a severe economic slump. the 23 banks tested at more than $100 billion in assets each. that results in a vote of confidence for the financial sector after the collapse of the silicon valley bank earlier this year. elsewhere in the us, president joe biden has vowed to restore the american dream in a speech promoting his so called bidenomics policy at a rally in chicago. he is courting voters ahead of the presidential re election bid next year. michelle fleury explains. joe biden went on the road to make his pitch to sceptical americans. the president outlined his economic asian for the future and laid out what his policies have delivered so far. ., , his policies have delivered so far. ., . ,, ., , far. today, the us has the hithest far. today, the us has the highest economic - far. today, the us has the highest economic growth i far. today, the us has the - highest economic growth rate, leading the world economies, since the pandemic. the highest in the world. find since th
inflation is finally falling and fast, but is it fast enough for the fed to stop raising interest rates? that decision coming moments from now. will americans finally get a break? plus, from legal strategy to 2024 rallying cry, the former president taking his crourtroom battles to the campaign trail. this is only one of trump s many legal woes. we re following these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. we re watching the markets. the dow holding pretty steady here, down about 100 points, just an hour before a key announcement from the fed. officials are expected to hold interest rates steady after hiking them ten straight times over the last 15 months to bring down historically high inflation. this decision comes just as two key indicators show prices did ease quite a bit in the past month. joining us now, we have cnn chief business correspondent christine romans. the question i think on everyone s minds, is will the fed be do
before the u.s. defaults. not everyone is confident a deal can be reached, with at least one top republican negotiator warning a deal could come together as soon as today or fall apart entirely. what is the mood on capitol hill right now? reporter: good afternoon. the mood is more optimistic than we ve heard in days. negotiators here this morning are saying they think they re closing in on a deal and really it s all about having an agreement on the agreement and hashing out the remaining sticking points, which we re told are on work requirements and spending caps. we heard speaker mccarthy came to the capitol shortly before 10:30 a.m. this morning. he says he feels more confident than he has and they ve made progress, but some sticking points remain. i asked him if he thinks he would be able to get his full conference behind whatever deal they re able to strike, and he said he does think that will happen. he also said he thinks a deal could potentially come together as earl
feinstein, return to capitol hill, for now. a discussion with the new york times annie carney about feinstein s future in the future of the democratic agenda. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. it has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for donald trump. most of it of his own making, of course. earlier in the week, the criminally and twice impeached, criminally indicted was found liable for the fast store statement and sexually abusing the jury awarded the former journalist nearly $5 million in damages. the very next day, the republican front runner for the 2024 presidential nomination attacked carroll at cnn town hall. his inability to accept the verdict may have landed him an even more hot water, the new york times reported that carole could be gearing up to sue trump a third time as a result. now, during the new hampshire time hall, tampa trumbull hardened his way through the greatest hits, he lied about the 2020 election results, said janu
was first at nbc and then at abc. but, you know, she lived for her work. she absolutely lived for her work and that was everything to her. and she didn t particularly enjoy the vacations. she would go up on vacation and complain how she would get board because she couldn t wait to come back. typical journalist. i think when she finally left television, she just i don t i mean, i think she just didn t want to live anymore. and i haven t barbara was one of my closest friends and i haven t seen her in at least five or six years. and she once she left television, we had one really long lunch and she was very sad and she didn t talk much and it was very quiet and she hugged me. it was right around the corner from her house and she called me darling and sweet heart and we hugged and she said good-bye. she was using a cane and i never saw her again and she stopped answering phone calls from everybody, even her closest friends. and i mean, i would check in like i d email