my congressional republican friends led by rick scott have a different approach. he s actually introduced a plan he wants to raise taxes on working families by an average of $1,500 a year, put medicare and social security, medicaid excuse me, social security and medicaid on the chopping block every five years. in other words, every five years they re going to no longer exist unless they vote them back into existence. i disagree with that. what in god s name are they doing? i ll work with anyone, democrat, republican, independent, to deliver real solutions and real savings for the american people, not take money out of their pockets. now the other other element i d like to address that has impacts on inflation is to lower the deficit. the reason this matters to families is because reducing the deficit is another way to ease inflation. my friends on the republican side like to paint me as the big spender. but let s look at the facts. facts matter. under my predecessor, th
visionary speech, but i think he s laying the groundwork for change. it s not the only thing many things need to happen. we need to see the u.s. senate act on this and reflect public sentiment that this must change. and it s about the guns. it is about the guns. let s stop talking about doors. everyone knows it s about the guns. chris brown, such an important message. thank you. i can feel the spirit of my friends jim and sarah brady today. on many days, but especially today. thank you. and they didn t get through. a local lawmaker says that police on the ground at the deadly school shooting in uvalde, texas, did not know about the desperate 911 calls coming from students inside. the latest on what went wrong coming up. this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. reports on msnbc.
brown, president of brady, the organization named, of course, after our friends jim and sarah brady, dedicated to preventing gun violence across the country. we know that the brady bill was passed in the aftermath of that horrible assassination attempt on president reagan that grievously injured jim brady. today is national gun violence awareness day, chris. sadly, so many communities across the country have been dealing with this epidemic in just the last few weeks. it is a lifetime of concern for you. thanks, andrea. yes, it s a lifetime of concern for me. it s a lifetime of concern for so many of our advocates and chapters across this country. it s a lifetime of trauma for the survivors and families who lose 45,000 americans a year on average, that s 2020 numbers, that s the highest year on record, andrea, for the last 25 years. we all know, all americans
george h.w. bush has been in the hop in the icu. we are getting an update on his condition. he is still in stable condition but he is expected to be discharged from the intensive care unit in a few days. and a spokesman for the family says that he feels a thousand percent better after what they are calling a good night s rest. auto i i m reading the statement we just got from the family spokesman. he said they received an uplifting visit from their friends jim and susan baker and they are beeply appreciative for the care they are receiving. remember that mrs. bush, his wife was also in the hospital as well. she feels one thousand percent better this morning. antibiotics and good rest seemed to have restored her to better health. this is from the family spokesman. great news. i have been in touch with the chief of staff to president bush number 44:1. i know he was rallying and doing well. he is also celebrating this transition of power.