microchips. and they have they can t get the parts they need in canada. so this could escalate very quickly. there s also the risk that this will spill over and other parts of the united states or other places in the world. places in europe, australia. so where this goes from here could i think it goes back to sam s point, it s another knock against [inaudible] it s another feeling that the situation we re living through is out of control. and that s just hard for the president to really projects that his leadership in situations like this. sam stein, heather long, shannon pettypiece, thanks to you. coming, up soaring prices are making the electorate angry over covid. we have [inaudible] looking for ways to what [inaudible] is it about a disgraced former president that convinces a congresswoman to travel 800
leave now. we re dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. it s a very difficult situation and things can go crazy quickly. there s much more of that exclusive interview coming up. but with that, let us bring our lead off speakers. shannon pettypiece, sam stein, veteran journalist and white house editor for politico, and heather long, an economist columnist at the washington post. great to have you all here. sam, we re hearing reports of what was going on at the white house on january 6th regarding the phone calls. we re hearing about official records, possibly some that were top secret. taken to mar-a-lago and retrieve by the national archives long after trump left office. what s going on with this administration? the fairly broad question. look, i don t think donald trump was a stickler for compliance he was when it comes to
situations like this. sam stein, heather long, shannon pettypiece, thanks to you. coming, up soaring prices are making the electorate angry over covid. we have [inaudible] more of lester holt s exclusive interview with joe biden. is it about a disgraced former president that convinces a congresswoman to travel 800 miles from home and beg for votes in front of his building? we will ask the author of a new book about the fractured gop. the 11th hour just getting underway on a thursday night. underway on a thursday night
of what the white house wants to talk about, which is prescription drug prices, infrastructure, clean energy, expanding broadband those are the items the white house one on the agenda. those are the things they think will help democrats in the november. there s a lot of competition right now for attention broadband in that white house. heather, we did get this sign today that, at least, some people read it as inflation not being temporary. and it may not just be a byproduct of the pandemic. yes, wages are going up, but i think that s what s 5. 7%, compared to inflation which is seven and a half percent. whatever information was in today s labor department reports that can offer us some real sense of what this economy is right now and where it s headed? the big problem for the white house is this report really showed that inflation is spreading across categories. not only did the white house try to say for months that this
today from the state department. let him or putin should understand that body bags will come back to moscow as well, that the citizens of russia will suffer because their economy will be completely devastated. and his exclusive interview with nbc news, president biden had an urgent message for americans still in ukraine. american citizens should leave now. we re dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. it s a very difficult situation and things can go crazy quickly. there s much more of that exclusive interview coming up. but with that, let us bring our lead off speakers. shannon pettypiece, sam stein, veteran journalist and white house editor for politico, and heather long, an economist columnist at the washington post. great to have you all here. sam, we re hearing reports of what was going on at the white house on january 6th regarding the phone calls.