trading week. it s due to this morning s worse-than-expected read on inflation. now 8.6%. there were hopes today that it would bring signs that price spikes were easing. instead, they got worse led by that record surge in gas prices. we ll have a lot more on that. but on capitol hill, the house january 6th committee is getting ready for its next hearing on monday, which will focus on the big lie. the is committee will zoom in on former president trump s efforts to convince voters the election was stolen from him. next phase of the hearing comes after several major revelations during the prime-time kickoff. among the biggest, vice chair liz cheney pointing to testimony that when donald trump was told that rioters were chanting, hang mike pence, the former president said, maybe his supporters had the right idea and that pence deserved it. nbc news national senior political reporter, suehill kapur is on capitol hill. glenn kirschner is a msnbc legal analyst and former federal
facing an income bit with vice president mike pence. fighting for them today. we are on the road to midterms behind the scene with boat campaigns geared right now, pennsylvania boaters await the outcome of a tight gop contest. we will speak with rnc chairwoman about the influence about the movement and finding unity in november. the president s focus on doing everything in his power to address the putin price hike. the white house points fingers elsewhere is the stock market dies. gas prices break records and parents search for baby formula on empty shelves. we will ask the president s chief economic advisor about the plan to ease the pain. then, the department of homeland security says it is preparing for the threat of violence if the supreme court delivers a historic ruling on abortion in the coming weeks. we will ask our sunday panel how will fight for roe v wade to shape the midterm. and whether it could boost progressive hopes in the runoff in texas. all right
facing an income bit with vice president mike pence. fighting for them today. we are on the road to midterms behind the scene with boat campaigns geared right now, pennsylvania boaters await the outcome of a tight gop contest. we will speak with rnc chairwoman about the influence about the movement and finding unity in november. the president s focus on doing everything in his power to address the putin price hike. the white house points fingers elsewhere is the stock market dies. gas prices break records and parents search for baby formula on empty shelves. we will ask the president s chief economic advisor about the plan to ease the pain. then, the department of homeland security says it is preparing for the threat of violence if the supreme court delivers a historic ruling on abortion in the coming weeks. we will ask our sunday panel how will fight for roe v wade to shape the midterm. and whether it could boost progressive hopes in the runoff in texas. all right
Im Harris Faulkner and you are in The Faulkner Focus. Washington post columnist David Ignatius got the ball rolling. President bide app should not run in 2024. A New York Times piece calling the 2024 piece a field of nightmares. An oped in the new York Magazine titled the case for biden to drop Kamala Harris, even from this former House Speaker nancy pelosi. Is Vice President Kamala Harris the best running mate for this president . He thinks so. Thats what matters. Do you think she is the best running mate, though . She is the Vice President of the United States. People say to me why isnt she doing ththat. Because he is the Vice President. Thats the job description. You dont do that much. Harris wow. That didnt sound like full throated support. What was that . Took them several times to get her to answer the question. Former White House Deputy chief of staff karl rove with this plain truth. Time is not his friend. He is going to turn 81 later this year. Nearly 82 by the time of the 202
alternative and no room for discussion between shock treatment and gradualism. joining me now is andres abadia chief latam economist at pantheon macroeconomics. lovely to see you again. he is now formally in the job and has delivered his first initial speech. what will he do next? the speech was relatively light on detail but he says there will be a physical shop to the economy and that is important because we are at about 5% of gdp but the good news is he said that the shock or the adjustment would be on the state and not the private sector. there are also economic indicators that suggest more than 40% of the population live in poverty so when he will have a mammoth task to bring the economy back on track. will he dismantle the central bank and swap the peso for the us dollar which he did say he would do in his electioneering. that is the main question right now. so far we have seen since he was elected one month ago that he has been pragmatic, more pragmatic than expected