Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with that Court Appearance in florida for Carlos De Oliveira. Nbcs ken dilanian following all the latest developments for us. Ken, break down what happened in the courtroom and whats going to happen between now and next week. Reporter good afternoon, chris. Mr. De oliveira made his first appearance in Federal Court to answer for these charges but wasnt able to enter a plea or have an arraignment because he didnt have local counsel licensed to practice in the Southern District of florida. So he will have to come back and do that. The real significance of this case is not really mr. De oliveira whos a lowlevel employee at maralago. Its that this new Superseding Indictment makes an extraordinary allegation against the former president , alleging that he conspired to destroy evidence that was under a Grand Jury Subpoena. It says essentially he ordered these two lowlevel employees, nauta and deol oliveira, to
in washington the battle to reform the supreme court is once again ramping up. nbc s gary grunback joins me now. a top democratic senator is taking issue with some recent comments from justice samuel alito. what did he have to say? reporter: yeah, this all began when a wall street journal opinion page came out. it was an interview with justice samuel alito. and he said that congress does not have the ability to regulate the supreme court. this is the same justice samuel alito who was under fire over the past few months because of his relationships, perhaps inappropriate, with gop mega donors including harlan crow. and the idea of some sort of supreme court code of ethics has really swept through congress and really through the country in terms of what people want to see out of the supreme court. and that really obviously, as you can imagine, really irked some democratic lawmakers as well. chris murphy got on the sunday shows this weekend. here s what he had to say. first of all,
the administration and what have they done since? pretty much nothing. that was day one. that s right. there really hasn t been much juice in moving anything forward since, to the chagrin of immigration advocates. on the tax point, yes, the reconciliation bill will include higher taxes but only on the higher earners and that s part of what they hope to get through. mike memoli, as we call him our biden whisperer these days, mike, thanks very much. let s go to north carolina and what the intended message of the day is. gary grunback is down this with us. the white house will say they re not trying to break through the national headlines, they re hoping to be the lead at wral or on the local news tonight. what makes this north carolina stop important to north carolina voters, gary? reporter: yeah, if there s one thing we know about president biden is that he s an empathetic guy and we know that he knows that costs are high. food costs are high, gas prices are high. so he s been
numbers. 48% say the cost of living is the most important issue facing america. it s by far the top issue. more than any other age group, you ve been hearing about these problems with biden with young voters. voters under 35, this important part of the biden coalition, say this is the most important issue and it s ahead of everybody. and these folks think the economy is in worse shape than any other age group, folks under 35. overall president biden s approval on the economy sits at just 35%. the job approval and economic numbers are essentially starting to be in line. notably despite biden s efforts to tout strong job growth and gdp, a majority, 56%, believe there will be an economic recession during the next 12 months. bottom line, americans see rising costs as the single sign of pending economic doom. even the white house with some serious political challenges on this issue. what it takes to lower inflation is not something you want to run on. joining me now is biden whisperer mike
town or provide internet to those folks that need it. chuck. well, and look, as we know, the african american vote in north carolina, the only way democrats win statewide is when the african american vote is enthusiastic about coming out. so not a shock here to see the president trying to improve his standing with north carolina african americans. gary grunback, thank you. coming up, another key issue that could hurt democrats at the ballot box this november, immigration. our man, steve kornacki, is here and we ll break down the political fallout as the administration navigates this anticipated surge in migrants, assuming that may 23rd date holds, after this. you re watching meet the press daily. g mee t the pres s daily.