john: finally as we finally as we head toward independence day, a story about an american hero that helped keep our independence possible. his name is art jackson. he received the medal of honor for con speck with us gallon and tree in world war ii. reporter: storming the beaches, jackson s unit was pinned down by murderous japanese fire. taking the initiative, he stormed a bunker, single handedly taking out 12 of them, killing 50 enemy soldiers. he completed to the complete annihilation of the enemy on the island. president truman put that around his neck the following year. a few years later when he took jackson to new york city, he left his medal on his bed in the
transportation bill that employs thousands of construction workers. there s a lot of talk in washington these days about creating jobs, but it doesn t help when they risk losing hundreds of thousands of jobs because of political gamesmanship. we need to pass this transportation bill and put people to work rebuilding america. we need to put our differences aside and do the right thing for our economy. joining any now nbc white house correspondent mike va khaira. good saturday morning. good morning. how is the president framing this big debate leading up to thursday? reporter: he s giving hints about proposals he puts forward to the joint session of congress. a very rare obviously state of the union style speech. probably the most con speck with us venue he could have chosen. in the past frankly you heard about infrastructure spending there, traditional projects like roads and bridges and thinks of that nature. he was talking about a highway bill stalled in congress. the presid
then a big caravan of people crossing into the united states, nine minutes back to attacking the media. this time cnn. few minutes later, praised rasmussen for favorable apology. three hours later tweeted more criticism about amazon. joining me from the white house, nbc news s jeff bennett. good afternoon to you. continues to be eventful around there. with respect to the tweets about amazon and immigration, they re very confusing. reporter: they are very confusing. i have to say that the confusion has continued and spread across other topics to include what you said about russia. heard the president twice today say that nobody has been tougher on russia than he s been. of course, you have a disconnect between the president s con speck with us silence to say anything critical of president vladimir putin, while his administration has taken steps to of course expel 60 diplomats,