cabinet are barn storming the country, 30 events in nearly two dozen states to support joe biden s vision for the country. the president arriving in madison, wisconsin, in just the last 15, 20 minutes or so, his trip following one of the most contentious state of the union addresses in u.s. history, so what does that tell us about the political road ahead? plus, the images of horror and heartbreak pouring in from turkey and syria, the death toll from monday s earthquake surpassing a 11,000, and with the critical 72-hour window to find survivors about to close that number is expected to skyrocket. and why would one of the police officers indicted for the brutal beating of tyre nichols share pictures of him beaten and bloodied? we ll have a live report from memphis coming up. but we start with president biden in madison, wisconsin, right now. what many see as the unofficial kickoff of his re-election campaign and framed by the strategy we saw fleshed out clearly in last n
president biden has just taken the stage in madison, wisconsin, on the day after the state of the union. let s listen. we built more in the last two years since i ve taken office than you can imagine. we ve created 12 million new jobs, a half a million jobs this last month. [ applause ] we created more jobs in two years, more jobs in two years than any president has created in a single four-year term. look, unemployment rate is 3.4%, a 50-year low. gas prices are down more than $1.50, and we re going to make sure the oil companies are going to play their honest role. inflation is coming down. take home pay in workers is going up slightly. manufacturing is rebounding at the fastest rate in almost 40 years. the economy is growing at a solid clip.
cabinet are barn storming the country, 30 events in nearly two dozen states to support joe biden s vision for the country. the president arriving in madison, wisconsin, in just the last 15, 20 minutes or so, his trip following one of the most contentious state of the union addresses in u.s. history, so what does that tell us about the political road ahead? plus, the images of horror and heartbreak pouring in from turkey and syria, the death toll from monday s earthquake surpassing a 11,000, and with the critical 72-hour window to find survivors about to close that number is expected to skyrocket. and why would one of the police officers indicted for the brutal beating of tyre nichols share pictures of him beaten and bloodied? we ll have a live report from memphis coming up. but we start with president biden in madison, wisconsin, right now. what many see as the unofficial kickoff of his re-election campaign and framed by the
and by the way, i told them, even those that didn t vote for it, call and say we need a project in my district. okay, good, we ll do it. see you at the ground breaking. you know, really, i m president for all of america. you know, at the port of green bay, we re helping turn an old water plant site into a port terminal, going to create thousands of jobs over time, this is a big deal. we re just up the road in columbia county, just up the road, funds from the infrastructure are going to replace the wisconsin river bridge. here in madison, we re using the funding to buy 46 electric buses, replacing dirty diesel buses. bad for the environment. each of these projects means jobs for laborers, plumbers, pipe fitters, cement masons, iron workers and so many more.