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and republicans quick to publicly defend the twice indicted former president for changing the tune behind closed doors and then defend holding off and raising interest rates, for now. where the economy is and more importantly, where it is headed? as the 11th hour gets underway this wednesday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. donald trump gears up for the legal battle of his life, as the justice department defense its prosecution of the former president. just one day after trump's arraignment on charges of mishandling top secret documents, the attorney general voi...

mr. smith as a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents, who cher's commitment, integrity and the rule of law. any questions about the matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. >> meanwhile, the washington post reports one of trump's attorneys wanted to oppress the department of justice to discuss a possible settlement in the documents case. but trump himself, he was not interested. that is according to three people briefed on the matter. the post writes, they were, quote, many occasions when players and a...

NFP headline beats provides brief USD bid, however, overall reaction is tepid given Fed meeting in the week.

David: and the fine point, truman didn't actually fire them, but how did he get them out? >> by making their lives intolerable. david: which sounds familiar. >> and the presidents always win going back to woodrow wilson, world war i. i think what he would like is a rate cut and i think in the next few weeks there will be a rate cut, but he would like 100 basis points and powell will only give him 25. david: deirdre, guess what? the markets want, too, they would be happy with a full 1% rate drop, right? >> i feel that friday was all about president trump grabbing the mic from fed chairman jay p...

>> there's still some missing. >> yeah. >> let's get a check on cnn business. speaking of money, let's take a look at markets around the world. you can see there's some positivity. you have asian markets that closed higher. in london, paris and frank furthfrankfurt opened higher. the fed chief jerome powell strongly hinted at a rate drop later this month. the dow closed up 77 points and the s&p 500 topped 3,000 for the first time in history. but closed just short of there. stocks have been performing well this year. dow is up 15%. the s&p is up 19%. nasdaq up an unbelievable 23%. quickly, a lo...