with the people. right now on early start what president biden calls a defining moment for democracy. air raid sirens pierce the air as north korea tries and fails to test a missile. it all adds up to baseball history. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. president biden about to head to mexico to campaign with the governor and other democrats. expected to strike the same fee. american democracy is under dire threat and laying the blame at the feet of his predecessor. you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. he refuses to accept the will of the people. cnn s jasmine wright live in washington. good morning, jasmine. so nice to see you. the president, president biden veering from the democrat s 11th hour focus on the economy. zeroing in on the threat for democracy. what s the thinking? reporter
successful program that we ve gotten this far this fast. remember though that we still think there s a need for ongoing rate increases and we have some ground left to cover here and cover it we will. the latest hike brings the central bank s lending rate hike to 3.75%. 4% is the highest fed funds rate since january of 2008. the astros making history last night throwing just the second no hitter ever in a world series game. carolyn manno has this morning s bleacher report. good morning. pretty remarkable to think about it. there s been 688 world series games and we ve only seen it twice. the last time don larson in 1956 by the yankees. last night it was really exciting. christian javier was the star.