griff: despite new report prices surging in january. lucas tomlinson in january with the latest from the president s response. hey, lucas. lucas: the last hour, aishah interviewed and weighed jp morgan ceo jamie dimon having trouble heavy will with inflation. i wouldn t go that far. i think they got a late start. they should have started ticking interest rates earlier, maybe six months earlier than they did. lucas: here is new economic data, rose .6% in january beating analysts expectations. this annual inflation the annual inflation rate rose 5.4% first increase in inflation data since it peaked in june making analysts wonder if it s behind inflation just like jp diamond. president biden reacted to news, inflation is down from the summer while unemployment is remained at or near 50-year low and take-home has gone up. the white house announced friday it will be sending $2 billion in additional weapons and ammunition, not on the list fighter jets, asking the question on wh
now. president biden says he intends to visit the southern border next week. he s doing it because he s being forced to come and because he wants actual sources. the vatican getting ready to say the final farewell to pope emeritus benedict. encouraging updates on damar hamlin. he remains in the icu. signs of improvement noted yesterday and overnight. things are moving in a positive direction. pulling for damar. niagara falls lit up in blue for support. can you meet me halfway right at the border line is where i m going to wait for you i ll be looking at night and day ainsley: this is called dance club mornings on fox & friends. every morning we started out with something that people dance to at the club s. brian: but that has something to do with the standoff we ve been witnessing been witnessing. ainsley: what are the lyrics of that sans? steve: meet me halfway. ainsley: that s appropriate. steel and our sound guy is our musical
the attack, nancy pelosi saying she wanted to punch mr. trump out. our nbc news exclusive with dr. mehmet oz, gop senate candidate in pennsylvania. does he stand by his campaign s attacks on the health of his democratic rival, john fetterman? does he support a federal ban on abortion? and his anti-crime message. the holiday shping season, why it s off to an early start, where to get big bargains right now. it s america s fastest-growing sport with fans like tom brady and lebron james, how pickleball is going pro. and remembering the actor who brought a beloved harry potter character to life. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, we are going to begin with the tragic and frightening story that was breaking in north carolina as we came on the air here last night. we now know five people died, allegedly at the hands of a teenage shooter who held a raleigh neighborhood in fear, forcing residents to barricade themselves inside their ho
border state democrats. the ability to close four wide gaps in yuma will better protect migrants that could drown in a low section hoff the colorado river. the biden administration must do much more. even if we build new walls, if you have the department of justice, the biden administration incentivizing and criminalizing people coming here and the consequences, you ll continue to see this escalating violence and americans dying. the white house claims this is not a flip-flop on the border wall. we re not finishing a wall. we re cleaning up the mess that the prior administration made. we re trying to save lives, this is what the prior administration left behind that we re cleaning up. since migrants starting arriving in washington d.c., mayor bowser wants to call in the d.c. national guard. they say due to a significant uptick from covid-19, the readiness of the d.c. guard has been severely degraded and the d.c. national guard does not have a standing domestic respons
and white house denying that the president brought up genocide during the call on thursday. and the latest developing story from the white house. hey, david. good afternoon to you, aishah and everyone watching right now. the speaker is en route to asia. she has some pre scheduled trips to singapore, japan, south korea, but the big question, the suspense, will she go to taiwan? she wants to go. some republicans who are her political enemies in congress are agreeing with her, they want her to go. some democrats are saying don t go. the white house is being mum on it, but the communist party in china is saying absolutely do not go. listen. well, i don t remember talk about my travel because as some of you know it s a security issue, it s a security issue for every member of congress travelling, especially abroad, but for the speaker, it is additional security issue and for those travelling with me, not just members, but staff, et cetera. it s an interesting issue because