federal gun charges. and in just an hour, the judge has already ruled on four motions. our crew at the courthouse will tell us about the ground rules he s laying for this trial. plus, donald trump trying to win over black and hispanic voters as he rallies in the deep blue south bronx. his many controversial messages and the response from one of the most diverse crowds at any of his rallies. and take a look at this, a massive tornado caught on camera carving a path of destruction through parts of oklahoma. this terrifying scene just one of hundreds that have already touched down this year, and now even more danger could be on the horizon. what s causing tornados to be more threatening and what can be done about it. lots to get to on this holiday weekend, but we begin with the next big courtroom legal drama that s hanging over the 2024 election. this time with hunter biden at its center. right now the president s son is in court for a pretrial hearing on felony gun charges. t
because inflation is now very low, fed policy is focused on reducing slack in the labor market and raising inflation to about 2%. at some point a stronger economy may bring higher inflation rates . with the fed be willing to raise the fed fund s interest rate above the rate of inflation if the inflation rate begins rising above 2.5% even if there is still slack in the labor market question mark so let me emphasize that our commitment is two-sided. we do not want to see inflation run persistently below our two percent target. we also do not want to see inflation run persistently above our two percent target. agofomc about two years wanted to make very clear that we have a very strong commitment to a two percent longer run inflation goal. and we for the first time issued a clear statement that 2% as the longer run inflation goal and we remain committed to it. this continues to be the case. although with inflation running , at this when, as i mentioned, i think the risk is gre
you can see the event live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. coming up live today on c-span, washington journal is next. at 10:45 a.m. eastern, defense secretary chuck hagel and his polish counterpart hold a news briefing. british the former secretary and robert ford discuss humanitarian efforts in syria. supreme court justices discuss the first amendment with former cbs reporter marvin cowell. up in 45 minutes on washington journal, new york times health-care reporter reed abelson discusses medicare and medicaid payments to doctors. mandelbaum talks about his book the road to global prosperity. the dispute between nevada rancher kleven bundy everybody that works hard deserves a chance to get ahead. that is what congress should be working on. obama speaking in the pittsburgh area as the white house is focusing on jobs, the economy, and training skilled workers. this is a week before the president travels to asia. jobs, the economy, and global trade will likely dominat
right about anything everything all the time. that would be unreasonable. second, what you describe as the arrogance of the intelligence community, that is the appropriate place for politicians to be talking about oversight. to be discussing the mechanisms of oversight that already exist inside a free market or a free country like the united states. if they think there is insufficient oversight, then there is a legal redress. that is a good debate to have. a debate that should be perpetually be happening. when it comes to what i described as the arrogance of the media, i don t by any means mean the whole media. you know exactly who i am referring to. there are huge elements of the british media who are completely outraged at the snowden allegations and the way in which the guardian newspaper in particular was willing to set them out and are angry about how the guardian did not face the wrath of the law that an individual citizen would have for that level of disclosure. th
the administration is looking at another round of sanctions against russia. this, as secretary of state foreignets with ministers on the issues in ukraine. with callsg to begin and comments on a government job training program. another 600 million dollars being allocated yesterday. do you think they were? we are dividing our phone lines between republicans, democrats, and independents. partso want to hear from and unemployed. that number is (202) 585-3883. at can send in a tweet @cspanwj. morning.sday the start of the holy weekend for christians around the weekend, culminating with easter around on sunday. rescue effort as hundreds are missing and presumed dead as the ferry off the coast of south korea. is the headline from the pittsburgh post-gazette. the president is traveling to a community college in allegheny county, discussing a job training model. the president held out the job training programs at the community college as a national model. he joined vice president b