rate hikes to come, but maybe not as steep at a single time as was earlier thought. for example, the federal reserve today raising rates half a point. we haven t seen that type of increase in the better part of 22 years. at that time bill clinton was president. that was then, this is now. all in the face of polls that show americans are very worried about inflation right now. nine out of ten of us say it is our number 1 concern. getting more so. the federal reserve doing its best today to address the problem by saying we re going to keep on top of the problem by continuing to hike interest rates. again, it s very unusual for a stock market to respond to this so positively. but the belief might be as simple as this. they re the only ones trying to do something about it. so we put our faith in them. they re the only game in town. let s go right now to ed lawrence who will be following this from the federal reserve. madison alworth in gilbert, arizona. we begin with the fed. wha
their concerns were primarily about his health. russia meantime has shut off supplies of natural gas to poland and bulgaria after the countries refused to pay for the gas in rubles. both countries are nato allies of the u.s. and strongly support ukraine s defense against putin s war. the eu calls russia s move blackmail. now, on the battlefield, parts of eastern ukraine, again, under intense bombardment today. ukrainian armed forces now acknowledging they have lost several towns in the donbas, but they say ukrainian troops were able to destroy multiple russian tanks and artillery systems. also, there are reports of blasts inside russia in three regions that border ukraine, including an ammunition depot in belgrade. ukrainians are not claiming responsibility, but a senior adviser to president zelenskyy did say, quote, how can this be explained? very simply. if you, the russians, decide to attack another country, kill everyone there en masse, crush peaceful people en masse wi
weekend, they were facing unrelenting shelling, topped off at the end of the days by cruise missiles. he said a lot of this damage being done in civilian areas. he said there are 1600 plus buildings that have been destroyed. we have a lot of damage done to the infrastructure and the situation is quite difficult. we also have new types of weapons being used against us. we have seen ammunition that has a time delay, so it strikes and then it waits a while before it explodes. also, we have quite lethal ammunition used where we have a specific civilian targets aimed at. reporter: that was very atrocious what he was talking about. these are explosives that land and don t explode. instead, they spit out a number of smaller mines. several, up to two dozen, and then they go off on time delay. and he talked about landing these in civilian areas. reports of these being in people s gardens where children play. there s other reason for russian forces to be doing this other than to te
record-breaking storm surge of 12 to 16 feet in the landfill zone. florida officials warning the surge could impact areas up to 200 miles south into the tampa area and may leave areas uninhabitable for an extended period of time. several areas expected to be higher even than hurricane ian s last year which devastated the fort myers area and killed 149 people. in addition, hurricane-force winds will extend 25 miles outward from wherever the storm makes landfill. the tallahassee national weather service says wind likely will cause significant damage there too. as idalia tracks inland, officials are warning of major coastal flooding between savannah, georgia, up into charleston, south carolina, due to a tide already expected to be higher than normal due to the occurrence of a rare blue supermoon. let s go right to bill karins for the latest on what is shaping up, bill, to be a very, very serious storm. yeah, good morning, willy. idalia has intensified for the last 24 hours. th
show on youtube and chris jansing reports starts right now. good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we are following two massive stories. both with the potential to impact millions of americans. in maryland, the governor says the focus now is on saving lives. could the six people or more missing since the stunning collision and collapse of the francis scott key bridge still be alive? and then the wider logistical and economic impact. 30,000 people used that bridge every day. now that it is gone, what is next for the city and one of the country s biggest ports. plus, it is the biggest abortion-related case since roe. the supreme court hearing arguments today over whether access to the abortion pill should be restricted even in states where abortion is legal. what experts are telling us about which way the justices may be leaning and my conversation with the head of the nonprofit physicians for reproductive health on what this decision c