[laughter] it s the way of the world, kids. [laughter] tom hanks also received a hearted branded volleyball, in reference to his 2000 movie castaway. congratulations. considering all that context he just gave its honorary. cnn this morning continues right now. it is a wonderful saturday morning. i am glad you are part of it. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m victor blackwood. what do you do with an honorary degree, though? if you have a ph.d. or a doctorate in arts, can you actually go and be a professor? some people go around and demand that you call them doctor, with an honorary degree! yes, i know a couple. okay, well, maybe i need to get an honorary doctorate so you can call me doctorate. i am doctor amara walker. thank you so much for spending a part of your morning with us. a lot going on this morning. today, millions of people heading out to their memorial day destinations. we re gonna tell you what to expect at the airport, and wha
years, marking the central bank s most aggressive move yet to bring down the soaring costs of food and gas and almost everything else. inflation is not easy. just days ago we learned it s at the highest level since 1981. the fed released a darkening forecast projecting more inflation and higher unemployment. joining me now matt egan. we heard from the fed chairman. he signalled more rate hikes. what did you learn? reporter: well, victor, clearly inflation is on fire. today the federal reserve officially called in help for some reinforcements. taking aggressive steps to raise interest rates and fed officials are signaling that even more aggressive steps may be needed to get inflation under control. listen to what jerome powell just said. we anticipate ongoing rate increases will be appropriate. the pace of those changes will continue to depend on the incoming data and evolving out look for the economy. clearly today s 75 basis point increase is an unusually large one. from
threats against lawmakers, all as the insurrection was about to begin. there s no escape, pelosi, schumer, nadler. we re coming for you. we re coming in like white on rice for pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc. we re coming to take you out. we ll pull you out by your hairs. how about that, pelosi? might as well make yourself another appointment. when i get done with you, you re going to need a shine up on top of that bald head. and that s not just another trump fan recording their own crimes or what would later be trespassing, the january 6 probe is linking him to a controversial capitol tour led by an incumbent republican congressman on insurrection eve. this is the surveillance video from that day. it is now evidence in the probe to how planned this attack was and if there was help on the insi the same man threatening to, quote, take out lawmakers with that eerie confidence about how far his plans might go appears to be inside the capitol doing what looks like reco
Politicized. At least thats the initial indication. You just talked to congressman hearn, i do think its interesting hes not in the speakers race, but hes talking about iran specifically and all of the funding that that biden has approved and authorized as we talk about the 6 billion. Thats saying publicly that the islamic public that supports what he calls the alaqsa storm. These are very public statements from iran that is that is going to stir the whole thing that youre talking about even further. Im wondering youve been very patient, but concerning when you sat Down With Bin Salman that this interview and the overtures that he was making to israel or at least, as it emerges as is very different kingdom, that that triggered iran, and that triggered maybe the forces at play and maybe the attack on israel today and certainly triggered hamas and very soon reports that hezbollah will join them, that that was meant and that this attack was meant to stop all that. Well, you know, its an i
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. i m paula newton, and we have breaking coverage this hour. up first, israel s temporary truce with hamas and the expected release of hostages held in gaza, now delayed. israel says that process will not start before friday. the update came just hours before humanitarian pause in fighting and the initial release of 50 women and children hostages was expected to begin. both u.s. and israeli officials point to what they say are logistical details for the delay, well one israeli official says they haven t received the names of the first hostages to be freed. ahead of the expected truth, israeli forces continue ground and air operations wednesday, striking parts of northeastern and central gaza. palestinians say areas further south were also hit. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu expressed confidence that the deal would soon go into effect, and he made clear the war against hamas is far from over. t