Growth and trade had notably increased. They said significantly in the minutes. The fed thinks that trade tensions are weighing on Business Investment and business confidence. They discussed this at length at their meeting. While the base case is for a continued expansion in the economy, many attach, quote, significant odds to scenarios with less favorable out comes. Now it is interesting to note that the fed did discuss how the markets expect a rate cut and that is creating more loose financial conditions. That perhaps if they werent pricing in a rate cut, then the market would be more vulnerable to some of these uncertainties like slowing Growth Growth and change. Was surprising to see fed officials more on the same page in terms of the out look on the economy and a rate cut would be warranted at one point and there was a small group in the fed that said not quite yet. Back to you. Charles that group seems to get smaller, right, jennifer . Reporter exactly. That is very interesting a
it is 10 p.m. in israel where prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejected u.s. calls for a humanitarian pause in its war against hamas. telling secretary of state antony blinken that we are going full steam ahead unless hostages are released. the idf has confirmed that its encirclement of gaza city complete on focus on dismantling hamas following terror attacks that occurred four weeks ago today let s go right to trey yingst live in jerusalem with a exclusive look inside the idf military operations inside gaza. trey. reporter: good evening today for the first time in 29 days, the israeli military a lot of small group of journalist into the gaza strp to see first hand thierptions against hamas. take a look. right now we re in a armor carrier and cut in half and fought their way to the mediterranean sea and encircled gaza city they re waiting now for orders to go further had. seconds after arriving on the outskirts of gaza city track of gunfire pierces the air. right now we re
Logged in and doesnt get help today will be helped tomorrow. But theres one lurnlt group that the white house is desperately trying to get enrolled. Ylzs melissa chan explains. It is right before christmas. They have last minute shopping to do but one thing they dont plane to do is buy Health Insurance. The Obama Administration wants badly for young people to enroll. They are not convinced. What i know about obamacare is what ive seen on saturday night life. I did not because i think health care should be free. The Congressional Budget Office says it would like to see 7 Million People signed up by spring. The Administration Says it would like a third of them to be Young Healthy americans. Its about the distribution. In order for the system to work enough Young Healthy americans must enroll to pay for the Health Care Costs accrued by older americans. If too few young and Health Americans enroll the number goes up, forcing premiums higher still making the system unsustainable. But some s
Attorney. What he will say in a matter of minutes, despite growing calls for him to resign, acosta has no intentions of going anywhere. A close ally of the president 2e8s cnn acosta may not have much time left. I think the plea agreement he did is indie fence bible. I think that hes not going to stay for long. I havent spoken to the president about it. But i do think were reporting on news x tonight, our White House Correspondent says he will be out in a few weeks. Youve learned that President Trump played a key role in this event today. How so. Were here, were standing outside the Labor Department right now, where any minute, were going to hear from secretary acosta. Where one official said hes not expected to offer his resignation, but hes going to come out and defend the role he played in overseeing Jeffrey Epsteins plea deal several years ago, this is all a result of what we are told was a phone call yesterday. The president urged his labor secretary defending his record and defend
Bahamas joins us live. The story of a young africanamerican woman in texas defending herself with her own handgun. A hot button issue in the wake of the odessa, texas mass shooting. Why the Second Amendment must be protected. Members of the socalled squad are weighing in too. Breaking news in the trade war. The Trump Administration and Chinese Government reach a new round of talks in washington. More top stories on the path of Hurricane Dorian, it regained enough strength to become a category 3 storm. Millions in georgia and the carolinas ordered to evacuate tonight. Dorian is expected to bring lifethreatening storm surges in the coming days, 130 miles south of charleston, moving northwest at 8 miles an hour, wind speeds of 110 mph. Welcome to fox news at night. We begin in savanna, georgia, where communities are bracing against Hurricane Dorian at impact. Reporter to respect the power of the storm look no further than the impact in the bahamas with the death toll at 20. The Health Min