower by 100 points, ok, now you see the red tick there, john, wha