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reign ininflation. any time you borrow money, you will pay more interest to the bank because the banks are paying more to borrow from the feds. why raise rates at all? let me bring in now nbc news business and technical correspondent jolene kent. 2:00 announcement. my clock in here is wrong but i think it s just turning over to the tick of two. is it official yet? what s the expectation? it is official. the federal reserve is going to be raising the benchmark basis rates. we are seeing that the balance sheet will be cut to rise to and i just lost the number here in my notes. but the feds saying job gains have been robust so they do expect to they are raising it by half a point. what does this mean? this is the most aggressive hike since 2000 and it the most aggressive move that we ve seen so far in this inflation situation right now. consumers across the board facing 8.5% inflation. and it s a markedly stronger move than last time back in march when we were report ....
by attempting to climb snowdon. morning. starting off on a very cloudy note with some patchy rain and drizzle, the cloud will break through the day allowing sam chan to develop but as that happens further showers well as well. all the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday 3rd may. our main story. the un and red cross hope to oversee the evacuation of another group of civilians from a steel works plant in mariupol. there are hundreds of people still trapped inside the azovstal bunkers, including dozens of young children. ukrainian forces defending the site say russia is using planes, tanks and warship missiles to continue its bombardment. james reynolds has this report. imagine having to make your home in the depths of the nuclear bunker. hundreds of civilians, including about 20 children, remain deep under the azovstal steelworks in mariupol, alongside ukrainian soldiers. this underworld is the only refuge from russia s siege. on sunday, around 100 civilians ma ....
russian city of belgorod. russia has accused ukraine of mounting cross-border attacks on fuel depose and military installations. there s new video from the ukrainians that shows what they say are ukrainian drone strikes on russian vessels inside the black sea. not far from snake island. something worth watching there. overnight house speaker nancy pelosi in poland, she met with the polish president there following her trip to kyiv over the weekend. she says the visit will send an unmistakable message to the world america stands with nato allies in support of ukraine. i want to go live to cnn s matt rivers this morning who is in kyiv. i know you are closely following the situation in mariupol, hundreds of people still trapped inside that steel plant and in zaporizhzhia where she are waiting for bus loads hopefully of citizens from mariupol to be evacuated. what can you tell us this morning? reporter: yeah, john, two different evacuation operations going on right no ....
freedom. your fight is a fight for everyone. and so our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. the visit comes as russia pounds eastern ukraine with a vicious new offensive. ukrainian officials report heavy shelling and air strikes are targeting a large swath of the country from kharkiv to the north to zaporizhzhia in the south. president zelenskyy says an airport runway in odesa was destroyed in a missile strike saturday, and he is vowing to rebuild it. and in the long besieged city of mariupol, new hope for civilians. president zelenskyy confirming that evacuations from the steel plant holdout are now underway. cnn s matt rivers and scott mclain are on the ground in ukraine. you re in kyiv where the house speaker met with zelenskyy today. this was a significant moment. why? no question. you said it off the top. the most senior u.s. official to visit in kyiv. more importantly, it kind of really tops off an entire change of narrative we ve heard ....
my gosh. our next governor. our next governor. yes, that man in the center the man receiving the giant sword, that was pennsylvania state senator republican candidate for governor doug mastriano. the man dressed in multiple american flags, and the woman to his left or the organizers of this event in gettysburg last week. they are gifting him what they call it david soared. that is a nice gift. who doesn t appreciate a good sort, right? but honestly, the sword may have been the least weird thing about this event because this was a big qanon event. and not just qanon, it was kind of a every conspiracy theory under the sun event. this was the poster for the event which was called patriots arise for god and country. the headliner for this event you can see her name there. she is actively pushing a theory that people who got the covid vaccine booster shot are going to get aids. she was the headliner at this event. not long before they got to the headliner the organizers re ....