serious foreign policy challenges from china to russia to ukraine and a sputtering economy here at home. his poll numbers are not good. even a majority of democrats tell pollsters he should not run for a second term. but the campaign is launched. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. the president hasn t yet commented on his own re-election bid. reporters weren t allowed close enough today to ask. and officials wouldn t weigh in on what factored into his decision-making citing the hatch act. but the white house calculus seems to be that biden can win voter support in 2024 the same way did he in 2020. with a campaign that happens mostly online. >it s time to finish the job. finish the job. the president s first audience since announcing re-election bid giving a warm election. [chanting four more years] but this campaign isn t shaping up to be about what biden has but
investigation into former president trump has led to 34 felony charges. is the focus of house republicans. the house judiciary committee held a rare field hearing today in new york. g.o.p. members say alvin bragg s policies have contributed to the increasing violence in the city. democrats say today s event was all a political stunt. good evening, bryan. bret, good evening. republicans insist today s hearing was about how progressive district attorneys make america less safe. as for new york city crime victims well, they were just trying to be heard. there are hundreds and thousands of us. we don t give a damn about your politics. we don t care. victims of violent crime in new york city testified today against manhattan district attorney alvin bragg accusing bragg of pushing soft on crime policies that make the city less safe. bragg charged bodega owner jose alba with murder for killing a man in self-defense after he stabbed alba in his shop. the murder charge was later
announcement to try to seek a second term, no polls indicate americans have major misgive givings about that prospect. polls indicate president biden s age is a reason, the polls show different misgivings? a.bawl line the electorate does naught seam excited about the early prospect. inen 2024, that s where we begin, jackie starts us off live on the north lawn. good evening to you, bret. there are questions about whether this announcement is being slapped together. reports have described it as a last-minute scramble to build a website, fund raise and finalize campaign staffing decisions and talk of a major event rolling out this announcement has shifted to a ramping up effort. by all indications it s still set to begin tomorrow. are you red to run again, mr? president bide non dropping any hints on the eve of his expected reelection bid, reportedly to come via social media. par for the course for this white house under fire for side stepping traditional interviews and ne
it s a search that the biden white house had not previously revealed. it raises new questions about the biden administration s insistence it is being completely open about the facts here. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. despite many claims of transparency, the fbi search of the penn biden center did not appear on timelines given to us by the president s personal attorneys and also separately from the white house counsel s office. it s not clear if fbi agents retrieved any documents from the penn biden center when they combed through it some time in mid november. the fbi and doj won t comment but multiple sources confirm biden s team gave consent and there was no search warrant making it the second known instance in which federal investigators checked over a biden property where his team previously found classified material. the other being the wilmington search earlier this
inflation that is not going down significantly. we will have the latest on the midterms including a fallout from all this week s debates. but, first up, the preelection economy where it stands. white house correspondent jackii heinrich starts us off from the north lawn. good evening, bret. the president is in syracuse touting the biden administration investment and praising today s economic report. the data is not what it seems on the surface. great economic report today. the g.d.p. report. things are looking good. at first glance today s g.d.p. report suggests the u.s. economy is turning around after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but a closer look shows the 2.6% growth was driven by flux yaptions in international trade, not reflecting the underlying health of the economy and increased government spending. economists think both will drop off in quarter four. moreover, consumer spending is slowing as inflation climbs faster than wages. moody s chief econom