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🗓️ 17 April 2025
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0:00.0 | Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. Here's what we're doing. We are monitoring the latest from Tallahassee, Florida, where law enforcement is expected to provide an update in about 30 minutes on the shooting at Florida State University earlier today. |
0:23.3 | Tragically, at least one person is dead. |
0:24.7 | Another six have been injured. |
0:29.4 | A suspect has been taken into custody, but there is so much more that we just do not know at this point. |
0:29.9 | So we're going to bring you that press conference live when it happens. |
0:32.8 | But first, the economy and something that was always a matter of when, not an if, but a when. Today, the |
0:40.3 | when is right now. Donald Trump, having wrapped his administration's tentacles around the throats |
0:45.3 | of other independent agencies, appears now to be targeting the Federal Reserve and its leader, Jerome |
0:50.7 | Powell. Perhaps in an effort to blame someone, anyone, for what he himself has done to the |
0:56.0 | economy, Donald Trump now says the Fed chairs, quote, termination cannot come fast enough, end quote. |
1:02.9 | Remember yesterday, we started this hour by telling you about Powell, who was very clear about our |
1:08.9 | financial circumstances, saying that the chaos and |
1:11.9 | confusion created by Donald Trump's tariffs make it hard to balance two vital things, |
1:16.9 | controlling inflation and boosting economic growth. Trump, evidently, apparently, so angered |
1:23.0 | by those two simple truths and the fact that the central bank decided not to cut rates went after |
1:28.6 | Powell on social media. But here's the thing, removing Powell from his position is not Trump's |
1:34.2 | decision to make. From the New York Times reporting on this, quote, many legal experts agree |
1:38.8 | that the president probably does not have the authority to fire the Fed chair over policy disagreement, |
1:45.1 | although it has not been tested in court. |
1:47.6 | Yesterday in his speech, Powell reflected on exactly what we're talking about. |
1:51.6 | Watch that. |
1:53.0 | We're never going to be influenced by any political pressure. |
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