guy on the screen. president biden set to sign the inflation reduction act as it s called into law in just about 30 minutes from now. a huge $750 bill on taxes, climate, health care, we ll take you live to the white house. we ll also take you live out west and to the northwest. the very northwest with the final hours of voting in key primaries happening now in wyoming and alaska. our team out with voters and candidates including one in the fight for her political life. i m hallie jackson in washington. we begin this afternoon with nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. washington post investigations reporter jacqueline aalamani and chuck rosenberg. good to see all of you. let me do something a little different. there s new reporting out from the new york times here in the last few minutes that two of of the top trump white house lawyers have been interviewed by the fbi in relation to handling the documents that may have been taken from the white
deserves no blame whatsoever fo the economy while denying his reckless spending led to reckless prices. the idea that the cost inflatio is bizarre, if it s my fault, why is it the other major industrial, why is it the case. that is higher. you ask yourself that. i m not being the wiseguy, that s the end of the quote to peter ducey pressing the white house on that whopper of a claim . he says that inflation is worse everywhere, but here, that s not true. the worst is u.s. worse inflation than japan, italy, saudi arabia,. i think that what we are seeing is that when you talk about inflation, it is a global thing right it is not just abou the united states, this is something that everyone is feeling because of coming outs of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic , because of that war that russia has started in ukraine. and after blabbing away to the ap, it seems like those close to the president didn t want him to do anymore talking. the white house considering trying to buy vot
Then we did much better in 2020. They had to tell you. We did much better. We are going to swamp them. We are going to swamp them. We actually did much better, including in michigan. They ended obamas war on american energy. We had a war on american energy. Gas prices plummet and soon reached 1. 87 a gallon. How does that sound . Now it is over five and six and even 7 a gallon in some places and it is going up higher and higher. And some places and it is going up higherand higher. And i think they want that. That way you go all electric. See ctrl for 15 minutes before you get a drive. The economy boomed, Household Incomes rose by more than 6,000 a year stop which was a record. 6,000 a year in my term. They entered the disaster known as nafta. Term. They entered the disaster known as nafta. Known as nafta. That was former president known as nafta. That was former president donald known as nafta. That was i former President Donald Trump who continues to be addressing a rally there in mic
that have been released earlier this week. and we know that she is healthy and waiting for her release as well, but she was not held with them and they didn t meet her. gili, we appreciate you taking the time to join us and share what that reunion has been like and we will continue to follow your story. thank you. thank you. and we ll all have to be strong and resilient to wait until all of them will be back. thank you. and cnn this morning continues right now. this is cnn breaking news. and that breaking news is we are going to take you straight to capitol hill and a press conference from george santos. round three of expulsion of congressman george santos from ny 3. i think we can all look back and say this is not how at least i thought this year would go. i don t think this is how most people in the media would think this year would go. and it s just an unfortunate circumstance that i have to sit here and watch american people waste, congress waste the americ
yesterday that we all followed it. this former president, now presidential candidate convicted of a felony. but that brings to us a different and unprecedented reality now. because he is the presumptive nominee of his party. we have not heard about dropping him from the ticket which in a different era and party you might hear about. trump holding his first campaign rally since becoming a convicted felon. he went to arizona, one of the battleground state. that is a dnc ad trying to get everyone focused on the reality saying he is unhinged and unfit. they might change the bylaws now but that defeats the purpose of having the requirements and the rules for a party. a non-partisan journalist means trump is banned from carrying a gun. that is just a reality. so, on the one hand he will not be able to have the guns he used to have access to. that is not something convicted felons are allowed to have. if he wins the electoral college he could be in charge of the nukes again. donald