debate and others. plus, concern for house democrats in several races. they should have, they believe, locked up by now, including the seat of their campaign chief. we ll have that new reporting. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, october 26th. along with joe and me, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department s elise jordan. host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico and author best seller the big lie jonathan lemire and eddie glaude jr., a professor and punch bowl news jake sherman, msnbc political contributor. mika is under the weather this morning and hope to see her tomorrow. joe, we ll start it in pennsylvania just your first impressions what you saw there from john fetterman and dr. oz. first of all, mika under the weather, actually means she s going to probably only run seven miles this morning instead of nine. so her devgs of under the weather is a little bit different than ours. you know, it s v
from its scheduled date on monday. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. to hike or not to hike. we will look at the rate decision of the federal bank and its impact on asia. and why is rechargeable gear becoming popular among the gaming community? good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. it s a tuesday. i m rico hizon. we kicked off with the us federal reserve. investors will be keeping a close eye on this week s meeting from the central bank for any clues for the rest of the year. the outlook will further rate rises is nowhere near certain. the chief economist told me why the us central bank is expected to raise the cost of borrowing by another quarter of this week. it is pretty unanimous that they will raise rates. that has been the clear forward guidance. if they don t, it will be a shock to the markets. the interesting thing the markets are looking for is any forward guidance going forward. in view
The opposite. slashing production and this infuriated the white house. the white house, biden administration says because of this and other things it s re-assessing s relationship with saudi arabia. what does that mean exactly? what are they willing to stop doing and stop engaging with saudi arabia? a good question, and it s yet to be seen. you saw a lot of angry statements from the spokesperson at the white house about this re-assessment. clearly angry about the opec decision. there s certainly been movement in congress to dial back military aid, economic ties to saudi arabia, but as yet the white house hasn t articulated what exactly is going to happen, and it s certainly possible over time that, you know, cooler heads prevail, and less happens than we would have thought a couple weeks ago. what white house officials say what s really critical as a next step is december. the next opec meeting. at that time the russian sanctions will kick in, in