will: plus, south dakota governor with kristi noem signs second chance legislation to allow the formerly incarcerated to work in the trades, and she s going to join us live. rachel: looking forward to that. and the big game is tomorrow, but we re not talking about the super bowl. team fluff and team [laughter] are friend for the 2024 puppy bowl. these little guys are in the green room with my daughter margarita, and they re going to join us for a warmup as the final hour of fox & friends and puppies start thes right now. it s fine by me if you never leave will: that s a nice little, upbeat song which i ve never heard in my life. you know that? rachel: no, but i do now. will: i thought you were going to break into more of that. rachel: we have so much going on, puppies in the green room, barbecue, flower contests. by the way, i asked the florist how business was going, and they said blooming. [laughter] although they did say people who were making $100 orders are now
they want to raise rates, keep them on hold or cut them. just explain that shift because it gives a sense of what could happen next.- that shift because it gives a sense of what could happen next. there are nine oli of what could happen next. there are nine policy members of what could happen next. there are nine policy members on of what could happen next. there are nine policy members on the - of what could happen next. there are l nine policy members on the committee and they all get a chance to decide whether they want rates to go up, down or stay the same. in the previous meeting in december, three of the nine wanted rates to go up, six would like to hold. to date you wanted to go up, one wanted to go down and six wanted to hold. this was a surprise to markets. markets basically expected a nod and wink from the bank of england to say that rates are properly going to come down this year. so the fact that one member has said we need to lower rents today provides a much
to avoid a wider conflict in the region. we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interests and our people. and we will respond when we choose, where we choose, and how we choose. earlier i asked our north america correspondent would any us attack may take place? we don t know us attack may take place? - don t know exactly when this military action will be lost, it apparently depends on the weather and on intelligence, but we understand that these strikes will take place over a number of days and today will include a range of targets. they include iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria. now, it is those two countries from where these militant groups, the iran backed militant groups have been operating and it is those groups that washington has accused of being responsible for the deadly drone attack on the us base injordan on sunday. that was when as you said, three us service members were killed, dozens more were injured and ever sinc
accuser. he s ordered to pay $83 million to the writer e. jean carroll. she s the victor was plaintiff in this case, as she first walked out of court with hers lawyers today. the jury deliberated for just under three hours. that is fast. it shows a very costly miscalculation that he, the ongoing defendant, made by lying and defaming her again after a previous cord victory. $18 million to compensate carroll. okay? that s what the jury foun and then the larger number, a massive $6 billion to punh this defiant defendant. i m going to walk you through why that is such a high number. the injure determined he acted maliciously. this is big in every sense, a large amount of money even for an wealthy defendant they can directly grab the money, as loan as trump owes this and the judgment is not somehow later reversed, the court system can take the 83 mill from his kits, his properties, period. this also sets a huge and significant press den, as legal, as legal reporters ctainly know,
regard, it s good news. but we need to put it in that context. 0bviously, china is facing a slowdown. what do you expect the government to do to try to boost the economy going forward? boost the economy going forward? ~ . ., forward? well, li keqiang made it very clear forward? well, li keqiang made it very clear that forward? well, li keqiang made it very clear that the forward? well, li keqiang made it very clear that the 5.2% - it very clear that the 5.2% growth was basically not by stimulus. as he said, china s good immune system. it is very clear that to reach anything similar, which i think is what the government is going to announce in the two sessions in march, they will need some stimulus. and we are already seeing additional issues for local governments and expectations of a cut in the ratio and monetary policy and stimulus, etc. some stimulus will come, but it will be limited. just to barely make it to 5% and possibly maybe even slightly below 5% next year. t