business of the cities, their counties, states, and this nation. their families don t sign up for this to be harmed. and it is wrong. that s san francisco s police chief denouncing the attack on nancy pelosi s husband. we ll have the latest developments since friday morning s targeted assault straight ahead. meanwhile, south korea is grieving a horrific disaster during halloween celebrations. and police are now admitting they made a mistake managing a massive crowd. also ahead, democrats call in the closer with a week to go until the mid weeks. former president barack obama hits the trail in hopes of slowing the momentum for republicans. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 31st. happy halloween. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning new information about friday s violent attack on paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. according to san francisco police, 42-year-old david depepe entered the home by breaking a
strohmier. we talked to a farmer who says this could snowball into a food shortage. there is all kinds of shipping delays, it s a big snowball effect happening at this point. ashley: griff jenkins live in washington with more, good morning. griff: inflation was 1.4%, yet in his first interview with a reporter since february, president biden tells the ap we re in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome inflation. if it is my fault, why is inflation higher in other countries in the world. we are higher than germany, france, israel, and saudi arabia. he does admit the country is in a funk, which he blames on the pandemic. people are really, really down, consequence of the covid crisis, this after biden blamed oil companies for $5 gas threatening them with emergency powers. at least one company is firing back writing, exxon mobil has been developing more than any other country and globally invested more than we ve earned over the last five years. we kep
americans, 53%, feel president obama is greatly or moderately to blame for the economy. more people still blame former president george bush but president obama won t be running against george bush next year. with me, obama s 2008 presidential campaign advisor and now senior white house advisor. thank you, david, for joining us. before we get to the politics of it, which is fascinating to all of us, let s get to the president s jobs bill. wow would you be open to breaking up this bill for the parts that you know you could get agreement on? well, the president has been very clear as he s traveled across the country and in the speech to congress that he thinks this the american jobs act would have a profound impact on our economy right now. it would put a lot more people back to work, put more money in the pockets of workers, put construction workers, teachers, veterans back to work, help small businesses all across the country. this is what the economy needs right now. the
about jobs and also trying to raise a little money. jobs were the emphasis last night at a speech to the congressional black caucus. some in the congressional black caucus have been critical of the president saying he hasn t focused enough on african-american issues including african-american unemployment which right now is at 16.7%. listen to the president telling the crowd he expects them to be with him. i m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don t have time to feel sorry for myself. i don t have time to complain. i m going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and press on. let me bring in athena jones this morning from washington. good morning to you. the president last night, some in that room had been critical of him. did he tell them what they wanted to hear last night and what was the reaction afterwards? well, you know, it was a fiery speech and he really riled up the crowd all the way through. he wa