trump won, a fairly large group of elected democrats tried toov overturn what was a free and fair election. they were insurrectionist. the group includedct congressman jimmy raskin from gi paul , barbara lee, sheila jackson, maxine waters, jim mcgovern, others. and thenern on the basis of no evidence whatsoever, nancy pelosi promoted the dangeroust conspiracy theory that the election had been, quote, hijacked by a hostile foreign government. russia thenn on january 13th, 2017 because we kept trackan democratic party holleyman john lewis declared that donald trump was not the legitimate president. talk about breaking our norms. then not surprisingly, on inauguration day, the democratic party s militia descended on washington hundredsn of rioters committed vandalism, overturned cars at one point lit a limousine on fire. most of the violence was concentrated in frankli square. that s justt downn the street from the capital . six police officers were seriously w injured by thehr
trying to redefine recession? we are not redefining recession. greg: president biden s prediction there being no recession lasting about as long as kamala s doomed presidential campaign. democrats are pushing more massive spending for some reason, to get us out of it. biden is brushing off the bad economic news while claiming dishing out $700 billion for things like fighting climate change and that will actually lower inflation. chairman powell and many of the significant banking personnel and economists say we are not in a recession. we created 9 million new jobs so far as i ve become president. businesses are investing in america and record rates. the inflation reduction act will add another $370 billion in clean energy tax credits and reconciliation. that doesn t sound like a recession to me. greg: now that biden s prediction has flopped, democrats and the media are getting on the same page to try to convince americans things aren t that bad. we have to remember
american, paul whelan at. we ll get to those stories in this hour. but we start with a big breakthrough in democrats efforts to pass a main part of president biden s agenda. prescription drug prices, taxes, and climate change. kirsten sinema of arizona has announced her support for the bill, calling it the inflation redact act. clearing the way possibly this weekend. the democrat agreed on some changes. including dropping a carry over interest rate tax. increase on some of the risk just of the rich. hedge fund, and private company executives. and changes to a 15% on corporate tax obligations. they could make amendments, but this film could be seen as historic changes for everyday americans. change is very popular according to a poll, by cutting prescription prices and refusing the deficit by 300 billion dollars. you heard that right. it would also invest in nearly 370 billion dollars to address climate change. and also, it would be interesting to think about it from a politic
availability and the simple activities that could pose a risk to your family. and later, nearly 200 house republicans vote against protecting access to contraception. i m going to go one-on-one with the co-sponsor of the bill about why this is so important, and what democrats need to do to protect other crucial rights. good morning, and a happy sunday to you. i am katie fang. biden continues to recover from covid this morning as his doctor says that he likely contract at the highly contagious ba.5 variant, which is rapidly spreading throughout the united states. biden tested positive for the virus on thursday, and has been isolating in the white house resident sense. why do sympathizing the biden through was all wild, he has received four vaccine doses in his taking an anti viral drug. for more on all of this we turn to nbc news correspondent peter alexander, who is at the white house. hello katie, good morning. biden beginning his third full day in isolation here. white ho
delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. and russian missiles hit the port of odesa a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports. welcome to bbc news. in the past hour the head of the world health organization has declared the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. the who director general says 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international c