rewrite the dictionary. griff jenkins has more in washington, good morning. griff: good morning, americans are bracing for nows we are in recession with dropping gdp numbers. the president says he doesn t see that happening? president biden: we re not going to be in a recession in my view, the employment rate is still one of the lowest in history, the 3.6 area. my hope is we go from rapid growth to steady growths. we ll see some coming down, god willing, i don t think we ll see recession. griff: white house message focusing on how well the economy is doing because of how many jobs have been created. if you look at the economic indicators, the labor market, the average amount of jobs that have been created, about 400 per month, indicators do not show that we are in a recession or even a pre-recession. griff: she s not the only white house official challenging technical definition of a recession. i covered the economy for many years, i was told by everybody i spoke
polls. who will succeed joe biden? well, you know, there s no question in my mind that joe biden is doing exactly what needs to be done for this great country of ours. we all know that our democracy is teetering on edge. we need a joe biden to get us through this rough patch. i think he s doing great with that. we know that this forecast includes vice president harris. i support her. and i m just saying that if he chooses not to run again, first on my list after him would be kamala harris. democrats saying it s kamala s time to shine, never mind poor handling of the border. i think she doesn t get to show the personality enough, so people haven t had a chance to know her. most of the media is white and male, and their take on kamala becomes conventional wisdom. joy reid is right. here s the real kamala. i experienced great joy when i watched this brilliant, phenomenal black woman, jurist, be so smart, and just cut through the political gamesmanship that they were atte
the georgia electors from joe biden, and show them. the observations about how this dark world of republican so-called legal scholarship works, and way that eastman letter, how it all moved from eastman to the justice department to the white house. i was thinking about that wall squinting today at the visual exhibit that the committee released as part of the hearing, when they talked about the man that they had put at the justice department working with jeff clarke, getting the eastman plan effectuated, making it look like it was the justice department s work, and that was circulated among some congressional staffers, but also some very famous names from republican legal circles on that email, talking about the man on the inside, and what he was going to get done, and how they could brief the white they ve been talking about that for a very long time in terms of how the network works. we re going to get to that, thank you rachel, not legally available, that s what donal
with other countries that knowingly don t have that, we are telling ourselves we do. but you know, from the very beginning, and from all the most noble americans who have upheld that tradition, separation of church and state is just as good for the state as it is for the church. it protects religion as much as it protects the polity. and giving it up endangers both. giving up that split endangers both. and we play with that line a lot, but it s a really dangerous place right now in some parts on the right. absolutely. so good on you for putting a spotlight on that, rachel. thank you, greatly appreciated. it s good to see you. thanks, ayman. thanks, my friend. appreciated. take care. tonight, new reporting is shedding light on the state of justice, the state of the justice department s investigation into the january 6th attack on the capitol. the washington post is reporting tonight, quote, copies of two subpoenas issued to republican state senators from arizona, were ac
adamant that he had one and that we were not doing our job. the president said, just say the election is corrupt and leave the rest to me and well. republican congressman. we will wear that any members of congress had [inaudible] mr. gaetz and mr. brooks mr. gaetz was the first to ask for a pardon. mr. biggs did, mr. gohmert asked as well. i m sorry. the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. the president is getting very agitated and he said, people tell me i should just get rid of both of you and change the leadership, put jeff clarke in, maybe something will finally get done. i thought the puzzle was asinine. how does the president even know mr. clark? i said, so suppose i do the, suppose i replace him, replace him, jeff rosen, with him, jeff clark. what would you do? i said, mr. president, i would rather resign immediately. but so baloney said this is a murder suicide pact. tonight rachel maddow, nic