Experts now and analysts proclaImIng VIce PresIdent Kamala HarrIs vIctorIous after thIs Weeks PresIdent Ial debate. However, some voters are tellIng a very dIfferent story. But most for the very same reason. Im HarrIs Faulkner and you are In the faulkner focus. You hear me say It all the tIme. The pollIng, all of that can tell one story, The One that matters comes from the voters. Many voters, IncludIng our very own voters voIces panel yesterday, say the VIce PresIdent was not convIncIng on theIr very top electIon Issue, the economy. WhIle InflatIon may be easIng but the prIces of thIngs are under deep pressure from years of hIgh InflatIon under bIdenharrIs. And It Is not helpIng amerIcans who are crushed beneath the weIght of all of that. The New York tImes put It thIs way. What they wanted to hear and dIdnt was the fIne prInt. ThIs Is what they heard on the economy from Kamala HarrIs. When It comes to the economy, do you belIeve amerIcans are better off than they were four years ago
they would not. it s a case by case basis. the european ambassador to the european union was directed initially not to appear, but because the testimony, republicans believed, would be favorable to the president, he was encouraged to testify. we could see it on a case by case basis. the administration says if it does have the opportunity to cross exam a lot of these witnesses itself, that it would be a more likely to cooperate. republicans though have said, they re not going to be cooperative, really, no matter what because democrats are set on doing this, regardless of what the opposition says. neil: and a report from garrett. thank you, my friend, always good seeing you. in the meantime, the white house is putting the ball, as garrett said, in nancy pelosi s court before they consider cooperating with them on impeachment matters. former white house press second and i might point out the biggest star right now on dancing with the stars, he keeps
thanks so much. let s get to a debate about this with sean spicer. communications director, ben, press second for obama s 2012 campaign. and amy stoddard, the associate editor for the hill. i don t see how anybody could disagree with the idea that it was president s toughest year. how does he turn it around? i think we have to look at the historical precedent. and both president reagan and president clinton had similar low moments. the thing that turned it around for them it was economy. and i think that s why you saw the president focus on that. the greater economic groet over the last quarter than we ve seen. 2 million more jobs frlg 8 million over the president s term that we ve seen created. i think that s what you ll see him hammer home. he s said he will focus income inequality. the top issue the american people are focused on. and get behind issues like raising the minimum wage to $10.
caused by one u.s. senator who stands alone in suggesting that the u.s. press russia to send them a strong message by boycotting the upcoming olympics. his threats that gotten so much noise that now the u.s. olympic committee has issued its own statement saying these kinds of boycotts, just don t work. at the white house, press second jay carney batted away questions about fallout if russia grants nsa leaker edward snowden asylum. i m not going to engage in speculation about that. you re not jumping to a superficial headline, were you? what headline? south carolina senator lindsay graham floated the idea of a u.s. boycott of the winter olympics that will be held in sochi, russia, in march. that seems disconnected to me. he told cnn s jake tapper that strained relations in with
loopholes. but we should arm the teachers. and also the people that do the slurpes in the mall. that will stop the oregon shootings and maybe the guy the teenager that does the, you know, popcorn, sells the popcorn in movie theaters. if we had just armed the 18-year-old in aurora. how about football games, those replacement referees, they wouldn t have gotten by with that stuff. unbelievable. coming up, senator chuck schumer. he s got a very compelling op-ed in the washington post. and it s more inclusive on these the gun issue. also, former national security adviser, dr. brzezinski is with us, former white house press second, dee dee myers, and the washington post s bob woodward. and after the break, jim vandehei looks at the politico playbook. here s bill karins with a check on the forecast. thanks, joe. maybe breaking news coming out of southern portions of alabama. this winter storm has a severe