Just coming in right now. The Federal Reserve has announced a half a point. That was not the most expected. Most of what i read was a Quarter Point expected. It was a toss up, and really heres the thing, the Federal Reserve raised Interest Rates to get inflation down. The more recent readings we have gotten on the economy the last six weeks since the last time they announced decision is pointing to a weakness in the labor department. To cut into unemployment and make more people get out of jobs or increase unemployment further, well, thats the reason why they wanted to dramatically cut Interest Rates. They decided to do so by half a Percentage Point. Economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. Job gains have slowed. Well have to see what Fed Chair Jerome powell says to explain cutting Interest Rates by a Half Point. Im going to ask the Control Room if we can get a ticker and keep an eye on whats going on with the stock market. Its going wild . There we go. Ran insana, th
Can trump stay focused, and can the moderators keep the whole thing on track. Plus more than 30,000 people fleeing their heads ahead of a giant fire ripping through nevada and california. One of them burning unchecked through san bernardino county. Fueled by dry weather and temperatures pushing 110. How bad could it get . And a royal sigh of relief. The princess of wales revealing Shes Cancer free. Her frank assessment of going through chemo and what she said shes focusing on now. But we start with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Both off the Campaign Trail Behind Closed Doors and armed with new Polling Information as they hone their strategies and sharpen their attacks ahead of tomorrows first and so far only president ial debate. But before they even make it to the stage, harris is trying to get in trumps head. Releasing this new ad in philadelphia and in west palm beach. It features his former aides slamming their old boss. Meantime, in a Radio Interview released this morning, harri
Through some of the more rural and red parts of the state, but places were turning out dormant democratic voters could be game changing. More than ambitious, its a sign of optimism. The Harris Walz Campaign is playing offense right now, while trump and vance find themselves on defense. Forced to answer for and try to clarify one negative story after another, be it an alleged physical confrontation or altercation with an Arlington National cemetery worker, a repost of memes calling for the jailing of trumps political opponents or yet another unearthed tape of j. D. Vance attacking women without children. This time, its teachers. Days after telling nbc news that democrats, quote, willfully misinterpreted his childless cat ladies remark, the audio of vance going after the head of the nations Largest Teachers Union who says she became a mother through marriage. So many leaders of the left, and i hate to be so personal about this, but theyre people without kids trying to brainwash the minds
closing arguments have almost wrapped in hunter biden s federal gun trial. we re going to start with the day s politics. nbc news has obtained exclusive never before seen footage from january 6th. it shows nancy pelosi and chuck schumer after they were evacuated from the capitol calling every washington leader they could dial. mayor muriel bowser, vice president mike pence, acting attorney general jeffrey rosen, and the secretary of the army, increasingly desperate for armed backup. secretary mccarthy, it s senator schumer, do you know what s going on? okay. well, d.c. has requested the national guard, and it s been denied by d.o.d. i would like to know a good reason why it s been denied. i have never seen anything like this. we re like a third world country. i spoke to the secretary of the army. he s giving the full okay to give the national guard, he said it was not denied. i m going to call up the f ing secretary of d.o.d. you re going to ask me in the middle of the th