state. whoever does win that race will take on john fetterman in november. he easily won the democratic senate primary last night, though may be the first candidate to do so from a hospital bed. he underwent surgery for defibrillator hours before polls close. this is after he suffered a stroke a few days ago. he seems to be recovering and in good spirits this morning. so many races, so many states, important results for both parties. another race we re following in north carolina, congressman madison cawthorn is on his way out. the trump favorite conceded late last night. cawthorn was once viewed as a rising star in the gop, however his political career tarnished by recent scandals from video, salacious video, claims that put him on the outs within his own party. we re following both parties in these states as only cnn can. let s begin on the ground in two states, let s go to the state where things haven t been called yet on senate side in pennsylvania. democratic side, j
Cspan is your unfiltered view of government. Funded by these television companies, and more. Washington journal continues. Host we welcome you back to the luncheon. Talk with us about the state of housing in the u. S. And focus here on Interest Rates and the increase in Interest Rates. Good morning. Thank you for having me. The base point Interest Rates were announced last week. What does that mean for Mortgage Rates in particular in the months ahead . Lets look at what happened 12 months ago, 18 months ago, to today. You had been close to 3 . Today, it is near 7 . This is due to the most aggressive Interest Rate hike policy since the 1980s. Personally, i would disagree with that assessment. There is more indication that inflation will come down further. There is a long impact of monetary policy. It appears to be rolling along. I think the mortgage is priced in. The question is, what is the direction of the future . Any further increases will push up Mortgage Rates up even higher. What
Mess out there. Forecasters predict it could create 12 high 15 15 foot surges. I believe that is key largo that we are looking at. We have been talking about the keys a lot as well. There is an estimated 127,000 people hunkering down in shelters, making sure they stay safe. More than 1 million customers are without power, expecting millions more to lose power. The National Weather service is telling people to stay away from the windows because of highrise buildings being hit with wind gusts close to 100 Miles Per Hour. We have Team Coverage this morning, lets go to Lauren Blanchard live in orlando with the latest. Reporter we are just getting rain in this part, we are bracing for weather to come this way hundreds of thousands of people have lost power, shelters like the one behind me already filling up. Hurricane irma is battering areas with heavy rain and high winds. Irma officially making landfall this morning in the florida keys. Bringing made major hurricane winds before shifting n
In our hour of need. And today, isaac continues to do exactly that. Isaac still works at the pentagon, now as a sergeant. Hes on duty right now, and hes joined us here today for the ceremony. And this morning, all of us and all of america thank isaac for his service. Where is isaac . [ applause ] thank you. Thank you, isaac. Thank you. To isaac and to every First Responder and survivor of the attack, you carry on the legacy of the friends you lost, you keep alive the memory of those who perished, and you make america proud, very, very proud. To the family members with us today, i know that its with a pained and heavy heart that you come back to this place, but by doing so, by choosing to persevere through the grief, the sorrow, you honor your heroes, you renew our courage, and you strengthen all of us. You really do. You strengthen all of us. Here on the west side of the pentagon, terrorists tried to break our resolve. Its not going to happen. But where they left a mark with fire and r
Is a special edition of today Hurricane Irma with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Yes, welcome to this special edition of today on a monday morning. Were going to be with you for several hours this morning trying to figure out whats happening with this storm, where shes going, and what shes left behind. Its been a long night, long weekend for our friends in florida. Lets get to where things stand with Hurricane Irma. Its a category 1 storm now packing 75 mileanhour winds still. We are waiting an updating from the National Hurricane center. Theyll give a sense of where its headed. We were talking 140 miles an hour yesterday down to 75 today. It can still do damage. Nearly 5 Million People without power this morning. Record Power Outages for the state of florida. People could be in the dark for awhile. Florida power and light is warning customers this is not going to take just a couple of days to restore. This will tak