Ive been saying this openly. And they have lowered too slow. He took 25. Some people were hoping for 50. He did 25. Im not thrilled with the fed, despite that we have an incredible economy and no inflation. Chairman powells job is safe . Yeah it is safe. Sure, why not . You paused . I dont pause. He has a job, im disappointed in it. Im very disappointed in him. Neil the job is safe because the president cant fire him. Once appointed unless serious malfeasance or crime he is there, he is there for another couple years. Of course the president is free not to reappoint him. That is assuming the president is still in office to decide that. Former Treasury Department economist under president bush 43 David Beckworth with us. Obviously he is not satisfied with the quarterpoint move. He wanted more. We got data today to indicate maybe the fed was wise to make the quarter point and add to that the caveat it is watching other developments. What do you think of the data and confluence and . We s
The honorable Hakeem Jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. John boehner of The State Of Ohio Has received one. Look at that smile. Its going about that way. Democrats totally united while republicans are Casting Protest Votes with the speaker. And tonight, the nomination of the unqualified jim jordan is circling the drain. My friend and colleague Rachel Maddow joins me right here on that embarrassing spectacle. Her new book, prequel, American Fight Against Fascism and so much more. But we begin tonight with the profound difference between the normal way of becoming House Speaker and what jim jordan is doing. Using maga tactics to threaten his way into the speakers office. It has been 15 days since Kevin Mccarthy was deposed by his partys maga wing and jim jordan is still trying to fill his tiny, tiny little shoes. But here is the thing, House Speakers, at least the recent ones, get the job in very traditional ways, by building relationships, rising through the ranks, with
Bike of a blacklegged dick tick, excuse me. [ laughter ] lou from hollywood, its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight dax shepard. Nicole avant. And music from boywithuke. With cleto and the cletones. And now, jimmy kimmel [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you, everybody. Hi there, how are you . Welcome. Hi, everybody. Im the host of the show. I thank you for watching. We are coming to you from our secret headquarters in hollywood, where today it was an unseasonably and unreasonably hot day today, it was 93 degrees. It was so hot we got a warning this morning from the l. A. Branch of the National Weather service urging residents of Southern California to drink plenty of fluids and avoid caffeine and alcohol. Im not sure if theyre trying to save us from heatstroke or convert us to mormonism. [ laughter ] but its of concern. Speaking of hot, it was golden bachelor night here on abc. We have a bachelor whos 70 and a president whos 100. [ laughter ] what a time to be alive. If you havent seen it, t
Pull off a coup are on defense trying to explain why they needed to fire former speaker Kevin Mccarthy, and why throwing the house, into chaos is a good thing, congressman by many burchett saying came to mccarthy taking too many days off leading up to government funding deadline. Take off august but decided to take over two more weeks, i feel that is a failure of leadership they are the ones set scheduled speaker, not where buck stops somewhere diverting attention somewhere else i think wrong. Where why are you smarter than jim jordan, 210 plus republicans why are you smarter . I represent my district, brother, why are you splatter than me you are condemning me because i stand up on my own that is what i do. I am telling you out for blood after gates pulled off motion to vacating from former speaker Newt Gingrich saying gates should be be expelled. Why think better to beat two solid conservative continuing resolutions you know why matt gaetz hates Kevin Mccarthy. Was determined to find
Across the board. We can never stop. Lets all do our part to make sure that hopeful prediction comes true. On that note, i wish you all a very good and a very safe and healthy night. From all of our colleagues across the networks that nbc news, Stacey Thanks for staying up late. Ill see you again tomorrow. Orrow. Thanks for joining us at this hour, its good to have you. The year was 2015, he was 90 years old. And the interviewer asked him if there were things that were still on his to do list. Things he still wanted to get done during his lifetime that at the age of 90 he had not yet managed to finish. And again, at this, point hes 90 years old. But he considers the question and he has this answer really ready. He says, declarative, lee and very simply, yes, there are two things that he intended to get done during his lifetime. Two things that were on his to do this that he hasnt quite been able to finish yet that he would like to finish before he dies. He said the first one was middle