for the most outstanding journalism of the year, and they delivered this warning. on the political fronts, i think, it is clear that the nation is facing the most serious internal attacks on the fundamental values and institutional structures that define a democracy. since the pulitzer s were introduced a century ago. then precisely, to counteract problematic authoritarian tendencies, throughout the society. now that warning was followed by the announcement of that year s pulitzer prize for national reporting, which went to the new york times and the washington post for quote, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest on russian interference in the 2016 election and its connection to the trump campaign, the presidents elects transition team, and his eventual administration. that choice naturally drew the ire of then president donald trump, who did not stop complaining about the decision, even after he left the white house. it actually lead the pulitzer board t
the video trump tweeted on the six when he told supporters to go home, and that he loved them. we ll also be part of the hearing. earlier this evening, committee member, jamie raskin, was asked about it. hours had passed wet he could ve simply took an a walk for ten or 15 seconds, over to address the country, and address his followers, and tell them to go home. and people were beseeching him, begging him, to do that. and he refused to do that. so that he finally went over and made some comments then at the end of the day, when it was clear that no thanks to the president, our police forces had turned the tide. it s extremely revealing how exactly he went about making those statements and we re gonna let everybody see parts of that. tomorrow s hearing begins at 8 pm eastern. you can absolutely see it here on msnbc. chairman bennie thompson was tested positive for covid will lead the hearing but will do be doing it virtually. we expect to hear from former trump white house
through a period of high inflation like this one. it s painful. paychecks are not going as far. if you adjust wages for inflation, they re getting smaller. the president is right to call out the fact that this report does not capture the fact that gasoline prices have started to cool off. the national average is 4.63 a gallon. down 40 cents from the record high. two things to remember here, one, it s not like prices at the pump are cheap. no one is doing a victory dance about $4.60 gas, and ftho, this is not just about prices at the pump. it s about food. housing prices. there were record price spikes last month from beer, to cleaning products, men s suits as well. this is an economy wide problem, and unfortunately it s getting worse. how come you didn t mention me for hair cucuts. yeah, why not? no reason. there was no reason. okay. does this raise the risk. it does. the federal reserve is going to be under more pressure to step up the war on inflation. step in l
construction here manufacture and you go back and ask all the people who grew up in this beautiful place what they d rather have. do they want the plant back with everything it had or what you re going to have? i will be dumbfounded if you find anybody other than for pure sentimental reasons saying, i would rather have a coal plant. i ll end by telling you another quick story. when we moved from scranton when coal died in scranton, everything died in scranton. and my dad was a coal miner. my great grandfather was a mining engineer. but my dad was in sales. and there was no work, so we left to go down to delaware. i told you where those oil plants were. but i remember driving home, when you take the trolly in scranton, going out north washington and adams avenues, within 15 blocks we didn t live in the most prestigious neighborhood in the region, in the town, where the scrantons and other good decent people live there was a you would go buy a wall that my recollection