before that catastrophic implosion. a light fast repair just days after a fiery collapse. the major highway that millions rely on back open for business in philadelphia. and attorney general merrick garland commenting just a short time ago on those charges against president biden s son hunter. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc news s ryan reilly on what we just heard from attorney general merrick garland. unexpected for the attorney general to talk about it. he doesn t answer a lot of questions. but what did he have to say this time? i think based on the allegations that had come out through the whistleblower, he felt responsibility to lay it out here. essentially what he said is he has not taken any action in regards to this hunter biden investigation. take a listen. mr. weiss, was appointed by president trump as the u.s. attorney in delaware and assigned this matter during the previous administration would be permit
governors against former president trump who says it s a matter of when, not if he runs. what will the gop look like in 2024? i ll speak exclusively to the republican governor in arizona, doug ducey, next. the january 6 committee will lay out what former president trump did during the insurrection. is it a crime? i ll speak with congresswoman elaine loria in moments. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is really feeling the price hikes. president biden is back in washington this morning, and brushing back criticism of his meeting and fist bump with saudi s brutal crown prince this week. why don t you guys talk about something that matters? the face-to-face oil enriched saudi arabia comes as they try to take on gas priceses and inflation. inflation rose 9.1% in june compared to last year without any easy solutions. president biden returns to a domestic agenda that once again has been stymied by democratic senator joe manchin. the west virgin
spenders, let them know, almost $2 trillion in deficit reduction. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies are reckless spending. we re changing peoples lives. maria: our lives are certainly changing. coming up former secretary of state mike pompeo on the number one threat to today and the mistakes that got us here from foreign policy to economics. as joe biden claims it is bizarre to blame him even as the president s approval rating plummets with key voting blocks abandoning him, minorities, independents and business. these are treacherous times. frankly the lack of leadership in washington is discouraging. for the president of the united states not once, not once, say i made a mistake, this is my fault, if you look every single thing that happened negative, the devil made me do it or somebody else. when is he going to show leadership including belly-up to the bar say this one s on me? maria: coming up the former president of the kansas city federal reserve, tom hoenig a
spenders, let them know, almost $2 trillion in deficit reduction. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies are reckless spending. we re changing peoples lives. maria: our lives are certainly changing. coming up former secretary of state mike pompeo on the number one threat to today and the mistakes that got us here from foreign policy to economics. as joe biden claims it is bizarre to blame him even as the president s approval rating plummets with key voting blocks abandoning him, minorities, independents and business. these are treacherous times. frankly the lack of leadership in washington is discouraging. for the president of the united states not once, not once, say i made a mistake, this is my fault, if you look every single thing that happened negative, the devil made me do it or somebody else. when is he going to show leadership including belly-up to the bar say this one s on me? maria: coming up the former president of the kansas city federal reserve, tom hoenig a
get gas, like, everything s just more expensive. neil: americans speaking out and freaking out over prices still rising as their 401(k)s keep plummeting and now a new report warning that inflation may be staying and may be much longer than expected. a new fox poll that shows more voters are blaming the guy in the white house. before you run for cover, just know we ve got you covered with lucas tomlinson at the white house as president biden says it s not inevitable we ll have a recession. susan li on the markets indicating we already might be in one. first to susan li, taking stock of stocks just, well, taking a hit and a big hit at that. horrible week. yeah. well, you saw it, neil, the worst week for the stork market in two years stock market and that s after a historic rate hike by the federal reserve, the single sharpest move in 28 years by the central bank, and they re trying to move quickly. as a result, money fast in the markets, the dow jones falling below 30,000