we re learning that person is matthew pottinger. and he is set to testify, apparently this coming thursday. he served on then-president trump s national security council. but he decided to resign in the middle of the riot. one of my staff brought me a printout of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn t have the courage to do what should have been done. i i read that tweet and made a decision at that moment to resign. that s where i knew i was leaving that day once i read that tweet. a reminder of what that tweet said, quote, mike pence didn t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution, unquote. when trump was out of sight from the public during the riot, of course, he had time to slam his on vp on twitter and did nothing to lower the temperature anywhere across this country, let alone at the capitol. and for all the hours and hours and hours of vid
primetime thursday night. we are learning tonight that that person is matthew pottinger, he is set to testify, apparently this coming thursday. he served on then president trump s national security council but. his service came to an abrupt end when he decided to resign in the middle of the riot. one of my staff brought me a print out of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something to the effect of, mike pence, the vice president and not have the courage to do which should have been done. i read that tweet. and i made a decision at that moment to resign. that is where i knew that i was leaving that they. once i read a tweet. now a reminder of with that tweet said, he wrote in part, quote, mike pence did not have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution. unquote. when trump was out of sight during the riot, of course he had time to slam his own on twitter and did nothing to lower the temperature and you are, let a
affiliated media outlet is suggesting beijing should shoot down the plane carrying house speaker nancy pelosi if she does, indeed intend to go to taiwan. meanwhile, a democratic congressman openly saying most of his colleagues believe the president should not run for re-election in 2024. and the biden administration is trying to explain why democrats want a new massive spending bill while the economy may or may not be technically in a recession. previous definitions it is. white house correspondent peter doocy starts off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: the recession was just a one day news cycle. the press secretary spoke this afternoon for about an hour, never used the word recession officials around here do admit that prices are too high but they insist they are on top of inflation. we have a plan to fight inflation. that s being disputed. the democrats have no plan to help americans who are paying the highest prices in 40 years. steve.
today the nation is shaken by new disturbing details on the report of the killing of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde, texas. reactions are pouring in, and the horrifying question is could more lives have been saved? there s a little girl named maya zamora. she received five gunshots to her upper totorso. she s still in the hospital after 20 surgeries. she s a miracle baby. she had two that had single gunshot wounds. they likely bled out five, ten, 15 minutes earlier. who is to say who could have survived and who couldn t have. rosa flores is live for us in uvalde. rosa, one of the most maddening details from this report is the amount of law enforcement on the scene, nearly 400, and no one was in charge. what more are we learning? reporter: let me show you and tell you about those failures, because at 11:28 a.m., this is the area where the gunman crashed his vehicle. then he jumped over this fence. this is the fence where he threw the gun, threw the backpack, and
official economic recession, although president biden, his aides, and now the federal reserve chair are insisting they don t see this economy in recession. politically, what matters is how people at home feel about the economy, obviously. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live on the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening bret, officials say gas prices coming down. jobs available. no recession or pre-recession on the horizon. tomorrow s g.d.p. numbers are going to test that. as president biden re-takes the hymn in the west wing now that he is out of covid quarantine. as i was walking out. [clearing throat] i thought i heard a rumbling my staff saying oh he is back. back in the oval office president biden s number one domestic priority is lowering inflation and his plan to do it trust the federal reserve to make that happen. but the federal reserve chair just made a surprising admission. inflation has obviously surprise to the upside ov