Protests in israel demanding a ceasefire as President Biden holds a White House meeting this hour with Hostage Rescue teams. Also ahead, a Labor Day double header for Vice President harris. Her two Stops Today including one with President Biden as she looks to shore up the Blue Wall for november. Plus now controversy for Donald Trump. The plans for a fundraiser for January 6th defendants at a trump golf resort. And later, On Strike. Why Hotel Workers for Hilton And Hyatt are on the Picket Lines this Labor Day. Good morning. It is 9 00 a. M. Eastern, 6 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We have breaking news out of israel where outrage continues to grow today after the deaths of six hostages shot pointblank by hamas as idf forces were nearing their location in gaza. This morning, the largest general strike since the start of the israel hamas war took place, cross. This as prime Minister Netanyahu faces new and growing pressures to reach a ceasefire. Meanwhile at the White House, this
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Martha good afternoon. This is Martha Maccallum and this is definitely the st story today, Huge Blockbuster News coming out of the courtroom in Downtown Manhattan Connor Mcdavid everybody has been waiting for. It is day 13 a former President Trumps Criminal Trial and this has become incredibly intense in their because Stormy Daniels is basically spilled everything she wanted to say after the trump team had asked to have her testimony limited. s another the trump request is in for a mistrial because they are seeing theres all this prejudicial information that the jury has heard and we can put that back in the genies bottle can recall it absolutely prejudicial saying that and that what that means is that it was designed not to serve the acclimation of the charges but simply to inflame the jury against the defendant. Prosecutors have spent most of the day focus on the 2006 Sexual Encounter that Stormy Daniels claimed happened in this case, the encounter and wander trump denies and a lot o
shareholders are in favour. welcome to business today. i m sally bundock. we start in the us where the cost of borrowing will be staying higher for a while longer. the us federal reserve left its key interest rate unchanged on wednesday at its highest in more than two decades and signalled it only expects to make one cut this year. the fed though is predicting four more cuts in 2025. the decision came just hours after some encouraging news on its battle to control inflation. america s official consumer price index showed prices rising at an annual rate of 3.3% in may. that was down 0.1% on april s rate and was lower than expected. but it s still way above the fed s inflation target of 2%. erin delmore in new york has all the details. economic datasets can feel abundant, these are two big deal events. we ve only seen them happen on the same day seven times in the last decade. to start, the consumer price index. that s the key inflation gauge that held good news wednesday morni
on the same day seven times in the last decade. to start, the consumer price index. that s the key inflation gauge that held good news wednesday morning for american consumers and the fed. it showed inflation cooling slightly in may after a few particularly hot read outs in the first few months of the year. at 3.3% the yearly price increase was lower than expected and slower than the increase we saw in april. the data actually showed no change month to month between april and may. and the core inflation rate which excludes volatile food and energy prices cooled as well. that s the kind of news federal reserve officials are looking for. but it was not enough to warrant an interest rate cut. here is federal reserve chairjerome powell. we see today s report as progress and is building confidence, but we don t see ourselves as having the confidence that would warrant beginning to loosen policy at this time. the fed held steady, making no change to the current benchmark interest r