i think it would have to get $15 but who knows? thank you for that. i don t know where the president stands on oreo cookies but all of this will pass sooner than you think. mark meredith in wilmington, delaware. reporter: president biden insists the economy is on the right track. credits argue the white house is losing control of and flagrant inflation and america s post pandemic economic recovery. the unemployment rate sits just below 6% and this past week new government data showed the number of people applying for unemployment benefits in mid july was the highest level in two months, another jobs report in two weeks but the white house says these fears of inflation should be short-lived, expanded child tax credits, more money than ever
if there wasn t, there should have been an nnfa, no fire area. there are limit so that way you can go through extra checklists. if that information was not shared the people on the ground were not familiar. i want to say i m so sorry for the loss of your colleagues. whitney cooper, martin fletcher will be back in our next hour. before we go to break, we want to update you on deadly explosions in the turkey capital. they report 86 people are dead and 186 are injured after two blasts rocked a peace rally. video shows young people holding hand and singing moments before the explosions. turkey s president condemned the attacks as terrorist attacks. we will be sure to bring you any new information right here on msnbc. up next, we will go live to wilmington, delaware on vice president joe biden s decision 2016.
when does the criticism stop? never. president obama addressed the situation in ukraine while he was in delaware on thursday afternoon. talking about infrastructure. conservatives were quick to criticize the president for not being what they say sensitive to the loss of life and continuing his speech on infrastructure. now, republicans never want to invest in american infrastructure. they don t want to do it. this is the new age of not doing anything. they like to spend your tax dollars on war. they have no problem with that. just a accounting here. iraq warrer cost $1.7 trillion. 490 billion owed to war veterans and could grow $6 trillion the next four decades. counting interest now, an average, fair-minded american, most of us think that iraq was a mistake. would it be a mistake to put any money in to infrastructure so
guests, lewis black. you got so angry tonight you actually shook your microphone off. did i really? i ve never seen that happen before. it actually blew off you. also only in america, what i ve learned about passions on both sides of this issue. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin with a big story. tonight president obama comes out in favor of gay marriage. listen to what he told abc news robin roberts. at a certain point i ve just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. contrast that with what mitt romney said afterwards. my view is that marriage itself is a relationship between a man and a woman and that s my own preference. i know other people have differing views. this is a very tender and sensitive topic, as are many social issues. but i have the same view that i ve had since well, since running for office. so tonight s big story, pre
actually shook your microphone off. did i really? i ve never seen that happen before. it actually blew off you. also only in america, what i ve learned about passions on both sides of this issue. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin with a big story. tonight president obama comes out in favor of gay marriage. listen to what he told abc news robin roberts. at a certain point i ve just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. contrast that with what mitt romney said afterwards. my view is that marriage itself is a relationship between a man and a woman and that s my own preference. i know other people have differing views. this is a very tender and sensitive topic, as are many social issues. but i have the same view that i ve had since well, since running for office. so tonight s big story, president obama s support for gay marriage. how much of