only 1% of those facing trials in russia are acquitted. 99% are found guilty. reaction from a few moments from the executive director of the women s national basketball player s association, who has been fighting for her return. plus, any moment, we re expecting a civil rights announcement from attorney general merrick garland at the department of justice. but we begin this hour, of course, with the brittney griner drug trial in in russia. the russian court finding her guilty. they have asked to sentence her to nine and a half years in prison and fine her $1 million ruble, which is more than $16,000. a conviction now has certainly been announced in that court in russian. today, greiner addressing thecl appealing for leniency. i made an honest mistake, and i hope that in your ruling, that it doesn t end my life here. i know that everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics, but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. i want to say again that i had no intent
this, of course, despite his promise to make saudi, quote, a pariah state. all this as the federal reserve is expected to announce its biggest hike in decades. john harwood is live in philadelphia. john, there is a lot at stake for the president. reporter: a lot at stake, erica, for the president. a lot at stake for the country. as we ve seen underscored by the january 6th committee hearings. the president s biggest political problem is negative public sentiment about high inflation. as you indicated, he is going to say that this is his top priority. mostly a job for the federal reserve, but he s also going to do what he can to try to make a difference on the margins. that s why he is going to swallow his statements about making saudi arabia a pariah and meet with the crown prince, mbs, on a visit in a few weeks. that s in hopes of expanding saudi oil production and getting gas prices down a little bit. he s also here before this friendly audience to talk about the positi
points today. the numbers are dismal on the economy and the reality is, too. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . let s take a look at the dow. again, this has to do with how investors feel now. we dipped into bear market territory. we re no longer running with the bulls and while we don t talk all that much fancy talk on the faulkner focus in terms of money, what it means is your nest egg that you may get through your 401k on your job is not doing what it should be doing right now. don t plan to retire tomorrow. the experts are saying as well that investors are nervous because they can t figure out what s coming next. they know that this could be a predecessor for a recession and a pretty strong one. and that this is happening much more quickly than what the white house and the biden administration had promised america. the treasury secretary janet yellen recently apologizing, as if that would matter. we need action now. what does that look like? the fe
bear market territory. the federal reserve could boost interest rates by .75 point to try to time inflation that has the cost of everything rising. gas is still hovering above $5.00 a gallon nationwide, getting close to $7.00 out west in california. an estimate from moody s shows american households are spending about $460 more per month on necessities than they were one year ago. that means more families are having to make tough decisions just to get by. there s no way. it s cheaper to fly. it feels like you can t catch a break. it s difficult to save up for the things i do need in the long-term. we ll have more on it in a moment as well as the january 6th committee s next public hearing. it was scheduled for tomorrow. it was abruptly postponed. next steps in the senate on new gun legislation, when we could see actual text of a bill and most importantly a vote. we are going to start with the president s address genny moment now, and the economic realities that the coun
Headquarters in washington dc good morning, everyone. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming today. Good morning, everyone. Thanks, louisa. I thought you were going to give me a shout out or something. My name is jason. I am representing the Teachers Union. The American Federation of teachers. [applause] i have been a part of that union since 20 years. This morning i was asked to share a few words with you. A little bit about my perspective on unions and why they are so important. Right off the bat, one of the things i would like to share, the reason i ever became a teacher and walking right out of college and out of high school going to college knowing i want to be a teacher one day. Louise who just kicked us off is my student. It is one of the things that unions do so well. They Bring Community and how to impact the Community Front and center. I believe that is one of the things that not only attracted me to teaching, but certainly is one of the major talking points about what