gains but plenty and mounting destruction. smoke and flames trailing a key rail hub that connects kharkiv to donetsk. elsewhere in donetsk, a field depot fire. today russia accusing ukraine of sending mortars across the border. away from the frontline in the capital, kyiv, air raid sirens after weeks without them. this a aftermath of a russian barrage that pummelled the cities hours after the united nations secretary general met there with ukraine s president. in mariupol it remains literally a life or death waiting game. conditions are crumbling with every passing hour. the city s mayor puts it bluntly. quote, the mariupol is hell, or places are worse. a field commander worries they cannot survive another direct hit. translator: yesterday was a heavy strike on a direct hit on the field hospital that is situated inside the steel plant. and the operating theater was hit directly. and all the surgical equipment, everything that is necessary to perform surgery has been destroy
selling. now the press is actually doing dire assessments. he is at or near at his low end of a job approval during his term. in cnn s latest poll of polls is obliterating at just 39%. now president joe biden didn t have a lot of goodwill left for the public this week. but the conflicting messages coming out of the white house and the broader democratic party, make it look like there is no plan to turn things around ended advance of the midterm elections which are just over 200 days off. given that the democrats decided to change the policy on energy and borders that make it so unpopular, what can joe biden do? well, he can pretend that he feels your pain. because he was poor too wants. i grew up in a household that we lived in a split level home, three bedrooms, four kids, mom and dad and grandparents. i was of the great pleasure of being in liston and congress. i ll still make an active a lot more money because i was getting a center salary. no kidding. i didn t think you
working to bring them down as well. look, i grew up in a family where if the price for a gallon of gas at the pump went up significantly, it was felt by the family. i get it. i understand. but these things are necessities but that s not the totality of what family needs. they still have to pay for child care. they still have to pay for prescription drugs. they still have to pay for health care. there s more than one way to help a family when it comes to their standard of living. we re going to work to bring down the prices on the way up, but guess what? guess what? we re going to keep strengthening the supply chain to bring down the cost of every all these goods. but in the meantime, there s a lot we can do to give families a little extra breathing room. for example, child care. families can spend $14,000 a year per child, in some cases in this country, some cases less than $14,000 a year, for child care. our plan cuts in half most what most families are paying. helping t
it may have paid off for the biden administration. the white house was bracing for a brutal economic report today. you heard them even preparing you, the viewer, on the air multiple days this week. the president s planned rebuttal this morning turned into a victory lap. i want to speak to you this morning about an extraordinary resilience and grit of the american people. and american capitalism. our country is taking everything that covid has to throw at us and we ve come back stronger. i m pleased to report this morning, and many of you already know, that america s job machine is going stronger than ever. building a strong recovery and opportunity for hard working women and men all across this great country. america is back to work. and with hiring up and wages up, even as millions were out of work because of omicron, you may be wondering why is the market mixed right now? and that s because today s report provided more clues that inflation isn t cooling off. so wall str
it puts the topic of parties during the covid lockdown. the united states now at another covid crossroads. a key question that will shape the next few months. how should states, cities and towns decide when to back off pandemic restrictions? we are at an inflection point. america is one of those nations, i think the only nation, that s come out of every crisis stronger than it went into the crisis. we got a way to go on that, in my view, but we re moving. we begin this hour with the former president. his weekend of lies and reckless promises and the debate between republicans who adore him and republicans who abhor him. at a texas rally, donald trump talked of a comeback. his list included talk of pardoning those convicted of attacking the capitol and the country on january 6th last year. then last night, trump issued a statement the january 6th committee will take as a confession. the former president says it is unfortunate that mike pence didn t overturn the 2020 elec