I am Maria Bartiromo tuesday march 19, your top stories right now, 6 00 a. M. On the east co coast. The fed and focus, futures indicating again at the start of trading, take a look, as the Central Banks march meeting begins today at 9 00 a. M. Eastern the markets are lower the dow industrial down 56, the nasdaq 1055 and s p 500 lower by 11 and three quarters. The meeting is coming up and were watching for any clarity on when the Federal Reserve cut Interest Rates this year. Data on deck Housing Starts and Building Permits 8 30 a. M. Eastern. European markets are mixed. Eurozone next down two points, the cat crown up to 20 and dax higher by 30 points. The bank of england will make the right decision on thursday. In asia overnight markets finish mostly lower, the bank of japan raising Interest Rates for the first time in 17 years. That has the average overnight up two thirds of 8 , the others were lower. The worst performer hong kong with the decline of one and a quarter percent. Back at
biden administration is trying to focus on the jobs report and shut down accusations if the drugs belonged to anyone in the first family. lucas tomlinson kicks things off for us right now. what s the latest? good afternoon, griff and aishah. white house officials say they hope to have this investigation wrapped up as early as early next week. we re not sure if we re going to hear about a list of suspects or somebody being arrested or charged, however. now, jean-pierre has been asked about the caper and this pointed question. i m asking again, can we say once and for all, whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family. i was very clear when talking about this over and over again as i was being asked the question, as you know, and the media outlets reported this, the biden family was not here. so to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible and i ll just leave it there. the biden family including first son hunter, who admitted to using crack every
more details for you as they come in. i have mike emmanuel in for jon scott and this is the fox re report. now here to washington d.c. the secret service is expected to wrap up the investigation into a bag of cocaine found at the white house last sunday. the white house press secretary snapped recently at reporters asking if the drug belonged to a member of the biden family. some republicans are wondering if the person who left the cocaine will ever be found. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more. might come officials say that investigation into who brought cocaine here to the white house can be wrapped up as soon as early next week. some officials say the suspect might not ever be found here is exchange with karine jean-pierre and reporter from the new york post got a little heated yesterday. and just ask again and said can you say once and for all whether or not the cocaine belong to the biden family? i have been very clear i was cleared two days ag
griff: hour two, here we go, i m griff jenkins. aiming to keep the focus on the latest jobs report amid the fallout. lucas tomlinson is live on the north lawn with the latest. reporter: good afternoon. all week the white house has refused to rule out the biden family from its list of suspects of who brought cocaine into the white house. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre even called it irresponsible to even can th. earlier you had a former justice department attorney asking the question that many americans are asking today. she s the one that s irresponsible in not giving a direct answer. it s very simple to come out and say no member of the biden family had anything to do with this cocaine, and the white house intends to insure that whatever staff member or guest put this cocaine in the white house is fully prosecuted under the law. we ve not heard that from the white house press office, and you have to wonder, why not? reporter: there s the question. now,
hello i am alicia acuna you with guy benson, lisa boothe and doctor marc siegel. welcome to the big weekend show , the big story tonight, the mystery over defense secretary lloyd austin hospitalization, no one knew about his medical situation including his number two and she was not the only one of the dark for days, so was president biden fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson is live in wilmington tele where. there is now a bipartisan effort in congress to get some answers. that is right and we still don t know why austin has been in hospital for nearly a week including in a step in the intensive care unit biden did not know for three days and many republicans are outraged and the defense secretary was missing in action. apparently the national security council did not know it, the white house did not know it, congress did not know what, a lot of turmoil international was secretary of defense. more than just a matter of was not there actually sent over false informat