nearly three decades. all, of course, in an effort to slow slowing inflation. in hours, the fed expected to announce raising rates by 0.75. that will make it more expensive to pay for things like a mortgage. the biden administration under growing pressure to do more to avoid a recession. retail sales fell last month. consumers feeling the squeeze from the record high gas prices, inflation and already rising interest rates. let s begin our coverage with cnn s matt egan live in washington taking a closer look at the fed s big move expected today, matt. reporter: erica, this is shaping up to be an historic day for the american economy. in just under three hours, the federal reserve is expected to take aggressive action to try to tame inflation. prices surging so rapidly that economists and investors now expect the fed to raise interest rates by 0.75%. this is a big deal. some context, just six months ago or so, there was a debate over whether or not the fed would raise interes
shared his daughter s best friend says amerie was killed while calling 9-1-1 on her brand new cell phone. i just want people to know that she just died trying to save her classmates. she just wanted to save everyone. we have more video now that s tough to watch. it s from outside the school while the gunman was inside. these are the cries of grantic parents who heard the gunshots inside the school and are demanding the police storm it. despite the overwhelming police response, it may have taken as long as than hour for them to breach the classroom and take down the shooter. we re trying to establish every single timeline, as far as how long the shooter was inside the classroom. how long did the shooting take place. as of now, we have not been able to establish that. we want to provide facts as opposed to just providing timelines that are preliminary. we estimate anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour. right now i want to bring in my colleague alisyn in uvalde. it is now
rockets. russian troops are attempting to break through the defenses and advance south, further into donbas. in a small town outside of kyiv, new video shows damaged and destroyed homes left by russian shelling during the first phase of this conflict. as ukraine s orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend, ukraine s president said he was hopeful of prevailing against russia. translator: the 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. it ends on good friday, the day when death seems to have won. but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death, and we pray that death loses. moscow has finally acknowledged casualties from the sinking of the moskva more than a week ago. says one sailor was killed, 27 missing. claiming the 396 remaining crew were rescued and taken to crimea. for more, let s bring in isa soares. hi to you, isa. reporter: a very good morning to you, michael. as our reporters meet more ukrainians, the stories of brutality a
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