finally pull back the curtain, but with americans attention focused elsewhere, can they make their case? how do we compete with the form of fantasy? i ll speak with senior adviser to the january 6th committee, denver riggleman, ahead. hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is angry at the lack of leadership. senate negotiators say this is the critical week to see if they can do a deal to respond to anything to the mass shootings in uvalde, texas, and buffalo, new york, that took the lives of 31 americans. talks are intensifying as president biden said enough is enough and outlining a series of measures to try to stem the violence, including a ban on some semi-automatic weapons. even with good intentions from some on both sides, the passage of anything the chances still seem remote. as lawmakers deliberate, americans continue to be killed daily in this uniquely american epidemic. overnight three people were killed and 11 wounded after a mass
we would be living through right now if we didn t have the american rescue plan. remember, that was the money for vaccinations, which actually allowed us to get everybody back to work. that was the money for emergency rental relief. i was the governor of rhode island before this job. when i took over as governor, we were deep into the quote, unquote, recovery from the stimulus last time, which was anemic. when i took over, unemployment in my state was 7% or 8%. so, i can t when the president when president biden took over, we had 18 million people collecting unemployment insurance. that s down more than 90% right now. we have a strong economy now. people are working. inflation s a problem. i will grand t you that. we will get it under control because we re going to stick with it until we do. when do you think you ll be able to get it under control? some economists, as well as voices inside the biden administration, say one thing you could do is to lift trump