good evening, our countdown clock continues to kick away. 17 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes and 39 seconds and counting until the first polls close on election night. here we are back where we were last friday night and where we will be every friday night at this time, counting down to election day. early voting, election day is pretty much underway in a dozen states, where early voting has already begun, including georgia, north carolina, both starting up this week. each of those states home to a key senate race, both of which we will be talking about this hour and tomorrow. early voting beginning in nevada, and that is where democrats may face what is their toughest individual battle to hold the senate seat. we have reporters on the ground there and then does two other battleground states we mentioned, we ll be joined by them shortly. plus, we will hear from voters in michigan that is where the governor s race has heated things up a bit this week and where there is a refe
welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, september 14th. a lot to cover this morning with joe, willie and me. u.s. stocks tumble as consumer prices continue to rise as president biden celebrated the inflation reduction act. yesterday at the white house. we ll look at the next possible steps to help bring down costs for americans. plus, russian forces in retreat as ukraine keeps up the pressure. is this a turning point in the war? president biden says it s hard to tell. queen elizabeth returns to london. her coffin arriving at buckingham palace yesterday and will be carried by horse-drawn carriage to parliament later this morning where she will lie in state before monday s funeral at westminster abbey. we re following the latest on the trump records case. new information unsealed by a federal judge concerned that some government records may still be unaccounted for, and a warning from the doj about delaying its investigation. plus, lindsey graham takes an already comp
times higher than when president biden took office. bill: threatening to make it worse a possible strike by tens of thousands of railroad workers. could happen as soon as friday. stoppage would cost the economy $2 billion a day. that leaves about a third of the u.s. freight in the lurch. dana: biden administration is working to broker a deal between unions and rail companies. the dispute is already impacting service with amtrak suspending some trains. kelly o grady has the latest on the possible rail strike and edward lawrence reporting on the inflation news from the white house. the inflation year-over-year 8.3% ticks down a little bit. the federal reserve would like to see the number around 2%. the federal reserve is going to be focused on the core inflation. inflation without food and energy prices. that number went up for the first time in five months and rose substantially to 6.3%. that will spook the federal reserve. the biden administration will tout the overall
biden and democrats thought it would be appropriate to hold a massive white house event to celebrate the passage of his so-called inflation reduction act, which actually does nothing to solve the problem. biden bringing 2,000 of his closest friends to the south lawn, including a soothing performance by james taylor. and how about james taylor? a voice that heals our soul and unites the nation and a good friend, exactly four weeks ago today, i signed the inflation reduction act into law. the single most important legislation passed in the congress to combat inflation, the soul of america is vibrant, the future of america is bright, and the promise of america is real. this will cut costs for fam families. help reduce inflation at the kitchen table. jeanine: but it didn t. prices of foods spiked to their highest margins in more than four decades. and biden s tone-deaf event wouldn t be complete without the inaccurate ramblings of good old chuck and nancy. whoa! look at thi
the s&p 500 losing 17 #, the nasdaq fell 633. all of this was sparked by new numbers indicating inflation is not going anywhere but up. any time soon it appears. food prices, other essentials, skyrocketing in the latest cpi report. consumer colonel not far behind. and the president, who is boasting about having inflation under control is facing criticism tonight. we will talk with democratic senator joe manchin in just a moment but, first, white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. either the white house expected far better numbers or the person who planned this party had an unfortunate scheduling oversight. gathering democratic lawmakers on a sweltering south lawn on the same day a new inflation reading came in hotter than expected. while the stock market plummeted, james taylor played a song about death on the white house south lawn you can sing this song when i m gone. the day