numbers after gaining it early and quite major endorsements of the nation s most powerful unions, including the american federation of teachers and the american federation of state, county, and municipal employees. 13 million new jobs since i became president. that s more jobs and a little over two years than any president has created in a four-year term. the unemployment term i ve seen record lows for black employments and hispanic unemployment as well. we have created 800,000 manufacturing jobs. president biden also touted his actions on climate, on health care, and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. it was a pitch to the american people for why he should be elected again. president biden did not do is give a single ounce of attention to his recently indicted predecessor. this nbc s mike reports, the president and his administration will maintain that, focusing solely on the issues. the president is saying it s not him that s accomplished all of this, and un
legal team is gathering the resources to properly define him against a federal indictment. we ll bring you the latest on trump s legal troubles in another hour of velshi begins right now. right now. good morning, it. good morning, i m ali velshi. the minneapolis police department for years engaged in, quote, excessive force, unlawful discrimination and violations of constitutional rights. those are the findings of a two-year federal investigation into the police department. triggered by the murder of george floyd. on may 25th, 2020, george floyd s three final words became a fixture in history as at the weight of the minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was actively cutting off his oxygen flow. those three words were i can t breathe. we now know that george floyd s choking death was not an isolated incident. the attorney general merrick garland announced on friday, quote, we found numerous incidents in which officers responded to a person s statement that they could no
indictment. no one has made that allegation. at the end of the day, you have to weigh the damage of the indictment versus the damage of the allegations. it s just not even a fair way. senator marco rubio s evolution on donald trump s access to and handling of classified documents. yeah, i agree, it s not even a close call. you weigh whether you believe as the 11th circuit said that the foundational principle of this country, that no man is above the law, and you balance that against whatever marco was saying we should balance it against. and, you know, willie, i just you will notice you will notice of all of the noise out there, of all of the ground noise, nobody is saying he s innocent. nobody is saying he did not commit the crimes that will put him in jail for over a hundred years, if convicted on all things. i can t think of one person who has said this man did not do it. so what they say is what about hillary? i mean but they had a long time to do that.
thank you so much, reverend sharpton. a big show indeed, i am alicia menendez. welcome to a new weekend of american voices. with our country now in uncharted waters with the federal indictment of donald trump. this hour, the former president is going to make his second public parents it today. stopping in north carolina. we are not going to air his speech live. but we will bring you any news that he makes. we expect his speech to mirror his remarks, just hours ago in georgia. the former president, the only president in u.s. history to be federally charged with a crime, firing up his base. acting without a care in the world. repeating his same tired lie that his indictment is a product of a deep state witch hunt. instead of his own misdeeds. which we learned yesterday, not just hearsay, but caught on tape, and on camera. well trump can go out and say what he wants, the rubber meets the road this tuesday in miami. where this country, and the world, we ll see him face federal
the world on january 15th. seven days left before iowa, and the gop field is warning voters, your first chance could be your last chance. i don t think donald trump ultimately can win an election. these polls are garbage. if donald trump wins iowa and new hampshire, it s over, guys. reminding iowans, they set the pace. iowa knows how to do this. you tell the country where we should go. but did those warnings come too late to knock out the runaway favorite? we are leading by a lot, but you have to go out and vote. we have to put big numbers up, really big numbers. no one knows until the first ballots are cast, so with the days dwindling, now is the time for closing arguments. we have reporters all over iowa with what voters are thinking and the sharpest campaign minds on what the candidates are promising. what will work? this is how to win 2024. good to be with you, i m katy tur in for chris jansing, the iowa caucuses are one week from today. let us remind yo