Hi there, everyone.

Happy Monday.

It's 4 o'clock in New York on a very busy day of news.

We are keeping a close eye on the Vatican as the world mourns the loss of Pope Francis, known as the People's Pope.

He passed away early this morning,

will have much more coverage on his incredible legacy and life. And what comes next,

for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics coming up shortly. But we start with breaking news

out of the White House and the brewing conflict sparked by Donald Trump. It threatens to send

shockwaves to the U.S. economy and the

world's economies. The markets reacting to Donald Trump's ongoing onslaught of personal attacks and

smears on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. All three major stock indices experiencing major

losses today. The Dow Jones down more than 900 points. The cause?

It's a dangerous one-man game of chicken that Donald Trump is playing with the job of the Federal

Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell. Shortly after markets open today, Donald Trump called on Powell

to cut interest rates and called him a, quote, major loser, end quote.

That smear came on the heels of Kevin Hassett, Donald Trump's director for the National Economic

Council, telling reporters on Friday while markets were closed that the Trump administration is

looking at possible ways to fire Jerome Powell. Powell has said in public on camera that he

cannot be fired by Donald Trump. He has said that publicly. But the ongoing attacks and this

direct attack on the institution that undergirds the entire American and by extension world economies,

the institution that investors here and around the world

look to and trust is leading to fears of a deepening economic crisis. New York Times reports

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