Kamala Harris toasts: 'To my beloved San Francisco Giants' and to Japan's Hiroshima Toyo Carp professional baseball team during her luncheon with Japan's prime minister

Kamala Harris hosting the Prime minister of Japan for a luncheon: 'I will say as a proud daughter of California, I grew up surrounded with Japanese culture and history.'

OJ Simpson has died trib.al/xZeEI3B

Biden says he expects a cut this year despite hot inflation.

'I do stand by my prediction that, before the year is out, there'll be a rate cut. This may delay it a month or so, I'm not sure of that, we don't know what the Fed is going to do for certain,' he tells Jordan Fabian.

We have a press conference

Trump tells reporters on tarmac in Atlanta he would NOT sign a federal abortion ban if reelected in Nov.
“Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?”
“No,” Trump said, shaking his head
“You wouldn’t sign it?”
“No,” Trump said again.

Inflation was 3.5% in the past year --> highest since September.

Here are key items really driving inflation now
Car insurance +22% in past year
Car repair +12%
Baby formula +10%
Veterinarian +10%
Rent +5.9%
Electricity +5%
Restaurants +4.2%
(Gas up 1.3% in past year)

Consumer prices rose 3.5% from a year ago in March, more than expected cnb.cx/43XvCfd

Today Mark Reardon welcomes Charlie Spiering, Bruce D. Abramson, Ph.D., J.D., JulieTristan, FBI St. Louis’s Jay Greenberg, Doug Heye, Joel Kotkin, & more with Sue Thomas, Fred Bodimer & Abby twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

NEW: The 5 major TV news networks are preparing an unusual open letter that urges Trump and Biden to commit to participating in this year's three scheduled presidential debates. nytimes.com/2024/04/09/bus…

Kamala Harris says the majority of Ray Charles' work was country music

'I’m pretty sure the bulk of his work was country ... I think the bulk of his songs in terms of writing and performance was country music.'

Ray Charles has produced over 60 albums and only seven of them…

Kamala Harris: 'We love our country ... our country is worth fighting for. We can't throw up our hands when it's time to roll up our sleeves.'

Kamala Harris praises Joe Biden's sense of humor

'You have to find humor in life if you're going to actually able to get through it and be sane.'

Jared Kushner on his lucrative business dealings with foreign investors he worked with in Trump White House:

'Following the laws and the rules is something we always do.' nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/…

Biden, holding NASA glasses, did not look up at the solar eclipse before boarding AF1 in Madison

Team Biden releases pre-taped footage of president wearing eclipse glasses twitter.com/potus/status/1…

What a mess politico.com/news/2024/04/0…

They'll never forget

NEW: Former Pres. Trump says abortion rights should be decided by individual states:

“We have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land.”

At the White House, a reporter asked Biden if he had threatened military aid to Israel. Biden replied only: “I asked them to do what they’re doing.”