Soft and america has beaten back the unprecedented economic challenges of the global pandemic and the ensuing disruption to the economy. It is proof that the biden economic recovery has been nothing short of miraculous. Especially given the mess he inherited from trump and the u. S. Outperformed every other country on earth. Trump like so many republicans before him has enjoyed a pulling advantage with voters over the economy. That may be changing. Multiple polls in recent weeks suggesting harris is closing the gap and possibly even leading trump on economic issues. Harris has been helped by trumps inability to feign caring about the expenses of americans as he proved earlier this month with that rambling answer to that direct question in New York. It was Word Salad but with one under noticed but toxic ingredient that deserves more attention. If you take it in november, can you commit to making childcare affordable and if so what specific legislation will you advance . Childcare is chi
It is just coming in right now. The federal reserve announced half a point. That was not the most expected. 48 days to the election, great news for the economy. Critics said it could not happen, but our policies a little policies are lowering costs and creating jobs. As a republican nominee plans to raise your grocery prices. How can a family of four that, like cheerios? i haven t seen cheerios in a long time. And nancy pelosi on the state of the race and the maga threats in the house. And growing calls for center in the senate as a hate crime hearing flies off the rails. You do not support hamas. I oppose you should hide your head in a bag. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I am chris hayes. We are so back. This afternoon federal reserve chair jerome powell took the stage to announce the feds first cut in interest rates since 2020 and the beginning of the pandemic recession and it was a big one. A half percent interest rate reduction to stimulate borrowing and
Any moment president trump is going to take the stage at the nassau coliseum out on long island. This is his first rally since the second attempt at his life. Now, mind you, this is a state that trump lost by 21 percent in 2016. And by 23% in 2020. But, at the age of 78 he is still a hometown boy. And even with all the legal abuse he has endured there, he still loves new york. And before heading out to the rally, he even stopped by a bar that supports cryptocurrency in lower manhattan. That was great to see. Mingling with the folks there trump is the first g. O. P. Presidential candidate since reagan in 1980 to make a real run for new york. What s your message for new york? i love new york. I always loved new york. And we re going to give new york a big play. I leave here i mean you see the crowds and it s so friendly. I love new york. I think we have a real chance of winning. We will work your mayor and governor and do a lot of great things for new york. We want to do that and we have
We begin the hour with the suspect in yesterdays second Assassination Attempt against former President Donald Trump. The suspect is set to make his first federal Court Appearance in West Palm Beach, florida. We know that is going on. We have not seen anything come out of that yet so again were watching this very closely. It has been fewer than 24 hours since the u. S. Secret Service Agent foiled that attempt on Trumps Life. Again, its the second one in just about two months. Two in one summer. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the Faulkner Focus. Former President Trump says he is safe and well after shots rang out at his Golf Club in West Palm Beach yesterday afternoon. It was around 1 30 p. M. Eastern. A Secret Service agent stationed one hole ahead of the former president noticed the muzzle of an Ak47 Style Rifle pointing through the chain link fence. The agent opened fire and the suspect ran. The Secret Service Law Enforcement on the Ground Sharing just how close he got. How far was
What they found on the suspect. That backpack, the Gopro Camera and nk 47. Ryan Wesley Routh was born in 1966 and according to records he lives in hawaii but previously lived in greensboro, North Carolina. He is in custody in the last few minutes some of the social Media Profiles, facebook page, and his Linkedin Account have been identified. Joining us is Law Enforcement Intelligence correspondent. We are checking in with you as we learn more. We have learned a little more about his background, his criminal record and social Media Profile. Give a composite of what we are learning this man is in the early hours of this investigation. We were told he had a criminal record but we didnt know how extensive it was. According to public records, our research department, he is over 100 criminal charges previously. Most are in North Carolina. The question we are trying to sift through is what was real and made its way to court . What was adjudicated . Was he ever convicted . Did he ever plead gu