afternoon to you. i m yasmin vossoughian on a very big saturday afternoon. we are following some major breaking news this hour out of memphis. 24 people are dead or as tornadoes ripped through the states. we are live on the ground, a deadly scene in pennsylvania after an explosion at a chocolate factory. we are also following the developments in the strikes and counterstrikes between the u.s. and iranian-backed syria. and, we are just hours away from $1 trump rally in texas. that comes as a potential indictment hangs over his head and it is happening in a place that has become sacred ground for some of the worst extremists in the republican party, more on that. we want to begin in a state of emergency. the tornado break that has killed over 24 people. teams are working to look for survivors across multiple counties devastated. the town is getting particularly hard. dozens of buildings collapsed there. biden releasing a statement saying that he and the first lady are praying f
Can buy milk. Prices for food, clothing, houses and more jumped sharply. I bought a sandwich at one point, not even a fancy shop, it was 22. Driven by lingering pandemic supply issues, stronger manned, and perhaps some Price Gouging to. It has hit every american at some point, whether is you personally or someone you know. Worst constant reminder, gas prices. The nationwide average for a gallon climbed over 5 at one point, a new record. Filling up my suv sometimes cost over 100. Thats part . Some parts of the economy that were just coming, unemployment very low. Wages, up, significantly for the first time in a very long time. So, is a Recession Coming . I think its a different no. If you listen to a lot of the economists. I dont even care if theres a Recession Coming. It already feels like we are in a recession. Despite topping 1 Million Deaths in the u. S. , the covid pandemic brought some good news. More than 80 of all americans have now received at least one dose of vaccine. The rat
on privacy and content concerns, as well as the company s connection to the chinese government. we ll have the highlights for you just ahead. plus, what we re learning about a drone strike overnight in syria that killed at least one american and injured a handful of u.s. service members. a lot going on. good morning. welcome to morning joe. can you believe it s friday? it s friday, march 24th. you know, it is friday. you know, willie, it is interesting. you have trump raising $1.5 million off of this. puck noted last night that people around donald trump see this as a bad sign. his fundraising prowess is dried up. he s worn out all of these lists. he sent spam out for six years, seven years. the small money donations just aren t coming in. you know, right after access hollywood, he raised $11.5 million off of small donors. after the fbi raid last summer at mar-a-lago, as he called it, he raised $2 million in two days. he s raised $1.5 million over the week. what we
fundamentally aligned. as we stand at this inflection point in history, i had a professor who once explained the infection point as you re going down the highway at 60 miles an hour, you rapidly turn and run a direction 5 degrees, and never get back on the same path again, but you re on a different course. whether the decisions we make in the coming years will determine the course of our world for decades to come. it happens every five or six generations, but we re at that point. nothing gives me greater confidence in the future that knowing canada and the united states stand together still. today i d like to speak a little bit about the future if i may. a future that s ours to seize. you know, i get criticized at home sometimes for saying that i used to always for president obama used to kid me because i d always say in our private meetings, the country is never more optimistic than its president or its leaders. i ve never been more optimistic in my life i really mean th
thank you for starting your weekend with us! breaking, this, morning how speaker nancy pelosi s husband is recovering from surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his arm and hands. after a man wrote into their san francisco home in the middle of the night. and attacks it with a hammer. according to the speaker spokesman. police say the attack was quote, not a random act. and a good saturday morning to you, again! i am katie fang, thank you for starting your weekend with us! breaking this morning, house speaker nancy pelosi s husband is recovering from surgery, to a pair is called factor and serious injuries to arms and legs after san francisco, home in the middle of the night and attacked him with a hammer according to the speaker spokesman. police say the attack was quote, not a random act. and the san francisco police chief said, the 9-1-1 this pattern likely saved paul pelosi s life. the motive for the attack is still under investi