economic advances for underserved communities, expanded voting rights and a robust defense of democracy, but how much can he really get done? then finally, we ll look how the massive infrastructure legislation passed last year may help restore one historic black and brown neighborhood in new orleans to its former glory. not by adding anything but taking something away. that story later in the hour. but we start with the ethical dilemma staring republicans and democrats in the face. and the growing frustration with both parties over what some see as self-inflicted wound. for democrats, yet another call for information on the biden documents controversy. this one, from the republican head of the house oversight committee. he wants the visitors log from biden s home in wilmington after biden s attorney said five more pages of classified documents were found there earlier in the week. a spokesman for the secret service said, those logs don t exist. but republicans insist that
we ll get to that, but the big story this morning. oh, yeah. what happened on the football field last night. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing on the football field. just 24 years old now in the hospital in critical condition. get you updates on that, of course. also, house republican leader kevin mccarthy s bid to be speaker plagued with uncertainty still this morning. the concessions he has made may not be enough to win him the support he needs to become speaker. if you can believe it. kaitlan? yeah. once the new congress is sworn in, the republican majority in the house is promising a wave of investigations. partisan gridlock, could stall president biden s agenda. big questions about what that will look like as well. uh-huh. our big story this morning, we re going to start with buffalo bills player damar hamlin. hospitalized in critical condition after collapsing and suffering cardiac arrest on the field monday night. wha
white house has really been minimal at best since the discovery of these classified documents. you have president biden yesterday ignoring and shouting questions from reporters. twice at the white house and then for three days in a row this week, press secretary kareen jean pierre referred most of our questions about this topic to the justice department, the special counsel s office. she read statements from the white house counsel s office and reaction to the mishandling of these classified documents earlier this week. that is really essentially the posture that the white house has had since this was discovered. that is really the posture that green chunkier had when my colleague kristen welker asked her whether president biden would be willing to sit down with the special counsel if asked for an interview to be able to fully cooperate with the special counsel probe. take a listen to what she had to say. again, that is something that i do not have a magic wand here. i don
it is mega-maga trickle down. mega-maga trickle down, the kind of policies that failed the country before, and will fail it again. it is democratic candidates that have people s backs, when people face high costs, that is not what we re hearing from the republicans. republicans say if they can get control of house or senate, they will hold hostage things like social security and medicare. they want to be able to use these kind of levers, to blow up our economy. i think it is important when we talk about inflation, republicans will say, this is joe biden s fault. really? what do they want to do other than complain? shannon: bring in our panel olivia beavers, juan williams, and collin reed. good to see you with us. let s start with the economy, shows at the top of every poll. either in form of jobs or inflation. how do democrats handle it. they are feeling the heat. there is polling that shows about republican have about 10% advantage in terms of voters believing they
down. mega-maga trickle down, the kind of policies that failed the country before, and will fail it again. it is democratic candidates that have people s backs, when people face high costs, that is not what we re hearing from the republicans. republicans say if they can get control of house or senate, they will hold hostage things like social security and medicare. they want to be able to use these kind of levers, to blow up our economy. i think it is important when we talk about inflation, republicans will say, this is joe biden s fault. really? what do they want to do other than complain? shannon: bring in our panel olivia beavers, juan williams, and collin reed. good to see you with us. let s start with the economy, shows at the top of every poll. either in form of jobs or inflation. how do democrats handle it. they are feeling the heat. there is polling that shows about republican have about 10% advantage in terms of voters believing they can handle the economy be