And at long last, this national nightmare that were going through will be over. Women will be happy, healthy, confident, and free. You will no longer be thinking about abortion because it is now where it always had to be, with the states and with the vote of the people. Lord help, trump is still spouting nonsense as Vice President Kamala Harris builds momentum with some very positive new polls and growing enthusiasm. Also tonight, the significance of all the Star Power on harris side, which really gnaws as trump, who has only has Hulk Hogan and a few other folks who were briefly relevant 40 years ago. Sad. And we begin tonight with the 43 Day Sprint to November 5th. And if youre Feeling Kind of tense, not super loose, youre not alone. I think everyone who is paying any amount of attention to this election is some combination of excited, anxious, and thoroughly freaked out. We have officially entered the period where the Election Isnt coming, it is here. In a few weeks. Just a few weeks
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. This is a monumental day, the Federal Reserve cut Interest Rates for the first time in four years. This was an aggressive 50 Basis Point Cut or half a Percentage Point that will move markets and Mortgage Rates. It might also move the tide of the election. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell followed the announcement with a speech of his own, appearing to signal more aggressive cuts to come, indicating that inflation is finally under control, all of this, just 48 days before the president ial election. Big day. Joining us now, nbc News Business and data reporter, brian cheung, national Affairs Correspondent with the nation John Nichols, and director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy Institute of politics and msnbc political contributor, John Della volpe. Nbc Business Correspondent Christine romans will be here in just a second. Brian, i shall begin with you, explain what We Saw, and also tell me what he said in his news conference. Yeah, and its stil