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
happening now. new evidence connecting the capitol riot directly to former-president trump and his pressure campaign against his vice president. insiders swearing under oath that trump knew his scheme to get mike pence to overturn the presidential election was illegal but trump plowed ihead, anyway. the january 6th select committee also documenting pence s escape from that mob that was threatening his life with rioters at one point only 40 feet away. we are breaking down all the testimony, and where the insurrection investigation goes from here. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . let s get right to the new testimony and evidence presented by the january-6th select committee during today s hearing. it ended just a couple hours or so ago. our congressional correspondent, ryan nobles, has been following it all up on capitol hill. mike pence is going to have to come through for us.
class. there is either extreme rich or extreme poor and the rest of us just kinds of fall through the cracks. it is exactly those kinds of voters that democrats and the white house are trying to reach. we heard the president just yesterday insisting that americans should trust that he has a plan to help working families. but those families are feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. and, in fact, we saw a little of president biden s own frustration in a letter today where he lashed out at oil companies for making huge profits while gas prices hit record levels. for him, his administration, and the entire democratic party, this economic problem has become an escalating political problem. consider the stakes w more than two dozen states holding primaries over the next three months. voters are making decisions based on what they are feeling now, not what might happen down the line. if you like $8 a gallon gas and you like continued rising costs on every single type of goods that
there is the current investigation. it would be nice to have heard from you in person, instead of hearing from the media. this is the first time, and the only time that i had threat conversation with him. and i said i would like to see just speak to you at some stage to get your side of the story, effectively. i cannot be there in march. i m going to be in iraq for for five days. his city was very busy. it was involved with saddam, iraq at that time. i will be there very polite, very sincere. i can bring you documents, if you want. [inaudible] i arranged a meeting with him. [inaudible] the day came, i waited, he didn t turn up. all the signs were, when we were going through it, it s charade. okay, i ll go along. i ll play the game. i have never had a case like that before, which became so personal. the devils advocate, mr. murder, call him what he is. he is the who s who of the criminal world. giovanni destefano is one of the attorneys representi
was for the performance of 6, one of the ladies had covid. so one of the understudies stepped in last minute and she got a shout out and that was pretty incredible to watch. all right, frank, di lella, thank you so much. everyone looks so happy. we appreciate you re coming on this morning. it is the very top of the fourth hour of morning joe. and in less than one hour, the january 6 house select committee will hold its second public hearing on capitol hill this morning. the panel is expected to delve deeper into the big lie. lawmakers are expected to lay the case out that former president trump knew he lost the 2020 election. and made an effort to spread disinformation. today s witness list includes former trump campaign manager bill stepian. and we re hearing about the hearings. two more hearings are going to take place this week on wednesday, the panel will focus on pushback from the justice department. and former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen will testify. then