Rate setting meeting. The federal reserve decided to keep the cost of borrowing on hold for the eighth month in a row at between 5. 25 and 5. 5 . Thats a 23 year high. But it was what the fed chair had to say that gave investors a boost. Jerome powell gave the biggest hint yet that a September Interest rate cut could be on the table. Heres what he had to say. If we were to see, for example, inflation moving down quickly or more or less in line with expectations, growth remains, lets say reasonably strong and the labour market remains consistent with its current condition, i would think a rate cut could be on the table at the September Meeting. Joining me now is Wei Li, global chief Investment Strategist at blackrock. No surprise that Wall Street was chairing this direction, clear communication from jerome powell. ~ ,. ,. , powell. Absolutely. He made it very clear powell. Absolutely. He made it very clear the powell. Absolutely. He made it very clear the bow powell. Absolutely. He made
president putin again insists the west must give russia guarantees that nato won t expand eastwards to admit ukraine; and says he s initiated high level talks with the us. translation: if we are plunged in a conflict? i but we don t want that. it is not our choice. this is why i responded to president biden s proposal. the ball is in their court now and they should respond, and coming up, rescue footage emerges of two babies being pulled alive from the rubble of kentucky s tornado last week and handed over to their grandmother. praise god! hello and welcome. tighter restrictions against coronavirus have come into effect in some european countries amid concerns over the highly infectious omicron variant that continues to spread rapidly. there s a fear that a wave of omicron infections could overwhelm health services, despite preliminary studies suggesting that omicron is milder and that the risk of being hospitalised is up to 75% lower. we ll look at mainland europe in a momen
hello. within 3 weeks of scientists first detecting the delta variant it was present in 53 countries. omicron has already been identified in at least 15, so it is a fair bet than it is spreading further and wider than is currently known. the uk government, like others in the eu, has moved swifly, placing at least 10 african countries on the red list. it won t stop the spread but it might slow it long enough for the booster programme to offer more protection. most likely the vaccines will be less effective and will need revising but they will give us some degree of protection. so to that end. boosterjabs will now be offered to everyone over 18 in england. and the gap between the second vaccine dose and the booster will be cut from 6 months to three. all twelve to fifteen year olds will now be offered a second vaccine dose, within twelve weeks. . .. of the first. the scientists say there is no need for panic, but there is need for caution. as our medical editor, fergus walsh re
she was a married mother of two. she was a kindergarten teacher. she amazed them all. her whole group of girlfriends at the gym. she was totally gathered dedicated. a stunning 200 pound weight loss and a whole new life came with it. you could see that transformation. you can see the confidence in here. then she was gone, missing at school. i called all the girlfriends. the clues, and email to her husband and a secret she was reluctant to share. kind of a bombshell. heather was possibly saying another man. what was really behind her sudden disappearance? that would be the most mind blowing twist of all. do you think heather would still be alive if she had gone through this transformation? welcome to dateline. heather jones, motivational teacher, had shed pounds and her past. she was starting to live the life of which she dreamed, then suddenly, she vanished. here is andrea canning with the last dance. there is a place in downtown memphis, tennessee,
tonight, the tragedy in minnesota. the initial disaster and now the search for more victims and for clues to what happened. the children stranded on the school bus when a bridge gave way. you are looking live at the scene of the disaster here in the twin cities where the first word that something had gone wrong arrived here at the height of the rush hour, just after 6:00 last night. we now know it was a bridge collapse, a disaster that got the attention, and quickly, of the entire nation. the i-35 west bridge collapsed in minneapolis. tragedy claimed 13 lives on wednesday, august 1st. and the very next day, the president came out to send this. a terrible situation there in minneapolis. we in the federal government must respond and respond robustly to help the people there not only recover but to make sure that lifeline of activity, that bridge, gets rebuilt as quickly as possible. we in the federal government must respond to make sure that bridge gets rebuilt as qui