what were they? how much has been recovered. do we definitively know the level of threat they posed or lack thereof. bipartisan critics have been saying there s plenty that isn t classified that the american public has a right to know, and we are now waiting, as you see, for the president to come to that podium and begin. but in the meantime, let s talk to nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell, along with nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles and robert gibbs, former obama press secretary and an msnbc political analyst. robert, let me start with you, you know the criticism has been out there, the pressure the white house has been under, you have been in the white house when a president was under pressure. what does he need to deliver right now? well, i think the more than people want to know what level of new information we have about the three objects that have been shot down recently. i also think the president needs to outline what our post
impact on the ground. when the chinese foreign ministry indicated that they would respond in the way they were prepared to. and it turns out the other objects are chinese origin, is there a menu of options prepared for how we deal with that? terrific hypothetical. we re just not there yet. on to the relationship issue, the chinese spy balloon, you got china buying more oil from russia. you got china opening up cases in u.s. technology from u.s. universities. and president xi is going to be meeting with the president. and at what point does the president ask for a call from president xi? again, i don t have a call to talk about today. again, let me say here, i know i m running close on time, sorry no, it s not your fault. the president met with president xi at balanci. at the g20, the whole purpose was to move the relationship. the most consequential bilateral relationship in the world, the president knows that. and he wanted to move that forward. and secretary
and filed against him in the state of new york. phil mattingly history. this is the first time a current or former president has ever been indicted . he will now go back to face that. and while as you noted, this certainly isn t something. that perhaps he wanted or was ever thinking about when he moved down to mar-a-lago full time. it is certainly something that he seems to be embracing in every way that the former president often does both for political benefit. he is a 2024 election candidate already, but also for his supporters as he tries to work whatever is happening right now, in this moment history and certainly something that wasn t necessarily expected by he and his team to his benefit. we are also at this point. gonna toss to our pal who s in new york city, where the president is on his way. former president is on his way at the moment, the collins yeah, historic first, of course of the president coming here to be arraigned tomorrow, but they re going to be many oth
incredibly careful in sort of steering clear of commenting on the details given that the doj is currently looking into the matter, so we ll have to see whether the president is a little bit more willing to dive into the details and share anything more that we don t know but again, you know, earlier today just sort of exemplifying this, the white house counsel spokesperson said they re just s simply limited in what they can say because the doj is looking into the matter but they want to handle things correctly and they may be able to share further details at a later time. we ll see what question the president gets and also, just more broadly speaking of course, how he addresses the various issues that he has been discd discussing over the last 48 hours with the leaders of canada and mexico as we ve been talking about for the last couple days. migration and immigration is going to be a top issue that the three leaders have been talking about at this meeting, jake. m.j. lee st
not ones to write home about. 11.3% is the jump in wholesale prices from a year ago and came in lot steamier than economists predicted coming off the you know what it feels like when you buy things. consumer prices are up substantially. fastest pace we ve seen since 1981 back in reagan years. you have to go to art laffer to find that out. white house points out wages are up. here is the deal. wages aren t rising at the pace of inflation. you look at a pay cut of 3.6%. if you crunch the numbers inflation is costing the average american household $500 a month. setting on fire every single month because you aren t getting anything for that $500. bill: questions now including this how did we get here? many economists blame out of control government spending along the way. democrats are passed more than $3 trillion in new spending under president biden and they aren t taking their foot off the gas as they look to revamp build back better. let s go to mark meredith live f