language in the report about my recollection of the events, it is even referenced that i don t remember when my son died. how in the hell dare he raise that? frankly when i was asked the question, it wasn t any of their damn business. let me tell you something. since the day he died, every single day. every memorial day, we hold a service remembering him, attended by friends and family and the people who loved him. i don t need anyone, i don t need anyone to remind me when he passed away. the simple truth is, i sat for five hours, passed away. the simple truth is, i sat forfive hours, two days of events, going back years. at the same time i was handling an international crisis. their task was to make a decision about whether the charges in this case. that is their decision to make. that is hisjob. they decided not their decision to make. that is his job. they decided not to move forward. for any extraneous commentary, they don t know what they are talking about. it has no pla
thank you for being with us. president biden s memory has been called into question after an investigation by a us prosecutor in to how he handled classified documents after serving as vice president in 2017. the report found that mr biden had willfully retained and disclosed material but said he will not face criminial charges. the report says it would be difficult to convict him as he comes across as an elderly man with a poor memory . our north america correspondent john sudworth is in washington. in legal terms at least, this is a vindication for president biden. the report by a former trumpjustice department official finds there is insufficient grounds to charge him for his mishandling of classified documents after leaving the vice presidency under president obama. and it says that unlock president donald trump s alleged behaviour in a similar classified documents case, president biden has cooperated in full and in his reaction today, the president seemed to suggest t
2% target and justify cuts to interest rates. mr powell s remarks came after higher than expected figures for consumer price index inflation in march. investors now forecast the first move to cut interest rates will come in september. from new york, here s michelle fleury with more. higherfor longer, that higher for longer, that is the message on us interest rates. each of the federal reserve that policymakers have not seen enough progress on inflation since its rapid decline last year. with inflation likely to take longer to return to the fence desired target of 2%, a cut in rates he said did not seem justified. we said that we will need greater confidence that inflation is moving systemically towards 2% before it would be appropriate to his policy. it would be appropriate to his oli . . ., ., ., policy. the recent data have clearly not policy. the recent data have clearly not given policy. the recent data have clearly not given us - policy. the recent data have clearly
so as not to overreact to the string of low inflation readings that we had in the second half of last year. the recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence and instead indicate that it s likely to take longer than expected to achieve that confidence. today s remarks highlight the different paths being taken by central banks around the world, with the european central bank s christine lagarde reaffirming that the ecb was still on track to cut rates. many people expect the ecb will cut rates injune. now, the timing of the first rate cut here in the united states this cycle has become a subject of much debate from main street to wall street to the campaign trail. the fed had previously signalled it intended to cut rates several times this year from a 23 year high of 5.5%. us stocks fell after mr powell spoke. tensions in the middle east have also been weighing on markets, the conflict in the region has been cited as a risk to recovery for the global economy by the i
so as not to overreact to the string of low inflation readings that we had in the second half of last year. the recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence and instead indicate that it s likely to take longer than expected to achieve that confidence. today s remarks highlight the different paths being taken by central banks around the world, with the european central bank s christine lagarde reaffirming that the ecb was still on track to cut rates. many people expect the ecb will cut rates injune. now, the timing of the first rate cut here in the united states this cycle has become a subject of much debate from main street to wall street to the campaign trail. the fed had previously signalled it intended to cut rates several times this year from a 23 year high of 5.5%. us stocks fell after mr powell spoke. but that is in the middle east have been weighing on markets in the conflict in the region has been cited as a risk to recovery for the global economy by the i